Podcast Episodes

KOHEI SAITO on Degrowth Communism & the Need for Radical Democracy

Season 12

Can we stop talking about growth and mediate an environmental crisis through the structures of capitalism?

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

SPEAKING OUT OF PLACE: BEN FRANTA on Weaponizing Economics - Big Oil, Economic Consultants & Climate Policy Delay

Season 12

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with noted researcher and scholar Ben Franta about two new articles he has written that add to his growing arc…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Highlights - How do we navigate ambiguity, uncertainty & move beyond linear thinking? - RUPERT SHELDRAKE

Season 12

"The idea that the laws of nature are fixed is taken for granted by almost all scientists and within physics, within cosmology, it leads to an enormous realm of speculation, which I think is totally …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

RUPERT SHELDRAKE - Biologist & Author of The Science Delusion, The Presence of the Past

Season 12

How do we navigate ambiguity and uncertainty? Moving beyond linear thinking into instinct and intuition, we might discover other sources within ourselves that lie beyond the boundaries of science and…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Are we living in a Simulated Universe? - Highlights - MELVIN VOPSON

Season 11

"These ideas go as far back as Ancient Greece, which basically gave birth to two lines of thinking, two ideologies, materialism and idealism. And the idealist thinkers like Plato regarded reality as …

Published on 2 years ago

MELVIN VOPSON - Physicist - Author of Reality Reloaded: The Scientific Case for a Simulated Universe

Season 11

Are we living in a Simulated Universe? How will AI impact the future of work, society & education?

Dr. Melvin M. Vopson is Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Portsmouth, Fellow of the…

Published on 2 years ago

What makes a good life? - Highlights - ROBERT WALDINGER, Psychiatrist, Author, Zen Priest

Season 11

"One of the big differences I've noticed talking with people from more communally oriented cultures is that American culture has a strong emphasis on the individual on individual happiness, individua…

Published on 2 years ago

ROBERT WALDINGER - Co-Author of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

Season 11

What makes a good life? How important are relationships in helping us lead happy and meaningful lives?

Dr. Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harv…

Published on 2 years ago

How has jazz been interpreted around the world? - Highlights - BERNARDO MOREIRA

Season 11

“I had so many people around me when I was young– famous poets like Ary dos Santos, one of Portugal’s greatest poets of the 20th century. Sometimes he would be there talking with my mother, and I had…

Published on 2 years ago

BERNARDO MOREIRA - Portuguese Jazz Musician

Season 11

Bernardo Moreira is one of the most active Portuguese double bassists. He has performed as a guest soloist with Gulbenkian, Metropolitan de Lisboa, and Nacional do Porto orchestras, and gained promin…

Published on 2 years ago