Podcast Episodes

Remembering PAUL AUSTER - Novelist, Director (1947-2024)

Season 12

It is said that people never die until the last person says their name. In memory of the writer and director Paul Auster, who passed away this week, we're sharing this conversation we had back in 201…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

How to achieve Optimal Well-Being with Emotional Intelligence - Highlights - DANIEL GOLEMAN

Season 12

“If you look at meditation, and you strip away the belief system, you find that essentially every meditation is attention training. It might be bringing your mind back to a mantra; some sound, or to …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Author of Emotional Intelligence DANIEL GOLEMAN on Focus, Balance & Optimal Living

Season 12

How can we enhance our emotional intelligence and avoid burnout in a changing world? How can we regain focus and perform in an optimal state? What do we mean by ecological intelligence?

Daniel Goleman…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Feminism, Resistance & the Global South - Highlights - INTAN PARAMADITHA

Season 12

“It's important to imagine, to keep imagining, a world that is free from colonialism, from oppression, from exploitation, also expropriation of nature. And unfortunately this world is not sustainable…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Travel, Literature & Identity with INTAN PARAMADITHA - Author of The Wandering

Season 12

How are writing and travel vehicles for understanding? How can we expand the literary canon to include other voices, other cultures, other experiences of the world?

Intan Paramaditha is a writer and a…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Voices of the Earth: Reflections on Nature, Humanity & Climate Change

Season 12

Environmentalists, writers, artists, activists, and public policy makers explore the interconnectedness of living beings and ecosystems. They highlight the importance of conservation, promote climate…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Exploring Science, Music, AI & Consciousness with MAX COOPER - Highlights

Season 12

“As technology becomes more dominant, the arts become ever more important for us to stay in touch the things that the sciences can't tackle. What it's actually like to be a person? What's actually im…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

What can music teach us that science can’t? - MAX COOPER - Musician, Fmr. Computational Biologist

Season 12

How is being an artist different than a machine that is programmed to perform a set of actions? How can we stop thinking about artworks as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for exper…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

How does a changing climate affect our minds, brains & bodies? - Highlights - CLAYTON ALDERN

Season 12

"Our brain is the organ from which our rich experience of the world arises. Brains are responsible for love, for sadness, and these profound experiences are those in which I sought to investigate."

Cl…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

How climate change is making us sick, angry & anxious - CLAYTON ALDERN - Neuroscientist turned Eco-Journalist

Season 12

How does a changing climate affect our minds, brains and bodies?

Clayton Page Aldern is an award winning neuroscientist turned environmental journalist whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Gua…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago