Podcast Episodes

Bridging the Gap: Theory, Practice, and Trust

What happens when our need for certainty quietly disconnects us from the very meaning we're trying to find?

 

In this episode, live-recorded first se…

8 hours ago

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Poetry Wakes You to Reality | John Vervaeke & Adam Walker

What if poetry is not optional to human flourishing, but essential to it?

In this second dialogue, John Vervaeke and Adam Walker explore poetry as a …

6 days, 15 hours ago

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Reconnect to the Real: John Vervaeke, Guy Sengstock, and Kyle Koch Announce the Whistler Retreat

Why is the modern world making us lose our "taste for the real," and can ancient practices like animal tracking and Socratic dialogue actually save o…

1 week, 6 days ago

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Poetry as Spiritual Practice: Bridging the Chasm Between Academia and the Public | John Vervaeke & Adam Walker

Can reclaiming poetry spark a second renaissance and wake us from our digital slumber?

John welcomes Adam Walker to the Lectern dialogue series, prai…

3 weeks ago

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Lectern Live Q&A with Mark Miller (03.29.26)

Lectern Q&As are monthly live sessions where members of the Lectern community explore the practical application of cognitive science, philosophy, and…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Can Zen and Neoplatonism Solve the Meaning Crisis? Vervaeke and Hsieh

Can the meaning crisis be addressed by transforming how we perceive reality rather than what we believe about it?

In this episode, John Vervaeke and …

3 weeks, 6 days ago

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Is Reality Incomplete? Desmond, Sengstock, and Vervaeke on Meaning and Being

Is reality fully captured by science or are we missing its most essential dimension?

In this dialogue, John Vervaeke joins William Desmond and Guy Se…

1 month ago

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The Cognitive Science of Happiness with Mark Miller

Season 2

Why does the modern pursuit of happiness so often leave people feeling lost?

In this episode of The Lectern, John Vervaeke speaks with cognitive scie…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Lectern Live Q&A with Mark Miller (02.28.26)

Lectern Q&As are monthly live sessions where members of the Lectern community explore the practical application of cognitive science, philosophy, and…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Deep Calls to Deep | Poetry, Prophecy, Philosophy in Ibn Gabirol with Zevi Slavin

Is reality fundamentally inert, or is it structured by divine desire?

In this episode, John Vervaeke and Zevi Slavin explore the metaphysical vision …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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