Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWisdom from the horse's mouth. A talk with coach and rider Damian Hallam
Damian Hallam is a contributor to the Realisation Festival, both as participant and speaker. He has been named one of the top 5 dressage coaches in …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Presence, soul and AI. A conversation with Ben R Smith
Understanding AI has is a recurrent challenge. Should we be afraid or more sanguine or some combination of the two?
Ben is a good person to talk to as…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The good, the beautiful and the truth. A philosophical godfather of the Realisation Festival, with Esmé Partridge
The Realisation Festival is held at St Giles House, Wimborne, the home of the Earls of Shaftesbury. The place is loaded with the history of social re…
1 year ago
The joys of spring. A conversation with Indra Adnan
If politics is broken how might people rediscover agency? If capitalism favours the powerful are there alternative forms of power to be found? If lif…
1 year ago
Poetry as a tool for transformation. A conversation with Josiane Smith
What good is a poem? How might poetry be a tool for transformation, both personally and collectively? And how does poetry help us to better understan…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Spiritual Function of Myth. A conversation with Martin Shaw, 2025 Realisation Festival guest speaker
What is the function of myth and story? How can they help us become more human? What do they teach us about the nature of reality and how we might o…
1 year, 1 month ago
Soul nerding and becoming the ground in collapsing times. A conversation with Sarah Wilson, Realisation Festival 2025 speaker
Why is seeing simply so valuable? How can we relearn from nature a reimagining our of lives? What does it mean to tackle contemporary troubles with j…
1 year, 2 months ago
Science and imagination, nature and meaning. A conversation on bridging divides with Pauline Rudd
Professor Pauline Rudd is a leading glycobiologist, recognised most recently by being awarded the Torbern Bergman Medal 2025. So what is it like to w…
1 year, 3 months ago
When the world gives back. A conversation with Ed Haddon
How is sport a spiritual practice? What is the value of coaching? Why are collective undertakings as valuable as individual goals?
Mark Vernon talks w…
1 year, 3 months ago
The confidence to be human in an age of AI. A conversation about the complexity of things with Mazviita Chirimuuta
What do we really learn from neuroscience? How can scientific assumptions shape the world we perceive? Why might notions such as soul and mind matter…
1 year, 4 months ago