Cassettes with William July

Don Guerra, visionary baker and entrepreneur, joins me to talk about baking bread, heritage grains, and having the right attitude.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSVisit Don's bakeries and restaurants in Tucson, AZ!Barrio BreadBarrio CharroDon's Instagram: @barriobakerDon's New York Times featureTHINGS WE MENTIONEDThom Leonard, Wheatfields BakeryEinkorn wheat★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Tamás Danyikó, aquascaper and car buff, joins me to talk about aquascaping, döner kebab, and Top Gear.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSGreen Aqua's Youtube channelGreen Aqua's websiteGreen Aqua videos Tommy's 60P IwagumiTommy builds a shallow tankTommy and Viktor's 450L Nature Aquarium style tankGreen Aqua tours the Aqua Design Amano GalleryOther aquascaping videosCinescaper's 'The Log'Cinescaper builds an indoor pondJames Findley builds a shallow tankJames Findley's 'Arizona'THINGS WE MENTIONEDAquascapingTakashi AmanoIAPLC (aquascaping competition)Fiat CinquecentoTop Gear, The Grand Tour, Jeremy Clarkson★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mark Vernon, psychotherapist and writer, joins me to talk about The Divine Comedy, the Beguines, and bobbit worms.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSMark's book (Amazon): 'Dante's Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey' Mark's Aeon articlesMark's websiteMark's Twitter: @platospodcastsTHINGS WE MENTIONEDIain McGilchristThe Divine Comedy, Dante AlighieriVirgilCatoGiovanni BoccaccioJulian of NorwichConfessions (Augustine)Rainer Maria RilkeBeguinesThe Mirror of Simple Souls, Marguerite PoreteCatherine of GenoaMaya (ignorance)SamsaraUpanishadsCarl RogersBobbit wormMeister EckhartThomas AquinasIris Murdoch, The Sovereignty of GoodPaul's analogy, "For the body is not one member, but many."Privatio boni / Absence of good (argument)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Antonio Zadra, sleep scientist and dream explorer, joins me to talk about the importance of backcountry hiking, the value of dreams, and the multilayered nature of reality.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSAntonio's Psyche articleAntonio's Twitter: @drzdreamsAntonio's website: antoniozadra.comAntonio's books: When Brains Dream, The DreamkeepersTHINGS WE MENTIONEDCollective unconscious, Carl JungHard problem of consciousnessThreat simulation theory, Antti Revonsuo★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Michael Levin, frontier biologist and friend of the pod, joins me to talk about why aliens might want to visit Earth, if we agree that a fire hydrant is a fire hydrant, and why the Star Wars cantina makes sense.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSMike's Twitter: @drmichaellevinMike's website: drmichaellevin.orgMike's Ted interview: The Electrical Blueprints That Orchestrate LifeTHINGS WE MENTIONEDEssays and Aphorisms, Arthur SchopenhauerHeraclitus' FragmentsTheory of Forms, PlatoGalton boardBrain in a vatPythagoras★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mathias Clasen, nervous person and horror researcher, joins me to talk about scary movies, the virtues of horror literature, and why we're drawn to the dark side.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSMathias book: 'A Very Nervous Person's Guide to Horror Movies'Mathias' Aeon articleMathias' Twitter: @mathiasclasenTHINGS WE MENTIONEDHistory of HalloweenHereditaryRope, Alfred HitchcockJames CuttingI Am Legend (novel)The Call of Cthulu, Supernatural Horror in Literature, H.P. Lovecraft'Morbid curiosity', Colton ScrivnerWilliam JamesHenry James, The Turn of the ScrewRobin WoodJonathan Gottschall, 'storytelling animals'★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ashley Zhang, Twitter whisperer and metamorphosing butterfly, joins me to talk about writing, the tension between external and internal, and finding your way as a young person.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSAshley's Twitter: @ashleydzhangTHINGS WE MENTIONEDBlood Meridian, Cormac McCarthyEssays, Michel De MontaigneJoan DidionHaruki MurakamiPolitics and the English Language, George Orwell★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Due to a recent injury, Cassettes is going on a three week hiatus and will return Monday November the 22nd. Patreon members will not be billed for the month of November. During this time I'll still be conducting interviews and there will be plenty to look forward to when we come back and I've healed up. Thanks for your patience and thanks for listening.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Brian Treanor, hermeneut and rock climber, joins me to talk about the capital 'T' truth, masks that we wear, and the psychological pitfalls of postmodernity.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSBrian's websiteBrian's book: 'Melancholic Joy' (Amazon)Brian's Aeon essayTHINGS WE MENTIONEDAmerican pragmatism, William JamesJonathan HaidtTruth and Method, Hans-Georg GadamerBhagavad GitaBowling Alone, Robert D. PutnamPersonality and Its Transformations (Lectures, Youtube), Jordan Peterson★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mackenzie Amara, Jungian analyst and psyche surfer, joins me to talk about primary producers, Empress Theodora, and our collective shadow.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSMackenzie's Instagram: @theinkedshrinkMackenzie's Twitter: @theinkedshrinkMackenzie's website: mackenzieamara.comThe Trauma of Mystical Experience (essay)To learn from a psychedelic trip, explore the dreams that follow (essay)THINGS WE MENTIONEDShadowPersonaPsychological Types, Carl JungEmpress Theodora had huge nutsHeraclitus' FragmentsDepth Psychology and a New Ethic (Goodreads), Erich NeumannRichard Powers (novelist)Abraham Maslow and Self-Actualization (Youtube)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jonathan Z Lee, wildlife photographer and mythical hero, joins me to talk about his strange journey, the nature of nature, and asian dads.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSJonathan's Instagram: @jonathanzleeJonathan's website: jonathanzlee.comSpirit in the Snow (Polar bear photo)THINGS WE MENTIONEDDavid Yarrow, fine-art photographerMobulaThe Upanishads (Juan Mascaró translation)Abraham Maslow on Self-Actualization (Youtube)Kerala, IndiaSvalbard, NorwayJoseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces**Thomas Aquinas (not St. Augustine) died of mystical causes."Thomas Aquinas, as the result of a mystical experience while celebrating mass in Naples, put his pen and ink on the shelf and left the last chapters of his Summa Theologica to be completed by another hand. “My writing days,” he stated, “are over; for such things have been revealed to me that all I have written and taught seems of but small account to me, wherefore I hope in my God, that, even as the end has come to my teaching, so it may soon come in my life.” Shortly thereafter, in his forty-ninth year, he died." (Campbell, 267)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Peter Wirzbicki, historian and Walt Whitman buff, joins me to talk about authenticity, Transcendentalism, and its relationship to the American anti-slavery movement.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSPeter's Aeon article: 'Ralph Waldo Emerson would really hate your Twitter feed'Peter's book: 'Fighting for the Higher Law' (Amazon)Peter's Twitter: @peterw536Peter's website: peterwirzbicki.comTHINGS WE MENTIONEDWhig Party, Cotton Whigs TranscendentalismRalph Waldo EmersonMargaret Fuller Wendell Phillips William Seward The Higher Law Thomas Jefferson and slavery John Witherspoon Henry Ford and antisemitism★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Michael Levin, distinguished professor and intuitive laser beam, joins me to talk about cognition as something more than what happens in human brains, why free will vs determinism is nonsense, and the strange experimental results emerging from his lab.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSMike's Twitter: @drmichaellevinMike's website: drmichaellevin.orgMike's Ted interview: The Electrical Blueprints That Orchestrate LifeTHINGS WE MENTIONEDXenobotBioelectricityCytoskeletonPlanarian (flat worm)Harold BurrPanpsychismJung's conception of intuitionHeraclitus' Fragments★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Matt Segall, assistant professor and peripatetic philosopher, joins me to talk about where consciousness comes from, what is real, and the ideas of Alfred North Whitehead.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSMatt's Twitter: @ThouArtThatMatt's website: footnotes2plato.comMatt's book: Physics of the World-Soul (Amazon)THINGS WE MENTIONEDHard problem of consciousnessAlfred North Whitehead, Process and RealityPeripatetic philosophyEmergentismPanpsychismBaruch SpinozaHeraclitus' Fragments★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

William Gladstone, marine biologist and veteran scuba diver, joins me to talk about his underwater photography, diving experiences, and the relationship between science and art.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSDr. Gladstone's Instagram: @williamgladstonephotographyDr. Gladstone's Twitter: @DrBillGladstoneTHINGS WE MENTIONEDRaine IslandWeedy seadragonMy Octopus Teacher (Netflix)Ocean sunfishOur Planet (falling walruses)Unweaving the Rainbow, Richard DawkinsLeila Jeffreys, bird photographerMurray Fredericks, landscape photographerDenis Villeneuve, Dune (2021)David Byrne, musician★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mark Vernon, psychotherapist and ex-clergyman, joins me to talk about inner life, spirituality, and a consciousness-first model of the universe.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSMark's Aeon articlesMark's websiteMark's Twitter: @platospodcastsTHINGS WE MENTIONEDRichard DawkinsNew AtheistsJung's psychological functionsThe Upanishads (Juan Mascaró translation)Wilfred BionDonald WinnicottMelanie KleinAttachment theory, John Bowlby★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

David Barash, evolutionary psychologist and aging mountaineer, joins me to talk about the different ways of getting to human nature, political correctness, and sex differences.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSThreats (Amazon)Through A Glass Brightly (Amazon)David's books on GoodreadsDavid's Aeon articles (Free!)THINGS WE MENTIONEDPalace of Culture and Science, WarsawTurner syndrome (X0)Klinefelter syndrome (XXY)Genghis Khan's progenyRamesses II had a lot of children★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

David Barash, sociobiologist and admirer of Shakespeare, joins me to talk about political temperaments, the danger of nuclear weapons, and putting ants into puddles.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKSThreats (Amazon)Through A Glass Brightly (Amazon)David's books on GoodreadsDavid's Aeon articles (Free!)THINGS WE MENTIONEDThe Righteous Mind, Jonathan HaidtBig Five personality traitsJohann Wolfgang von GoetheEdmund Burke, Edmund Burke and the French RevolutionPrisoner's Dilemma, Game theoryPenny-farthing bicycleFalklands WarBattle Royale (Japanese film)Battle royale (Video game genre)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ulysse Malassagne, animator and adventurer, tries to convince me that sleeping on an erupting volcano is not dangerous.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKS:Ulysse's Instagram: @ulysseadventuresWatch Primal on Adult SwimUlysse's studio: La CachetteUlysse's comic books available on AmazonTrailer for KairosLove, Death + Robots (Netflix)Ulysse's graduation film: Le RoyaumeTHINGS WE MENTIONED:Puer aeternus (Not "aeternatus", which is not a word.)Hayao MiyazakiMichel De Montaigne's EssaysHedy LamarrAyn RandJourneyUncharted 2Sex differences in crime (Wikipedia)Homicide statistics by gender (Wikipedia)"The Gender Gap in Technology in Scandinavia" (Report by Telenor, Norwegian govt. owned tech company, 2019)"The more women have equal opportunities, the more they differ from men in their preferences" (Science, academic journal)*"Gender-equality paradox" in STEM (Wikipedia)***Controversial figure, Jordan Peterson, is responsible for popularizing this finding with the public, citing this (Falk and Hermle, 2018) and other studies, but the research itself seems solid enough to take seriously. This issue is highly politicized. It is possible that this finding could be caused by reasons other than biological differences between males and females (as Falk and Hermle point out in their footnotes).**Disputed (see Stoet and Geary, 2018), but data is remarkable regardless.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Phil Doyle, parkour O.G. and lovable rogue, joins me to talk about almost dying in Miami, the joy of balding, and starting his own clothing brand.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKS:Phil's Instagram: @_philydeePhil's parkour videos: 'Concrete Circus', 'Professor Longhair, Big Chief', 'Barefootdem Foolish Blaps!'Phil's clothing brand: @capst1THINGS WE MENTIONED:Oleg Vorslav's Instagram: @oleg.vorslavPhosky moves like cursiveDylan Baker's ManhoodFord CortinaFord v Ferrari/Le Mans 66History and technique of the triple jump★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Igor Grossmann, social psychologist and one-time lover of dance, joins me to talk about his youth in the downfall of the Soviet Union, the nature of wisdom, and resolving binary problems by jumping up a level.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKS:Igor's podcast "On Wisdom"Igor's Aeon articleIgor's researchIgor's Twitter: @psywisdomTHINGS WE MENTIONED:EssentialismIQ and g factor"Good true self" findingJean PiagetLawrence Kohlberg★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ron Chau, budding existential psychotherapist and human anomaly, joins me to talk about Irvin Yalom's ultimate concerns, The Brothers Karamazov, and accepting the universe as it is. Is this an interview podcast? I talk a lot in this one. Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKS:Ron's articleRon's a-cappella groupTHINGS WE MENTIONED:Ultimate concerns, Irvin YalomThe Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor DostoevskyHeraclitus' FragmentsThe Last Question, Isaac AsimovThe Gay Science, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Friedrich NietzscheThe Righteous Mind, Jonathan HaidtPrisoner's Dilemma, Game theory★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alex Schnell, comparative psychologist and cuttlefish enthusiast, joins me to talk about cephalopod intelligence, animal sentience, and the emerging science of magical illusion.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow Cassettes on...Instagram: @cassettespodcastTwitter: @cassettes_podSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKS:Alex's Twitter: @dr_alexschnellAlex's researchAlex's cuttlefish delayed gratification studyDimensions of Animal ConsciousnessTHINGS WE MENTIONED:CephalopodAustralian giant cuttlefish'My Octopus Teacher' (Netflix)Gustav KuhnEmotional valenceShantaram (novel)Labyrinth (1986 film)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jens Notroff, archaeologist and prolific tweeter, joins me to talk about the fascinating site known as Göbekli Tepe, the recurring act of monument destruction, and the relationship between truth and history.Want to help Cassettes grow? Become a patron at patreon.com/cassettespodcast and get full-length episodes with double the content, 48 hours early.Follow us on Instagram: @cassettespodcastSpecial thanks to Chris Maier, who did the music. Find him here.GUEST LINKS:Jen's Twitter: @jens2goJen's field sketch shopJen's researchTHINGS WE MENTIONED:Ibn Fadlan's account of a Viking burialDid Marco Polo bring noodles to Italy from China?Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi HuangHoward CarterMegalithGöbekli TepeTepe TelegramsDyatlov Pass Incident★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dan Nicholson, molecular biologist-turned-process philosopher and future Bond villain, joins me to talk about everything flowing, spacetime worms, and what it would be like to be a molecule.

Eleanor Michalka, art director and master of shapes, joins me to talk about her career in animation, seeing things as they really are, the nature of God, and transcendent experiences. This one went off the rails.

Chris Maier, musical genius, joins me to talk about incorporating Joseph Campbell's monomyth into his music, his fascination with evolutionary biology, his love of fishing, and the popular obsession with simulation theory.

Pace Davis, real-life Cormac McCarthy character, joins me to talk about having a con-man dad, his experience with Spanish dumpster riots, the essays of James Baldwin vs George Orwell, and the joy of canoeing.

Soo Jong, the aunt we all need but don't deserve, joins me to talk about Buddhism, music, and death.