Regnfang

In this episode we talk with Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Mousavi about poetry as a practise in Iran. We talk about poetry's strong roots in Iranian culture, and how it's being used today as a weapon in the fight against the Iranian regime. We talk about censorship in Iran and the poetic movement post-modern Ghazal. We discuss how the regime exercise systematic violence, torture and discrimination against its population, and the ways in which Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Mousavi have used their poetry as a political tool in mobilising change. Fatemeh Ekhtesari is a poet, editor, Human rights activist and midwife from Iran. She has published four collections of poetry, two collections of short stories, and two collections of prose. Her poetry is translated into English, German, Norwegian, Swedish and Spanish. Mehdi Mousavi is a poet, editor, Human rights activist  and pharmacist from Iran. He has published fourteen collections of poetry, two novels and a book on literature theory. As a teacher Mousavi has led underground poetry schools in hiding from Iranian authorities for many years. In 2015 Ekhtesari and Mousavi fled Iran together. Ekhtesari had been convicted eleven and a half years in prison and ninety-nine whiplashes, Mousavi nine years in prison and ninety-nine lashes. Both sentences were on the grounds of their poetic activism. They came to Limmehammer in 2017 through Icorn as writes in exile. This episode of the podcast was recorded in February 2024, at an event in Gamle Munch in Oslo in front of an audience. The event was supported by Frittord. I hope you enjoy the conversation. 

I denne udsendelse taler vi (igen) med den norske poet Stein Versto. Stein Versto debuterede i 1990 med novellesamlingen Ho blei borte i trappene, som han fik Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for. Siden har han udgivet flere digtsamlinger og romaner. Med udgangspunkt i Steins sidste digtsamling, Så nær kan du sjå meg, taler vi om forholdet mellem poesi og musik, poesi og tro, samt poesi og magi. Udover at være poet er Stein musiker og velbevandret i den kristne visdomstradition, og har derfor unikke perspektiver på de mystiske, sanselige og bevidsthedsudvidende potentialer poesien tilbyder os.Udsendelsen blev optaget under litteraturfestivalen Bøker i Bø foran et veloplagt publikum. Denne podcast begynder ved at Stein Versto læser højt af sin poesi, derefter går udsendelsen over til selve interviewet og afsluttes med mere digtoplæsning. Det var utroligt meningsfuldt  for mig at interviewe Stein Versto, og jeg håber at I vil finde inspiration i hans univers.God fornøjelse

In this episode, you will meet Alvaro de Ferranti. Alvaro is founder and leader of the Tabula Rasa Retreat, a therapeutic treatment center operating in Portugal, that uses the plant medicine ibogaine as part of wholistic treatments for addiction, mental health issues, and spiritual enhancement. Alvaro has been working therapeutically with iboga and ibogaine since 2016, and at Tabula Rasa he has received and treated more than 300 people. The broad application of this plant medicine is reflected in the stories of these people, who have come to Tabula Rasa to manage issues as varied as opioid-addiction, stimulant-addiction, PTSD, behavioral addiction, depression, eating disorder, anxiety, and spiritual disconnection.  Ibogaine is one of the main alkaloids in the tabernanthe iboga plant, that grows in and around the rainforest of Gabon. The plant and its alkaloid are currently receiving increased attention among researchers and therapists, mainly because of its presuming potential to treat substance dependence. However, significant risks are also associated with iboga and ibogaine, and work is still needed to assess the efficacy and safety profile of this plant medicine.In the podcast, Alvaro and I touch briefly on the fascinating journey of the iboga plant from its roots in Gabon where it has been and is still used for healing and initiation as part of the spiritual tradition called Bwiti, and into its use in addiction treatment and therapies at both official centers and at underground facilities all around the world. We then turn to the topic of how iboga can heal various issues and help people “dissolve to resolve”. Alvaro describes the treatment protocol and the crucial safety measures taken at Tabula Rasa. We talk about the significance of trust, respect, and intentionality when working with iboga, the importance of having a social support structure before and after treatment, and some common psychological, physical, and emotional effects of a flood dose of ibogaine among their clients. Finally, we discuss the challenges and potentials around implementing ibogaine in more traditional psychiatry.The podcast is recorded at Tabula Rasa's serene farm in Portugal, where I had the pleasure to spend some months during my doctoral research in order to follow, take part in, and learn from their work.We hope you enjoy the conversation!Links:Tabula Rasa Retreat

Tanya Luhrmann is Albert Ray Lang Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in Psychology, and she is an elected member of the American Philosophical Society. Her work focuses on the edge of experience: on voices, visions, the world of the supernatural and the world of psychosis. She has conducted ethnographic work among groups such as evangelic Christians, American Santerians, Zoroastrians in India, magicians in England, and people hearing voices across cultural contexts. Apart from being the author of lots of academic articles and opinion pieces in the New York Times, her award-winning books include ‘Persuasions of the Witch's Craft', ‘Of Two Minds', ‘When God talks Back', and ‘How God Becomes Real'.In this podcast we talk with Tanya about how people make God and Spirits real through various forms of practice and ideas. Tanya shares stories of world- and self-transformation from her fieldwork among magicians in England and evangelic Christians in the United States and unfolds some of the factors influencing such changes. We talk about the world-building effects of prayer, and how faith changes the person of faith. Finally, Tanya describes how cultural theories of mind also have an impact on the manifestation of anomalous, sensory experiences across contexts.The episode is part of Regnfang's series of co-publications of the Anthropology on Air podcast. A podcast created and published in collaboration with the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen. The podcast was recorded in early December 2023, when Tanya was in Bergen to be a panellist of the annual Holberg Debate. Resources:Academic Profile: https://anthropology.stanford.edu/people/tanya-marie-luhrmannPersonal website: https://www.tanyaluhrmann.com-       When God talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God (2012)-       Of Two Minds: An anthropologist looks at American Psychiatry (2001)-       Persuasions of the Witch's Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England (1989)-       How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others (2020)-       Special issue: ‘Mind and Spirit: a Comparative Theory' (2020)-       Article mentioned: ‘Sensing the presence of gods and spirits across cultures and faiths' (2021)Host and production: Sidsel MarieMusic: Victor Lange

In this episode, you will meet professor at the University of Oxford, Harvey Whitehouse. Harvey is the director of the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, he is Statutory Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, and a Professorial Fellow of Magdalen College. Harvey has worked extensively with rituals since his first long-term fieldwork in Papua New Guinea in 1980s. His list of publications includes myriads of interdisciplinary contributions, articles, and edited volumes apart from books, with the most recent being ‘The Ritual Animal' (from 2021).Currently, Harvey is testing and developing his theory of modes of religiosity which proposes that the frequency, transmission form and emotionality of rituals influences the scale and structure of social organisation. In recent years, his research has expanded beyond religion to examine all kinds of ritual behaviour globally and their role in binding groups together whether being in the context of football, war, or ex-convicts. Apart from that, Harvey has been occupied with questions on the evolution of social complexity, something which is also explored in his forthcoming book ‘Inheritance: the evolutionary origins of the modern world' that will be published in June 2024. In this podcast, we talk with Harvey about what characterises rituals, what kinds of social effects they can produce, and how they have developed throughout history and influenced social organisation. Harvey explains the modes of religiosity theory and we discuss how it can be usefully applied in relation to conflict and contexts as diverse as football fandom, violent extremism, and the environmental crisis. Finally, Harvey shares his vision of an anthropology that reaches beyond interpretive exclusivism and disciplinary silos when trying to understand cultural and social systems.The episode is part of Regnfang's series of co-publications of the Anthropology on Air podcast. A podcast created and published in collaboration with the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen. The podcast was recorded in November 2023, when Harvey visited Bergen to give the yearly Barth Memorial Lecture. Resources:Academic profile: https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-harvey-whitehousePersonal website: https://www.harveywhitehouse.comPaper mentioned: Rethinking ritual: how rituals made our world and how they could save it (2023)Books mentioned: The Ritual Animal (2021), ‘Inheritance: the evolutionary origins of the modern world (forthcoming)

In this episode you will meet Jennifer Hays, who is professor in social anthropology at the University of Tromsø (UiT) – the Arctic University of Norway. Jennifer has been working with hunter-gatherer San Populations in southern Africa for 25 years, as a researcher, and as a consultant for governmental bodies and local and international NGOs. She is, among other things, a founding member of the Hunter Gatherer Education Research and Advocacy Group (HG-Edu), a board member of the Kalahari Peoples' Fund. She also works as a consultant for UN bodies on global human rights issues. A primary focus of her work has been on issues relating to education, language, and indigenous rights, including the impact of formal education on San lifeways and on their own efforts to attain educational self-determination.In the podcast, Jennifer gives us insights into what characterises the ways of life of the approximately 10 million people worldwide who live in contemporary hunter-gatherer communities. Focusing on the Ju/'hoansi in the Nyae Nyae conservancy in Namibia, where Jennifer has conducted decades of extensive fieldwork, we discuss some of the challenges that this community face, especially in terms of education and knowledge transmission.Finally, Jennifer offers some reflections on the complex topic of how we can uphold the rights to self-determination of indigenous peoples, and some of the pitfalls that we must take caution to avoid.The episode is part of Regnfang's series of co-publications of the Anthropology on Air podcast. A podcast created and published in collaboration with the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen. The podcast was recorded in early November 2023 when Jennifer was in Bergen to give a lecture at the Bergen Anthropology Department Seminars.Resources:-       Read more about Jennifer's work and find her publications hereHost and production: Sidsel MarieMusic: Victor Lange

I denne udsendelse kan du møde filosof og filosofihistoriker Sabrina Ebbersmeyer. Sabrina er lektor på Københavns Universitet, hvor hun forsker og underviser. Hun har publiceret en lang række artikler, bogkapitler og bøger om forskellige filosofiske spørgsmål - heriblandt renæssancens filosofi, naturforståelse,  kvindelige filosoffers plads i filosofihistorien og forholdet mellem emotioner og rationalitet. I dette interview giver Sabrina en introduktion til flere filosofiske diskussioner. Hun giver et overblik over renæssanc ens syn på sjælen, herunder den italienske filosof Telesios teori om emotioner. Derudover taler vi om den danske adelskvinde og filosof Birgitte Thotts oversættelse af Seneca. Slutteligt fortæller Sabrina om et nyt og stort anlagt forskningsprojekt, der skal udforske kvindelige filosoffers rolle i Nordens oplysningstid. Hun har netop modtaget midler til det projekt fra det meget prestigefyldte European Research Council (ECR). Jeg nød virkelig at tale med Sabrina. Hendes forskning og perspektiver på filosofi er enormt berigende og utrolig interessante. Jeg vil anbefale alle, der har interesse for filosofi, at følge hendes arbejde.God fornøjelse. Klipning: Sidsel Marie Musik og vært: Victor Lange 

I denne udsendelse kan du møde Hans Jørgen Brøndum. Hans Jørgen drev trykkeriet og forlaget Brøndum i næsten 40 år, i Nansensgade 41 i København. Brøndum opsatte, trykte og udgav nogle af de fineste udgivelser, vi har på dansk. Det gjaldt danske og udenlandske forfattere og kunstnere såsom Inger Christensen, Henrik Nordbrandt, Per Kirkeby, Henry Miller, Samuel Beckett og Fernando Pessoa. Hans Jørgen giver i nærværende udsendelse en række erindringer omkring sit virke. Han fortæller om sine unge år som studerende på kunstakademiet i København, om sit første møde med blandt andet digteren Ole Sarvig, om de tidlige år med trykkeriet og om de mange forskellige mennesker, der kom på Nansensgade 41. Du kan høre om, hvordan Hans Jørgen arbejdede sammen med Inger Christensen i forbindelse med udgivelsen af Sommerfugledalen, eller hvordan han indledte sit årelange venskab og virke med Henrik Nordbrandt og Per Kirkeby.Jeg vil anbefale, at man anskaffer sig Hans Jørgens erindringer, I en kælder sort som kul. Den er enormt velskrevet og indeholder virkelig interessante betragtninger omkring litteratur, kunst og livet i det hele taget. Den kan købes i butikken på Nansensgade 41.God fornøjelse.

Welcome to Regnfang's co-publication of the Anthropology on Air podcast. A podcast created and published in collaboration with the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen. Each episode features interviews with social sciences researchers on topics related to the ways in which our human mind and life is entangled with the communities of ideas and beings with whom we live.In this episode, you will meet Matthew Carey who is associate professor at the Department of Anthropology at Copenhagen University. Matthew's main field site is in the Moroccan High Atlas where he has done recurring fieldwork since 2002. His work here has, among other things, focused on mistrust, complicity, egalitarianism, sincerity, subjectivity, medical pluralism, and anarchism. Apart from that, Matthew has written on issues related to apocalyptic discourses, conspiracy, lying, and bureaucracy. In this conversation, we talk with Matthew about his book ‘Mistrust: An ethnographic theory' before delving into the subject of infant mortality and parental grief among Tachelhit-Berber speaking communities in Southern Morocco. In trying to explain the radical difference here between showcase and claimed experience of grief when small compared to older children passed away, Matthew provides an anthropological analysis of different forms of emotional attachment and relational bonding. The podcast was recorded in early May 2023 when Matthew was in Bergen to give a presentation at the Bergen Social Anthropology Seminar (BSAS).Host and production: Sidsel MarieMusic: Victor Lange

Welcome to Regnfang's co-publication of the Anthropology on Air podcast. A podcast created and published in collaboration with the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen. Each episode features interviews with social sciences researchers on topics related to the ways in which our human mind and life is entangled with the communities of ideas and beings with whom we live.In this episode you will meet Veronica Strang, who is a professor of anthropology currently affiliated with Oxford University. Her research focuses on human-environmental relations, and in particular, societies' engagements with water, encompassing conflicts over ownership and governance; cultural beliefs and values; human and non-human rights; and people´s sensory and cognitive interactions with water. Veronica's main ethnographic research has been conducted in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, and apart from publishing an impressive number of academic books and articles on the topic of water, she has consulted and worked with people from the water industry, the UN, and UNESCO, just to mention a few. We talk with Veronica about her more recent work on water beings. After describing what a water being is, Veronica unfolds how thinking with and through these creatures can illuminate culturally specific and historically changing human-environmental relations. We talk about how water beings can be used as a narrative device for criticising a sharp nature/culture divide and how they can provide alternative models for relating to nature and responding to the current environmental crisis. Finally, Veronica touches upon the comparative and co-authoring nature of anthropology.The podcast was recorded in late May 2023 when Veronica was in Bergen to give a presentation at the Bergen Social Anthropology Seminar (BSAS).Books referred to in the podcast:-       Water Beings: From Nature Worship to the Environmental crisis (Reaktion Books, 2023)-       The Meaning of Water (Routledge, 2004)-       Gardening the world: agency, identity, and the ownership of water (Berghahn Books, 2009)Host and production: Sidsel MarieMusic: Victor Lange

Welcome to Regnfang's co-publication of the Anthropology on Air podcast. A podcast created and published in collaboration with the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen. Each episode features interviews with social sciences researchers on topics related to the ways in which our human mind and life is entangled with the communities of ideas and beings with whom we live.This episode's guest, George Paul Meiu, is professor of anthropology and chair of the institute of social anthropology at the University of Basel and associate in the departments of anthropology and African and African American studies at Harvard University.George's research and teaching focus on sexuality, gender, and kinship; ethnicity, belonging and citizenship; mobility, memory, and materiality; and the political economy of East Africa and Eastern Europe. He is the author of the prize-winning book Ethno-erotic Economies: Sexuality, Money, and Belonging in Kenya (University of Chicago Press, 2017), and his new book, currently in press, is titled Queer Objects to the Rescue: Intimacy and Citizenship in Kenya (University of Chicago Press, 2023). In addition, George is our companion in the attempt of getting anthropology on air, he is the host and producer of the combined video-podcast platform, Ethnographic Imagination Basel, which we really recommend checking out!In this podcast, we talk with George about ways to understand the contemporary homophobic violence and sentiment in Kenya. Instead of imposing perspectives from queer liberalism, George suggests situating the phenomenon in its own social, material, and historical context in order to grasp its local grammar and conditions of reproduction. George then offers an analytical strategy to do this through a focus on what he calls ‘queer objects'. We talk about how objects such as plastic and diapers can be used to grasp the moral panic over homosexuality in Kenya and how this relates to notions of intimate citizenship. Finally, George describes how the queer potentiality of objects has been used in artivism and activism and how we might use it for thinking critically, imagining, and creating new worlds.The podcast was recorded in early June 2023 when George was in Bergen to give a presentation at the Bergen Social Anthropology Seminar (BSAS).Resources:-       If you want to learn more about George's work, we recommend listening to this New Books Network podcast episode, where he talks about his prize-winning book Ethno-erotic Economies: Sexuality, Money, and Belonging in KenyaHost and production: Sidsel MarieMusic: Victor Lange

In this podcast, we talk with philosopher and cognitive scientist, Ophelia Deroy. Ophelia is professor at the Ludwig Maxmillian University in Munich where she directs the interdisciplinary research group Cognition, Value, and Behaviour. Her research concerns a wide range of topics including decision-making, social cognition, perception, and the interaction between humans and artificial intelligence. She has done research in both philosophy and cognitive science, involving publication of many academic books and numerous articles in research journals. Related, Ophelia has also collaborated with museums such as the Tate Museum in London. The present interview touches upon multiple topics. We begin with Ophelia's own research background before moving into a discussion of the scientific research on sensing. Following this, the interview addresses the topic of metacognition and closes with Ophelia's broader perspectives on science communication. I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did. I find Ophelia's perspectives on these matters deeply engaging and exciting.I highly recommend checking out Ophelia's website where you can dive into her work (www.opheliaderoy.com). We hope that you will enjoy the conversation!Production: Heine VolderMusic: Victor Lange

Welcome to Regnfang's new podcast series on natural wine. For those listeners who are already familiar with the Regnfang podcast, this theme might be a bit puzzling. After all, our podcasts normally tap into the topic of the human mind by interviewing scientists, authors, and artists. What does natural wine have to do with this topic?For us, natural wine has everything to do with the human mind—ranging from the work in the fields, the vinification, and the drinking of it. We are personally deep admirers; fascinated by the people who make it and the profound experiences these wines offer.Throughout the years, one question has returned to us again and again: is natural wine an art form, or is it merely an agricultural product? This is an intriguing question, and we pose it to producers and importers of natural wine in the present series. This will take you on a journey around Europe, between cities like those of Paris and Munich, to the countryside of Southern France. In this episode, you will meet the winemakers Anders Frederik Steen and Anne Bruun Blauert. Even though they are both Danish, Anders and Anne live and make wine in the small and old village of Valvignères in Ardèche, in Southern France. We completely fell in love, not only with Anders' and Anne's bottles, but also with their approach and mentality about wine making. It was a great pleasure to visit their beautiful home in Valvignères where they live with their daughter, son, and sweet dog. Their wines are really amazing and very distinct–personally, some of the best we have had in our lives. We cannot recommend them enough.  We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did! Website: https://www.andersfrederiksteen.com/ Also, check out Anders' inspiring book on wine-making and wine-drinking: https://www.apartamentomagazine.com/product/poetry-is-growing-in-our-garden-anders-frederik-steen/ 

Welcome to Regnfang's new podcast series on natural wine. For those listeners who are already familiar with the Regnfang podcast, this theme might be a bit puzzling. After all, our podcasts normally tap into the topic of the human mind by interviewing scientists, authors, and artists. What does natural wine have to do with this topic?For us, natural wine has everything to do with the human mind—ranging from the work in the fields, the vinification, and the drinking of it. We are personally deep admirers; fascinated by the people who make it and the profound experiences these wines offer.Throughout the years, one question has returned to us again and again: is natural wine an art form, or is it merely an agricultural product? This is an intriguing question. The best answer might be that it is both. Natural wine is clearly an agricultural product. It is produced through the cultivation of the natural environment, through methods such as pruning, plowing, and harvesting. Yet, it also seems to be an artistic product, an art form. Natural wine represents a place, it expresses the spirit of the winemaker, and it offers a deep and multi-modal experience of both perceptual and reflective aspects. That is, natural wine seems to be a unique artistic medium—among other things, because it draws so much on taste and smell, compared to other genres such as music and literature.In this episode, you will meet Nathaniel Ratapu. Nathan runs the wine- and book shop Rerenga Wines in the 10th arrondissement in Paris. The shop is truly fascinating, packed with a wide assortment of inspiring bottles and edgy literature. We highly recommend visiting it if you are around. We talk with Nathan about entering the world of natural wine and how it relates to current political issues on inequality, cultural identity, and the natural environment. Of course, we also ask Nathan whether natural wine is to be understood purely as an agricultural product or also an art form - a question that opens multiple lines of thought. Check out Rerenga Wines on the following: https://www.rerengawines.com/ We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did! 

Welcome to Regnfang's new podcast series on natural wine. For those listeners who are already familiar with the Regnfang podcast, this theme might be a bit puzzling. After all, our podcasts normally tap into the topic of the human mind by interviewing scientists, authors, and artists. What does natural wine have to do with this topic?For us, natural wine has everything to do with the human mind—ranging from the work in the fields, the vinification, and the drinking of it. We are personally deep admirers; fascinated by the people who make it and the profound experiences these wines offer. Throughout the years, one question has returned to us again and again: is natural wine an art form, or is it merely an agricultural product? This is an intriguing question. The best answer might be that it is both. Natural wine is clearly an agricultural product. It is produced through the cultivation of the natural environment, through methods such as pruning, plowing, and harvesting. Yet, it also seems to be an artistic product, an art form. Natural wine represents a place, it expresses the spirit of the winemaker, and it offers a deep and multi-modal experience of both perceptual and reflective aspects. That is, natural wine seems to be a unique artistic medium—among other things, because it draws so much on taste and smell, compared to other genres such as music and literature.In this episode, you will meet winemaker François Blanchard. François makes truly wonderful wine. He works in Le Perron in the village of Lémeré, in Loire. We met Francois at the wine fair La GoulAyance in Paris—a fair he actually arranged together with some of his fellow wine makers. This explains the background noise, and why there is a man yelling in a megaphone towards the end of the interview (the fair was closing and everyone had to stop serving and drinking wine). As already mentioned, François' wines are extraordinary. Check out his website and find out how you get a hand on some of his bottles. You find the link in the description for this episode. Website: http://www.francois-blanchard.com/ We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did!

Welcome to Regnfang's new podcast series on natural wine. For those listeners who are already familiar with the Regnfang podcast, this theme might be a bit puzzling. After all, our podcasts normally tap into the topic of the human mind by interviewing scientists, authors, and artists. What does natural wine have to do with this topic?For us, natural wine has everything to do with the human mind—ranging from the work in the fields, the vinification, and the drinking of it. We are personally deep admirers; fascinated by the people who make it and the profound experiences these wines offer.Throughout the years, one question has returned to us again and again: is natural wine an art form, or is it merely an agricultural product? This is an intriguing question. The best answer might be that it is both. Natural wine is clearly an agricultural product. It is produced through the cultivation of the natural environment, through methods such as pruning, plowing, and harvesting. Yet, it also seems to be an artistic product, an art form. Natural wine represents a place, it expresses the spirit of the winemaker, and it offers a deep and multi-modal experience of both perceptual and reflective aspects. That is, natural wine seems to be a unique artistic medium—among other things, because it draws so much on taste and smell, compared to other genres such as music and literature.In this episode, you will meet George from the house Gelovani Cellar. Gelovani Cellar makes wine in Georgia. Their wines are astonishing, really rich and generous. We highly recommend trying out their wine, so check out their social media in the description for this podcastGelovain Cellar: https://en-gb.facebook.com/Gelovani.cellar/ We met with George at the wonderful restaurant Supra in Belleville, Paris. The interview was recorded in the kitchen of the restaurant, which explains some of the background noise. We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did!

Welcome to Regnfang's new podcast series on natural wine. For those listeners who are already familiar with the Regnfang podcast, this theme might be a bit puzzling. After all, our podcasts normally tap into the topic of the human mind by interviewing scientists, authors, and artists. What does natural wine have to do with this topic?For us, natural wine has everything to do with the human mind—ranging from the work in the fields, the vinification, and the drinking of it. We are personally deep admirers; fascinated by the people who make it and the profound experiences these wines offer.Throughout the years, one question has returned to us again and again: is natural wine an art form, or is it merely an agricultural product? This is an intriguing question. The best answer might be that it is both. Natural wine is clearly an agricultural product. It is produced through the cultivation of the natural environment, through methods such as pruning, plowing, and harvesting. Yet, it also seems to be an artistic product, an art form. Natural wine represents a place, it expresses the spirit of the winemaker, and it offers a deep and multi-modal experience of both perceptual and reflective aspects. That is, natural wine seems to be a unique artistic medium—among other things, because it draws so much on taste and smell, compared to other genres such as music and literature.In this episode, you will meet winemaker Beatriz. Beatriz produces wine together with Etinne Le Blanc. Their domain is called Clos Kixhaya and is located in Loire, more precisely in Chino. Their wines are truly amazing and we really, really recommend them. We were lucky to taste a handful of them at the wine fair La GoulAyance in Paris. The interview is recorded at this wine fair, which explains the bit of background noise you might hear.Follow Clos Kixhaya on Instragram and find out buy some of their wonderful wine: https://www.instagram.com/clos_kixhaya/?hl=da We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did!  

Welcome to Regnfang's new podcast series on natural wine. For those listeners who are already familiar with the Regnfang podcast, this theme might be a bit puzzling. After all, our podcasts normally tap into the topic of the human mind by interviewing scientists, authors, and artists. What does natural wine has to do with this topic?For us, natural wine has everything to do with the human mind—ranging from the work in the fields, the vinification, and the drinking of it. We are personally deep admirers; fascinated by the people who make it and the profound experiences these wines offer.Throughout the years, one question has returned to us again and again: is natural wine an art form, or is it merely an agricultural product? This is an intriguing question, and we pose it to producers and importers of natural wine in the present series. This will take you on a journey around Europe, between cities like those of Paris and Munich, to the countryside of Southern France. In this episode, you will meet Claudia Sontheim. Claudia has been a part of the European natural wine scene for many years, both in importing wines and in running restaurants and eateries. Today, she is in charge of the wine shop, Origine Natural Wines, which sells wines online and in shop at their new address in Berlin. We really, really recommend the assortment at Origine Natural Wines. It is incredible.Check out Origine Natural Wines here: https://origine-kiosque.de/  We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did!

Denne udsendelses gæst er litteraturforsker og kritiker, Mette Høeg. Mette er PhD i litteratur fra King's College i London og arbejder lige nu på Oxford Universitet. Hendes nuværende forskningsprojektet bærer titlen ‘The role of literature and the humanities in the development of a consciousness culture and ethics'. Projektet bygger på det synspunkt, at bevidsthedsforskning bør være et interdisciplinært forskningsområde, hvor ikke kun naturvidenskabelige discipliner såsom hjerneforskning, kognitiv psykologi og visse grene af filosofi deltager. Humanistiske discipliner, såsom litteraturforskning, bør også spille en rolle.Interviewet med Mette falder i fire dele. Første del omhandler litteraturforskning og litteraturkritik som discipliner. Hvad indebærer de, og er der en væsentligt forskel at holde for øje? I anden del spørger vi Mette, hvad litteraturforskning helt overordnet kan tilbyde bevidsthedsforskning. Der fokuseres i særdeleshed på to forfattere, nemlig Virginia Woolf og Robert Musil. I tredje del vender vi perspektivet og spørger: Hvad kan bevidsthedsforskning tilbyde litteraturforskning? Slutteligt, i fjerde del, anbefaler Mette tre litterære værker, som hun mener tilbyder væsentlige perspektiver til moderne bevidsthedsforskning.Du kan læse mere om Mettes forskning ved følgende link. Mettes forskning er i øvrigt støttet af Carlsberg Fondet:https://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/mette-leonard-hoeg God fornøjelse!  

In this episode you will meet Tehseen Noorani who is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical & Community Psychology and Anthropology at the University of East London. Noorani is furthermore a contributor to the psychedelic community in a wide variety of ways. He was for example a co-investigator on the Johns Hopkins psilocybin for smoking-cessation study. He co-organized the free online psychedelic conference Psychedelic, Madness & Awakening which is still freely available. He has written defining papers detailing the processes of medicalizing psychedelic substances, and he is often cited for his original critical analyses. At present, Noorani is writing a monograph tracing the renewed scientific and therapeutic interest in psychedelic experiences in the global North, exploring implications for theories of psychopathology and approaches to mental health care. Weaving together scientific, medical, spiritual and aesthetic registers, this research is situated in the context of medicalisation and the ongoing ‘war on drugs'. The vantage point for this conversation is Noorani's presentation at ICPR where he charted and envisioned methods for more rigorous psychedelic drug trial designs that better account for context. We hope that you will enjoy the conversation!Resources:http://www.psychedelicsmadnessawakening.com/https://twitter.com/tehseennoorani Host: Kevin MikkelsenProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor LangeThis podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish Center for Psychedelic Awareness.The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.Illustrations by Lizette RosagerFollow the links to learn more about Cepda and Regnfang

In this podcast you will meet, Assistant Professor at Erasmus University, research associate at the University of California, and Editor-in-Chief of Journal Biosemiotics, Yogi Hendlin. Hendlin's work draws on deep ecology, environmental philosophy, especially decolonial kinds, and public health policy. In focusing on the ecological aspects of psychedelics, Hendlin takes a less individualistic approach to the study of these substances than what is usually done in clinical research. And In this conversation, Hendlin unfolds what he terms the ‘ecodelic' components of the psychedelic experience.We hope you will enjoy the conversation!Resources:Read more about Hendlin's work hereHost: Sidsel MarieProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor LangeThis podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish Center for Psychedelic Awareness.The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.Illustrations by Lizette RosagerFollow the links to learn more about Cepda and Regnfang

In this podcast, you will meet PhD candidate in the history of science at the Université Picardie – Jules Vernes in France and associate researcher at the Paul Brousse hospital, Vincent Verroust. Verroust current PhD investigations focus on the discovery of psilocybin fungi in the west and are based on the archives of Prof. Roger Heim (1900 - 1979), which are kept at the French National Museum of Natural History, and contain a large volume of correspondence with the two psychedelic pioneers R. Gordon Wasson and Albert Hofmann. Apart from doing psychedelic research, Verroust is also founder and board member of the French Psychedelic Society. In the podcast Verroust provides a critical examination of the concept of ‘indigenous reciprocity' as it is sometimes used within psychedelic research with regards to psilocybin.We hope you will enjoy the conversation!Host: Sidsel MarieProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor LangeThis podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish Center for Psychedelic Awareness.The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.Illustrations by Lizette RosagerFollow the links to learn more about Cepda and Regnfang

In this episode we talk to Kim Kuypers who is Associate Professor with Maastricht University, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. She also obtained her Ph.D. there, in 2007. For the following four years, she remained in Maastricht conducting postdoctoral research into the effects of MDMA on memory and driving performance. Additionally, in 2011, she was also a postdoctoral researcher at Belgium's Ghent University where she studied the risk analysis of alcohol and drugs in traffic accidents. Her aim is to understand the neurobiology underlying flexible cognition, empathy, and well-being. Dr. Kuypers and her team employ a psychopharmacological model to study the acute and longer term effects of psychedelics on these behaviors and their underlying biology. Dr. Kuypers and the team at Maastricht have been investigating the optimal dose of microdosing LSD to improve mood, cognition and pain resilience, with minimal side effects and interferences to day to day life. In 2018, Dr. Kuypers was named the Principal Investigator for the Netherlands in the MAPS Phase 2 Clinical Trials of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD in Europe. This episode was conducted on zoom a couple of weeks after the conference. We get to talk to professor Kuypers mainly about her studies on microdosing, potential side-effects of the practice, new trends and disputes in the field, and where the science of microdosing is headed next. Host: Kevin MikkelsenProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor LangeThis podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish Center for Psychedelic Awareness.The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.Illustrations by Lizette RosagerFollow the links to learn more about Cepda and Regnfang

In this episode you will meet, medical doctor, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, and teacher, Jeffrey Guss. Guss was Co-Principal Investigator and Director of Psychedelic Therapy Training for the NYU School of Medicine's study on psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in the treatment of cancer related existential distress. He is currently a Lead Trainer with Fluence, with a focus on the integration of psychedelic therapy with psychoanalysis. Furthermore, Guss is a study therapist in the NYU study on Psilocybin-Assisted treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, and he has published on the integration of ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - with psychedelic assisted therapy.  In this podcast, which was recorded through Zoom a few weeks after the conference, we talk with Guss about the broad therapeutic applications of psychedelic substances, and based on his research, Guss offers some insights into some of the psychological mechanisms that seem to impact this broad potential.We hope you will enjoy the conversation!Resources:Find out more about Guss' work and publications hereOpen Source study on psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in the treatment of cancer related existential distress:https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/27909164/Host: Sidsel MarieProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor LangeThis podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish Center for Psychedelic Awareness.The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.Illustrations by Lizette RosagerFollow the links to learn more about Cepda and Regnfang

In this podcast you will meet, Ph.D. and Chief Medical Officer at MAPS Public Benefit Corporation, Corine de Boer. The abbreviation ‘MAPS' stands for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. MAPS has since its formation in 1986 been a prominent actor in the efforts of re-legitimizing the therapeutic use of psychedelic substances, especially with regards to MDMA-assisted therapy for people suffering from PTSD. MAPS has not only supported research and clinical efforts, but also made big contributions to the larger psychedelic ecosystem which includes being involved in public education, policy and harm reduction. In the US, MAPS has succeeded in getting MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD all the way to phase 3 clinical trials, and if everything goes as planned, this will be a legal treatment option in the US within the next couple of years. It is expected that Europe will follow that development soon after. In this podcast, we talk with de Boer about the potential of MDMA-assisted therapy more generally and about the current status of research in MDMA-assisted therapy in Europe more specifically.We hope you will enjoy the conversation!Host: Kevin MikkelsenProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor LangeThis podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish center for psychedelic awareness.The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.Illustrations by Lizette RosagerFollow the links to learn more about Cepda and Regnfang

In this podcast you will meet social anthropologist, clinical psychologist, and INSERM research fellow, David Dupuis. The last decade, Dupuis has conducted fieldwork among psychedelic users and practitioners in Latin America and Europe. His work especially focuses on contemporary recharacterizations and socialization of psychedelic usage and, more broadly, on the comparative study of relationships between "hallucinations" and culture.In the following conversation we talk with Dupuis about his research and about some of the aspects we ought to pay attention to in the forthcoming years as the psychedelic renaissance continues to unfold.We hope you will enjoy the conversation!Resources:Read more about Dupuis' work hereHost: Sidsel MarieProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor LangeThis podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish center for psychedelic awareness.The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.Illustrations by Lizette RosagerFollow the links to learn more about Cepda and Regnfang

In this episode you will meet, professor of psychiatry and psychotherapy at Hannover Medical school, Torsten Passie. Passie is a longstanding contributor to the psychedelic field. He has published numerous articles and books on psychedelics, such as “The Science of Microdosing Psychedelics”, “Healing with Entactogens”, and “The Pharmacology of LSD”. As mentioned in the podcast, Passie is sometimes referred to as an ‘encyclopedia' within the psychedelic milieu. He has done remarkable work in recording and re-actualizing all the research that was conducted in what is called the first wave of psychedelic research between late 1940s and early 1970s. In the podcast we talk with Passie about the key findings from this period and about what lessons the current second wave of psychedelic research ought to acquire from previous research efforts.We hope you will enjoy the conversation! Resources:Find an online bibliography of previous psychedelic research here: Bibliography by Passie on psycholytic and psychedelic therapy research 1931-1995 https://www.samorini.it/doc1/alt_aut/lr/passie-psycholytic-and-psychedelic-therapy-research-1931-1995.pdf Host: Sidsel MarieProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor Lange This podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish center for psychedelic awareness.The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.Illustrations by Lizette RosagerFollow the links to learn more about Cepda and Regnfang

Welcome to “Psychedelic Insights” - a podcast series made by Regnfang and The Danish Center for Psychedelic Awareness. In this first episode of the series we want to begin with giving you a crash course in what psychedelics are, and highlight some of the reasons why they have become such a prominent research focus and object of public interest in recent years.Most of the 10 ensuing episodes of the series were recorded at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research, 2022, which took place between the 22nd and 24th of September 2022 in the Haarlem Philharmonie near to Amsterdam. In the series you will meet 10 speakers from the conference who all do research or work within the psychedelic field. Each of them takes different perspectives to the study and usage of psychedelic substances, and our hope is that the episodes will collectively leave you with an impression of the variety of themes and interests currently at play in the blooming interest in psychedelics.Resources:Article by Griffiths et al. 2006 https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/16826400/ Host: Sidsel MarieProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor Lange This podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish center for psychedelic awareness.The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.Illustrations by Lizette RosagerFollow the links to learn more about Cepda and Regnfang

In this podcast, you will meet senior researcher, psychologist and neuroscientist at Yale University and University of Zurich, Katrin Preller. Throughout her career, Preller has done research in the neurobiological effects of various substances such as cocaine, MDMA, heroin, LSD and psilocybin. Together with her research group in Pharmaco-Neuroimaging and Cognitive-Emotional Processing at Zurich University, Preller has investigated the effects of psychedelics on health, emotional and cognitive processes, and in the following conversation, she gives us a condensed update on their work. We hope you will enjoy the conversation!Resources:Read more about Preller's work here and hereHost: Sidsel MarieProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor LangeThis podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish center for psychedelic awareness.The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.Illustrations by Lizette RosagerFollow the links to learn more about Cepda and Regnfang

In recent decades, various forms of Buddhist practices have become more and more popular. The stories of profound life transformations through Buddhism are plentiful and the benefits of Buddhist forms of meditation are continuously reported by both practitioners and researchers.However, compared to other religious communities, Buddhism and in particular Zen Buddhism has been considered rather immune from allegations of sectarian scandals such as teacher abuse of authority and trust for economic, sexual, or other self-interested purpose.In this podcast I talk with Christopher Hamacher, zen Buddhist practitioner and daily leader of the Zen Dojo am Ostbahnhof in Munich, about both the merits and beauties of Zen Buddhism and about some of the deplorable cases of abuse in zen communities that Christopher has written about. Christopher has a degree in law from Universite de Montreal from 1994, currently works as a translator in Munich, and has been practicing Zen Buddhism since 1999 in both Japan, America, and Europe.We begin our conversation talking about Zen Buddhism, how it is practiced, and how Christopher became acquainted with the tradition. We then move on to discuss some of the unfortunate cases of student abuse with which Christopher also became familiar through his Zen Buddhist practice. Based on his thorough research into two cases of misconduct by teachers in a German and an American zen Buddhist community, Christopher abstracts some characteristics that are often common in abusive spiritual/religious leaders, and we further discuss how certain aspects of Zen Buddhism can be used as means of justification for abusive behaviour in zen communities. Finally, we talk about some constructive ways to create a safe, healthy, and inclusive community of spiritual practice.I found the conversation with Cristopher very valuable and important – not only in terms of Zen Buddhism but in the light of the heightened interest in spiritual practice more generally – and I hope you will benefit from it too.ResourcesYou can find Christopher's article ‘Zen has No Morals' here.For German speaking readers, here is a recent interview with Christopher on the case of Klaus Zernickow and the legal case that Zernickow raised against Christopher. In 2017, Christopher participated at the conference of the International Association of Cultic Studies. See the talk here.An online archive with testimonies by former students of Eido Shimano.The webpage of the Zen Dojo am OstbahnhofIf you know anyone or have yourself been victim of abuse, harassment, or any other form of unethical conduct in a spiritual or religious community, please seek support and do not hesitate to report the case so that the responsible people will be held accountable for their wrongdoings. You can find general support and guidance on International Cultic Studies Association In Germany, find help through:The German Buddhist Unionwww.buddhistische-sekten.de In Denmark, find support at:InsideOut

Denne udsendelses gæst er filosof og forfatter Søren Gosvig Olesen. Søren er lektor i filosofi på Københavns Universitet og har udgivet en lang række af bøger, bogkapitler og artikler om forskellige filosofiske tematikker. For nyligt har han udgivet bogen 'Filosofien i Frankrig' på forlaget Wunderbuch. Han har derudover oversat værker til dansk af filosoffer som Giorgio Argamben, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault og Martin Heidegger. Temaet for denne udsendelse er Sørens seneste bog 'Filosofien som institution og tænkning som håndværk' (på forlaget Klim). Her retter Søren en kritik mod den filosofi, der drives og prioriteres på universitetet. Diskussionen berører dog også mange emner, der rækker ud over denne kritik—emner som filosofiens væsen og dens forhold til tænkning, undren og sproget.Undertegnede (Victor) er selv en del af filosofien som institution. Selvom jeg er meget taknemlig for det, synes jeg, at Søren har mange interessante perspektiver på den nuværende situation for den akademiske filosofi. Derudover er hans tanker om filosofiens natur og rolle i eksistensen utrolig berigende og vedkommende—lige meget om du er filosof eller ej. Heine og jeg nød meget at besøge Søren i Malmø. Vi håber du finder ligeså interessant som os. God fornøjelse!

Denne udsendelses gæst er Shimon Mochizuki. Shimon er medejer og cheftræner for brasiliansk jiu-jitsu i klubben Arte Suave i København. Han var den første dansker til at opnå sort bælte i brasiliansk jiu-jitsu i 2008 og har siden trænet en lang række af kæmpere på absolut internationalt topplan.I udsendelsen taler vi med Shimon om hans egen historie ind i brasiliansk jiu-jitsu, udviklingen af Arte Suave og om de psykologiske dynamikker som både trænings- og kampsituationer i jiu-jitsu indeholder. Shimon kommer ind på emner som nervøsitet, dedikation, ydmyghed, ro og kontrol af følelser. Emner der alle har interesse langt udover jiu-jitsu specifikt. Udover Shimon så deltager Vincent Ringgaard Christoffersen også interviewet. Vincent er kandidat i filosofi fra Københavns Universitet med speciale i indisk filosofi og tænkning. Vincent har i særdelshed beskæftiget sig med sindsroens natur og de fænomenologiske dimensioner heraf. Desuden er Vincent selv udøver og underviser i brasiliansk jiu-jitsu og yoga i netop Arte Suave. Vi taler med Vincent om de mange forbindelser mellem praksisser som filosofi, meditation, yoga og jiu-jitsu. God fornøjelse!Vært: Victor LangeMusik: Victor Lange & Heine VolderProduktion: Heine Volder

Nietzsche og Kierkegaard er måske de to filosoffer, de fleste danskere vil nævne først, hvis de blot skulle nævne to. Men hvad har de to 1800tals tænkere egentlig til fælles og hvad adskiller dem? Og hvordan kan deres verdenssyn inspirere os i en tid, hvor klima- og naturkatastrofer synes at udfordre hele vores blik på vores egen rolle i verden?Det fortæller filosof Stine Zink Kaasgaard om i denne udgave af podcastserien Mennesket i uføre.Kierkegaard går i kast med spørgsmålet om selvets beskaffenhed og dets forhold til guddommen, mens Nietzsche går i rette med selve spørgsmålet om selv og Gud. Hos begge ligger et opgør med idealismens selvberoenhed. Vi kigger nærmere på hvilket forhold til verden – og hvilken verden – der ligger hos de to og hvorledes ‘vi' kan komme hinsides det enten-eller der holder os i et verdsligt greb uden morskab og mod.Dagens udsendelse er den tredje i en række på 9 podcasts, som fører os helt fra subjektets indtræden til den gennemgribende gentænkning af menneskets rolle og placering, som optager nogle af de vigtigste filosoffer i dag.– og når du har hørt dem alle, vil du ikke bare være blevet klogere på filosofi i bred forstand, men også på filosofiens blik på menneskets forhold til naturen.Medvirkende:Stine Zink Kaasgaard, Thorkil Jacobsen, LiteraturHausArrangeret af:Eksistensfilosofisk Akademi ved Stine Zink Kaasgaard og Jon Auring GrimmMusik:Da Geht ein bach – NietzscheSpillet af: Kristoffer Nyholm HyldigProduceret af Regnfang

Hvordan kan en hollandsk filosof fra 1600 tallet være med til give os nyt perspektiv på de natur- og klimakriser, vi står overfor i dag?Det er hovedspørgsmålet bag første podcast afsnit af Mennesket i uføre.Her kan du høre den über-engagerede filosof Hans Fink præsentere 1600tals filosoffen Spinoza, sætte ham i en historisk kontekst og give sit bud på, hvorfor Spinozas naturbegreb er så revolutionerende og absolut relevant i dag.‘Mennesket i uføre' en en forelæsnings- og podcast række på 9 afsnit, som fører os helt fra subjektets indtræden til den gennemgribende gentænkning af menneskets rolle og placering, som optager nogle af de vigtigste filosoffer i dag. – Og når du har hørt dem alle, vil du ikke bare være blevet klogere på filosofi i bred forstand, men også på filosofiens blik på menneskets forhold til naturen.Medvirkende:Hans Fink, filosof, Aarhus UniversitetThorkil Jacobsen, LiteraturHausArrangeret af:Eksistensfilosofisk Akademi ved Stine Zink Kaasgaard og Jon Auring GrimmMusik:Da Geht ein bach – NietzscheSpillet af: Kristoffer Nyholm HyldigProduceret af Regnfang

Kan oplevelser af ærefrygt og transcendens afhjælpe alkoholafhængighed? Har psykedeliske stoffer en fremtid i psykiatrien?I denne podcast taler vi med Mathias Ebbesen Jensen, læge og ph.d.-studerende ved Psykiatrisk Center på Rigshospitalet i København. Vi taler med Mathias om forskning i brugen af psilocybin— det psykoaktive stof i psykedeliske svampe og trøfler—i psykiatrien.Mathias er daglig leder af forskningsprojektet The Quantum Trip Trial, et randomiseret placebokontrolleret klinisk studie, der specifikt undersøger, om psilocybin kan bruges til behandling af alkoholafhængighed.Vi taler med Mathias om hans projekt og hvilke virkningsmekanismer, der synes at lægge til grund for, at psilocybin kan bruges til behandling af alkoholafhængighed. Vi berører desuden bredere spørgsmål om, hvordan psykedelisk assisteret terapi passer ind i dominerende behandlingsparadigmer. Mathias fortæller herudover om, hvad forskningen på nuværende tidspunkt kan sige om brug af psykedelika til terapeutiske formål, samt hvordan nutidens forskning adskiller sig fra den psykedeliske forskning i 60erne og 70erne.Rigtig god fornøjelse!Læs mere om Mathias' forskning her Værter: Sidsel Marie & Victor LangeMusik: Victor Lange & Heine VolderProduktion: Heine Volder

Denne udsendelse er den anden ud af to med forfatter og litteraturforsker, Søren R. Fauth. Søren er lektor ved Århus Universitet og har udgivet en lang række af forskningspublikationer om tysk litteratur og tænkning. Derudover har han forfattet fire digtsamlinger: Universet er slidt, På Jupiter findes fortiden ikke, Digt om døden og senest Moloch. De kan alle varmt anbefales.Temaet for denne anden udsendelse er todelt. For det første handler udsendelsen om den østrigske forfatter Thomas Bernhard (1931-89). Bernhard anses af mange for at være en af det tyvende århundredes største forfattere. Hans værker omhandler ofte store eksistensspørgsmål og aspekter ved kunst, tradition og den moderne tidsalder. Søren har bl.a. oversat  Bernhards værk Undergængeren, som han også læser også op fra i denne udsendelse.For det andet så omhandler udsendelsen Søren R. Fauths egen digtning. Søren læser et udvalg af digte op fra en kommende samling. Forud for dét taler vi om de inspirationskilder og tematikker, der generelt er på spil i hans tekster. Her i anden del kommer vi ind i samtalen, netop som Søren skal til at læse en passage op fra Bernhards Undergængeren.God fornøjelse! Vært: Victor LangeMusik: Victor Lange & Heine VolderProduktion: Heine Volder

Denne udsendelse er den første ud af to med forfatter og litteraturforsker, Søren R. Fauth. Søren er lektor ved Århus Universitet og har udgivet en lang række af forskningspublikationer om tysk litteratur og tænkning. Derudover har han forfattet fire digtsamlinger: Universet er slidt, På Jupiter findes fortiden ikke, Digt om døden og senest Moloch. De kan alle varmt anbefales. Temaet for denne første udsendelse er den østrigske forfatter Thomas Bernhard (1931-89). Bernhard anses af mange for at være en af det tyvende århundredes største forfattere. Hans værker omhandler ofte store eksistensspørgsmål og aspekter ved kunst, tradition og den moderne tidsalder. Fauth har oversat ti af Bernhards værker, blandt andet Undergængeren og Forstyrrelse.Denne første udsendelse omhandler Bernhards biografi og værk generelt. Søren læser desuden op fra netop Undergængeren. God fornøjelse! Vært: Victor LangeMusik: Victor Lange & Heine VolderProduktion: Heine Volder

Denne udsendelse er den første ud af to med filosof og forfatter, Martin Pasgaard-Westerman. Emnet for udsendelsen er kunstens filosofi, altså den forgrening af filosofien som dybdegående har undersøgt emner som kunstens væsen, udøvelse og rolle i det politiske liv—med henblik på flere genre såsom dramaet, musikken og billedkunsten. Martin har gennem sit akademiske virke beskæftiget sig indgående med dette felt af filosofien og har her arbejdet med filosoffer som Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche og mange andre. I denne første udsendelse tager Martin os dog med til begyndelsen på kunstens filosofi, nemlig til den filosofi som Platon og Aristoteles udøvede. Udsendelsen her giver en grundig indføring i deres filosofi omkring kunsten og kommer desuden også ind på, hvorfor denne filosofi (trods sin alder) stadigvæk kan give os afgørende indsigter i dag. Anden udsendelse bliver udgivet på et tidspunkt i løbet foråret 2022 og vil omhandle omkring hundred års tysk filosofi eller tænkning om kunst, fra Immanuel Kant (slut 1700-tallet) til Friedrich Nietzsche (slut 1800-tallet).   God fornøjelse! Vært: Victor LangeProduktion: Heine VolderMusik: Victor Lange & Heine Volder

Denne udsendelse er den anden ud af to med filosof, Ph.d. og medstifter af Eksistensfilosofisk Akademi, Stine Zink Kaasgaard. Emnet for de to udsendelser er eksistensfilosofi og dens forankring og vedkommende i det konkrete, levede liv. Sammen med Stine læser vi tre fremtrædende, men relativt oversete kvindelige eksistenstænkere, nemlig María Zambrano, Simone Weil, og Rachel Bespaloff. De tre kvinder skrev op imod en samtid berørt af krig, første og anden verdenskrig samt den spanske krig, og de var alle landsflygtige. De insisterede på en virkeligheds-filosofi, der adresserer det fysiske, banale og konkrete i livet, og som giver en ærlig beskrivelse af eksistensens vilkår. Sammen med Stine, læser og diskuterer vi i de to udsendelser udvalgte stykker af de tre kvinders forfatterskab for at give stemme til deres væsentlige og samtidsrelevante, men oversete tænkning.Vores læsning og samtale tager udgangspunkt i få udvalgte tekster fra de tre tænkere, der alle kan findes nedenfor. Vi læser højt undervejs, så det er på ingen måde en forudsætning at kende til eller at have læst forfatterne eller teksterne i forvejen.I denne anden del af interviewet, taler vi med Stine om Simone Weil og Rachel Bespaloff og deres refleksioner over Homers Illiaden. Vores læsning af Weil tager udgangspunkt i den dansk-udgivede 'Illiaden eller Styrkens Digt', mens vores samtale om Bespaloff kredser om den engelsksprogede tekst 'On the Illiad'. Sidst i udsendelsen trækker Stine desuden nogle linjer på tværs af de tre tænkeres forfatterskab, som virkelig er værd at få med.God fornøjelse!Her følger en liste over de udgivne værker, der nævnes i podcasten:Bespaloff, Rachel. On the IlliadBespaloff, Rachel. Cheminements Et CarrefoursZambrano, María. Claros del BosqueZambrano, María. Hacia un saber sobre el almaNy Jord – Tidsskrift for naturkritik 5 (indeholder mindre oversættelse af Maria Zambrano)Weil, Simone. Illiaden og styrkens digtWeil, Simone & Rachel Bespaloff. War and the Illiad. (introduction by Christopher Benfey)Vært: Sidsel MarieMusik: Victor Lange & Heine VolderProduktion: Heine Volder

Denne udsendelse er den første ud af to med filosof, Ph.d. og medstifter af Eksistensfilosofisk Akademi, Stine Zink Kaasgaard. Emnet for de to udsendelser er eksistensfilosofi og dens forankring og vedkommende i det konkrete, levede liv. Sammen med Stine læser vi tre fremtrædende, men relativt oversete kvindelige eksistenstænkere, nemlig María Zambrano, Simone Weil, og Rachel Bespaloff. De tre kvinder skrev op imod en samtid berørt af krig, første og anden verdenskrig samt den spanske krig, og de var alle landsflygtige. De insisterede på en virkeligheds-filosofi, der adresserer det fysiske, banale og konkrete i livet, og som giver en ærlig beskrivelse af eksistensens vilkår. Sammen med Stine, læser og diskuterer vi i de to udsendelser udvalgte stykker af de tre kvinders forfatterskab for at give stemme til deres væsentlige og samtidsrelevante, men oversete tænkning.Vores læsning og samtale tager udgangspunkt i få udvalgte tekster fra de tre tænkere, der alle kan findes nedenfor. Vi læser højt undervejs, så det er på ingen måde en forudsætning at kende til eller at have læst dem i forvejen.I denne første del af interviewet, fortæller Stine om tankerne bag stiftelsen af Eksistensfilosofisk Akademi samt vigtigheden af at skabe ikke-institutionaliserede rum for filosofisk refleksion, samtale og almen dannelse. Dernæst dykker Stine og jeg ned i den spanske tænker María Zambrano og hendes poetiske tilgang til eksistensens forbigåenhed. Vi taler ud fra nogle danske oversættelser, Stine har lavet af Zambranos tekstsamling 'Mod en viden om sjælen'.I anden del af interviewet, der udkommer i en adskilt episode, taler vi med Stine om Simone Weil og Rachel Bespaloff. Sidst i anden udsendelse trækker Stine desuden nogle linjer på tværs af de tre tænkeres forfatterskab, som virkelig er værd at få med!God fornøjelse!Her følger en liste over de udgivne værker, der nævnes i podcasten:Bespaloff, Rachel. On the IlliadBespaloff, Rachel. Cheminements Et CarrefoursZambrano, María. Claros del BosqueZambrano, María. Hacia un saber sobre el almaNy Jord – Tidsskrift for naturkritik 5 (indeholder mindre oversættelse af Maria Zambrano)Weil, Simone. Illiaden og styrkens digtWeil, Simone & Rachel Bespaloff. War and the Illiad. (introduction by Christopher Benfey)Vært: Sidsel MarieMusik: Victor Lange & Heine VolderProduktion: Heine Volder

Denne podcast er anden episode i serien 'Det Poetiske Sind'. Gennem samtaler med poeter fra Skandinavien undersøger serien hvad poesi er og kan, hvorfor poesi er en vigtig udtryksform, og hvordan vi kan forstå os selv, og den verden der omgiver os igennem poesien. Ordet poesi kommer fra det græske ord poesis som betyder at gøre, frembringe og skabe, eller sagt på en anden måde; at noget materialiserer sig. Poesi kan siges at materialisere sig i form af digte, og digte indeholder som bekendt vers, et ord som kommer fra latin og betyder; at vride og vende. Disse betydninger af det poetiske er altså forbundet med en undersøgende, eksperimenterende og skabende tilstedeværelse fra det menneske som interagerer med den poetiske verden. Men hvornår og hvordan skabes denne verden? Og hvad gør poesien ved vores sind? I denne episode af 'Det Poetiske Sind' taler vi med den norske poet, oversætter og folkemusiker Stein Versto. Stein Versto debuterede i 1990 med novellesamlingen Ho blei borte i trappene, som han fik Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for. Siden har han udgivet flere digtsamlinger og romaner.Vi taler med Stein om poesien som et forsøg på at tilnærme sig det smukke, om poesi som en terskelstilstand, om hvordan poesien, opmærksomhed og selvforglemmelse er forbundet, samt om hvordan poesien er et mulighedsrum for udvidelse af bevidstheden. Vi mødte Stein på et Hotel i den norske by Bø. De første 5 minutter af interviewet bæger præg af at være en smule støjende da vi sad i hotellets foyer. Resten af interviewet optog vi i et rum på hotellet hvor der var mere stille. Jeg nød virkelig denne samtale med Stein, det håber jeg også du vil gøre.God fornøjelse.Vært: Magnus HardingProduktion: Heine VolderMusik: Victor Lange & Heine VolderFoto: Victor Cornelius

Denne podcast er første episode i serien 'Det Poetiske Sind'. Gennem samtaler med poeter fra Skandinavien undersøger serien hvad poesi er og kan, hvorfor poesi er en vigtig udtryksform, og hvordan vi kan forstå os selv, og den verden der omgiver os igennem poesien. Ordet poesi kommer fra det græske ord poesis som betyder at gøre, frembringe og skabe, eller sagt på en anden måde; at noget materialiserer sig. Poesi kan siges at materialisere sig i form af digte, og digte indeholder som bekendt vers, et ord som kommer fra latin og betyder; at vride og vende. Disse betydninger af det poetiske er altså forbundet med en undersøgende, eksperimenterende og skabende tilstedeværelse fra det menneske som interagerer med den poetiske verden. Men hvornår og hvordan skabes denne verden? Og hvad gør poesien ved vores sind? I denne første episode af 'Det Poetiske Sind' undersøger vi dette med den norske poet og forfatter Aasne Linnestå. Aasne Linnestå debuterede med digtsamlingen Små, hellige løgne i år 2000, og har siden forfattet 11 bøger, både digtsamlinger og romaner. I 2016 blev hun tildelt Mads Wiel Nygaards legat, og i 2018 modtog hun Amalie Skram prisen for sit forfatterskab. Vi taler med Aasne om poesi som et erkendelsesmedium; en metode til at undersøge det ukendte og udefinerbare, om det frigørende potentiale i poesien, det terapeutiske potentiale i poesien, om forholdet mellem poesi og tid, og om forbindelsen mellem poesi og musik. Sidst i udsendelsen skal vi høre Aasne Linnestå i sammenspil med Kouame Sereba, læse og synge fra sin digtsamling Hu, i en performance fra den 2. oktober, i forbindelse med Oslo Internationale Poesifestival. God fornøjelse!Vært: Magnus HardingProduktion: Heine Volder

I denne udsendelse taler vi med Melinda Ashley Meyer, professor ved European Graduate School og seniorprofessor ved Universitet i Sørøst Norge, samt leder og medstifter af det norske institut for ekspressiv kunst og kommunikation. I mere end 30 år har Melinda som ekspressiv kunstterapeut arbejdet i spændingsfeltet mellem kropsterapi og kreativitet i traumebehandling, særligt med krigsflygtninge og torturoverlevere. Hun har lavet tre dokumentarfilm om sit arbejde med flygtninge og skrevet flere bøger herom. Siden 2008 har hun været projektleder af et studie af enlige mindreårige flygtningedrenge i alderen 15 til 18 og herigennem udviklet interventionsmodellen EXIT.Det er med udgangspunkt i EXIT at vi taler med Melinda. EXIT står for Expressive art in transition og er et program baseret på anerkendte kunst og udtryksterapeutiske principper som fremmer personlige ressourcer. EXIT bruger alle sansekvaliteter og opfordrer deltagerne til at være tilstede i egen krop og at fokusere på færdigheder og gode minder fra hjemlandet, samt at tænke på at tage ansvar for egen fremtid.Vi taler med Melinda om, hvordan den kreative skabelsesproces kan bringe håb, selv for mennesker der står i umiddelbart håbløse situationer. Vi taler om leg som et universelt sprog, og om hvordan meningsfuldhed er knyttet til et frisk sanseapparat, hvordan sanselig vækkelse er helsefremmende, kropsligt og mentalt. Derudover berører interviewet også, hvordan dét at dyrke ritualer kan styrke vores mentale sundhed, samt hvorfor dét at skabe forudsigelighed i en uforudsigelig verden er vigtigt i traumebehandling. Til sidst i udsendelsen taler vi om, hvad hendes mangeårige arbejde med flygtninge har lært hende om, hvad det vil sige at føle sig hjemme i verden.Vi kommer ind i samtalen hvor Melinda fortæller om de sidste års udvikling i traumeforskning og traumebehandling, inden samtalen bevæger sig mere konkret imod Exitprogrammet og dets betydning. God fornøjelse!Vært: Magnus HardingProduktion: Heine Volder

Vi har alle sammen en hjerne, vores egen hjerne. Vores helt særegne måde at opleve verden på, tænke og få ideer. Alligevel er vores hjerne ikke helt vores egne færdigstøbte ejendel, upåvirket og beskyttet fra omverdenen af hjerneskallen. De sociale, kulturelle og miljømæssige omstændigheder vi er opvokset og lever i, indvirker nemlig på vores hjerne og vores oplevelse af verden. Og hvordan det så foregår, er netop emnet for dagens podcast.Fordi, hvad sker der i krop og sind, når vi interagerer med hinanden? Hvordan indvirker socialitet og kultur på vores hjerne, biologi og vores måde at opleve verden på? Og hvad betyder svarene på de her spørgsmål for, hvordan vi ser på både forskelle og ligheder mellem mennesker, skabelsen af gensidig forståelse og problemløsning?Det er nogle af de spørgsmål, hvilke dagens gæst, Andreas Roepstorff, gør os klogere på. Andreas er professor ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund samt Klinisk Medicin ved Århus Universitet og stifter samt leder af det verdens anerkendte, tværfaglige forskningscenter Interacting Minds. Med en kandidatgrad i biologi og en ph.d. i antropologi, har Andreas' mere end 30 år lange forskningskarriere været karakteriseret ved en tværfaglig grundighed, der har gjort ham i stand til at bidrage med kritiske og nytænkende perspektiver til både kultur- og hjerneforskningen, og hans arbejde har på den måde været og er stadig med til at rykke substantielt ved den måde, vi forstår os selv på.Jeg nød virkelig at tale med Andreas, og jeg håber også, I finder interviewet interessant.Rigtig god fornøjelse!Links til artikler nævnt i podcasten:Artikel om enkulturation (2010): https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/20813499/ Artikel om Fire-walking ritual i Spanien (2011): https://www.pnas.org/content/108/20/8514.longSøvnstudie (2020): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00583/fullVært: Sidsel MarieProduktion: Heine VolderMusik: Victor Lange & Heine Volder

The present podcast is the fifth and last episode in a podcast-series, which we have named ‘The Mind of Skill'. As the name indicates, this series investigates the more mental dimensions of skill—it does so by interviewing a line of current experts. Besides being of interest in itself, the nature of skill is related to more general questions of human existence.  For example, many of the ancient Greek philosophers saw a clear link between virtue and skill: according to them, virtuous individuals who were capable of living well could in some sense also be seen as people who acquired the skill to live. In relation, Buddhist teachings often stress the virtuous and awakened person as a skilful person—skilful in ethics, concentration, and wisdom. This is, in many ways, highlighted in Zen Buddhist practice in which activities such as calligraphy, poetry, tea-making, and many other activities require a high level of skill. With this in mind, there seems to be a clear connection between skill and the good life. The hope is that this series can clarify some aspects of this connection and aspire the listener to explore it. Broadly speaking, the focus of this episode is on skill in Buddhism. To introduce and outline this topic, the guest of the episode is philosopher and Buddhist scholar Jay L. Garfield. Jay is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies at Smith College in Massachusetts. He has published a long line of research articles on topics in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and Buddhist philosophy and psychology. Among his most recent books are Knowing Illusion: Bringing a Tibetan Debate into Contemporary Discourse (with the Yakherds, 2021), Buddhist Ethics: A Philosophical Exploration (2021), What Can't Be Said: Paradox and Contradiction in East Asian Thought (with Yasuo Deguchi, Graham Priest, and Robert Sharf, 2021), Minds Without Fear: Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance (with Nalini Bhushan, 2017), Dignāga's Investigation of the Percept: A Philosophical Legacy in India and Tibet (with Douglas Duckworth, David Eckel, John Powers, Yeshes Thabkhas and Sonam Thakchöe, 2016) Engaging Buddhism: Why it Matters to Philosophy (2015), Moonpaths: Ethics and Emptiness (with the Cowherds, 2015) and (edited, with Jan Westerhoff), Madhyamaka and Yogācāra: Allies or Rivals? (2015). A general theme throughout many of these works is the notion of skill in Buddhist practice and thought. A theme that Jay clarifies in multiple and deeply engaging ways in the present podcast. It was a great pleasure talking with Jay. We hope you enjoy the interview!Host: Victor LangeProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor Lange & Heine Volder

The present podcast is the fourth episode in a podcast-series, which we have named ‘The Mind of Skill'. As the name indicates, this series investigates the mental dimensions of skill—more precisely, it does so by interviewing a line of current experts.Besides being of interest in itself, the nature of skill is related to more general questions of human existence.  For example, many of the ancient Greek philosophers saw a clear link between virtue and skill: according to them, virtuous individuals who were capable of living well could in some sense also be seen as people who acquired the skill to live. In relation, Buddhist teachings often stress the virtuous and awakened person as a skilful person—skilful in ethics, concentration, and wisdom. This is, in many ways, highlighted in Zen Buddhist practice in which activities such as calligraphy, poetry, tea-making, and many other activities require a high level of skill. With this in mind, there seems to be a clear connection between skill and the good life. The hope is that this series can clarify some aspects of this connection and aspire the listener to explore it. The focus of this episode is on moral virtue more precisely—it is on the idea that moral virtue can be seen as a kind of skill. To introduce and outline this topic, the guest of the episode is philosopher Matt Stichter. Matt is associate professor in philosophy at Washington State University and has for many years done research in virtue theory.  In 2018, Matt published the book The Skilfulness of Virtue in which he presented a theory that proposed to understand moral virtues as skills playing an important role in human self-regulation. The interview with Matt discusses this idea concerning the training, execution, and domains of virtue. These matters are of relevance beyond philosophical theorising. Understanding the workings of the morally admirable person seems to have both relevance on an individual and collective level. Viewing virtue as a skill might enable us to move closer to such an understanding. We hope you enjoy the interview! Host: Victor LangeProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor Lange & Heine VolderPhoto: Victor Cornelius 

The present podcast is the third episode in a podcast-series, which we have named ‘The Mind of Skill'. As the name indicates, this series investigates the mental dimensions of skill—more precisely, it does so by interviewing a line of current experts.Besides being of interest in itself, the nature of skill is related to more general questions of human existence.  For example, many of the ancient Greek philosophers saw a clear link between virtue and skill: according to them, virtuous individuals who were capable of living well could in some sense also be seen as people who acquired the skill to live. In relation, Buddhist teachings often stress the virtuous and awakened person as a skillful person—skillful in ethics, concentration, and wisdom. This is, in many ways, highlighted in Zen Buddhist practice in which activities such as calligraphy, poetry, tea-making, and many other activities require a high level of skill. With this in mind, there seems to be a clear connection between skill and the good life. The hope is that this series can clarify some aspects of this connection and aspire the listener to explore it. The focus of this episode is on musical skill and the states of mind that characterise expert musical performance. To introduce and outline this exciting topic, the guest of the episode is philosopher and phenomenologist Simon Høffding. Simon is PhD in philosophy from University of Copenhagen and is today associate professor at the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics at the University of Southern Denmark. Among his many research interests, Simon has done extensive qualitative research on the experiences that occur during expert musical performance by closely following the Danish String Quartet. Additionally, Simon has published several academic papers on topics like amnesia, flow, and absorption during musical and expert performances in general. The interview with Simon will touch upon several topics, such as the role of phenomenology in skill research, the experiential state of musical absorption, how musicians cope with performance disturbing factors, and the kind of ‘we' or community that arises out of joint musical activity. At last, Simon further provides an insight into his own current and fascinating research on musical experience in different respects. We hope you enjoy the interview! Host: Victor LangeProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor Lange & Heine Volder

The present podcast is the second episode in a podcast-series which we have named ‘The Mind of Skill'. As the name indicates, this series investigates the mental dimensions of skill by interviewing a line of current experts.  Besides being of interest in itself, the nature of skill is related to more general questions of human existence. To take some examples, many of the ancient Greek philosophers saw a clear link between virtue and skill: according to them, virtuous individuals who were capable of living well could in some sense also be seen as people who acquired the skill to live. Buddhist teachings also often stress the virtuous and awakened person as a skilful person—skilful in conduct, concentration, and wisdom. In Zen Buddhist practice this is highlighted in activities such as calligraphy, poetry, tea-making, and many other activities requiring a high level of skill. These examples stress that there seems to be a clear connection between skill and the good life. The hope is that this series can clarify some aspects of this connection and perhaps even inspire the listener to explore it.The focus of this particular episode is endurance—and the relations between endurance, skill, and different psychological processes. To introduce us to these exciting relations, the guest of this episode is sports psychologist and lecturer at Ulster University, Dr. Noel Brick. Noel has done research on a great variety of topics concerning the psychological benefits and dynamics involved in both high-level elite and recreational athletes. Among his many interesting publications, a considerable amount of them focus on the cognitive and metacognitive processes that athletes utilise to control their attention and coping mechanisms under performance. The first part of the interview with Noel concerns his own background in both sports psychology and long-distance running. In the second part, the interview concerns different elements in self-regulation of elite athletes and the importance of attention and general cognitive control in such regulation. On the background of this, the third part of the interview discusses the importance of metacognition in controlling such cognitive strategies and enabling performance enhancing attention allocation. At last, the fourth part of the interview ends with some broader considerations on how we all can learn from the psychology of elite athletes and their performance. This part also mentions that Noel, together with Scott Douglas, will release a book on this topic in the summer 2021.  We hope you enjoy the interview!  Host: Victor LangeProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor Lange & Heine Volder

This podcast is the first episode in a series we called ‘The Mind of Skill'. As the name indicates, this series investigates the more mental dimensions of skill training and execution. To do so, the series interviews a line of contemporary researchers and experts on the nature of skill in different contexts.  Besides being of interest in itself, the nature of skill is related to more general questions of human existence. To take some examples, many of the ancient Greek philosophers saw a clear link between virtue and skill: according to them, virtuous individuals who were capable of living well could in some sense also be seen as people who acquired the skill to live. In relation, Buddhist teachings often stress the virtuous and awakened person as a skilful person—skilful in conduct, concentration, and wisdom. This is, in many ways, highlighted in Zen Buddhist practice in which activities such as calligraphy, poetry, tea-making, and many other activities require a high level of skill. With this in mind, there seems to be clear connection between skill and the good life. The hope is that this series can clarify some aspects of this connection and aspire the listener to explore it.The focus of this episode is on so-called optimal performance states, more precisely the states of flow and clutch. To clarify and outline these topics for us, the guest of the episode is performance and sports psychologist Christian Swann. Christian has long done research on flow states in athletes and published a long line of really interesting research studies on this matter. Today, he is associate professor at Southern Cross University and part of a team of researchers investigating and developing protocols for optimal performance states in athletic activity. The interview with Christian touches upon multiple interesting topics such as the difference between flow states and clutch performance, the importance of build ups for such optimal performance states, and the general psychological dimensions of high performance. Many of the points in the interview have relevance way beyond the athletic domain and concern human flourishing in general.    We hope you enjoy the interview! Host: Victor LangeProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor Lange & Heine VolderPhoto: Victor Cornelius 

Within mainstream Western psychiatry, mental health, wellbeing and affliction are often seen as mainly pertaining to imbalances within the individual, why care efforts often address the psychological and physiological dimensions of each person separately. In this podcast, we will explore the limitations of only taking such an overly individual approach to mental health, and seek complementary inspiration in alternative etiological, ontological and epistemological paradigms. To help us find ground in this vast terrain is the guest of this episode, Adam Aronovich. Adam has worked with alternatives to Western psychiatry and treatment in several ways. He is a PhD candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili specialized in medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry. He is a member of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, and a member of the Medical Anthropological Research Center (MARC-URV) in Catalunya. The past four years he has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon on the therapeutic mechanisms of ayahuasca, while also working as Research Coordinator and Workshop Facilitator for the pioneering ayahuasca retreat centre in the Peruvian Amazon, named the Temple of the Way of Light. For those not familiar with psychedelics, ayahuasca is a psychoactive Amazonian plant brew which has long been used by indigenous people for healing purposes and which, alongside with other psychedelics such as psilocybin and LSD are now being heavily researched all over the globe because of their profound therapeutic potentials against a variety of ailments and general mental distress.We begin our conversation talking about the main contributions from cultural psychiatry and medical anthropology to views on and approaches to mental health. Adam tells about the necessity of looking at mental affliction as politically, socially, and historically embedded, and the need for critical engagement with the dominant way of pathologizing parts of the human experience within the Western medical establishment. We then move on to discussing some of the exciting findings from Adam's current PhD project, which presents mental wellbeing as first and foremost a question of connection and community. Adam introduces some elements of the healing tradition among the indigenous Shipibo people in Peru, and we talk about how we can learn from their different ways of approaching mental health and wellbeing, and what to be aware of in such a pursuit. Finally, we discuss how psychedelics can have both therapeutic and extra-therapeutic applications, and the need for a broad and contextually based engagement with the potentials of these substances for increasing wellbeing.We need to emphasise that this podcast in no way serves as an encouragement to engage in illegal activities, but serves an educational and informational purpose only. For more information on the current status of psychedelic research, stay tuned for future episodes from Regnfang or go to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (https://maps.org), the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/psychedelic-research-centre), the Centre for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at John Hopkins University (https://hopkinspsychedelic.org) or Center for Psykedelisk Dannelse og Dialog (http://psykedeliskdannelse.dk).We hope you enjoy the interview!Host: Sidsel MarieProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor Lange & Heine Volder

Denne udsendelse handler om tro; mere præcist om den kristne tro. Selvom jeg ikke selv er troende, så har jeg altid været dybt fascineret af forfattere som Dostojevskij og Tolstoy og deres eksistentielle tænkning om menneskesindet - en tænkning der på mange måder tog udgangspunkt i den kristne tro. Nærværende udsendelse belyser forholdet mellem tro, tvivl og tænkning. Udsendelsen kaster hermed et blik på to af de vel nok allerstørste teologiske og filosofiske tænkere fra det nittende og tyvende århundrede: nemlig den velkendte danske tænker Søren Kierkegaard og den tyske teolog og modstandsmand, Dietrich Bonhoeffer. For dem der ikke måtte kende Bonhoeffer, så var han en tysk teolog, der trods sit ellers generelt pacifistiske livssyn deltog i planlægningen af et attentat på Hitler, blev fanget af Gestapo i sammenhæng hermed og henrettet ved hængning kun en måned før 2. Verdenskrigs afslutning i Europa.  Til at præsentere og indføre os i disse to tænkeres virke er udsendelsens gæst filosof, forfatter og foredragsholder, Peter Tudvad. Peter har udgivet en lang række af bøger, der alle varmt kan anbefales - heriblandt værker om netop Kierkegaard (såsom Forbandelsen og Kierkegaards København) og første bind i en stor biografi om Bonhoeffer (med navnet I krig og kristendom). Foruden en introduktion til Kierkegaards og Bonhoeffers trosforståelse, så omhandler interviewet også Peters egen rejse ind og ud af den kristne tro - en rejse der har været drevet af både dramatiske livsbegivenheder og filosofisk tænkning.Interviewet med Peter kommer ind på mange interessante tematikker; tematikker der er af eksistentiel interesse lige meget, om man selv er troende, agnostiker eller ateist. Første del af interviewet berører Peters egen biografi og forfattervirksomhed. Herefter omhandler anden del Kierkegaards forfatterskab mere bredt (med særligt henblik på Frygt og Bæven) og hans behandling af trosbegrebet. Tredje del af samtalen fokuserer på Bonhoeffers liv og virke. Til sidst vedrører fjerde del mere direkte Peters egen troshistorie og det generelle forhold mellem tro, tvivl og tænkning. God fornøjelse. Vært: Victor Lange Produktion: Heine Volder Musik: Victor Lange og Heine Volder