Podcasts about glass bead game

Let's talk about books today. What was the last book that inspired you? Was it a novel, a non-fiction book, a design book, a music book or a cookbook?    In this episode, I share three books that inspired my sound way of thinking, experiencing the world with an open ear and what has led to developing music thinking, the framework, the jam cards, the book and the podcast.  I will briefly discuss Nada Brahma by Joachim Ernst Berend, The Soundscape by R. Murray Schafer, and The Glass Bead Game, the prize-winning novel by Hermann Hesse. These three books directly and indirectly influenced the ideas in The Power of Music Thinking.  But my book also influenced another author, and he used parts of the music thinking framework described in the book to explain his idea of rebels in digital development in Belgium.  Today I speak with Geert de Mol, a CDO for the leading Belgian Bank for 16 years, during their development of ‘the best app in the world'. Geert is a music lover of rock and pop, and he shares with us how music thinking and the book helped him to pen his story.   Show notes Connect with Geert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geert-van-mol-1779812/  Music from the world of Anathem: https://soundcloud.com/ztutz/sets/iolet-music-from-the-world-of-anathem    Show support Please choose one or more of the ‘three ways to support the show': Subscribe to the podcast. Leave us a review — even one sentence helps! I appreciate your support; it helps the show! Tell your friends about the podcast and musicthinking.com Buy the book The Power of Music Thinking and/or the Jam Cards at a 20% discount using musicthinking20 at the check-out of the BIS Publishers website only.​​

In this computerized age, we tend to see memory as a purely cerebral faculty. To memorize is to store information away in the brain in such a way as to make it retrievable at a later time. But the old expression "knowing by heart" calls us to a stranger, more embodied and mysterious take on memory. In this episode, Phil and JF endeavour to recite two poems they've learned by heart, as a preamble to a discussion on poetry, form, and the magic of memory. Details on Shannon Taggart's Symposium @ Lily Dale (https://www.shannontaggart.com/events/2024) (July 25-28). Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies). Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) and 2 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2), on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com) page. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia (https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/). Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! REFERENCES Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Kubla Khan” (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43991/kubla-khan) Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “A Musical Instrument” (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43729/a-musical-instrument) Dave Hickey, “Formalism” (https://approachestopainting.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/19135319-hickey-7-formalism-036.pdf) from Pirates and Farmers Weird Studies, Episode 109-110 on “The Glass Bead Game” (https://www.weirdstudies.com/109) Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6081/6081-h/6081-h.htm) Weird Studies, Episode 42 with Kerry O Brien (https://www.weirdstudies.com/42) Francis Yates, Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780226950075)

Never let it be said that we don't tackle the big questions on this podcast. This week we're discussing no less a subject than the meaning of life, with Predrag Cicovacki.Predrag is Professor of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross (USA), where he has been teaching since 1991. He has served as a visiting professor in Germany, Russia, Luxembourg, Serbia, France, and India. He's interested in problems of good and evil, violence and nonviolence, philosophy of war and peace, and ethics.In 2021, in the midst of very difficult personal circumstances and a global pandemic, Predrag set to work on a book called The Meaning of Life: a Quick Immersion. It's a great book: very clear, heartfelt, personal and full of insights. I hugely enjoyed reading it, and enjoyed even more the opportunity to talk to Predrag about it.You can find out more about Predrag here:https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/philosophy/faculty/predrag-cicovackiA few places you can buy The Meaning of Life: A Quick Immersion:https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-meaning-of-life-a-quick-immersion-predrag-cicovacki/17413009?ean=9781949845280https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/THE-MEANING-OF-LIFE-A-Quick-Immersion-by-Cicovacki-Predrag/9781949845280https://www.amazon.co.uk/MEANING-LIFE-Quick-Immersion-Immersions/dp/1949845281I asked Predrag to recommend some further reading and, in line with the general vibe of this episode, he suggested that you might like to reconnect with a book that meant a lot to you in childhood or adolescence. For Predrag, it's The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse. The first one that came to mind for me was The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway. What about you?Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds.Twitter: @EthicsUntangledFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetlLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/idea-ethics-centre/

University of Cambridge philosopher, Professor Douglas Hedley, delves into the concept of play and its vital role in understanding the human condition. Drawing on Johann Huizinga, Hermann Hesse, and Josef Pieper's ideas, Hedley links play to the divine act of creation, asserting it as an essential element of our existence associated with freedom, creativity, and spirituality. He considers various viewpoints from Christian and Eastern traditions, addressing criticisms and underscoring play's civilizing role. Through Hermann Hesse's "The Glass Bead Game," Hedley probes into play's societal function, its ties to leisure and festivals, and its life-enriching effects. The lecture's Q&A session offers additional insights, marking it as a significant resource for those intrigued by play's profound meanings. Douglas Hedley is a distinguished philosopher at the University of Cambridge, celebrated for his extensive research in the philosophy of religion and Platonism. He is the author of multiple influential works on imagination and religious experience. Glossary of Terms Sophia: Greek word for wisdom, used in the context of the lecture series to signify the exploration of wisdom through philosophy. The Delphic Oracle: The ancient Greek oracle at Delphi, famous for its cryptic predictions and guidance, including the maxim 'know thyself.' Resources Website:  https://www.ralston.ac/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RalstonCollegeSavannah X: https://twitter.com/RalstonCollege Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ralstoncollege/ Douglas Hedley https://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/douglas-hedley https://www.ralston.ac/people/douglas-hedley Living Forms of the Imagination -Douglas Hedley Sacrifice Imagined: Violence, Atonement, and the Sacred - Douglas Hedley The Iconic Imagination - Douglas Hedley The History of Religious Imagination in Christian Platonism,  Exploring the Philosophy of Douglas Hedley - Christian Hengstermann Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture - Johan Huizinga  In the Shadow of Tomorrow: A Diagnosis of the Modern Distemper - Johan Huizinga  Leisure: The Basis of Culture - Josef Pieper  The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi) -  Hermann Hesse  The Journey to the East - Hermann Hesse Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse  Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age - Robert N. Bellah  Tertullian. (n.d.). De Spectaculis. De Ludo Globi: The Game of Spheres - Nicholas de Cusa   Plato. (n.d.). Symposium.  https://classics.mit.edu/Plato/symposium.html Plato. (n.d.). Phaedo. https://classics.mit.edu/Plato/phaedo.html Plato. (n.d.). Laws.  https://classics.mit.edu/Plato/laws.1.i.html Quotes "Platonic games and jokes are much more serious than the serious things of the Stoics." - Marsilio Ficino [00:09:20] "Play may well be a key to understanding something about ourselves." - Douglas Hedley [00:09:00] Chapters  [00:00:00] - Introduction [00:01:00] - Welcome and introduction of Sophia lectures series  [00:06:40] - Topic introduction: The Spirit of Play [00:08:13] - Guest speaker introduction: Professor Douglas Hedley [00:09:40] - Distinguishing play and game [00:15:00] - Play as an intimation of the sacred [00:20:40] - The link between play and freedom [00:26:40] - Essentialism and play as an essential part of human condition [00:31:20] - Critique of play within the Christian tradition [00:36:50] - The glass bead game by Hermann Hesse [00:45:00] - Critique of Mandarin culture in the glass bead game [00:51:00] - Religious aspect of play [01:02:00] - Suspicion of leisure in Anglo-American culture [01:04:00] - Q&A session [01:37:19] - Conclusion of Q&A session and end of the lecture

Hello dear friends, this special Early Music Day podcast episode is dedicated to looking at some obscure and still unknown corners when we think of the terms "diversity" and "awareness" in the music business across the spectrum. We will talk to a great specialist, director of operations at Black Lives in Music, outlines how this organisation advocates for diversity in the classical music industry Roger Wilson. https://blim.org.uk Music excerpts: Florence Price "The white Rose" Reginald Mobley Chevalier Saint-Georges - Adagio in F minor (historical recording) Discover more https://insightreadingenlightenment.carrd.co Write to us if you want to support us insightreading.enlightenment@gmail.com Yours, Darina #blacklivesinmusic #insightreadingenlightenment #earlymusicpodcastinsightreadingenlightenment #bach #florenceprice #chevalierstgeorges #piano #mendelssohn #beethoven #podcast #earlymusicpodcast #darinaablogina #earlymusic #remaawards #piano #tchaykovsky #list #brahms --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insight-reading/message

There are works of weird fiction that dispense their strangeness so subtly that many readers never pick up on it, books that allow themselves to be pass for mundane, the better to haunt us after we put them down. Donna Tartt's debut novel The Secret History, published in 1992, is such a work. On the surface, it is a brilliant, yet completely naturalistic, telling of the lead-up and aftermath of a murder. But The Secret History is also a work of the depths, and readers who go in seeking the Weird will find it lurking on every page. More than a masterpiece of psychological exploration, it is a story about the resurgence of the old god Dionysus, and a chronicle of fate; fate conceived, in the manner of the Ancient Greeks, as a cosmic force. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies). Buy the Weird sountrack, volumes 1 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) and 2 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2), on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com) page. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia (https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/). Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! REFERENCES Donna Tartt, The Secret History (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781400031702) Robertson Davies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_Davies), Canadian novelist Weird Studies, Episode 98 on Exotica (https://www.weirdstudies.com/98) M. R. James (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._R._James), English author Weird Studies, Episode 3 on “The White People” (https://www.weirdstudies.com/3) E. R. Dodds, The Greeks and the Irrational (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781773239187) Jean Cocteau, La Machine Infernale (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9782253009160) John Crowley, Little, Big (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780061120053) Star Trek: The Next Generation, “The Outrageous Okana” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708816/) Weird Studies, Episode 110 on “The Glass Bead Game” (https://www.weirdstudies.com/110) Gabriel Faure, Nocturne No. 11 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8vrmePFUdg) Pierre-André Boutang, L'Abécédaire de Gilles Deleuze (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyXMmx2Ofgs) Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780316055444)

Jóhann Jóhannsson was one of contemporary cinema's greatest score composers when he passed away in 2018 at the young age of 48. Last and First Men, his enigmatic directorial debut, was released shortly after in 2020. Based on a novel by the same name by the British science fiction writer Olaf Stapleton, the film offers a sustained meditation on the prospect of extinction, the eventuality of humanity's disappearance from the comos. In this episode, JF and Phil discuss the images and sounds of the film as they flicker and swell against the backdrop of nonbeing that envelops us all. The conversation touches on the idea of beauty, Brutalist architecture, modernism, and futurity. Preorder Pierre-Yves Martel's album Mer bleue (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/mer-bleue). Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies) and gain access to Phil's ongoing podcast on Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. Listen to volume 1 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) and volume 2 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2) of the Weird Studies soundtrack by Pierre-Yves Martel (https://www.pymartel.com) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! Get your Weird Studies merchandise (https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u) (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) REFERENCES Jóhann Jóhannsson, Last and First Men (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8015444/) Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfrozen_Caveman_Lawyer), SNL character Spomeniks (https://www.spomenikdatabase.org/what-are-spomeniks), Yugoslavian monuments Olaf Stapleton, The Last and First Men (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781604443578) Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091167/) The Last of Us (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581920/), television show Ray Brassier, [Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction](https://books.google.com/books/about/NihilUnbound.html?id=zN7WAAAAMAAJ&source=kpbookdescription)_ Weird Studies, Episode 2 on Garmonbozia (https://www.weirdstudies.com/2) Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Nobel Prize Speech (https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1970/solzhenitsyn/lecture/) Weird Studies Episode 139 on Art Power (https://www.weirdstudies.com/139) Numenius (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/numenius/), Platonist philosopher Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, What is Philosophy? (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780231079891) Jia Tolentino, “The Overwhelming Emotion of Hearing Toto's “Africa” (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-overwhelming-emotion-of-hearing-totos-africa-remixed-to-sound-like-its-playing-in-an-empty-mall) Weird Studies, Episode 110 on “The Glass Bead Game” (https://www.weirdstudies.com/110) D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780141192482)

Novelist Ben Thomas joins the show to talk about Frank Herbert, Dune, the Glass Bead Game, Star Wars as part of the Dune universe, Brad's proposal for a "Butlerian Jihad" and more. And listen to the After Dark episode for Patreon subscribers at: patreon.com/artofdarkpod twitter.com/writingben twitter.com/artofdarkpod twitter.com/bradkelly twitter.com/kevinkautzman

Season three is upon us, and thus I get to introduce five new people to you! First up is Kate Inglis. A lovely woman I connected with on Twitter after she reached out a hand. And you've experienced it yourself, I am sure, when you first connect with someone and you just know that there's something there, haven't you? A liking, an affinity, a knowing that if we were to commence walking alongside each other, we'd find a lot of value and enjoyment from it. No wonder then that she popped into my mind when I started to invite people for season three. I could go into a long song and dance about Kate, where she's from, what she does for a living, what experiences has shaped her and the trajectory of her life… but I won't. Partly because I far from know enough of it, but also, mostly, because I want you to get to meet Kate. Period. Not meet who I perceive her to be, not meet who you'll perceive her to be based on descriptors and label I put on her here. Just meet her. The first of a series of five conversations, by the end of which I am fairly sure, both you, me and her, will individually have a knowing of Kate that is unique to us all. Which reminds me of bits in this meandering conversation, where we touch upon houses (have you ever had a house look down its nose at you, for instance?) and character, but also history. A lot about history honestly, touching on the big events that we read about in textbooks. But more specifically, pointing to the import of the tiny stories, the unremarkable lives, the everyday reality of all those that came before us. Do you know your history? Prepare for a few rants too, at least some of which I am certain will shower your day with some (possibly sought-after) tankespjärn! Links: Kate Inglis is most easily found through her website Sex and the City 
A Discovery of Witches Colonial Williamsburg Malmö, Sweden Riverport, Nova Scotia 1884 Buddhas by the Roadside Bob Newhart Stop it! Notes for the everlost by Kate Inglis Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Tankespjärn community where this type of conversation takes place in a monthly meet-up – you are more than welcome to join! The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse FB-group for announcement for upcoming Glass Bead Games Michael Sillion aka Captain Future Judgment and discernment in reflection, episode 47 with Steve Emery, season two Process-oriented therapy with Dominic Bosman Venter

In this episode, each of your hosts bullies the other into watching a movie he would normally not touch with a bargepole. Phil has been (unsuccessfully) trying to get JF to watch Vincente Minnelli's 1953 musical comedy The Band Wagon and JF has been (also unsuccessfully) trying to get Phil to watch Panos Cosmatos's 2018 psychedelic horror film Mandy. For this episode, they decided they would compromise and watch both. What started as a goof ended up a fascinating Glass Bead Game from which emerge occulted correspondences between films that, on the surface, could not be more dissimilar. One film is a dream of song and dance, the other a dream of blood and violence. Either way, though, watch out: as Deleuze says, "beware of the dreams of others, because if you are caught in their dream, you are done for." Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! Get your Weird Studies merchandise (https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u) (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) SHOW NOTES Iluminated Brew Works (https://www.ibw-chicago.com), Chicago JF's new course, Groundwork for a Philosophy of Magic (www.nuralearning.com) Vincente Minnelli (dir.), The Bandwagon (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045537/) Panos Cosmatos (dir.), Mandy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6998518/) Weird Studies, Episode 73 on Carl Jung (https://www.weirdstudies.com/73) Norman Jewison (dir.), Moonstruck (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093565/) David Thompson, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780375711848) Gilles Deleuze, Cinema 1: The Movement Image (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780816614004)) and Cinema 2: The Time Image (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780816616770) Henri Bergson, “The Cinematographical Mechanism of Thought and the Mechanistic Illusion” (https://brocku.ca/MeadProject/Bergson/Bergson_1911a/Bergson_1911_04.html), from Creative Evolution Terry Gilliam (dir.), The Fisher King (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101889/) Claudia Gorbman, [Unheard Melodies: Narrative Film Music](https://www.google.com/books/edition/UnheardMelodies/pXzR8I1mGUC?hl=en) Raymond Knapp, The American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780691141053) Richard Dyer, “Entertainment and Utopia” in Only Entertainment (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780415254960) Gilles Deleuze, “What is the Creative Act” (https://www.kit.ntnu.no/sites/www.kit.ntnu.no/files/what_is_the_creative_act.pdf)

The topic of games and play has fascinated JF and Phil since the launch of Weird Studies. Way back in 2018, they recorded back-to-back episodes on tabletop roleplaying games and fighting sports, and more recently, they did a two-parter on Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game, a philosophical novel suggesting that all human culture tends toward play. In this episode, your hosts draw on a wealth of texts, memories, and nascent ideas to explore the game concept as such. What is a game? What do games tell us about life? What is the function of play in the formation of reality? Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! Get your Weird Studies merchandise (https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u) (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) REFERENCES Roger Caillois, Man, Play, and Games (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780252070334) Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781621389996) Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781405159289) Bernard Suits, The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781554812158) Jobe Bittman, The Book of Antitheses US version (https://us.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=87), EU version (http://www.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=412) Weird Studies, Episode 6, Dungeons and Dragons (https://www.weirdstudies.com/6) Weird Studies, Episode 7, Boxing (https://www.weirdstudies.com/7) C. Thi Nguyen, Games: Agency as Art (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780190052089) Eduardo Vivieros de Castro, Cannibal Metaphysics (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781517905316) BF Skinner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner), American psychologist Heraclitus, Fragments (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780142437650)

Season five kicks off with a new installment in the ongoing series on the Tarot's twenty-two major arcana. This time, your hosts overcome the trials that fortune has dealt them -- a hangover in the case of Phil, a sleepless night for JF -- to discuss the Wheel of Fortune. Not surprisingly, the conversation is a mess, albeit a beautiful one that comes full circle in the end, tying up all its loose ends in something like a bow (or a coiled serpent). Topics include the challenges of improvised philosophical discussion, the importance of exposing oneself to difficult ideas, the serpentine nature of immanentist discourse, and the doctrine of the Fall. As usual, the anomymously-authored Meditations on the Tarot gets pride of place, although occult luminaries such as Alejandro Jodorowsky, Aleister Crowley, and Pat Sajak make notable appearances. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! Get your Weird Studies merchandise (https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u) (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) REFERENCES Our Known Friend, Meditations on the Tarot (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781585421619) Pints with Aquinas (https://pintswithaquinas.com) Jaroslav Hašek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Ha%C5%A1ek), Czech author Lon Milo Duquette, Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781578636235) True Detective (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2356777/), tv show Thomas Ligotti, Conspiracy Against the Human Race (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780143133148) Henri Bergson, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780343303433) Alexander Jodorowsky, The Way of Tarot (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781594772634) Jessica Hundley et. al., Tarot. Library of Esoterica (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9783836579872) Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin), French priest and scientist Herman Hesse, The Glass Bead Game (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780312278496) Bruno Latour (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Latour), French philosopher David Bentley Hart interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQBfoneh97E)

In this episode, Hank and Nate take on the theme of journeys, both literal and metaphorical! They talk about our paths through life, navigating our artistic endeavors, and of course tell some stories of physical travels they have been on. We'd love to hear from you! All questions, comments, and ideas are welcome. Send us an email at casualcognitioncast@gmail.com Or send us a voice message instead Rate us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts Support us on Patreon Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter Thank you so much for your support!

A wish-fulfilment fantasy for pubescent boys of all ages, or a subtle disquisition on the ethics of a sorcerous world? John Milius' Conan the Barbarian (1982) manages to be both, although one may be easy to overlook. In this episode, JF and Phil leave the heights of Hesse's The Glass Bead Game with a headlong dive to the trash stratum. Their wager: that Conan the Barbarian, a film without a hint of irony, is a spiritual statement that is equal parts empowering and disquieting, and a prime of example of how fantasy is sometimes the straightest way to the heart of reality. REFERENCES John Milus (dir.), Conan the Barbarian (1982) Richard Fleischer (dir.), Conan the Destroyer (1984) Robert E. Howard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Howard), American writer, author of the Conan stories Jack Smith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smith_(film_director)), "On the Perfect Filmic Appositeness of Maria Montez" Weird Studies #3: Ecstasy, Sin, and "The White People" (https://www.weirdstudies.com/3) H. P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx) Fritz Leiber (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Leiber), American writer Weird Studies #95: Demon Seed: On Doris Lessing's The Fifth Child (https://www.weirdstudies.com/95) Dungeons & Dragons Weird Studies #20: The Trash Stratum (part 1 (https://www.weirdstudies.com/20), part 2 (https://www.weirdstudies.com/21)) Masaki Kobayashi (dir.), Kwaidan (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058279/) Jerry Zucker (dir.), Ghost (1990) Roget's Thesarus of English Words and Phrases (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Maria Montez (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montez), Dominican-American actress

In the current "attention economy," which has resulted in plummeting literacy rates and the almost wanton neglect of various cultural practices, what significance does culture even have? Why seek to preserve something our age has decided doesn't have to exist? Perhaps Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game can be read as an answer to those questions. The order of monastic scholars in the novel exists mainly to remember what others were happy to consign to oblivion. In this episode, Phil and JF discuss Hesse's ideas on the order and its sacred game in terms of how they might help us meet the challenge facing anyone who believes the value of culture can't be expressed in dollars and cents. REFERENCES Herman Hesse, The Glass Bead Game (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780312278496) Pope Benedict XVI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI), former head of the Catholic church J.S. Bach, Well Tempered Clavier, Rosalyn Tureck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XoAJ98PbDM) interpretation and Glenn Gould (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOHnzWo8FXY) interpretation Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781453722480) Chauvet Cave (https://archeologie.culture.fr/chauvet/en) Peter Bebergal Strange Frequencies (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780143111825) Andy Goldsworthy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy), British artist Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780307476821) William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780312160623)

JF and Phil have been talking about doing a show on The Glass Bead Game since Weird Studies' earliest beginnings. It is a science-fiction novel that alights on some of the key ideas that run through the podcast: the dichotomy of work and play, the limits and affordances of institutional life, the obscure boundary where certainty gives way to mystery... Throughout his literary career, Hesse wrote about people trying to square their inner and outer selves, their life in the spirit and their life in the world. The Glass Bead Game brings this central concern to a properly ambiguous and heartbreaking conclusion. But the novel is more than a brilliant work of philosophical or psychological literature. It is also an act of prophecy -- one that seems intended for us now. Header image by Liz West, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_marbles_2.jpg). REFERENCES Herman Hesse, The Glass Bead Game (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780312278496) Paul Hindemith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hindemith), German composer Morris Berman, The Twilight of American Culture (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780393321692) Alfred Korzybski, concept of Time Binding Christopher Nolan, Memento (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/) William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780312160623) Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780679772873) David Tracy, [The Analogical Imagination: Christian Theology and the Culture of Pluralism](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/790661.AnalogicalImagination)_ Jeremy Johnson, Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness (https://bookshop.org/books/seeing-through-the-world-jean-gebser-and-integral-consciousness/9781947544154) Teilhard de Chardin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin), French theologian Mathesis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathesis_universalis) Joshua Ramey, The Hermetic Deleuze (https://bookshop.org/books/the-hermetic-deleuze-philosophy-and-spiritual-ordeal/9780822352297) Weird Studies, Episode 22 with Joshua Ramey (https://www.weirdstudies.com/22) Joseph Needham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Needham), British historian of Chinese culture James Carse, Finite and Infinite Games (https://bookshop.org/books/finite-and-infinite-games/9781476731711)

Living in Hong Kong has given Ross a different pandemic perspective, and has shifted his reading life in ways we discuss during this episode, as well as discussing books we've read recently. I'm just a bot, though.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 230: Iron Bubble Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: Imperial Twilight by Stephen PlattGreat Circle by Maggie ShipsteadKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroSeveral People are Typing by Calvin KasulkeThe Betrayals by Bridget CollinsOther mentions:Robert Burns Night in Hong Kong The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellTravels with a Tangerine by Tim Mackintosh-SmithBooker AwardCamp ToBKazuo Ishiguro - Nobel PrizeOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodWall-E (film)The Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Glass Bead Game by Herman HesseThe Glass Room by Simon MawerRazorblade Tears by S.A. CosbyMaybe Esther: A Family Story by Katja PetrowskajaRelated episodes: Episode 028 - The Room of Requirement with David GallowayEpisode 045 - Worlds Collide with Ross O'BrienStalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Ross on TwitterRoss can also be heard on the Sugar My Bones podcastAll links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

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A version of this article was published by Chintan on 7/7/2021: please read it at https://chintan.indiafoundation.in/articles/bidens-america/I heard this, almost exactly in those words, from two different Indian-Americans: one, a spiritually-inclined female cousin, and two, an apolitical old friend. I was startled, and reminded of the old rock ballad from Crosby, Still, Nash and Young (Our House, from the album Deja Vu, 1970):Our house is a very, very, very fine house with two cats in the yardLife used to be so hardNow everything is easy 'cause of you…If only it were that simple! If only! I asked my friend to elaborate. Said he, “Even when the virus situation was getting worse, [Trump] was the most dividing factor... ”… deletedIs that true, or is it an illusion? I once wrote https://www.rediff.com/news/column/the-great-indian-rope-trick-and-other-illusions-of-progress/20130716.htm about how Indians have been conditioned to seek the illusion of progress, Potemkin-style, rather than actual progress. I wonder if Americans have been gaslighted similarly with something that looks like normalcy, but isn’t quite. … deletedSocial media is turning out to be positively evil. Belying fond hopes about the democratization of information flows, Big Tech are providing platforms only for pamphleteers and propagandists, with narratives to spin. (They defenestrate those who do not adhere to the approved narrative).I am reminded of Hermann Hesse’s Nobel-prize-winning masterpiece The Glass Bead Game (1943). He called our time ‘the Age of the feuilleton’: the word translates to ‘gossipy newspaper supplement’, which is arguably the nature of social media. The reference comes from the point of a view of a more enlightened future century, that looks askance at the present as a time of primitive, superficial political cultures and narratives, Hesse predicted the discourse would be manipulated: he wrote when fascism and propaganda were rife; but he didn’t imagine the nexus between government, Big Tech, and a pseudo-academic nihilistic movement of ‘wokeness’ that worships ‘critical race theory’, and ‘cancels’ things.In the case of the Wuhan virus, the feuilletons demonstrated the extent to which this nexus can do suppressio veri expressio falsi: they shut down any discussion of the possible lab origin of the pandemic. The feuilletonistas, which now include once-upon-a-time respectable entities like the Lancet, the WHO, the US CDC and FDA, have shown that they dance to agendas that are plainly visible. They have little credibility left. The mainstream media have long lost any integrity, especially those in the Anglosphere such as the NYTimes, WaPo, the Economist, the Financial Times, et al.… deleted In Afghanistan, the headlong rush for the exit means that Pakistan, through its proxy the Taliban, has now beaten both the Soviet Union and the US, and will deliver the region on a platter to China. The race problem hasn’t gone away: a young black man was shot to death by police again last week. More horrendously, a Puerto Rican couple were dragged out of their car and shot dead in Chicago. But there were no #BLM riots, nor anything about #LatinoLivesMatter. There was total radio silence from the media.I wonder if all this is indeed the ‘New Normal’. If it is, we should adjust. But if it’s only an illusion, then beware of the gaslighters. 1025 words, 22 June 2021 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com

Michael Wann joins us for a great synchromystical chat. We talk about his latest chat with Ras Ben about the Count of St. Germain and his latest divination work through skymancy.    We get into moon cycles as apposed to calendars, Vampires, going with the current to raise recognition of our synchro mystic reality and Mongolian shamanism. We do talk about Covid and the vaccine and discuss Terrain theory and if it's even a real thing. Becoming a detective, stalking reality, naturopathic censorship, changing frequency, technological inversion of the truth, transhumanism, and stories becoming reality are also discussed in the first half.   In the second half we get into his special calendar cycles of the moon map, planning around the moon, sacrificing Gates and Fauci, the glass bead game, NDE's, the mystery schools, one foot in both worlds, science and the observer effect, expansion energy, pulling cards for contemplation, living in the system and manifesting our way out of the programming.    https://www.susquehannaalchemy.com/   In the intro we chat a little longer about the current situation, the split in culture and reality and what's happening in the Jab world. Lots of lies and disinfo and yet people are still willing to take the risk.   http://ryanwunsch.com/mystery-rocks-saskatchewan/   http://www.omadcarnivore.com/   https://vaccinechoicecanada.com/resources/covid-19-vaccines/   See links to stuff we chatted about during the show:   http://www.findingcountstgermain.com/2015/03/signing-of-declaration-of-independence.html   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8798672-a-story-waiting-to-pierce-you   https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/notes-from-yesteryear/germ-theory-versus-terrain-the-wrong-side-won-the-day/   https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/03/living-off-of-light-the-bizarre-story-of-breatharianism/    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16634.The_Glass_Bead_Game   https://rasben.com/   Thank you for your support.  To gain access to the second half of show and our Plus feed please clink the link http://www.grimericaoutlawed.ca/support. Help support the show because without your help we can't continue to address these controversial topics. If you value this content with 0 ads, 0 sponsorships, 0 breaks, 0 portals and links to corporate websites, please assist. Many hours of unlimited content for free. Thanks for listening!!   Support the show directly: https://www.patreon.com/grimericaoutlawed   Get your Magic Mushrooms delivered from: Mushroom Spores, Spore Syringes, Best Spore Syringes,Grow Mushroom Spores Lab   Other affiliated shows: https://www.13questionspodcast.com/ Our New Podcast - 13 Questions www.grimerica.ca The OG Grimerica Show   Join the chat / hangout with a bunch of fellow Grimerican's  www.grimerica.ca/chats   1-403-702-6083 Call and leave a voice mail or send us a text   GrimericaFM https://s2.radio.co/s053ed3122/listen   Check out our next trip/conference/meetup - Contact at the Cabin www.contactatthecabin.com   Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/grimerica-outlawed http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grimerica-outlawed   Sign up for our newsletter http://www.grimerica.ca/news   SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com   InstaGRAM https://www.instagram.com/the_grimerica_show_podcast/    Tweet Darren https://twitter.com/Grimerica   Connect through other platforms: https://www.reddit.com/r/grimerica/  https://gab.ai/Grimerica    Purchase swag, with partial proceeds donated to the show www.grimerica.ca/swag Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ ART Napolean Duheme's site http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/  MUSIC Should I Felix's Site sirfelix.bandcamp.com  

In this episode, Hank and Nate talk about reducing our exposure to sensory input in order to slow down a bit and relax in this distracting age we live in! They start off with Ancestral Lifestyle and talk about what kinds of input our ancestors may have had, then move on to Temple Time, exploring how some religions approach this from a spiritual perspective, and finish off with The Great Merge, where we try to bring some science into those spiritual practices! We'd love to hear from you! All questions, comments, and ideas are welcome. Send us an email at casualcognitioncast@gmail.com Or send us a voice message instead Rate us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts Follow us on Instagram Support us on Patreon Thank you so much for your support! A podcast exploring the universe and what it means to be human. Available everywhere! RSS feed: https://anchor.fm/s/23001b80/podcast/rss

In this episode, Hank and Nate play the Glass Bead Game again, this time with the theme of awareness! They start off with Mind Body Connection, getting into some physicality and exercise, then get into learning and self improvement, then finish things off with the creative process! We'd love to hear from you! All questions, comments, and ideas are welcome. Send us an email at casualcognitioncast@gmail.com Or send us a voice message instead Rate us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts Follow us on Instagram Support us on Patreon Thank you so much for your support!

In this episode, Hank and Nate try playing the "Glass Bead Game" by taking on the concept of death, through three of our reoccurring segments; Ancestral Lifestyles, Practical Philosophy, and The Temple. Duncan Trussell Family Hour with Caitlin Doughty We'd love to hear from you! All questions, comments, and ideas are welcome. Send us an email at casualcognitioncast@gmail.com Or send us a voice message instead Rate us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts Follow us on Instagram Support us on Patreon Thank you so much for your support!

In this episode, Hank and Nate discuss the nature of fractals, universal principles in the human experience and beyond, and take a dive into the incredible novel "The Glass Bead Game" by Hermann Hesse! We'd love to hear from you! All questions, comments, and ideas are welcome. Send us an email at casualcognitioncast@gmail.com Or send us a voice message instead Rate us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts Follow us on Instagram Support us on Patreon Thank you so much for your support!

Hermann Karl Hesse was a German novelist, poet, and water color painter active from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, and while his works have run relatively under the radar in the Western Hemisphere, Hesse did win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. Some of his best known works include Demian, Siddhartha, The Glass Bead Game, and Steppenwolf, which yes, to answer your question, the Canadian-American rock band from the 60s and 70s did name their group after Hesse’s incredible tale of discovery. Hesse’s writing was often an exploration of an individual’s search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality, paired with an effort to break out of the established rules and modes of civilization. Let me be very honest about Hesse’s initial reception amongst readers – his writing was never quite popular amongst critics – in fact, it was often described as ‘inaccessible’ for the majority American readers (MUCH was lost in translations back then). During a time of world wars, much of Hesse’s work tends to be appreciated greatly by a younger audience, but then outgrown as adolescence fades into the harder realities of being an adult in functional society. Much of his focus relays to a young, brooding man struggling to find his place in a world that does not seem to understand him, and while there are an infinite number of us who can directly relate to the feeling, our focus shifts with age, wherein we become less preoccupied with our own ego and self. Hesse is a fascinating character, the product of an absurdly strict Christian upbringing, struggles with mental health, two world wars, three wives, and a constant frustration with never truly feeling as successful of a writer as he desired. This episode falls during a time when we are all feeling isolated, quarantined due to the Covid 19 pandemic spreading all over our country and the world, and I hope if we can take away one thing from Hermann this week, it is that even in a time when we are forced to confront our own selves, it is important never to forget that we all need to be looking out for each other as best we can.So let’s dive in shall we, and discuss all things Hermann Hesse this week on Legacy: the Artists Behind the Legends.

Well once again we have an amazing show for your entertainment, DJ brings us news of a new anime series, Buck has news about brain circuits, good and bad decision making, and finally the Professor brings us news about fraud and scams. But first up we wish to just say welcome ad thank you for joining us once again. Now the new anime series is called Dr Stone, set in a post-apocalyptic world where everyone has been turned into… Statues and society is to be rebuilt using science. So the premise is looking interesting, the promo gives some comedic content to look forward to. It looks like it will be worth checking out for a laugh. We wish to advise that no DJ’s were harmed during the recording of this and he was ok, just a bit stranger than normal. Which in itself is quite remarkable really, but we digress. Dr Stone has 24 episodes at this point and aired from 5th July on Crunchyroll. So, check it out and let us know what you think. Now, have you ever wondered why people continue to make the same silly decision repeatedly? For example, people repeatedly using harmful drugs, voting once again for moronic politicians, and reality television shows still being watched. Seriously who watches that stuff, can they just stop it please so we can get better content that doesn’t make us want to claw our eyes out! Umm, yes, bad decisions, well a recent study has been conducted and shows support for the hypothesis that three particular regions of the brain are involved. That’s right, it is not just the frontal lobe, it bounces between various sections and is actually quite involved. If one section is not working right then the result is an individual with a predilection for bad choices, like the foolish nut job mumble rappers like lil stump, or is that bump, whatever, no one cares really. This is when Buck starts to get technical with some of his explanation and has to pause to calm down. Professor tells us that game developers would rather we pirate games from something called file sharing, whatever that is. They urge this be done instead of using G2A due to a constant amount of fraudulent activity causing problems for both consumers and developers alike. That’s right folks, game developers are apparently tired of nasty vermin cheats who are ripping off everyone, this is a very interesting topic that has a number of issues involved and hits at the heart of our gaming recreation. So check it out and see what exactly is happening. As usual we have the shout outs, remembrances, birthdays and special events of interest for the week. We also wish to say that a surprise mechanism is a trap, and so are loot boxes, so please EA, stop treating us as morons. But other than that, please remember to take care of yourselves, look out for each other and stay hydrated. Also check out the folks at Off with the Fairies and tell them we said hello. We will return next week at the same Nerd time, on the same Nerd podcast channels, and at the same Nerd place (preferably over a cup of Earl Grey, hot). Catch you next time.EPISODE NOTES:Dr Stone anime Series - https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/06/30/dr-stone-anime-tv-promo/Brain Circuits - https://scitechdaily.com/three-distinct-brain-circuits-lead-us-to-make-bad-and-good-decisions/G2A piracy - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-07-02-developers-call-for-players-to-pirate-their-games-rather-than-buy-from-g2aGames currently playingBuck– Mafia 3 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/360430/Mafia_III/Professor– Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy-switch/DJ – Apex Legends- https://www.playstation.com/en-au/games/apex-legends-ps4/Other topics discussedMannequin Challenge (viral Internet video trend)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannequin_ChallengeNeon Genesis Evangelion (1995 anime series)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_EvangelionMobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans (2015 anime series)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam:_Iron-Blooded_OrphansTartarus Sunspot- https://matthewreilly.fandom.com/wiki/Tartarus_SunspotSelf-Fulfilling Prophecies (Psychology term)- https://study.com/academy/lesson/self-fulfilling-prophecies-in-psychology-definition-examples.htmlThe Secret (2006 book)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_%28book%29Mozart Effect- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_effectOprah Winfrey moments- Oprah shuts down her book club - https://ew.com/article/2002/04/08/oprah-shuts-down-her-book-club/- Oprah gives everyone a car - https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/how-oprahs-iconic-you-get-a-car-moment-ended-on-a-sour-note/news-story/46646a3fbf54acc210354304c9910490- Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah’s couch - https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/11-years-ago-tom-cruise-jumped-on-oprahs-couch-lost-his-mind_n_57436ab1e4b0613b512b05adYou Wouldn’t Steal A Car (Anti-piracy advertisement)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Wouldn%27t_Steal_a_CarTake Two CEO: Loot Boxes are freedom of speech- https://segmentnext.com/2019/06/27/take-two-ceo-look-boxes-are-freedom-of-speech/EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson’s take on loot boxes- https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/06/20/ea-loot-boxes-discussed-by-the-companys-ceo-andrew-wilson/Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014 game)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth:_Shadow_of_MordorSpyro Reignited Trilogy (2018 game)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro_Reignited_TrilogyMario (Nintendo character)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MarioDonkey Kong Country (1994 Super Nintendo game)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_CountryMonkey island (adventure game series)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Island_(series)Wattson (Apex Legends character)- https://apexlegends.gamepedia.com/WattsonShoutouts2 Jul 1839 - Slaves aboard a Spanish schooner La Amistad revolt to secure their freedom while being transported from one Cuban port to another - https://www.history.com/news/the-amistad-slave-rebellion-175-years-ago2 Jul 1900 – LZ-1 (Luftschiff Zeppelin 1) made its maiden flight, the first flight lasted about 18 minutes and covered about 3-1/2 miles over Lake Constance at Friedrichshafen in Southern Germany, not far from the Swiss border. The first flight of LZ-1 was the culmination of years of planning by its creator Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. - https://www.airships.net/zeppelins/4 Jul 1776 - Independence Day (colloquial: the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer subject to the monarch of Britain and were now united, free, and independent states. The Congress had voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2, but it was not declared until July 4. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)Remembrances2 Jul 1850 - Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British statesman and Conservative Party politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and twice as Home Secretary. He is regarded as the father of modern British policing by founding of the Metropolitian Police Service leading to a new type of officer known in tribute to him as "bobbies" and "peelers”. He is also reforming and liberalising the criminal law. He died from a horse-riding accident at 62 in Westminster, Middlesex. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peel2 Jul 1999 - Mario Gianluigi Puzo, was an Americanauthor,screenwriter and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Italian-Americanmafia, most notably The Godfather, which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and Part II in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film. His final novel The Family was released posthumously in 2001. He died of heart failure at 78 in West Bay Shore, New York. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Puzo2 Jul 2008 - Elizabeth Spriggs, was an English character actress. Sprigg's roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company included Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Gertrude in Hamlet and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. In 1978, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for Arnold Wesker's Love Letters on Blue Paper. She received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility. Her other films included Richard's Things, Impromptu, Paradise Road and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. She died at 78 in Oxford, Oxfordshire. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_SpriggsFamous Birthdays2 Jul 1877 – Hermann Hesse, German-born poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Demian,Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in Calw, Württemberg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse2 Jul 1908 - Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education which held that racial segregation in public education is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. He was born in Baltimore,Maryland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall3 Jul 1935 - Harrison Schmitt, American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and, as a crew member of Apollo 17, the most recent living person to have walked on the Moon. As Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo missions, he also became the twelfth and second-youngest person to set foot on the Moon, and the second-to-last person to step off of the Moon. Schmitt also remains the first and only professional scientist to have flown beyond low Earth orbit and to have visited the Moon. He was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_SchmittEvents of Interest2 Jul 1843 - An alligator falls from sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina - https://www.onthisday.com/photos/the-day-an-alligator-fell-from-the-sky2 Jul 1956 – Elvis records hound dog & Don’t Be Cruel during an exhaustive recording session at RCA studios in New York City - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Be_Cruel3 Jul 1938 – World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h) - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/only-in-britain/mallard-set-world-speed-record/IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rss

Alex Reeves is the founder of Vanish Works, a multimedia company that explores emotional response and narrative using immersive technologies including virtual reality and real-time data collected from audiences. He sat down with us for a conversation on everything from virtual reality to podcasts, "right to repair" to jury duty, The Glass Bead Game to Harry Potter, plus working with the bands, Caveman and Blonde Redhead. 

A Chinese home built upon the structure of an Iron Maiden riff. Reincarnation unbound by Time. The ultimate truth of Hermann Hesse as the Tony Robbins of European symbolism.  The trio is back on this full length episode. Join us as we work through Hermann Hesse's often frustrating but certainly substantial masterwork The Glass Bead Game. As always, give the novel a read and listen along.    Join the B.O.S.S. Book Club for cool artwork and to get in on the conversation: www.booksofsomesubstance.com On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksOfSomeSubstance/ On Twitter: @BooksOSubstance  Check out B.O.S.S. Underground Press and our first release: PWR VOL written by our very own Nick Scandy, illustrated by Aaron Zonka, and scored by mini and the Bear. 

At fifteen, filmmaker Peter Hyoguchi won George Lucas' youth film festival with a sci-fi short called “The Future's Future”. Since then Peter has written and directed the dramatic feature “First, Last and Deposit” which won the New York Independent Film Festival and the San Francisco Independent Film Festival and aired on IFC. His screenwriting assignments include a collaboration with sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on a supernatural thriller called “The Waking” for legendary horror director John Carpenter, as well as an adaptation of the New York Times Best-Seller “Killing Elvis”, and an adaptation of Herman Hesse's Nobel Prize-winning novel, “The Glass Bead Game”.

16e émission de la 30e session... Cette semaine, l'animateur est en vacances, alors des nouveautés et du jazz aux influences arabes! En musique: Charles McPherson sur l'album The Journey (Capri, 2015); Roots Magic sur l'album Hoodoo Blues (Clean Feed, 2015); Clifford Jordan sur l'album Spiritual Jazz 6: Vocals (Jazzman, 2015, enr. 1973 sur l'album Glass Bead Game); Vibration Society sur l'album Spiritual Jazz 6: Vocals (Jazzman, 2015, enr. 1986 sur l'album The Music Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk); Amir ElSaffar's Two River Ensemble sur l'album Crisis (Pi Recordings, 2015); Anouar Brahem sur l'album Souvenance (ECM, 2014); A Trio & Alan Bishop sur l'album Burj Al Imam (Annihaya, 2015); Pierre Favre sur l'album SOLO Münster Bern (Cubus, 2008)...

16e émission de la 30e session... Cette semaine, l'animateur est en vacances, alors des nouveautés et du jazz aux influences arabes! En musique: Charles McPherson sur l'album The Journey (Capri, 2015); Roots Magic sur l'album Hoodoo Blues (Clean Feed, 2015); Clifford Jordan sur l'album Spiritual Jazz 6: Vocals (Jazzman, 2015, enr. 1973 sur l'album Glass Bead Game); Vibration Society sur l'album Spiritual Jazz 6: Vocals (Jazzman, 2015, enr. 1986 sur l'album The Music Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk); Amir ElSaffar's Two River Ensemble sur l'album Crisis (Pi Recordings, 2015); Anouar Brahem sur l'album Souvenance (ECM, 2014); A Trio & Alan Bishop sur l'album Burj Al Imam (Annihaya, 2015); Pierre Favre sur l'album SOLO Münster Bern (Cubus, 2008)...

DISC OF THE WEEK:Aun - Motorsleep (Alien8) Metal meets shoegaze._________________PLAYLIST #010:Download Link"Pea" by Nadja from When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV (The End Records)"Avalanche" by Hateful Abandon from Famine (or Into the Bellies of Worms) (Todestrieb Records)"Taqasim For Omar" by Sir Richard Bishop from The Freak Of Araby (Drag City)"Cross" by James Blackshaw from The Glass Bead Game (Young God)"With Bows Bent" by Aun from Motorsleep (Alien8)"Keep an Eye Out" by Stephen O'Malley from Keep an Eye Out (Table Of The Elements) "III" by Lokrum from John Locke experiencies (Self Released)"Masani" by Nordvargr from For The Blood Is The Life (Old Europa Cafe)"Pretending Alive" by Wolf Eyes from Always Wrong (Hospital Productions)"Untitled V" by Sick Llama from Blue Syrup Dreams (Fag Tapes)"Borre Fen/Untitled" by Blue Sabbath Black Cheer from Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass (Release The Bats)"I" by Habsyll from MMVIII (Tumult)"IV" by Azrael Rising from Azrael Rising (Primitive Reaction)