Podcasts about notes from underground

(Conversation recorded on November 12th, 2024)     In today's modern era, the overwhelming flood of information that constantly flows our way can leave us feeling disoriented, lost, and powerless. Even science – our most trusted source of truth – can be taken out of context to fuel division and distort the reality around us. In the midst of this confusion, how can we learn to ground ourselves and find guideposts that can direct our lives and work?  Today, Nate is joined by storyteller and social thinker, Dougald Hine, to explore the importance of narratives in shaping our understanding of the world and how they can help us navigate the complexities of life, especially in the face of ecological crises. Together, they discuss the need for a reframing of conversations around environmental and climate issues, the importance of grassroots responses to systemic crises, and the concept of ‘engaged surrender' as a way to navigate the challenges of modern life.  How can we foster emotional resilience in the face of ecological overshoot and the death of modernity? What role do art and storytelling play alongside science and data in responding to our collective human predicament? And how can we strengthen our communities and plant the seeds for a different way of life, starting in our own small corners of the world?   About Dougald Hine: Dougald Hine is a social thinker, writer and speaker. After an early career as a BBC journalist, he went on to co-found the Dark Mountain Project, where he was the director until 2019. He is also the co-author, with Paul Kingsnorth, of Uncivilisation: The Dark Mountain Manifesto, and his latest book is titled, At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics & All the Other Emergencies.  Dougald's recent projects include Notes From Underground, a ten-part essay series for Bella Caledonia exploring the deep roots of the new climate movements, and The Great Humbling, a podcast he co-hosts with Ed Gillespie. He and Anna Björkman are creating a school called HOME, ‘a gathering place and a learning community for those who are drawn to the work of regrowing a living culture'. His latest writing is published on his Substack, Writing Home.   Show Notes and More Watch this video episode on YouTube   Want to learn the whole story of The Great Simplification? Watch our 30-minute Animated Movie.   ---   Support The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future Join our Substack newsletter Join our Discord channel and connect with other listeners  

Philosophize This!: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday --------- Today we talk about the philosophical themes of one of Dostoevsky's most famous books: Notes From Underground. We talk about contemplative inertia, the "stone wall" of rationality, utopian socialism, the tension between love and freedom in the modern world, self-loathing as a defense mechanism, and much more. Hope you enjoy it. :) Sponsors: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis  Aura Frames: https://www.AuraFrames.com use promo code: PT Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow

Today we talk about the philosophical themes of one of Dostoevsky's most famous books: Notes From Underground. We talk about contemplative inertia, the "stone wall" of rationality, utopian socialism, the tension between love and freedom in the modern world, self-loathing as a defense mechanism, and much more. Hope you enjoy it. :) Sponsors: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis  Aura Frames: https://www.AuraFrames.com use promo code: PT Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow

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Twice two equals five! I swear! Does man live and act out of spite? To defy the odds against him? To prove wrong all those who have subjected him with their calculated doubts? Today, ITA tackles Dostoyevsky's thought experiment/rebel statement "twice two equals five" from his novel Notes from Underground. References Radiohead's "2 + 2 = 5" My Novel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠On Death and God⁠⁠⁠⁠ Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ Outro provided by Brock Tanya.

In our latest episode of the Paper Trails podcast, host Sharmarke dives into the classic novel "Notes from Underground" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Sharmarke discusses the themes of self-loathing and the struggle to find meaning in life, and how understanding the nature of man can help us navigate through these difficult times.Join us for this insightful conversation on the Inspyre Podcast! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube to stay updated on our latest episodes and connect with us on social media.Socials:Twitter: https://twitter.com/inspyreuk?s=21&t=rg7lx-1ptHW_Q0tdGy7wpAInstagram: https://instagram.com/inspyreuk?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@inspyreuk?_t=8d06fC4KWo9&_r=1YouTube: https://youtube.com/@InspyreUK#InspyrePodcast #NotesFromUnderground #FyodorDostoevsky #SelfLoathing #MeaningOfLife #Philosophy #PodcastRecommendation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I have vicious enemies who have vowed to ruin me!'The Double' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a short tale of a man who encounters a double of himself. Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin is a titular councillor living in St Petersburg during the 1800's. He starts to suffer from schizophrenic delusions and behaves bizarrely at work and amongst colleagues with increasingly severe outcomes.I summarised the book as follows. "I found it quite lackluster, even insipid if allowed my double to be mean. No themes jumped out at me and I didn't feel there was any real depth to it. Unfortunately I found it rather forgettable and probably should have dropped reading it earlier."I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(0:34) - Synopsis(2:59) - Schizophrenia: Lunacy & persecution(8:42) - Observations/Takeaways(13:07) - SummaryConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

Sometimes you come across the answers you're looking for, even if they aren't what you want to hear.In June 2023 I reviewed 4 books on this channel. This was a month of learning for me and I received some good lessons from these books. It kind of centred around two things. One, if you dwell on negative thoughts and try to use 'feeling like an outsider' as justification for behaving badly, you're going to end up bitter and alone. Two, it is exceedingly easy to believe real evidence but miss the greater picture of what is going on. So you really need to work hard to analyse all the various reasons to determine the 'real' truth.Big thanks to Cole McCormick (from the America+ podcast) and Ashley Glenday for supporting the show. Very much appreciated!I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro & clarifications(2:37) - The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion: Yukio Mishima(5:11) - Notes From Underground: Fyodor Dostoyevsky(7:10) - The Crucible: Arthur Miller(9:38) - Merchants Of Doubt: Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway(14:04) - Shoutouts & Support(15:19) - Coming In July 2023(17:24) - Value For Value: The 3 T'sConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

Gentlemen, I will fight against the stone wall of twice two is four!'Notes From Underground' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky are the semi-insane rambling of an unnamed narrator in St Petersburg during the 19th century. It's split into two parts: a bitter monologue addressed to society and then his miserable life as a civil servant in his younger years. As typical of Russian novels (especially Dostoyevsky) it centres around suffering, morality, cold winters and reason.I summarised the book as follows. "It takes time for this book to sink in. I was initially unimpressed in my reading but more appreciative with a bit reflection afterwards (although Part 2 is still meh in my opinion). The Underground Man is a rather sad blend of nihilism, anger, pity & insight. He's not to be emulated but was identifiable as someone who used their intellect in a way that wasn't that smart."I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(0:37) - Synopsis(2:21) - Nihilism: Why do anything?(7:30) - Irrational Rationality: The outcome of trying to fight Nature's laws(12:04) - Observations/Takeaways(19:14) - SummaryConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcast

The great Russian writer Dostoevsky had much to say on the themes of religion, fiction, stories, and more. Laurence and I discuss the different approaches that Dostoevsky had towards religion and how one can properly characterise his controversial and novel contributions to the world of philosophy, theology, and beyond. We talk about his key texts and works like The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, and more.Support the show-------------------------- Where else to find Josh Yen: Philosophy YT: https://bit.ly/philforallEducation: https://bit.ly/joshyenBuisness: https://bit.ly/logoseduMy Website: https://joshuajwyen.com/

This is a clip from my upcoming conversation with Sarah Hudspith on 'Fyodor Dostoevsky'. If you want to see/listen to the rest of this conversation in full right now, along with all other fully edited conversations that are waiting for release, then please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Cheers, -Sam ________Giving________ Patreon (monthly giving) PayPal (one-time gift) Bitcoin (one-time gift) As always - a massive ‘Thank You' to all the supporters of When Belief Dies! Without you, this wouldn't be possible. ________Social________ Twitter Website Email: whenbeliefdies@gmail.com ________Gear________ Camera (Sony A6400) Lens (Sigma 16mm F1.4) HDMI Adapter (Cam Link 4K) Microphone (RØDE PodMic) Audio Interface (Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 3rd gen) Microphone Amplifier (Cloudlifter CL-1) Recording & Interview Software (Riverside FM) #dostoevsky #literature #fyodordostoevsky

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Part 2 of Notes from Underground. The Underground Man's past. Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

Part 1 of Notes from Underground. The Paradoxicalist's philosophy. Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guest: Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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What's up to my steadfast cetaceans and loquacious loons!  Welcome back to the BNP and thank you so much for joining! We got a fun one for ya this week folks, a real smorgasbord of podcasting piquancy. You already know we got those zany audio tidbits- and those who enjoy the Bro Vibin skits are gonna be as satisfied as a koala bear at a bamboo shit-paper plant. Your veggies this week are nuanced, well-seasoned and colorful, though they hail from the fungal rather than plant kingdom. That's right folks, we're talking about the blue apples, the zoom zooms, the goomers and the toadstools... it's mushroom week at the BNP! Any discussion of mushrooms in the modern age worth its weight in, well, shrooms, has to include the great American mycologist Paul Stamets, and this ep is no exception. I feature a 2019 interview with Stamets where he speaks on the mycelial network that really ties the forest together, does it not? Stamets argues persuasively that these mycelial webs are neurological networks for nature, and points out that mycelium mats are living organisms that span hundreds of acres and live for thousands of years.... whoa.   As well, I'm listening right now to Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Notes From Underground, and I offer some thoughts about the prose itself as well as the significance it carries for our modern times and our battle against transhumanism and the A.I. apocalypse. Finally, I include a recent Barbarian Yak Fest segment with Dr. Sylvie where we discuss the bombing of the Georgia Guidestones, the "Stonehenge of the U.S." This week's outro features the iconic Mexican mushroom shamaness Maria Sabina.  Thank you for spreading the word and telling a friend about the BNP!Can haz financial support? Attain immortality for as little as $1/day by visiting www.patreon.com/noetics. Receive a dream interpretation and an original haiku when you sign up at any tier!Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe! It helps me BOOST THE ALGORITHM >0Follow the BNP on IG @barbarian_noeticsEmail the BNP @ barbarian.noetics@gmail.comCheck out the Barbarian Yak Fest on Rokfin here.Until next week everyone,Be good to yourselvesand excellent to one another.One Love,little raven kawwwTRACKLIST FOR THIS EPISODEYo Mase - Hail To The Chief RemixEnclave Radio - When Johnny Comes Marching HomeFeel Good Maestro - Battle Hymn of The Republic - EDM RemixSaints Row IV - Hail To The ChiefJeremy Hack - Twilight Zone Hip Hop RemixThe Jazz Hop Cafe - Side Streets Lo Fi MixSoulection Radio Chapter 559 (Joe Kay's Souldies Set)Kizz Daniel & Tekno - Buga X-Files Theme (UNKLE Edit Surrender Sounds Session #10) Yuval Noah Harari - Speech at World Economic Forum (2021)Scene from Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg (2019)Bootleg Boy - Raining in Osaka (Lo Fi Mix0Sleep Central - Mexican Lo Fi Beats (Mix)Leftfield - Chant of a Poor ManFlavour - Time to Party (feat. Diamond Platnumz)Telmary Diaz - Pa Que Vuelva LINKShttps://www.edrosenthal.com/the-guru-of-ganja-blog/going-underground-paul-stamets-on-the-vast-intelligent-network-beneath-our-feetSupport the show

“In every man's memories there are such things as he will reveal not to everyone, but perhaps only to friends. There are also such as he will reveal not even to friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. Then, finally, there are such as a man is afraid to reveal even to himself, and every decent man will have accumulated quite a few things of this sort.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground is a novella written in 1864 by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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A tour of the abandoned Pacific Electric Subway Terminal in downtown Los Angeles. From Unfrozen 1.0, originally posted May 11, 2012. Intro/Outro: "Do Not Feed the Oyster," by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Midsection: "Judge Doom," by Alan Silvestri and the London Symphony Orchestra

White Ash Flies presents Chapter 7 from Part 1 of Fyodor Dostoyevsky short novel, Notes From Underground, read by Colin Mahoney.

Welcome to the 150th episode of Backlisted! To mark the occasion we are joined by authors Alex Christofi (Dostoevsky in Love) and Arifa Akbar (Consumed: A Sister's Story) for a discussion of one of Russia's greatest writers Fyodor Dostoevsky, who was born in Moscow on November 11 1821, 200 years ago this month. We concentrate on his pioneering novella Notes From Under the Floorboards AKA Notes From Underground (1864) and consider its impact and continuing relevance to modern life. Also in this episode John enjoys Dark Neighbourhood (Fitzcarraldo), the debut collection of stories by Vanessa Onwuemezi; and, having let it settled for a few months, Andy unveils his favourite novel of the year, Gwendoline Riley's My Phantoms (Granta). For more information visit backlisted.fm Please support us and unlock bonus material at https://www.patreon.com/backlisted.

In our final episode on Notes From Underground we cover the climax and falling action of the Underground Man. Dostoevsky's philosophy of love and redemption is laid bare and the final critique against the philosophy of Rational Egoism is delivered. Please enjoy this final act!

Imagine the most bitter, resentful, spiteful person. They stay inside all day, yet crave society. They have no friends, yet when they meet someone they instantly want to take advantage of them. They both love and hate themselves. This person is the character Dostoevsky created in his book "Notes From Underground". In all truth, we all have a little piece of this person inside of us. This book is filled with so much psychological depth that reading it will make you feel disgust and pity. But that's really the point! Dostoevsky wanted to create a character that embodied the worst parts of humanity... and he absolutely did it. In this episode, I'll be going over the major themes in this masterpiece.

Imagine the most bitter, resentful, spiteful person. They stay inside all day, yet crave society. They have no friends, yet when they meet someone they instantly want to take advantage of them. They both love and hate themselves. This person is the character Dostoevsky created in his book "Notes From Underground". In all truth, we all have a little piece of this person inside of us. This book is filled with so much psychological depth that reading it will make you feel disgust and pity. But that's really the point! Dostoevsky wanted to create a character that embodied the worst parts of humanity... and he absolutely did it. In this episode, I'll be going over the major themes in this masterpiece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we cover the rising action of Notes From Underground in which the Underground Man navigates a dinner party with supposed friends and attempts to show the best of himself. Following the debacle that ensues, the Underground Man gives chase to Zerkov and his friends only to happen upon an unlikely character: a prostitute named Liza. This episode covers a lot of ground on both Dostoevsky personally and his philosophy so be sure to sit, listen, and enjoy. Come say hi to us @academy_podcast on both twitter and instagram!

Alan is perplexed by NBA players being anti-vax and Kirk gets vexed when a comic doesn't follow him back on IG. Also discussed: R. Kelly, Jon Jones, and a book review of Notes From Underground.

In this episode, Daniel and Aaron have a free-wheeling discussion on the first half of the "Proposition of Wet Snow" which is the second part of Notes From Underground. They discuss the main plot points and talk about drunkenness, homeless people, cringe humor, high school, and the desire to no longer be self-conscious. We hope you enjoy the looser format. Please feel free to follow us @academy_podcast on Twitter or Instagram if you would like to interact with us!

In this episode we cover a broad definition of existentialism, the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard, and how they both relate (and don't relate) to the thoughts of Dostoevsky and the Underground Man. We give a more precise treatment to all of the interplay between these thoughts swirling around in the book in order to provide some precise definitions and much needed philosophical context. Also, Daniel learns to ramble.

Welcome in! In this episode we begin our discussion covering the first half of Notes From Underground by Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. We go over his arguments against rational egoism, thoughts on existentialism, and the desire for choice present within the human spirit. Nietzsche and Camus are also brought up to lend even more thought on the spitefulness and inertia found within the underground man. This was a far more free-form discussion than other episodes and super fun to record!

Welcome to our series on Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the first fictional work we are covering. Jumping right into modern philosophy, we give a brief biography on Dostoevsky, go over the influences and context of the novel, and have a discussion on existentialism, rational egoism, and nihilism. 

Every time we have a tragedy or catastrophe happen, there are calls to "do something." Often, the "something" we're supposed to do isn't specified. In fact, politicians rarely get specific so we cannot hold them accountable. But, is reactive political action good? Should we continue to react to problems at the surface level or dig into the roots instead? Grayson Quay and I discussed this and much more in this episode. Here's what we discuss: Problems with the call to "do something" in reaction to a terrible event Politicians' perverse incentive to "do something" rather than nothing, even if the something is counterproductive Whether reacting to catastrophes or tragedies makes good policy Times that government action exacerbated problems Some of our favorite literature, including Notes From Underground and C.S. Lewis Reactive Political Action When we take political action after a tragedy, we are normally not thinking straight. If emotions are high, we act irrationally, which makes for policy that feels good in the moment, but doesn't fix the issue. Plus, acting quickly can mean we aren't taking into account all of the factors that lead to a problem. National issues rarely can be solved by policy, and can never be solved with a quick piece of legislation. Better Political Action Political action that makes sense is proactive. Instead of waiting for a tragedy to respond to, we ought to look for negative trends in our society and the causes. We know we have issues with mass shootings, drugs, mental illness and more, so why don't we respond? We ought to be able to take political action to prevent these problems from getting worse. Furthermore, each of us can play our part in fixing the issues. Don't wait for politicians in Washington D.C. to fix our issues, but solve your own problems as best you can. Politics should be a last resort. About Grayson Quay Grayson Quay is a freelance writer based in Arlington, VA. He earned his MA in English literature from Georgetown University in 2019. Grayson's work has been published in The American Conservative, Reason, The National Interest, and the Spectator US. You can find him on Twitter here. Here's the link to the article we discussed. Find out more here: https://conversationofourgeneration.com/2021/04/05/political-action-and-the-call-to-do-something/(opens in a new tab) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/conofourgen/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/conofourgen/support

Notes From Underground manifests as an excerpt from the general ramblings of a bitter and isolated unnamed narrator, who previously worked as a civil servant living in St. Petersburg. This is Dostoevsky's most concise argument against determinism, rational egoism, and so many of the other ideals/beliefs of the modern world. It is one of the most important pieces of philosophical fiction ever written!Consider supporting the podcast:PATREONYOUTUBESUBSTACKMUGT-SHIRTYou can purchase Notes From Underground with The Last Sisyphus Podcast affiliate link right here: https://amzn.to/3u0iYZL

Jacob, Felix, and I chat about Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground. We discuss how reliable this narrator is, why humans can sometimes enjoy pain and despair, what causes us to act knowingly against our own self-interest, the dangers of Utopian thinking, the limits of human improvement, the relationship between free will and suffering, the limits of reason, the problem of proving the existence of God, what a "whole life" means, and much more. 

Not sure if you've ever read Russian literature (I know I avoided it in high school). But, if you haven't it is something unique. In Notes From Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky shows how someone paves the road to hell for himself by how they think and act. So, in today's episode, we'll take a look into the psyche of a man on that path to learn from his mistakes. Buy your Copy of Notes from Underground here. Where's the Road to Hell? Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn says "The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man," however, he doesn't mention where Heaven and Hell are found. By following the character in Notes From Underground, you will see how one takes the road to Hell. The battle between good and evil may run through every heart, but the battle between Heaven and Hell happens in every action we take. In this book, you'll follow the thoughts and actions of a man on the road to hell. If you'd like to read it, you can grab your copy here. "The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven." -John Milton https://youtu.be/X5W1WRBCVTQ Enter your email here for updates on the Conversation of Our Generation! Why you should read Notes From Underground "The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness." -Fyodor Dostoevsky The reason you should read this book is to learn the source of your unhappiness, which is most likely you. While reading this work, you'll see how much you get in the way of your own happiness. Like I said above, we find Hell by choosing it daily. Unlike this world, the places we end up in the next are choices we make based on how we live. But, those things can come to be in this world. So, will you choose the road to hell or the Road to Heaven? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/conofourgen/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/conofourgen/support

Rob Heubeck is Head of the Upper School at Gilman School, a 12th grade history and philosophy teacher, baseball coach, UFC fan, and an instrumental figure in planning Gilman's return to school during COVID-19. // In Episode #12 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Rob discuss the complexities of planning Gilman's course of action during the pandemic, mental health and the importance of finding catharsis, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground, the personalities of 20th-century intellectuals, Larry David and Curb Your Enthusiasm, Boo Smith at John Carroll, rugby at James Madison, Rob's memories as Head of Instructional Technology “when the Cloud was dangerous,” essential “new world skills” for the digital world, the importance of failure and recovery, and how COVID is forcing us to “operate in the mess.” // Enjoy the episode? Please follow @pathtofollowpodcast on YouTube, Spotify, Google Podcasts, PodBean, Twitter, and Instagram. More to come! //  A special thank you to the gifted Cesare Ciccanti!

Since the last episode of Notes From Underground was published, a lot has happened in the world. As the Coronavirus pandemic reaches into all of our lives, this special episode is a reflection on the encounter to which it is bringing us – a collective encounter with parental mortality on a planetary scale.Notes From Underground began in November 2019 as an essay series and podcast in which Dougald Hine (co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project) explores the deep roots of the new climate movements, the dark knowledge of climate change and the initiatory journey into which people are increasingly drawn by the encounter with this knowledge.The regular series of Notes From Underground is produced in collaboration with Bella Caledonia. This episode is a one-off collaboration with the Dark Mountain Project.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

The climate art of Cape Farewell, Ian McEwan's novel Solar and the oil industry connections of Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand all come under scrutiny in episode 10 of Notes From Underground.This is a series of essays from Dougald Hine (co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project), exploring the deep context of the new climate movements. The first six episodes traced a series of lines from the moment of Extinction Rebellion and the school strikes, back into the longer history of industrial society and its unacknowledged consequences. In the sequence that began with episode seven, the theme is 'knowing what we know': the encounter with the knowledge of climate change, not as a set of facts that can be held at arm's length, but an experience of knowing that leaves us changed.Notes From Underground is produced in collaboration with Bella Caledonia. You can support the making of this series by going to:https://www.patreon.com/dougaldSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

Even when we know the facts of climate change, we don't seem to act as if we know – that's the observation from the sociologist Kari Norgaard which starts this week's essay in the Notes From Underground series. The theatre maker Chris Goode suggests that the difficulty might be that we lack 'a living-space in which to fully know what we know'. And the similarity between these two thoughts sets us on a journey across the threshold from knowledge to knowing.It's a journey that takes in the history of written language, the persistence of indigenous ways of knowing in the face of systematic cultural destruction, and the way that modern science tangles with all of this.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project) invites listeners into the darkness of knowing a thing like climate change and the ways this knowledge changes us. The first six episodes of the series followed different threads into the labyrinth, starting from the new wave of awareness and activism around the climate crisis that emerged over the past eighteen months. Now, in the second part of the series, we're headed deeper into the strangeness of 'knowing what we know'.Notes From Underground is produced in collaboration with Bella Caledonia. You can support the making of this series by going to:https://www.patreon.com/dougaldSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

This week's essay looks at the production of scientific knowledge about climate change and what we do with that knowledge. It's about the history of the relationship between science and the environmental movement, and it's about my own experiences when I was commissioned to collaborate with a climate scientist on writing a play.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project) invites listeners into the darkness of knowing a thing like climate change and the ways this knowledge changes us. The first six episodes of the series followed different threads into the labyrinth, starting from the new wave of awareness and activism around the climate crisis that emerged over the past eighteen months. Now, in the second part of the series, we're headed deeper into the strangeness of 'knowing what we know'.Notes From Underground is produced in collaboration with Bella Caledonia. You can support the making of this series by going to:https://www.patreon.com/dougaldSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

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What can we say for sure about the future? The seventh instalment of Notes From Underground is about the predicament of mortality and the difficulty which modern industrial societies have in facing it. This week's essay marks the start of Part II of the series and over the next few weeks, I want to think about the difficulty of knowing a thing like climate change, how this knowledge changes us and what it costs us.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project) invites us to go deeper into the context of the new climate movements and what they tell us about the moment in which we find ourselves. The first six essays looked at what makes the current wave of climate activism different, how conversations about degrowth are reaching inside political institutions, and where we might look for hope – as well as the implications of 'climate emergency' declarations and the Green New Deal, and the common roots of Extinction Rebellion and the gilets jaunes.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

'What happens next may look like failure. Or it may be a success that asks many of the questions failure would have asked of us.'The fifth episode of Notes From Underground starts in late 2018, as two movements erupt on opposite sides of the Channel: Extinction Rebellion and the gilets jaunes. It's easy enough to treat them as opposites, the one group of protesters pushing for climate action, the other standing in the way of measures to curb the use of fossil fuels. But there is another story to tell, one which reveals a shared lineage, rooting these two movements in a common indignation.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project) invites us to go deeper into the context of the new climate movements and what they tell us about the moment in which we find ourselves.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

'When you organise politically to demand a declaration of emergency, you cannot avoid the question of democracy. If such a declaration means anything, then it marks a fork in the road. It says that our existing political systems have failed, that they have been no match for the scale of the crisis, and this seems hard to refute. But having acknowledged their failure, two paths remain: more democracy, or less.'This week's episode of Notes From Underground is a reflection on what it means to call for a declaration of climate emergency, one of the distinctive demands of the new climate movements. Just last week, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary declared 'climate emergency' their word of the year, one marker of the extraordinary momentum which has gathered around this language over the past twelve months. So this is an invitation to think harder and speak more clearly about what it means to organise around such a demand.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project) invites us to go deeper into the context of the new climate movements and what they tell us about the moment in which we find ourselves. This is a weekly series, running through the winter of 2019/20. You can read the essays at Bella Caledonia, watch them on YouTube, or listen to them as a podcast.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

'The need for economic growth is a social construct, not a law of nature, but this construct is the tablecloth on which our current society has been arranged. The question we face, as the 2020s come around, is whether we can pull the tablecloth out fast enough without smashing all the plates and glasses?'In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project) invites us to go deeper into the context of the new climate movements and what they tell us about the moment in which we find ourselves. This week's episode asks what happens when the incompatibility of economic growth and ecological viability becomes speakable in the corridors of power.Notes From Underground is a weekly series, running through the winter of 2019/20. You can read the essays at Bella Caledonia, watch them on YouTube, or listen to them as a podcast.To support the making of this work, go to Dougald's Patreon page.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

The last time the climate crisis was getting this much attention, it was Al Gore striding on stage to talk us through the high-end PowerPoint presentation of An Inconvenient Truth. From Greta Thunberg to Gail Bradbrook to Jem Bendell, the strange collection of public figures at the centre of the new climate movements have little in common with Al Gore. They don't have a neat story about how it can all be OK. Their voices are powerful because we can hear their fear.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project) invites us to go deeper into the context of these movements and what they tell us about the moment in which we find ourselves. This first episode traces a route from Stockholm in August 2018, through the advice that Extinction Rebellion didn't take from climate communications experts, to the question of what an Alcoholics Anonymous for a whole culture would look like.Notes From Underground is a weekly series, running through the winter of 2019/20. You can read the essays at Bella Caledonia, watch them on YouTube, or listen to them as a podcast.To support the making of this work, go to Dougald's Patreon page.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

Hudson Distinguished fellow Christopher DeMuth moderated a talk with special guests Roger Scruton, Petr Gandalovic and John O'Sullivan on Notes from Underground, Scruton's book set in the last years of communist Czechoslovakia.

Here, film-maker Gary Walkow reflects on how existential thinking has influenced his work, from his adaptation of Dostoevsky's "Notes From Underground" to his film on the Beat writers.Producer: Emma KingsleyThe Existential Me was first broadcast in November 2013 to mark the centenary of the birth of Albert Camus.