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In this experiential essay, Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta breaks the constructs of linear time and storytelling with love magic—a connective substance that transcends time and space—and explores how we might slip between the cracks of the linear and maintain connection across time. Drawing on the knowledge encoded in a traditional boomerang he carved from silky oak, Tyson urges us to flow with love magic; to “swim in its currents” to offset the greed and extraction that is consuming the world.  Read the essay.  Discover more stories from our latest print edition, Volume 5: Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chakaruna es una palabra en Quexhua que significa “gente-puente” y sirve para referirse a las personas que actuan como intermediarios entre dos mundos. En este episodio el Maestro Kike Pinto, reconocido compositor e investigador del Perú y Paola, sostienen una conversación sobre la conexión con el conocimiento ancestral para personas que no somos indígenas. Libro recomendado:“Escrito en la arena” Tyson Yunkaporta

My time in Australia with Tyson Yunkaporta changed my life forever. It's impossible to fathom the depth of wisdom contained within an unbroken lineage of indigenous humans that stretches back into deep time of at least 60,000 years ago. Tyson explains how there in the ‘right way' there is no separation between the individual and the collective spirit world, and the only time you claim yourself in separation is if you are going to get into a scrap with someone. And even that has collective rules. Everything from monogamy to magic is turned on it's head from Western Culture in the traditions from down under, and it was my absolute honor to share time and space with this brother. But if you don't want to listen to this podcast, you can learn everything you need to know by paying close enough attention to the ants. But I recommend starting with this podcast first!  Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaportahttp://bit.ly/3WVa1BK Korrect Energy  ⁠⁠https://korrectlife.com/⁠Metal Mark collectable golden Art :⁠https://mtlmrk.com/⁠Aubrey MarcusWebsite |⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2GesYqi ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram |⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2BlfCEO ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook |⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2F4nBZk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X |⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2BlGBAdAd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out "Own your Day, Own Your Life" by Aubrey Marcus |⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2vRz4so⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the Aubrey Marcus newsletter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.aubreymarcus.com/pages/email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To partner with the Aubrey Marcus Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the Aubrey Marcus podcast:iTunes |⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://apple.co/2lMZRCn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://spoti.fi/2EaELZO ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stitcher |⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2G8ccJt ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IHeartRadio |⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ihr.fm/3CiV4x3 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this interview from the archive, Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta invites us into an Indigenous understanding of time as inseparable from place. He shares the ways Lore and knowledge are kept within lands and tribes over centuries, and how deep time thinking can help us feel our obligation to beings, landscapes, and future generations. With candor and humor, Tyson emphasizes the importance of story, data, and technology emerging from a place of “right relationship” if we are to usher in new systems of order amid the chaos of the current moment.  Read the transcript.  Discover more stories from our latest print edition, Volume 5: Time.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim talks with Tyson Yunkaporta about the ideas in his new book Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking. They discuss a symbolic emu visitor on Jim's farm, Aboriginal collective pronouns, Sand Talk's impact, wrong canoes, lore vs law, how Aboriginal law adapted to invasion, ritualized violence & rule-governed fighting, Aboriginal knowledge systems & peer review, signals & spirit in natural systems, the sacred as a way to deal with complex systems, Plato's noble lie, restricted knowledge, Aboriginal law & the Jewish Torah, plague impacts, art as store of capital vs communal knowledge, the metaphor & mythology of water dowsing, Tyson's upcoming book, how to be a deeply spiritual skeptical atheist, and much more. Episode Transcript Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking, by Tyson Yunkaporta Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, by Tyson Yunkaporta JRS EP 65 - Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Complexity JRS EP 66 - Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Knowledge JRS Currents 032 - Tyson Yunkaporta on Spirits, GameB & Protopias JRS Currents 010 - Tyson Yunkaporta on Humans as Custodial Species Deakin University - Indigenous Systems Knowledge Lab Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. He lives in Melbourne and is the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World.

In this week's conversation, Paul and Chris dive into Indigenous Australian perspectives on problem-solving and respect with our guest, Paulina Larocca. Drawing on the work of Tyson Yunkaporta, Paulina explores the idea that true respect begins with acknowledging our own ignorance, an approach that contrasts sharply with conventional problem-solving methods. Paul Fairweather - Co-host https://www.paulfairweather.com Chris Meredith - Co-host https://www.chrismeredith.com.au Two Common Creatives https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tyson Yunkaporta is an Apalech man who is an academic, researcher arts critic & father. He is also the author of Sand Talk,  an extraordinary reading experience.  Like many of Australia's First Peoples, he has a complex identity and history but it's this that gives him authority to write and speak in a way which connects the wisdom of the past to the needs of the future. The way he thinks demands a longer term perspective.  He is both philosophical and practical,  compassionate yet realistic. He is filled with an other-worldly understanding of humanity.  In this conversation he urges us to consider the non linear complexity of the world. He challenges our expectations, points out cultural shortcomings and invites us to recognise indigenous concepts and their history. Importantly he shows how these patterns have the potential to be incorporated into our non indigenous thinking which  builds hope and possibility to benefit us all.“I don't have answers but I know that stories connect us to country. Country knows the answers. Notice it and be a custodian".Episode SummaryMinimising abstractions between lore and landThe illusion of the environment which is hidden by siloed systemsLet's look like dickheads for a minute while we work out the path forwardLooking for seasonal signs and responding to themLore carries recipes for how to live our lives with story and patternComing back into rhythm with the natural worldRunning out of time - the time to reconnect with country is nowThe dominating authoritarianism in the western world demands people are disconnected from the landscapeMutual aid activism - not about throwing bombs but making sure everyone is fed.Self determination being thwarted by authoritarianismStop looking at things and look at structures, systems and patterns insteadQuietly getting on with it - syndicate your neighbourhood with the next neighbourhoodThe bullshit of nation building is key in the decimation of connection to country.Activism is an industry Positive and negative feedback loops to understand how symbioses interlock with othersStory, ceremony and ritual for real thinking and real meaning makingUntil art became capital it was something that every human did every day to understand their place in the worldHow do we find a way of storytelling without reducing it to words"Image, dance, song - can all portray story but they have no depth of meaning if they don't have place"The lore is in the land "Leave those who are pecking over the carcass of the earth to their dying beliefs and the rest of us can get on with rebuilding relationships, stories, knowledge and place. Quietly and with people"Why we need to stop self flagellating acknowledgments of country and start building relationshipsReferencesViktor Stefanson - fire country managementSand Talk - Tyson YunkaportaThe other others - podcast.Thanks to our podcast partners:Wwoof AustraliaNutrisoilBuy the BookFuturesteading - Live Like tomorrow mattersShout out to the rockstars who smooth the sound Open Door StudiosSupport the showSupport the show

If climate reports and dystopian vibes are getting you down, this conversation with Meg Berryman might just lift you (gently) from the tiles.Meg is the host of the Regenerative Life podcast, where she holds activating and catalysing conversations about social change, sustainable business, holistic wellbeing, personal development and regeneration, creating ripples of change from the inside out.She's not only a brilliant interviewer, meeting mighty minds like Tyson Yunkaporta and Claire Dunn for the kinds of intellectual-yet-accessible chats that leave listeners awestruck, but a formidable thinker herself. We're stoked to welcome Meg for a wide-ranging convo that covers nervous system care, sitting in the magic dark, tending survival energy and watering the seeds of discontent. We discuss the perils of trying to make a positive impact out there if it's having a negative impact on you and your people. And how to go about satisfying that deep primal yearning to reconnect with self, earth and other beings. Right now, in this time of grief, confusion + frustration, Meg Berryman is pure medicine. Listen in. SHOW NOTESThe inspiration behind the Regenerative Life podcastAn unlearning journey of dropping the postures and dropping into true self.Finding the balance between the unknown + the five year plan. Challenging domesticity with wildnessRegeneration is an embodied experience; but it's not as easy as we've been sold. The things we've sold as making us happy aren't all they're cracked up to be. The agitation and restlessness we're feeling as feedback is not anything wrong with us! The lie of capitalism is that it's your problem, you need to buy something to fix you.The seeds of discontent are also the seeds of regenerationHomeostatic flux: ecosystems are constantly recalibrating according to feedback.How to reconsider + reevaluate what a good life is. We have a deep primal yearning to reconnect with ourselves, the earth, other being. That urge is continually being overidden because on some level, we assume there's something wrong with us. "It's not that I'm allergic to life, I'm allergic to the ways we've organised society and systems that are so removed from those basic primal instincts of being connected and belonging."Wisdom birthed from the bathroom floor. Epic burnout led to total breakdown led to epic recalibration.Is sheer willpower the only way to get shit done?Reframing breakdown as a period of magic dark.We've had a health and wellness paradigm for 20 years that's focussed on DOING things. But that keeps us in survival mode; it's not sustainable or regenerative. We need a whole lot of people to be regulated enough, for long enough, to make life giving decisions and make a dent in these systems.Being in conversation with questions. How do we come back to ourselves, and is that enough?Getting out of hustle culture in business. Everyone is saying, "we can't slow down because x, y, z….” It's the courageous soul chooses to interrogate that. If you're making impact out there, but that work is having a negative effect on your people in here, it's a net zero. It's not regenerative.The best gift you can give other beings is the gift of a settled system. Avoiding the one-two punch of shame and guilt.LINKS YOU'LL LOVEMy Grandmother's Hands -- Resmaa MenakemSupport the showSupport the show

Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta joins Raghu to discuss our shared evolution of consciousness and navigating a post-truth world.This week on Mindrolling, Tyson and Raghu have a conversation about: Living in a post-truth world where objective facts lose to emotional/personal appealHow coronavirus nudged us closer to fascismCultural feedback routes and how America affects AustraliaWorking with Indigenous medicine to connect to the spiritNavigating the grieving processRevolutions of consciousness through the erasOur universal connection and sharing of space with each otherDisinformation and the build-up to our recent electionRight story versus wrong story and how the truth gets blurredAll of our relations, human and non-humanAbout Tyson Yunkaporta:Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk and Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.Preorder Tyson's book, Right Story, Wrong Story: How to Have Fearless Conversations in Hell“People are really suffering, and this feels true. This story reflects our feelings of terror and the need to preserve our cultures and communities and resources exclusively.” – Tyson YunkaportaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How might knowledge be co-created as a process of relationships between humans, other-than-humans, and the land?In this episode, I speak with Tyson Yunkaporta. Tyson is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk and most recently Right Story, Wrong Story. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises. Tyson currently works at the Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University as Senior Lecturer Indigenous Knowledges. We discuss:

Jim talks with Alexander Bard in the last of three conversations about his and Jan Söderqvist's recent book Process and Event. They discuss the barred absolute as that which is hidden to us in the world, the barred subject, the mamilla in Lacan, barred absolutes vs the Barred Absolute, dissolving nihilism, accepting death as absolute, trans-determinism, Grand Project A, exodology, paradigmatics, the tyrant's lynch mob, oikophobia, Trumpism as a reaction to oikophobia, attentionalism, the abolition of advertising, consumtariats vs netocrats, the attentionalist paradigm, personal information agents, curators, comparing advertising & slavery, Perplexity, the Messiah Machine, protopianism, metastability, imploitation over exploitation, the necessity of growth, the Ecotopian Garden, the Syntheist Temple, the phallic gaze as the most important driver of motivation, the demographic crisis, bio-feminism, the Great Exodus, bringing life to space, parallel intelligences, inventing an alien civilization, and much more. Episode Transcript JRS EP 163 - Benedict Beckeld on Western Self-Contempt Perplexity JRS Currents 010: Tyson Yunkaporta on Humans As Custodial Species Alexander Bard is a philosopher, artist, songwriter and music producer, author of six books with Jan Söderqvist, living in Stockholm, Sweden. Bard built his career as a philosopher in parallel with a highly successful 25-years-plus career in the international music industry. Bard & Söderqvist's philosophy concentrates on the relationship between human beings and technology, using human beings as the constant throughout civilization, with technology as the ever faster changing variable. Their work takes inspiration from thinkers like Hegel, Nietzsche, Whitehead, Deleuze, and Eastern philosophy and spirituality, in the latter case adding Persia to the well known triad of India, China and Japan. They are convinced philosophy will be the last human activity to ever be affected by AI.

In this episode, Daniel and Philipa welcome Dr Tyson Yunkaporta back for an extended yarn on relatedness and making embassy through community.  Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, educator, maker, researcher, and poet. He is the founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and the author of two books, the bestselling “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World” and the recently published “Right Story, Wrong Story:  Adventures in Indigenous Thinking”. Tyson's work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.

Hello, dear wild friends! I'm taking a short break, but I wanted to share some of my previous interviews with guests who delve into themes of collapse, the meta-crisis, and the decline of the systems we've always known to grow—like GDP, technology, population, and prosperity.Many of you have joined my book serialization project on Substack, where we're navigating the collapse awareness journey together. These interviews provide valuable context for our journey. You can join us here if you're not already part of the project. I release one chapter of my book at a time, and we discuss its contents in the comments, tackling this big, beautiful, hard thing as a community, step by step. In the meantime, enjoy this wild conversation with Nate Hagens.--Nate Hagens (mindblowing energy futurist) was working on Wall Street when he realised…we don't have enough energy to fund the world's economy! Massive pivot ensued and he is now the global leader in energy systems, director of the Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future, on the board of the Post Carbon Institute, teaches an honours course, aptly titled Reality 101, at the University of Minnesota, oh and he also advises governments and institutes around the world on the future of energy!Nate and I met at a conference in Stockholm to address these very (meta)modern issues. In this chat we talk about how green growth is not possible, EVs are not the answer, and he makes a numbers-crunched case for how to live once collapse occurs, what he calls the “Great Simplification”. This is a big one. It changes (mostly) everything, including my own ideas about the climate crisis.SHOW NOTESYou can learn more about Nate's work here and listen to his podcast hereI also mention previous episodes with Tyson Yunkaporta, Douglas Rushkoff and Gaya Herrington--If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram and WeAre8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Philipa and Daniel talk about post-activism, border transgressions and making sanctuary with Dr Bayo Akomolafe and Dr Tyson Yunkaporta. Bayo Akomolafe is a widely celebrated international speaker, post-humanist thinker, philosopher, writer, activist and professor of psychology. He is the author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences:  Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak. Bayo is the Founder of The Emergence Network and and a Global Senior Fellow at the University of California Berkeley. He is also the  Inaugural Scholar in Residence at the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, educator, maker, researcher, and poet. He is the founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and the author of two books, the bestselling “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World” and the recently published “Right Story, Wrong Story:  Adventures in Indigenous Thinking”. Tyson's work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.

Adults and children spend their days differently - we work, babies play. Play is the signature of childhood. It's a living, visible manifestation of imagination and learning I action.Allison GopnikIf play is a constant and a genuine human drive, how do we recognise it when we see it in the world? Or more specifically; in which kind of behaviours does play manifest itself? We have looked at the five specific criteria, or characteristics of play, it's fun and enjoyable, seemingly purposeless, it's self motivated, there are rules involved, and it's a free and imaginative improvisation. Each of these five criteria are characteristics of the process we call play, but in the same way a person is multifaceted and must be expressed through more than five specific features, I would expect that we could get a better grasp of what the play instinct looks like by finding more ways it manifests itself in the world. What kind of behaviours or attributes are playful? To answer this question I think it would be good to start looking at those who plays the most, those whom for play is their natural way of being in the world; children.Then I look at the first of the manifestations of the play impulse which I believe is curiosity.Links:Here's some info on Ashley Montague.Here's the goodreads link to Montague's book Growing Young and here's a write up about the book in the New York TimesThis is an interview with Tyson Yunkaporta who's wonderful book Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World is a good and worthwhile read.Support the Show....Now you can get t-shirts and hoodies with our wonderful logo. This is the best new way to suport the podcast project. Become a proud parader of your passion for Showmanship and our glorious Craft whilst simultanously helping to gather more followers for the Way.You'll find the store here: https://thewayoftheshowman.printdrop.com.auIf you want to help support this podcast it would be tremendous if you wrote a glowing review on iTunes or Spotify.If you want to contact me about anything, including wanting me to collaborate on one of your projects you can reach me on thewayoftheshowman@gmail.comor find out more on the Way of the Showman website.you can follow the Way of Instagram where it is, not surprisingly thewayoftheshowman.If you find it in you and you have the means to do so, you can suport the podcast financially at:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/captainfrodo

Hello, dear wild friends! I'm taking a short break, but I wanted to share some of my previous interviews with guests who delve into themes of collapse, the meta-crisis, and the decline of the systems we've always known to grow—like GDP, technology, population, and prosperity.Many of you have joined my book serialization project on Substack, where we're navigating the collapse awareness journey together. These interviews provide valuable context for our journey. You can join us here if you're not already part of the project. I release one chapter of my book at a time, and we discuss its contents in the comments, tackling this big, beautiful, hard thing as a community, step by step. In the meantime, enjoy this wild conversation with Gaya Herrington.--Gaya Herrington (Club of Rome adviser, “global collapse” expert) hit the headlines when she showed that a world-stopping 1972 MIT study and bestselling book predicting the collapse of civilisation by 2040 was…right on track. She was a KPMG economist and financial advisor to the Dutch government when she released the report in 2021. I read it and was left speechless.Gaya's now just published a book, Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse, which sets out a bunch of surprising ways we might be able to save ourselves in time. Gaya's message is stark: Economic growth must stop now! We are hitting the global limits of our more-more-more approach and the decline will be fast. What does the data tell us that can save us? The answer won't be what you're expecting. In this chat we flesh out how systems theory works, why we're obsessed with growth and why rich white men resist change the most.SHOW NOTESGet hold of the book Five Insights for Avoiding Global CollapseFeel free to read the now-famous 1972 paper The Limits to GrowthI mention the chat about the Indigenous knowledge system with Tyson Yunkaporta, you can listen to it here--If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram and WeAre8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the middle of the night, and somehow I have returned to the mountains and plains of Northern Kenya. In a language I can understand only while dreaming, I have been invited to skim mud from the surface of a freshly dug singing well with a carved wooden cup. Voices rise above the trumpeting of elephants and the bleating of goats. My body awkwardly recalls the gestures of this ritual. An upward whistle follows every earthly bow according to a rhythm passed from voice to voice through generations.Suddenly, I awaken in my bed — a world away, thick with fatigue, and feeling vaguely bereft. Did I fail the task? Now, how will that murky groundwater ever run clear? My senses tenderized by the dark, I shuffle through my unlit home and touch the minor attributes of this particular life: a thick cashmere throw I bought along the Irish coast, the flecked stone countertops my children love to run their hands along, the soft, sage leaves of a potted plant. Our home seems to have settled back into its bones in our time away. The garden has filled greenly in the monsoon rains, and plump raspberries are ready to be picked and eaten. For the Samburu, the semi-nomadic pastoral people of Northern Kenya, daily life is organized according to the law of water, blood, milk, and meat. The sacred dwells in higher places. Homes are shoulder-height and constructed of straight sticks mixed with mud, dung, and ash paste. They are situated such that a Samburu must bow toward the mountain each time he enters. A circular briar enclosure keeps the camels, cows, and goats in and the leopards and lions out.Our friend, Tilas, explains that the marbling on his calf came from the blaze of a lion's paw, a relic from when he was a young warrior, freshly circumcised, with an able spear. He touches each plant, naming its properties and uses as we walk. Tilas introduces us to the stars, explaining how they determine when and for what his people pray. He traces a line from Alpha Centauri to Beta Centauri to Gacrux at the tip of the Southern Cross. When asked about his home, he nods over the mountain: “Under the full moon, it's a six-hour walk.” In recent years, the Samburu have built an indigenous-owned conservancy for wildlife, the first orphanage of its kind in Africa. Reteti is home to an absurdly cute troupe of 47 baby elephants. Five times daily, they are bottle-fed goat milk provided by herders from the surrounding villages.“Elephants remember everything; we help them remember they belong.”When new orphans arrive, often in the aftermath of trauma, the keepers cradle them, sleep alongside them, and surround them with the healing chants they learned around the singing wells of their youth — sometimes night and day for weeks. After years of care and intentional preparation, the elephants are returned within their adopted family systems to the lands from which they came.“Most of us have been displaced from those cultures of origin, a global diaspora of refugees severed not only from the land but from the sheer genius that comes from belonging in symbiotic relation to [it].” ― Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the WorldIt's not that I long for any home but this one. Lord knows I bristle at the implicit expectations of women even in this privileged world — expectations that pale in comparison to the norms of most women's lives around the world. But it is a transmission of the spiritual force of symbiosis to be among the Samburu. Some primal memory stirs in proximity to a culture that still listens for water in the earth and prays according to the mountains, stars, and seasons. Indeed, there is earthly sanity — “sheer genius” — in remembering that we are not orphans among the family of things and that our rightful place is as an intermediary, guardian species.As daylight rises, I climb a nearby mountain to survey the valley beneath. This valley contains the daily rituals of my human life. It is where I drive my children to school and share meals with friends. From this vantage point, I can close my eyes and imagine buildings and highways gently swept like eraser shavings from a living canvas, revealing a landscape beneath our human claim. When I dream of singing wells, I remember an irreducible wilderness, a relationship that has always been — and find solace in it.The Guest House is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Guest House at shawnparell.substack.com/subscribe

Summary KeywordsTensions, thinking, teams, talk, navigate, dilemmas, book, organisation, decisions, people, started, company, idea, question, unpack, Unilever, bottom line, lives, studying.IntroductionWelcome to episode 176 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. Having Dr Wendy Smith on the show with us today is a pleasure. Wendy is a professor at the University of Delaware and Co-Founder and Director of the Lerner Women's Leadership initiative. Wendy has a doctorate in organisational behaviour from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Psychology and Political Science from Yale. Wendy recently released the book Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solver Your Toughest Problems,  written with her co-author Marianne Lewis. Navigating the often competing forces in our lives and work can be challenging.I look forward to discussing this topic close to my heart today, particularly in achieving outcomes of environmental, social, and economic improvement within organisations. Let's get into the episode, Wendy. Thanks for joining us.Action Items1. We encourage you to notice how often you frame dilemmas as "either/or" and invite "both-and" thinking instead.2. Visit https://bothandthinking.net/ for more information on tools and resources for implementing both and thinking in your personal and professional lives.3. Wendy mentions "Sand Talk" by Tyson Yunkaporta. His book has won many literary awards. Visit the website https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/sand-talk to learn more. Episode Links:YouTube Full episode: https://youtu.be/M9Xsg_RUP0MYouTube Two-Minute Tip: Enterprise Excellence Academy Web: Contacts Brad: Connect via LinkedIn or call him at 0402 448 445 or email bjeavons@iqi.com.au. Visit Wendy at https://bothandthinking.netWhat's next?1.     Download the new resources https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/downloads2.     Join our next community meeting.  https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/community.3.     Listen to another podcast, #129 Diversity in Leadership & Enterprise Excellence with CEO of Paralympics Australia Catherine Clark, https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/podcast/episode/7a159cdb/129-catherine-clark-diversity-in-leadership-and-enterprise-excellence4.     Check out the award-winning book "Sand Talk" https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/sand-talk To learn more about what we do, visit www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com.Thanks for your time, and thanks for helping to create a better future.

Hello bbs! We're back again with a part two, explaining the indigenous connection to the earth and our ancient spiritualities, all of whom included eating animals. We discuss the actual cruelty of activists going after indigenous people instead of the capitalists who are exploiting the land and the inhabitants of the land for profits.  Hope you have a wonderful day! Grab a lychee iced tea and enjoy this episode with us! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we're trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. so if you're not yet a patreon, join today @ ⁠patreon.com/pettyherbalist⁠. Sources and what's In the episode: (herb) St. John's/Jane's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) (herb) Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) (healer) Sangoma - South African Healer (healer) Martín Prechtel - Mayan Healer Farmer's Markets (cacao to purchase) Mayan Wisdom Project (anthropologist) Marija Gimbutas (article) Animal Sacrifice and Religious Racism: Afro-Brazilian Religions on Trial (people group) Makah tribe in Washington State (indigenous scholar) Tyson Yunkaporta https://cals.cornell.edu/american-indian-indigenous-studies/dr-tyson-yunkaporta Herbalism and Immigrant Communities in So. Cal. Bones Bugs and Botany Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist⁠ ________________________ Follow us on social: ⁠@pettyherbalist⁠ ⁠@bonesbugsandbotany⁠ Join the Patreon Community to fund this amazing POD: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist⁠ Join the bonesbugsandbotany Patreon Community to fund support all of Asia's work: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/bonesbugsandbotany⁠⁠ Rate us to show your support! Thank You! #StayReady #BePetty ***if you read this far, send me a dm @pettyherbalist for a shoutout!*** --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pettyherbalist/support

The story of human ritual and cultural tradition is one of depth and deep connection to land, to place, and to processes and protocols that remain steady across generations. But it's also a story of constant mutation, assimilation, and re-expression. There is a fluidity to culture and tradition that is not always acknowledged in modern discourse. Religious scholars will tell us that all traditions are — to one degree or another — syncretic, and when we lift the lid off of traditions and look deeper, we start to see that even those that seem the most anchored and fixed are deeply porous and adaptive, that traditions have always traveled and changed shape,  just as the land itself changes constantly. At a time when more and more people are looking to reconnect to ritual practice, to tradition, and to the land — and yet wanting to be respectful of cultural boundaries —  it can be helpful to also understand the fluid, spontaneous, artistic and adaptive aspects of cultural tradition, to hear stories of traveling gods and cross-cultural mashups and innovations that arrive with the movement of travelers. Right at the heart of this exploration of adaptation lives the Divine Mother, who continually re-invents herself to meet the needs of the ecosystems she encounters. So the Polish Black Madonna becomes assimilated into Haitian Voodoo, the Indian mother goddess finds a way to re-express as Catholic St. Sarah, and the African sea goddess Yemoja re-arises to become the most popular vision of the Divine Mother in Brazil and possesses bodies from all socio-cultural and ethnic backgrounds regularly. In many places, syncretism — the fusion and blending of traditions — is welcomed, even if the histories that led to that syncretism are painful. And in these syncretic cauldrons, new traditions are born all the time. Once we start to view the flow of culture and tradition beyond a human-centered sociocultural lens, we see a living animate process in which gods travel and the forces of 'place' are not static, in which outsider species are assimilated into new ecologies, and in which wanderers and outcasts play a key role in the adaptive movement of traditions. These stories teach us that the world is not so neatly divided into those who belong to a place and a tradition and those who don't.  And that the story of 'not feeling at home' — of feeling rootless and separate from a homeland that is far away —  is actually a key part of the human story and serves as a starting point to the process of reconnection. Featuring conversations with Peia Luzzi, Scout Rainer Wiley, Tyson Yunkaporta, Skye Mandozay and Bayo Akomolafe and music by Egemen Sanli, Victor Sakshin, Beya, and more, this episode is an oceanic cross-cultural ride that asks us to leave our preconceptions of what is fixed and what is fluid behind. Support the Show.

Flora Brown periodically inventories her current life projects to decide if her current choices feel right for her now and for the next 2-5 years. When you visit her site and pursue her products and courses it quickly becomes obvious she pursues what she loves and changes her focus when she tunes in to what feels right for her.Her current focus on teaching people how to write their own biographies - whether in written volumes or in micro memories in various media. She tunes into the person's needs on many levels and guides them along the path to achieve their personal ultimate outcomes.Flors explains why allowing projects to stand as we create them rather than working on editing and editing them actually makes them superior tools for others to embrace. She sees the natural result as being transparent, allowing the audience to learn vicariously from the detours and seeming mistakes made by those of us who teach by sharing.Learning by working through, or witnessing how others work through similar challenges promotes growth that may never happen if only a finished product is whole and perfect as is, garnering the desired results seemingly without obstacles.To listen AND  follow along with the transcript: Scroll down to embrace Change without EditingReady to step in a new Direction? Download Rev. Ali's guide Step In A New Direction Click Rev. Ali's link for a FREE audiobook of your choice and a 30 Day trial to explore Audible's vast adventures you will not find any place else. This week Rev. Ali recommends Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta. Get it for free when you click this link and make it your free audiobook.Support the showDiscover how to communicate with the Universe, your guides and angels. Rev. Ali makes it easy.Everyone who is excited to stop hurting - physically, emotionally, or spiritually contact Rev. Ali to eliminate the grief and hurt. Struggle, in ANY form, is optional. It is science! Click Rev. Ali's link for a FREE audiobook of your choice and a 30 Day trial to explore Audible's vast adventures you will not find any place else.Need someone to talk to about your spirituality who won't think you're nutsy? Join our Facebook group Watch or listen to any episode and leave a review on our show siteSome of the links may earn a small amount for Rev. Ali without adding to your costs.

Grace L. Dillon is an American academic and author. She is a professor in the Indigenous Nations Studies Program, in the School of Gender, Race, and Nations, at Portland State University. She received her PhD in literary studies with an emphasis in sixteenth-century literature, and her recent research regards Science fiction studies, especially the use of science fiction by indigenous peoples around the world. Similar to the concept of Afrofuturism, Dillon is best known for coining the term Indigenous Futurisms, which is a movement consisting of art, literature and other forms of media which express Indigenous perspectives of the past, present and future in the context of science fiction and related sub-genres. Dillon is the editor of Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction, which is the first anthology of Indigenous science fiction short stories, published by the University of Arizona Press in 2012. Previously, Dillon has edited Hive of Dreams: Contemporary Science Fiction from the Pacific Northwest, which was published in 2003 by Oregon State University Press. This is an anthology of science fiction from writers living in the Pacific Northwest, and features works from authors such as Greg Bear, Octavia Butler, and Molly Gloss. She also coedited The Routledge Handbook of CoFuturisms with Taryne Jade Taylor, Isiah Lavender III, and Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay. Here, we discuss with Grace her origins into science fiction and the mentorships she received from the distinguished feminist science fiction writer, Ursula K. LaGuin. We define the concept of Indigenous Futurisms and its origins, taking time to understand the representation of the future and of tradition and what indigenous scientists have taught us about environmental sustainability. She also discusses the genre in other media, including film, television, and graphic novels, all of which are experiencing the growth of native contributions in recent years.Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper:In the article that inspired the episode, friend of the podcast Jeff Yang wrote about indigenous responses to James Cameron's Avatar:Opinion: The awkward truth about the new ‘Avatar' is far bigger than its bottom line | CNNGrace Dillon BooksWalking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigeneous Science FictionThe Routledge Handbook on Co-FuturismsHer Mentor:Ursula K. LaGuinThe DispossessedFuturisms and other Science Fiction Subgenres:Indigenous FuturismsAfrofuturismAfrican FuturismsGulf FuturismsIsraeli FuturismsAsian FuturismLatinx FuturismNative Time SlipsAlternate HistoriesSplatterpunkSlipstreamRoots of Afrofuturism:Mark Dery; Flame WarsSamuel R. DelaneyTricia RoseAlondra NelsonNnedi OkoraforIndigenous cultures and policies:UNDRIPTwo SpiritLost generationsMi'kmaq LanguageCrystal Echo HawkNative Science and Scientists:Gregory CajeteHigh context vs low context scienceRobin Wall Kimmerer; Braiding SweetgrassGlobal WeirdnessSpiral to the StarsKyle WhyteIndigenous MobilitiesAnthropoceneLiterary Works (including Graphic Novels):Moon of the Crusted SnowLouise Erdich; Future Home of the Living GodClaire G. Colman; Terra NulliusSherman AlexieMoonshot: The Indigenous Comics CollectionFilm and Television:Reservation DogsMolly of DenaliTaika WaititiNight RaidersJeff BarnabyFile Under MiscellaneousResident Alien;  “Radio Harry”Helen Haig BrownThe CaveWayne Blair; ClevermanAlien races on Star TrekRichard DreyfussFurther Resources suggested by Grace Dillon:Indigenous Community: Rekindling the Teachings of the Seventh Fire by Gregory Cajete (2015)Sandtalk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta (2020)Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez (2022)We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement that Restores the Planet by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (2017)Welp: Climate Change and Arctic Identities by Michaela Stith (2021)Daniel H. Wilson – Robopocalypse; RobogenesisRebecca RoanhorseAntlers – Directed by Scott Cooper (2021)Check out these previous episodes:Episode 73: Increasing Visibility is Existential for Native Communities, with Crystal Echo HawkEpisode 83: Indigenous Voices for Environmental Justice with Candis Callison & Julian Brave NoiseCat ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com.Music:“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

This week marks the beginning of Embodied Ethics in The Age of A.I., a six-week online course led by writer and teacher Joshua Schrei, host of The Emerald Podcast.  This course is, in large part, inspired by an episode he wrote last year called “So You Want To Be A Sorcerer in The Age of Mythic Powers” — exploring the mythic dimensions of tech innovation and calling for a reclamation of initiatic mystery schools in order to provide us with the requisite self-mastery to wield tools like generative language models. I'm honored to be part of the all-star crew lined up to co-facilitate this course and as part of our pre-game sync and prep, I met with Josh to talk about the forces we've unleashed and how to live responsibly in a world where tech is, in Arthur C. Clarke's words, now undoubtedly “indistinguishable from magic.” We explore the need to pace ourselves and anchor novelty production in ecologies of accountability; what it means to raise kids well amidst the A.I. revolution; and why humans cannot seem to stop invoking power and powers greater than our understanding.If you enjoy this conversation, join us — and several dozen other awesome people — from 4/18-5/16 to learn and grow together and answer the call to better ourselves in service of this great historical unfolding!(Big big thanks to former Center for Humane Technology Innovation Lead Andrew Dunn, founder of The School of Wise Innovation, for everything you've done to help inspire and organize all of this…)Right after this course I will be in Denver for the 2024 ICON Future Human Conference and would love to see you there!  Use my link to grab yourself a conference pass and spend 5/16-5/19 with me and folks like Daniel Schmachtenberger, Marianne Williamson, Ken Wilber, Jeremy Johnson, Layman Pascal, and many more…✨ Support This Show & The Family It Feeds:• Subscribe on Substack or Patreon for COPIOUS extras, including private Discord server channels and MANY secret episodes• Make one-off donations at @futurefossils on Venmo, $manfredmacx on CashApp, or @michaelgarfield on PayPal• Buy the music on Bandcamp. This episode features:Tålmodighed (from Live at The Chillout Gardens, Boom Festival 2016)Gamma Pavonis (from Pavo: Music For Mystery)The Cartographers (from Get Used To Being Everything)• Buy the books we discuss at the Future Fossils Bookshop.org page and I get a small cut from your support of indie booksellers• Browse and buy original paintings and prints or email me to commission new work✨ Mentioned & Related Links:“Modern culture is ‘ahead of the one.' Modern culture is rushing to get somewhere.”* Josh Schrei on Howl In The Wilderness Podcast Episode 120Sam Arbesman's Cabinet of WondersDetermined: A Science of Life Without Free Will by Robert SapolskyRick Rubin and Dan Carlin discuss magicMichael Garfield w/ host Kiki Sanford on This Week In Science Episode 965“Information overload is a personal and societal danger” by Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteThe Glass Cage by Nicholas CarrFuture Fossils 172 - Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Systems Thinking, Fractal Governance, Ontopunk, and Queering W.E.I.R.D. ModernityCenter for Humane TechnologyThe Age of Em by Robin Hanson“Scan Lovers” from How to Live in The Future by Michael Garfield at Boom Festival 2016Wisdom 2.0 Summit”The Techno-Optimist Manifesto” by Marc AndreessenIron John by Robert Bly“The Model Isn't The Territory, Either” by Douglas RushkoffDarwin's Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, and The Evolution of The Noosphere by Richard Doyle“Chief Philosophy Officer” by Peter Limberg“The Next Tech Backlash Will Be About Hygiene” by Jonnie Penn at TIME MagazineDouglas Rushkoff at Betaworks in 2023: “I Will Not Be Automated”Zohar Atkins (Website, Twitter)My comments on “Hallucination Is Inevitable: An Innate Limitation of Large Language Models” by Xu, et al.“For The Intuitives” (Part 1, Part 2) on The Emerald Podcast This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe

In today's episode we talk with Tyson Yunkaporta. Tyson is an Indigenous scholar who belongs to the Apalech Clan from Far North Queensland.  He is the founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of the acclaimed book “Sand Talk – How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World”, and most recently “Right Story, Wrong Story”. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.Our conversation with Tyson is a wide ranging journey and flows in many different directions. We talk about the relationship structures of Indigenous communities, his honest reflections and critiques on his own award- winning books. He also shares personal reflections on his own relations hip structure, age gaps within relationships and power dynamics, and much more.You can buy Tyson's books at this link below:Right Story, Wrong Storyhttps://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/right-story-wrong-story-adventures-in-indigenous-thinkingSand Talkhttps://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/sand-talk This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit evolvingloveproject.substack.com/subscribe

What would it mean to operate from a place of deep time diligence? In this conversation, Tyson Yunkaporta, an Aboriginal scholar and author who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland, speaks with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee about deep-time thinking and the ways it can radically reshape our relationship to the cosmic order. Wondering how we can operate within our obligations to future generations, Tyson urges us, with the same candor and humor that tempers his books, to create story, data, and technology from a place of “right relationship.” Read the transcript. Sign up for our newsletter to hear more stories as they are released each week. Photo by James Henry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim talks with Jordan Hall about the ideas in his essay "From City to Civium" and about his recent conversion to Christianity. They discuss scaling laws, superlinear scaling in cities & Metcalf's law, technologies of density, virtualization of space, ephemeralizing of communication, a tipping point in the virtualization of relationality, cities as killers, reaching the limits of the institutional forms that got us out of the 20th century, decoupling of body & mind, returning to the mesoscale, tech hygiene, reciprocal opening, what makes GameB hard, Jordan's experience with civiums, hierarchies of values & their inevitability, regaining functional cultural toolkits, pouring water on plants vs creating from scratch, how civium led to Christianity, distinguishing good & bad in religion, Jordan's lifelong agnosticism, the virtual, becoming an integrated self, ensoulment, egregores, whether egregores have agency, the origin of liturgy & liturgical practices, the challenge of bringing already-embedded individuals into embodied community, visiting & moving to Black Mountain, North Carolina, the ease of meaningfulness in the right context, being invited to church, Jordan's transition to believing in a personal God, a crisis of conscience, the Orthodox sensibility of "beauty-first," a relationship with goodness, understanding the Trinity, relationality as the essence of the triune God, a dimensional opening, faith as a faculty, the idea of being created by God in His image, adopting traditional gender values, the idea of abortion as murder, the hermeneutics of presence, Biblical inerrancy, why the kingdom of God is not theocracy, soul sovereignty, orienting toward a universal Good vs coherent pluralism, post-tragedy, growing community organically, the question of vocation, and much more. Episode Transcript "From City to Civium," by Jordan Hall JRS EP 170 - John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall on The Religion That Is Not a Religion JRS Currents 032: Tyson Yunkaporta on Spirits, GameB & Protopias "A Journey to GameB," by Jim Rutt JRS Currents 090: BJ Campbell and Patrick Ryan on Egregores Jordan Hall is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Neurohacker Collective. He is now in his 17th year of building disruptive technology companies. Jordan's interests in comics, science fiction, computers, and way too much TV led to a deep dive into contemporary philosophy (particularly the works of Gilles Deleuze and Manuel DeLanda), artificial intelligence and complex systems science, and then, as the Internet was exploding into the world, a few years at Harvard Law School where he spent time with Larry Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain and Cornel West examining the coevolution of human civilization and technology.

What beckons us, calls to us from beyond? Tuning into a magic that flows from the universe, not from an individualized self, Tyson Yunkaporta offers lucid insight into the current state of the world in this week's episode. In maddening times of dissonance and disconnection, Tyson speaks to the need for the Right Story, for LORE. As he dives into his new book Right Story, Wrong Story, Tyson discusses rampant disinformation, the stories that prop up empire, and the need for lore that cuts through such propagandistic drivel. This convivial and expansive conversation is a brilliant exploration and critique of the  current cultural fabric, and it invites crucial questions of how we can disrupt cycles of violence, power, and greed. Throughout the conversation, Tyson contemplates how we may open ourselves up to being beckoned outside of the ego, and how we may resist the individualizing neoliberal urge. Decolonization is not just about poetry, or word, or aesthetics, and Tyson strikes at the heart of how we (the collective we) must be materially and fiscally decolonial for the real work to be done.  Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk and Right Story, Wrong Story. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.Music by Leo James generously provided by Patience Records. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

To end this season, I would like to share with you something that touched me deeply, a dream walk that was originally exhibited as a sound installation in an art exhibition called Revealed, in Melbourne in 2017. You can find it in Tyson Yunkaporta brilliant book Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. Tyson recently published his new book ‘Right Story, Wrong Story', and if you haven't had a chance to check out his work, I highly recommend it. I invite you to sit or lie down in a comfortable position, close your eyes and simply follow my voice. For show notes & links visit TNM official website

Tyson Yungaporta is a professor of Indigenous Wisdom at Deakin University and in my opinion one of the most exciting minds in Australia today. He blends ecological systems thinking, global indigenous mythological framing and Indigenous Australian wisdom into a compelling and rich reframe for human consciousness. In this interview, Stephanie and Tyson yarn about plants, how to pay attention to what plants tell us about the time, place and season of country, how plants change in response to humans and how to avoid the trap of flights of fantasy in plant communication. SHOWNOTES: Read Tyson's book 'Sand Talk: How Indigenous Wisdom can Save the World' here. Check out his interview on the Emerald here (great content about conspiracy theories that really helped me make sense of this thorny issue). Join Stephanie's next Plant Listening short courses here. To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at ⁠www.theeldertree.org⁠ and donate to the crowdfunding campaign ⁠here⁠. You can join our Patreon ⁠⁠here⁠ ⁠and gain a deeper connection to our podcast. Pay only $2 per week to have access to bonus and often exclusive resources and opportunities- plus support The Elder Tree at the same time!⁠ www.patreon.com/theeldertree⁠ The intro and outro song is "⁠Sing for the Earth⁠" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music ⁠here⁠ and ⁠here

Ep. 103 (Part 2 of 2) | “What if I lean into the pain and come out the other side and survive it—and what if I take you with me, as the reader, and together we deal with our pain?” asks Tyson Yunkaporta, author, senior research fellow, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab. Tyson embodies this era of metacrisis, actively working with the global issues of our time in his work and in his personal life. His books are paradigm rattling and his whole life is a contribution—bringing forth ways in which Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge can help us, stating the need to find a collective narrative we can all agree on in order to survive, expressing himself with utter authenticity, and pointing out emphatically that each one of us is a web of relations, and that's what matters most.In his own uniquely raw, unguarded, authentic (and funny) way, Tyson describes his personal challenges with mental health and bipolar disorder and the states of mind he was in when he wrote his two books. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, was written in just weeks while manic. In dramatic contrast, Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking was written while wrestling with depression. Tyson talks about disinformation and how we collectively need to get to the “right story;” about Aboriginal culture and what it means to be living in a colony; the amazing psycho-technologies Aboriginals have to deal with grief; the radicalization and polarization exacerbated by COVID lockdowns in Australia; the similarity between Indigenous knowledge and the scientific method; the sacredness of magic and how this cannot be scaled. Tyson is a window into Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge and a brilliant translator of that wisdom for the rest of us. Recorded September 21, 2023.“Everything you are is a web of relations – you are a relational net.”(For Apple Podcast users, click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)Topics & Time Stamps – Part 1Introducing artist, academic, author, podcast host, and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab, Tyson Yunkaporta (01:21)Aboriginal & white Australia is really just one world, with Australia squatting on top: living in the overlap space of the Venn diagram (02:50)How we survive: Aboriginal culture has amazing psychotechnologies of mourning and excels at cultivating humor to effectively heal the grief from facing death so often (05:45) How the Aboriginals were indirectly responsible for the first corporation after spearing Dutchmen 500 years ago (06:57)Tyson's new book, Right Story, Wrong Story spends a lot of time refuting his first book, Sand Talk (09:20)Sand Talk was written in a bipolar/manic episode in 2 weeks flat—it includes a lot of solid Indigenous wisdom as well as propaganda about Western institutions (09:51)Right Story/Wrong Story was written in a state of suicidal depression modeled on Dante's Inferno (13:14)The effects of COVID and the harshest lockdowns on the planet on Aboriginal Australia & on Tyson (14:11)Right Story/Wrong Story looks at disinformation: how can we collectively get to the right story? (16:10)Tyson explains his mental health challenges and the paradox of being dependent on Western medicine and other Western institutions (17:55)The capacity to laugh is what gets you through (22:16)The neurological capacity of an echidna (22:58)How secular gurus, influencers, are nudging people in horrible directions like fascism, autocracy, exclusionary politics (24:31) People get...

Ep. 102 (Part 1 of 2) | “What if I lean into the pain and come out the other side and survive it—and what if I take you with me, as the reader, and together we deal with our pain?” asks Tyson Yunkaporta, author, senior research fellow, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab. Tyson embodies this era of metacrisis, actively working with the global issues of our time in his work and in his personal life. His books are paradigm rattling and his whole life is a contribution—bringing forth ways in which Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge can help us, stating the need to find a collective narrative we can all agree on in order to survive, expressing himself with utter authenticity, and pointing out emphatically that each one of us is a web of relations, and that's what matters most.In his own uniquely raw, unguarded, authentic (and funny) way, Tyson describes his personal challenges with mental health and bipolar disorder and the states of mind he was in when he wrote his two books. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, was written in just weeks while manic. In dramatic contrast, Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking was written while wrestling with depression. Tyson talks about disinformation and how we collectively need to get to the “right story;” about Aboriginal culture and what it means to be living in a colony; the amazing psycho-technologies Aboriginals have to deal with grief; the radicalization and polarization exacerbated by COVID lockdowns in Australia; the similarity between Indigenous knowledge and the scientific method; the sacredness of magic and how this cannot be scaled. Tyson is a window into Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge and a brilliant translator of that wisdom for the rest of us. Recorded September 21, 2023.“If you can get a fellow like me to line up and share a narrative with everybody else and an agreement on what is real and what is not in the world, then I guess there's going to be hope for everybody.”(For Apple Podcast users, click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)Topics & Time Stamps – Part 1Introducing artist, academic, author, podcast host, and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab, Tyson Yunkaporta (01:21)Aboriginal & white Australia is really just one world, with Australia squatting on top: living in the overlap space of the Venn diagram (02:50)How we survive: Aboriginal culture has amazing psychotechnologies of mourning and excels at cultivating humor to effectively heal the grief from facing death so often (05:45) How the Aboriginals were indirectly responsible for the first corporation after spearing Dutchmen 500 years ago (06:57)Tyson's new book, Right Story, Wrong Story spends a lot of time refuting his first book, Sand Talk (09:20)Sand Talk was written in a bipolar/manic episode in 2 weeks flat—it includes a lot of solid Indigenous wisdom as well as propaganda about Western institutions (09:51)Right Story/Wrong Story was written in a state of suicidal depression modeled on Dante's Inferno (13:14)The effects of COVID and the harshest lockdowns on the planet on Aboriginal Australia & on Tyson (14:11)Right Story/Wrong Story looks at disinformation: how can we collectively get to the right story? (16:10)Tyson explains his mental health challenges and the paradox of being dependent on Western...

In today's episode I chat with one of my favourite thinkers and writers: Jamie Wheal. I got to know Jamie through our mutual interest in, well, the hot mess that our civilization seems to be going through, and I knew he'd make a great guest for Win-Win because he's one of those rare folks who can combine both intellectual rigor and a deep love for physicality and nature. So as well as discussing game theory and the meaning crisis and all that good stuff, we also get into his discoveries studying human "flow states" - he's the co-founder of the Flow Genome Project, as well as the author of the bestselling books Stealing Fire and Recapture the Rapture. If you enjoy this episode, I highly recommend you check out his blog linked below. Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:30 - Childhood Games 00:03:23 - Flow States 00:18:24 - Flow Genome Project 00:23:27 - The Meaning Crisis 00:32:00 - Moloch 00:36:12 - Seeking Win-Win Games 00:48:51 - AI Concerns and Risks 00:53:24 - Protecting oneself from cynicism 01:12:51 - Fostering Community 01:15:16 - Book Recommendations 01:19:40 - The Goal of the Cosmic Game Links ♾️  Jamie Wheal's Substack https://jamiewheal.substack.com/ ♾️  Stealing Fire by Jamie Wheal https://www.harpercollins.com/products/stealing-fire-steven-kotlerjamie-wheal?variant=32121993101346 ♾️  Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal https://www.recapturetherapture.com/ ♾️  Flow Genome Project https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/ ♾️  Group Flow https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6312318/ ♾️  Bob Kegan https://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/robert-kegan ♾️  Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/189989 ♾️  Problems with Externalities and Capitalism - Substack ♾️  Bittersweet by Susan Cain https://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/ ♾️  Dawn of Everything by David Graeber https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357/thedawnofeverything ♾️  Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta https://www.harpercollins.com/products/sand-talk-tyson-yunkaporta?variant=32280908103714 ♾️  John Lilly Wikipedia Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly   ♾️ The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.   Credits Hosted by Liv Boeree Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt

Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne. He is the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (2020) and Right Story Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking (2023). His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises. This episode comes with a trigger warning for suicide and mental ill-health. You can read the transcript for this interview here.  About The Garret: Writers and the publishing industry Follow The Garret on Instagram, and perhaps follow our host Astrid Edwards there too.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Annie Murphy Paul (US science writer and author of The Extended Mind) recently came out with a bold theory about how we think – we don't think with our brains, instead, we think with our bodies, feelings, physical spaces and other minds. Her work on the topic won awards, was presented as a TED talk viewed by more than 2.6 million people and has been described by New York Times' Ezra Klein as having “radical implications”. In this conversation we discuss how our bodies can read other people's minds and solve problems when our brains can't, why schools and workplaces stunt our thinking, how to get our clearest thoughts and why all those productivity hacks are…wrong.I'll continue the conversation over on my Substack where I'll share more detail on how I loop.SHOW NOTESAnnie's book, The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain is available now. I refer to my conversation with Dr Jill Bolte Taylor about right-brain thinking, listen here.And my interview with Tyson Yunkaporta that covers in detail, Indigenous complex thinking. If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On October 14, Australians will vote in a referendum on a simple question: should Indigenous peoples be invited to form an advisory council—a Voice—to Parliament?  It seemed like a shoe-in “Yes”—before the issue was FUBARed by a coalition of antivax, anti lockdown, Q-adjacent white sovereign citizens who believe that they are the true victims of colonization.  Professor Tyson Yunkaporta of Apalech clan joins Matthew to discuss the complexities of this history—including how some vulnerable Indigenous folks have been lured into supporting the “No” vote and providing cover for libertarian and white supremacist agendas. Yunkaporta is the founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne AUS, author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (2019) and released just this past week: Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking. He's also the host of the excellent free range podcast The Other Others.  Sign up today at butcherbox.com/CONSPIRITUALITY and use code CONSPIRITUALITY to receive ground beef for life plus $20 off your first order. Show Notes Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University Referendum 202 Conspiracy theories are derailing the Yes vote w/ Tyson Yunkaporta  Voice pamphlets: false claims and conspiracy theories distributed across Australia | Indigenous voice to parliament How a soap opera star pushed a conspiracy theory linking the Voice to Parliament to a UN takeover  Key voice battleground South Australia is ‘leaning to no', campaign volunteers say | Indigenous voice to parliament View The Statement - Uluru Statement from the Heart  Aboriginal Tent Embassy — 'the guys who woke up Australia' — marks its 50th anniversary So-Called Sovereign Settlers: Settler Conspirituality and Nativism in the Australian Anti-Vax Movement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nate Hagens (mindblowing energy futurist) was working on Wall Street when he realised…we don't have enough energy to fund the world's economy! Massive pivot ensued and he is now the global leader in energy systems, director of the Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future, on the board of the Post Carbon Institute, teaches an honours course, aptly titled Reality 101, at the University of Minnesota, oh and he also advises governments and institutes around the world on the future of energy!Nate and I met recently at a conference in Stockholm to address these very (meta)modern issues. In this chat we talk about how green growth is not possible, EVs are not the answer, and he makes a numbers-crunched case for how to live once collapse occurs, what he calls the “Great Simplification”. This is a big one. It changes (mostly) everything, including my own ideas about the climate crisis.SHOW NOTES Here's the link to vote for Wild in the Podcast Awards. I promise it only takes a few secondsYou can learn more about Nate's work here and listen to his podcast hereI also mention previous episodes with Tyson Yunkaporta, Douglas Rushkoff and Gaya HerringtonIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded live at a Science and Nonduality Community Conversation hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo on July 12, 2023.Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledge at Deakin University in Melbourne. He lives in Melbourne, Australia. Topics: 0:00 – Introduction 4:54 – Walking in Two Worlds 13:07 – Identity 20:57 – Logical Fallacies 28:04 – Nonduality 33:59 – Lineage Based Identity

Are you ready for a thought-provoking conversation that delves into ancient wisdom and self-help guru dynamics? In this episode, "Sand Talk Author Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta reveals what he has learned from his studies of the Pitfalls of Self-Helpy Gurus. It is a wild ride and not your standard conversation. In this episode, Tyson discusses his book, Sand Talk, which explores ancient wisdom and the potentially destructive aspects of cult dynamics. Get ready to dive deep into the idea of being a guru-like figure without resorting to manipulative tactics. Lorraine, our host, emphasizes the importance of being honest and making conscious decisions in life. But that's not all! Tyson shares his insights on the success that comes from avoiding influencer tricks and manipulative tactics. Lorraine, on the other hand, opens up about the value of true exploration and learning, rather than relying on sales-boosting strategies. Throughout the episode, Tyson warns against falling into the trap of becoming addicted to popular beliefs. He also discusses using frameworks and indigenous methodology to analyze information without sidelining native voices. Prepare to gain valuable insights on what growth confusion, and cognitive dissonance, can bring. Lorraine brings up the concept of creating narratives and excuses that align with our beliefs, highlighting the need to get real and honest with ourselves and the world. Tyson adds that having a metaphysical understanding helps us ground ourselves in reality and trust others and their knowledge. The conversation then delves into the mythos of exploration, shedding light on how explorers were often guided by established paths or faced danger when going astray. Discover how understanding oneself involves navigating indoctrinated belief systems and finding resonance within them. As the episode progresses, we explore the importance of authenticity in relationships and the danger of fake connections. Tyson and Lorraine discuss how quickly people turn on each other without listening or engaging in meaningful discussions. But wait, there's more! In this episode, you'll uncover the impact of abuse stories and the exploitation of vulnerable individuals by certain self-help gurus. We challenge the popular belief that truth is the enemy and emphasize the need for ego-less understanding. So, whether you're fascinated by ancient wisdom, interested in self-help dynamics, or simply looking for a thought-provoking conversation, this episode is for you. DR TYSON YUNKAPORTA'S BOOK: Sand Talk https://geni.us/sandtalk Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to expand your spiritual horizons and gain a deeper understanding of yourself and the world around you.

Do you want to keep your projects on track? Find out the secret to your success! In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about: - The benefits of a project goal/success statement. - Tools and resources to help you to design a document. - Insights from the book Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta. Here are the resources mentioned: - Human-centred Design Course: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/human-centred-design - Slidesgo: https://slidesgo.com/ - Behance: https://www.behance.net/ - Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/shots - ABC Story Lab: https://www.abc.net.au/news/interactives - Canva: https://www.canva.com/ - Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta: https://www.booktopia.com.au/sand-talk-tyson-yunkaporta/book/9781925773996.html Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios.

Gaya Herrington (Club of Rome adviser, “global collapse” expert) hit headlines when she showed that a world-stopping 1972 MIT study and bestselling book predicting the collapse of civilisation by 2040 was…right on track. She was a KPMG economist and financial advisor to the Dutch government when she released the report in 2021. I read it and was left speechless. Gaya's now just published a book, Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse, which sets out a bunch of surprising ways we might be able to save ourselves in time. Gaya's message is stark: Economic growth must stop now! We are hitting the global limits of our more-more-more approach and the decline will be fast. What does the data tell us that can save us? The answer won't be what you're expecting. In this chat we flesh out how systems theory works, why we're obsessed with growth and why rich white men resist change the most.Get hold of the book Five Insights for Avoiding Global CollapseFeel free to read the now-famous 1972 paper The Limits to GrowthI mention the chat about the indigenous knowledge system with Tyson Yunkaporta, you can listen to it hereIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the weeks ahead, I invite you to revisit some past episodes. Taking this time to reflect allows us to gauge their relevance in today's world.One of these episodes, from Episode 18 of The B-side, features a captivating conversation with Tyson Yunkaporta—an academic, art critic, researcher, and author from the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. Tyson delves into indigenous wisdom and knowledge systems as shared in his book "Sand Talk."While this episode doesn't explicitly address Australia's "Voice to Parliament," it intriguingly offers a unique opportunity to delve into indigenous culture and knowledge systems, shedding light on their lasting significance. It underlines the value of sitting alongside others, truly listening to their stories, and showing respect for differing opinions and thoughts—regardless of whether we agree. At its core, this mindset highlights the idea that every one of us contributes to this narrative, thus enriching its tapestry.As Australians continue to engage in ongoing discussions that will inevitably shape our culture and collective future, some may find this episode to be a thought-provoking reminder of the depth of indigenous wisdom. By drawing from indigenous perspectives, we may contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the diverse range of viewpoints that exist.Join me in rediscovering the treasures within Tyson's book "Sand Talk" and gain new insights and respect for diverse perspectives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tyson Yunkaporta is a man that walks between worlds. He is a member of the Apalech Clan of Western Cape York, a renowned academic, and a senior lecturer on Indigenous knowledges. Tyson's book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, has provoked all kinds of conversations and collaborations around the world.  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45449501-sand-talk ... https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/tyson-yunkaporta:-looking-at-the-world-through-an-indigneous-le/13168756 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWXlBIK89rg ... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tyson-yunkaporta-on-pattern-kinship-and-story-in/ ... https://www.aurukun.qld.gov.au/ ... https://www.cosmiclabyrinth.world/ Want to join an element based game integrating element-based science, self care & empowerment, volunteerism, cultural intelligence and more?!?   

Hey everybody! Episode 115 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Josh Schrei. Josh has an excellent podcast called The Emerald. A few episodes were recommended to me and after listening I could see why. Josh speaks excellently on themes such as animism, shamanism, religion, myth, and is a story teller in the truest sense of the word. His podcast is excellently produced and is engaging, informative, thought provoking, and really shows the wisdom that Josh carries in order to produce such a fantastic show. So it was an honor to have him come on my podcast and share a bit of his wisdom. I trust you all will get a lot out of this episode. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!This episode is sponsored by Real Mushrooms. As listeners, visit their website to enjoy a discount of 25% off your first order: https://www.realmushrooms.com/universe“Brought to life through the wise, wild, and humorous vision of Joshua Michael Schrei — a writer, teacher, and lifelong student of the cosmologies and mythologies of the world — The Emerald draws from a deep well of poetry, lore, and mythos to challenge conventional narratives on politics and public discourse, meditation and mindfulness, art, science, literature, and more. Schrei looks at the most salient issues of our day through a timeless prism — you've probably never heard the issue of gun control explored through the medium of the ancient yogic texts and Arthurian legends, or Neil DeGrasse Tyson's assertions about science and civilization rebutted with Siberian folklore.At the heart of the podcast is the premise that the imaginative, poetic, animate heart of human experience — elucidated by so many cultures over so many thousands of years — is missing in modern discourse and is urgently needed at a time when humanity is facing unprecedented problems. The Emerald advocates for an imaginative vision of human life and human discourse as it questions deep underlying assumptions about societal progress.As likely to source from the Wu Tang Clan as the ancient Indian Vedas, and featuring guests such as anthropologist and award-winning author Wade Davis, award-winning author Ann Wroe, noted indigenous author Tyson Yunkaporta and more, The Emerald offers a green glint of wonder in a world that needs to be reacquainted with its own beating heart.” The Emerald Podcast is available on major podcast platforms and to support or contact Josh, visit: https://www.patreon.com/theemeraldpodcastIf you enjoy the show, it would be a big help if you could share it with your own audiences via social media or word of mouth. And please Subscribe or Follow and if you can go on Apple Podcasts and leave a starred-rating and a short review. That would be super helpful with the algorithms and getting this show out to more people. Thank you in advance!For more information about me and my upcoming plant medicine retreats with my colleague Merav Artzi, visit my site at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.orgTo book an integration call with me, visit: https://jasongrechanik.setmore.comSupport this podcast on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithinDonate directly with PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanikMusic courtesy of: Nuno Moreno (end song). Visit: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ And Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project (intro song). Visit: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4Hhttps://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

Tyson Yunkaporta (Indigenous knowledge expert and renegade) is an Aboriginal scholar and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Melbourne's Deakin University. His prize-winning book Sand Talk explains how Indigenous methods are best calibrated for resolving the complex global crises we face today and it's attracted fawning attention in sensemaking, complexity and integral circles globally. Tyson's wild approach tips a stack of Western thinking on its head. He challenges…not just with ideas, but with the way, the how, of his knowledge sharing. We talk the IDW, wokism and red-pilling, but mostly how we in the West have forgotten how to read the patterns of the universe, which has seen Emu energy (narcissism) flourish, which then renders us unable to navigate complexity in an increasingly complex, multi-crisis world. This chat is big and challenging…so you know.You can buy Sand Talk here and Tyson's new book Right Story Wrong Story is out in October.Discover more about the IK Systems Lab.Listen to the Douglas Rushkoff interview I reference.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim talks with Charles Eisenstein about the environment and the ideas in his book Climate: A New Story. They discuss Charles's involvement with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s presidential campaign, his first encounter with the idea of global warming, the problems with carbon fundamentalism, environmental derangement, the importance of forests to the water cycle, a world of concrete & shit, escaping the mentality of domination, humans as a custodial species, reversing the course of separation, the healing potential of land, developments in regenerative land use, the commodification pressure of our money system, changes in consciousness, the co-evolution of consciousness & systems, diverting resources from the military to restoration, and much more. Episode Transcript Climate: A New Story, by Charles Eisenstein Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Campaign Website JRS Currents 010: Tyson Yunkaporta on Humans As Custodial Species Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition, by Charles Eisenstein Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, public speaker, and author who examines the unspoken narratives that direct our society and our lives. His work covers a wide range of topics, including the history of human civilization, consciousness, economics, spirituality, interdependence, ecology, and how myth and story influence culture. He is the author of The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible, Sacred Economics, and The Ascent of Humanity.

Jim talks with Rafe Kelley about the parkour-based movement system he created and teaches, Evolve Move Play. They discuss electromagnetic pulses, combining parkour & martial arts, the importance of nature exploration for children, the historical roots of parkour, using limbs to overcome obstacles, what makes parkour natural, rough play as an antidote to infantilization, healthy play culture, humans as arboreal animals, the quantification of extreme sports, love & amateurism, ekstasis, building selves worth esteeming, the professionalization of sexuality, dangers of AI porn, building alternative communities, building virtues, values, and norms, EMP as virtue development, parkour as an exemplar of GameB, procedural, perspectival, and participatory knowing, the embodiment of virtue, music & community-building, and much more. Episode Transcript Evolve Move Play Workshops JRS Currents 010: Tyson Yunkaporta on Humans As Custodial Species Sand Talk, by Tyson Yunkaporta Rafe Kelley - TreeRunner (YouTube) Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, by James C. Scott Rafe Kelley is the creator of the Evolve Move Play method. A method incorporealatoring elements of play, natural parkour [treerunning], rough-housing, movement games, athletic development, body integrity and antifragility practices for resilience, working with fear and its repatterning, rewilding, ecological knowledge and anthropology, systems theory and motor learning perspectives of skill acquisition. Besides the personal physical feats of high degree and the hard work of art formation involved in EMP, Rafe is passionate about community fostering. He has created what is one of the best movement and related fields podcasts to these ends; and hosts retreats to foster human connection on top of many workshops taught.

This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Tyson Yunkaporta originally aired in May of 2021. Struggling to change actual conditions, many have settled for changing the perceptions of the world around us. Tyson Yunkaporta begins by sharing the connections between perception, the branding of our identities, and the many forms of capital that become available and valuable in a perception-obsessed society. As we welcome the call to change our conditions and participate in the great “thousand-year clean-up”, we explore hybridized insight, the ramifications of clinging to dichotomous identities, and how genuine diversity is tangible preparedness and emotional resilience in motion. With this in mind, it becomes our task to figure out how we can sustain genuine diversity in our lives so we may work alongside folks with different capacities, worldviews, solutions, and thought processes in devotion to dismantling a system that necessitates abuse. Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne.Music by 40 Million Feet, Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra, and Violet Bell. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

Today is a special podcast because I'm chatting with Jess, my twin. She's here and well with a new baby in tow, and I for one am so very very very grateful that she is here and well and that we can continue our chats like we have since the womb (I assume?!). This morning we were chatting about the Norfolk Southern Train Derailment that is so close to our houses and talking about what it has to do with extraction and systems like education– you know, a normal conversation for us–and I was like, maybe let's record this? So, we hopped on Zoom. And what you'll find (after my framing and announcements), is a meandering conversation between two sisters about ecological disasters, separation, education, and more. I hope you experience this conversation as a jumping off point for your own thinking. FREE RESOURCE: Download Place Workbook ! LINKS: Herbs for Educators: A Spring Workshop in Respectfully Growing and Foraging Supportive Herbs. It's a fundraiser for East Palestine Community- 100% of money collected will be donated. Saturday, 3/4. 1 hour class + PDF resource, $15. Recording will be provided if you can't attend live. Donate to the Water Protector Legal Collective  Join We Are Verbs to get resources, community, join book clubs and community skillshares (and hear some mini podcasts related to place-based education! Scroll down this page to find your specific role and listen in.)  Come to our April Educator Workshop: From Thick Air!   In this live (and recorded) two week, four-part class, you'll have the chance to progress through designing  for a change you want to make, an idea you want to bring to life, or a solution you want to present.   I'll challenge you to concentrate on your intention and its connection to what we can learn from the air element as we move through the progression of the classes: class 1: our gut-→ class 2: our heart-→class 3: our head-→class 4: our hands (as directed by Tyson Yunkaporta in his book by Sand Talk). You'll have the chance to get unstuck and explore your own creative wavelength. In addition to the two weeks of class, you'll receive a 30+ page beautifully designed PDF workbook filled with extra resources, reflection prompts, and key takeaways. Want Sarah to speak to your school or organization? See workshop and keynote topics here or reach out hi@groundedteaching.com.  

Air Date 2/14/2023 Today, we take a look at some origins, alternatives and misunderstandings of capitalism from the Dutch East India Company, to Adam Smith and up through the planned obsolescence and marketing that have tricked us all into working far harder than necessary while failing to make us happy. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com  Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: ExpressVPN.com/BestOfTheLeft GET INTERNET PRIVACY WITH EXPRESS VPN! BestOfTheLeft.com/Libro SUPPORT INDIE BOOKSHOPS, GET YOUR AUDIOBOOK FROM LIBRO! BestOfTheLeft.com/Bookshop BotL BOOKSTORE SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Indigenous Economics with Tyson Yunkaporta (In Conversation) - Upstream - Air Date 11-10-21 We speak with Tyson Yunkaporta of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland, Australia, about the connections between Indigenous economics, complexity theory, and systems thinking. Ch. 2: Transcending Capitalism Insights from Buddhism and Marxism - Revolutionary Left Radio - Air Date 1-3-23 Professor of Philosophy and author, Graham Priest, joins Breht to discuss his latest book Capitalism - it's Nature and Replacement: Buddhist and Marxist Insights. Ch. 3: We don't understand Capitalism. Part One - UNFTR - Air Date 1-27-23 How we no longer seem to understand Capitalism. Adam Smith was so much more than the figurehead we associate with Capitalism. He was a true innovator and we use many of his concepts to measure economies to this day Ch. 4: Your Work Is Not Your Worth - OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas - Air Date 10-21-22 Dorian Warren is co-president of Community Change and co-chair of the Economic Security Project, and Aisha Nyandoro is CEO of Springboard to Opportunities and founder of the Magnolia Mother's Trust. Ch. 5: We don't understand Capitalism. Part Two. - UNFTR - Air Date 1-27-23 Adam Smith was a social theorist who was greatly concerned with improving lives and creating a balanced economic system. He created several crucial concepts that remain relevant to this day and believed in the power of the free market. Ch. 6: Economics for a New Year - Economic Update with Richard Wolff - Air Date 1-19-23 US spending for war in Ukraine paid for by higher interest rates; a rational transport system is NOT electric cars; an appreciation of the "degrowth" impulse with a critique of the degrowth movement's focus. Ch. 7: Indigenous Economics with Tyson Yunkaporta (In Conversation) Part 2 - Upstream - Air Date 11-10-21 MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S) Ch. 8: Transcending Capitalism Insights from Buddhism and Marxism Part 2 - Revolutionary Left Radio - Air Date 1-3-23 VOICEMAILS Ch. 9: Stolen children and native cultures - Alan from Connecticut Ch. 10: Thoughts on the reasons for Cop City - V from Central New York FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 11: Final comments on the value of being open to understanding indigenous thinking MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Activism Music: This Fickle World by Theo Bard (https://theobard.bandcamp.com/track/this-fickle-world) Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

Inspiring teachings centered on navigating our world's collective challenges with indigenous wisdom and the power of psychedelics• With contributions from Christopher Bache, Zoe Helene, Dennis McKenna, Martina Hoffmann, The Dank Duchess, Jamie Wheal, Grandmother Maria Alice, and others• Explores the immense healing intelligence of nature, the wisdom of ancient Indigenous prophecies and shamanic practices, the importance of the Divine Feminine for environmental regeneration, and the crucial role of psychedelic and entheogenic plants in initiating transformations of consciousnessExploring the way forward for humanity in the face of unprecedented crisis, more than 25 contributors show how the wisdom of Indigenous peoples and the power of psychedelics can help us enact the radical shift in consciousness necessary to navigate the collapse of the old world order and the birth of a new consciousness.We hear from psychedelic visionaries Christopher Bache, Zoe Helene, Wade Davis, Chris Kilham, Laurel Sugden, and others on the promise of psychedelic medicines for spiritual and healing work. We learn about Indigenous stories to support our transformation from Native American leader Solana Booth, ancestral memory from Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire, cannabis's role in world building from Minelli Eustàcio-Costa, the ritual roots of talking plants from Michael Stuart Ani, and alchemy across the arc of time from shaman Ya'Acov Darling Khan. We also hear from cannabis grower The Dank Duchess; Tyson Yunkaporta, Australian Aboriginal artist and scholar; visionary artist Martina Hoffmann; activist Duane Elgin; Kohenet Rachel Kann, ordained Jewish priestess and ceremonialist; and several other wise leaders for our time.Throughout these profound essays we are reminded of the immense healing intelligence of our plant allies, of the wisdom of shamanic practices, of the importance of the Divine Feminine for environmental regeneration, and of the crucial role of entheogenic plants in initiating transformations of consciousness and healing our world's collective disconnection from Spirit.Stephen Gray is a teacher and writer on spiritual subjects and sacramental medicines. He has worked extensively with Tibetan Buddhism, the Native American Church, and with entheogenic medicines. He is also a conference and workshop organizer, leader, and speaker. The editor of Cannabis and Spirituality, he lives in Vancouver.