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Zombies R Us
December 30, 2011 02:15 AM PST
In this episode KMO returns to help flesh out some of the gory details of the zombie archetype, with clips from the epic World War Z audiobook as the feature. Aim for the head. C-Realm:
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Max Brooks, World War Z (get this in audiobook or "dead tree" version, I recommend both!) Music:
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August 28, 2011 05:46 PM PDT
***First Year Teacher Edition*** In this, the second of a two part series, we cover the Trivium Skills: Reading For Understanding
Playing clips from Mortimer Adler's dvd version of How To Read A Book, as well as a short excerpt from Rev. Edmund Opitz' talk, The Liberating Arts, I outline for the audience a few essential skills that are required in order to obtain the most from a Trivium-based education. As the Trivium deals with the substance and structure of thought and language, it can be said to be a universal education, relevant to all human beings regardless of time and place. This is a way to increase your intelligence. Part 1 covers the introductory information on the Trivium Subjects and Method, while Part 2 covers the Trivium Skills. Send feedback, criticisms, and appeals for collaboration to:
***Show Notes*** Center For The Study Of The Great Ideas:
"Philosophy is everybody's business." Gnostic Media Podcast w. Jan Irvin:
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August 26, 2011 12:35 PM PDT
***First Year Teacher Edition*** Here is the first of two parts of my presentation on "liberal learning" or what has more recently come to be known as "the lost tools of learning" or, the Trivium Method. The first three of the seven liberal arts, the Trivium, focus on the use of language and thought- the world of the mind. Since these methods are products of the rational abilities of the human mind, this type of education is quite universal, although it's image has been tarnished for many, many centuries. Only in the past few decades has the Trivium emerged as a viable educational model once again. While not a complete education in and of itself, it empowers the student to pursue the full capabilities of the mind, giving a comprehensive method, a time-tested suite of subjects, and numerous intellectual skills which will benefit them throughout their adult life. Instead of teaching you "what" to think, the Trivium method teaches you "how" to think. This is a way to increase your intelligence. Part 1 covers the introductory information on the Trivium Subjects and Method, while Part 2 covers the Trivium Skills. Send feedback to:
***Show Notes*** Center For The Study Of The Great Ideas:
"Philosophy is everybody's business." Gnostic Media Podcast w. Jan Irvin:
Richard Grove's podcast and networking site:
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July 27, 2011 03:11 PM PDT
I've always thought leisure to be a cross between rest and play. . .but as you'll hear from Dr. Mortimer Adler today, leisure is quite distinct from both rest and play in many ways. He begins by distinguishing leisure from the others and then continues on to discuss the problems of labor in an industrial society, primarily that increased production becomes the sole purpose of labor rather than the pursuit of true leisure. He then explains how the emphasis on production is at the expense of not only leisurely activity, but also a truly liberal education for all. His talk concludes with remarks on the loss of liberal education and the uses for it. Just what does a liberal education consist of? Well, as Adler points out, one would need many books to get at the answer, but in the next episode of the Next Step, I will be featuring a presentation I composed which introduces the modern 21st Century audience to the potential of liberal education for today's world. Email comments, complaints, and secret passwords for the club to:
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Same as it ever was. Shamanic TransitionsJune 09, 2011 03:20 PM PDT
This episode I am joined by Transition Town US member, Dana Lundin, and we discuss shamanism and other things Transition related. Dana's website:
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April 11, 2011 10:41 AM PDT
Wendell Berry is the speaker today, with a talk he gave at the first annual
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March 24, 2011 01:29 PM PDT
First in this episode, I chat to the audience about my intentions in posting this talk by Wisconsin liberal, Gar Alperovitz, and how it is relevant to the union struggles in Wisconsin as well as the social process activism embedded in this show. I explain some of my half-formed connections between the notion of social process work and, for lack of better term, revolutionary struggles and protests and why I think such demonstrations should be among the last resorts of citizens. I then read briefly from The Syntopicon of the Great Books of Western Civilization, specifically excerpts from the chapter on CITIZEN. Gar Alperovitz gave this talk to the E. F. Schumacher Society in March of 2010 and it is available freely at the Internet Archive so I'll spare you the long/odd website link. "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" -Gil Scott Heron email the show
February 06, 2011 01:21 PM PST
The last of the Manly P Hall talks for. . .a while! Love it or hate it, here it is. Education Without Authority - World In Transition The Sermons will move to every two weeks from now on, send in your suggestions to: Ray LaMontagne - Old Before Your Time Sunday Sermon #2 (Manly P Hall)January 30, 2011 02:51 PM PST
A little dose of "upliftment" while the Next Step podcast is on hiatus. This week's lecture: Manly P Hall - Meaning vs Usage (mis-titled) Email the Show:
January 23, 2011 07:05 AM PST
The Next Step is on "hiatus" but there's still good ideas to go around. The Sunday Sermons do not support any one religion, but are directed towards the inner life of the audience. Today's Speaker: Manly P Hall - Learning To Know The Dweller In The Flesh Email the Show:
October 10, 2010 08:45 AM PDT
Tom Atlee has been a singular inspiration for this show, so for this episode you get to hear from the man himself. Former guest, Jim Rough, conducted this interview with Tom back in 2000 for The Jim Rough Show. This was five years before Tom's groundbreaking work, The Tao of Democracy, but still you are able to get a good grasp of the work of co-intelligence in the practical arenas of community and society. Not to be missed!!! Co-Intelligence Institute:
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October 02, 2010 09:35 PM PDT
In this episode I talk about the Coffee Party Movement with Communications Chair, Trent Garrison. The Coffee Party Movement is less an actual political party, and more so a "meta" political party in that it seeks beyond the realm of dichotomy and extremism. I see this movement as a potential vehicle for introducing the US public to the many transformational models that get passed in the mainstream media news feed in favor of redundant stories about negative events, celebrity gossip, and divisive talking points. The Coffee Party Movement:
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August 18, 2010 12:52 PM PDT
The second part of my interview with urban permaculturalist, Erin Tuttle. We discuss Erin's philosophical and spiritual roots which keep her grounded in her work which takes place in the middle of suburban sprawl. A key concept we cover is the notion of not going too far into the realm of "weird or abnormal" in order to still be able to present a clear message to people whose view of the world still has not made place for these transitional, spiritual, permaculture-friendly ideals. Another great addition to the Next Step's "conversations that matter". Clips used: Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Waltz Woody Tasch author, Slow Money Mark Lakeman on Sustainable World Radio episode, City Repair Bill Murray from the movie, the Razor's Edge Song: Nobody & the Mystic Chords of Memory - Broaden a New Sound Radiohead - Bodysnatchers Email the show:
Please feel invited to spread these two interviews as far and wide as possible. You never know which seeds will take root and unfold their potential! The Potential of Place pt.1 (w/ Erin Tuttle)August 17, 2010 01:38 AM PDT
This episode is the first of two parts with guest, Erin Tuttle, whom I met at a Transition Town meeting in early 2010. Erin has engaged in backyard permaculture gardening in the middle of suburban sprawl. Be inspired! Clips from: Beethoven's Ode To Joy Peak Moment TV #37 - One Backyard At A Time (w/ Jan Spencer)
Douglas Rushkoff discussing his book, Life Inc. Song:
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June 14, 2010 01:16 PM PDT
A good day for a Campbell Quickie!!! Follow your bliss, once you know what it is. Find your Self walking a path with heart. Express your personal change by changing your world. In the darkness there is light still. Black(oil) Swan -take 2-June 02, 2010 01:23 AM PDT
This is the second version, which has my speaking part being more coherent and of better sound quality. -Namaste This is simply my pressure release episode, a response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill corporate fuckup. I'm disturbed at the utter lack of common dialogue regarding this topic, and I see this tragedy as a sort of last straw, or what Thom Yorke sings about as being the Black Swan. It should be obvious, but it's not. Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy Thom Yorke - Black Swan (Crude Edit) Clips taken from Episode #230 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast w/ Lorenzo. Culture and ideology are not your friend. Boundary dissolution. Think for yourself. Speak openly in public. SHOUT!!! Pick Your Battle (w/ Doug Lain) May 27, 2010 08:08 AM PDT
Become a Time Traveler. Doug Lain returns to the show to discuss his time-sensitive project, Pick Your Battle(Urban Foraging as Radical Self-Help). The idea is to take advantage of the food trees in his local Portland by organizing picking expeditions and distribution networks with an overall view and push to help create a more "Abundant City" in Portland. This project is something full of heart and goodness and is also a direct inspiration for others who would like to see this happen in their town. Pick Your Battle. Stop chasing your angry dreams. Pick Your Battle. Look around you and find your groove. Pick Your Battle. Work for the future, right now. Pick Your Battle. Doug's Website:
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Ben Harper - People Lead Think for yourself, question authority. Become a Time Traveler. Gandhian Innovations (w/ Frank Aragona)April 26, 2010 01:14 PM PDT
Frank Aragona, host of AgroInnovations podcast. His show does a lot of work to help provide people "in transition" with tools and practical considerations for building a human-scale culture amidst the decay of the modern day. With Frank's episodes dealing with Gandhian Economics fresh in mind, Frank and I chart new waters together and deal with the touchy subject of emotions, and their relation to the daily struggle of the "spiritual warrior." The time is now, so is it fear or laziness that is our biggest obstacle? AgroInnovations Website:
Go straight away to the George Mokray interview on Gandhian Economics, if you please. Rudolf Steiner's, "Knowledge of Higher Worlds" excerpted as read by Dale Brunsvold:
East Forest - Water Sign
Tool - The Patient Excerpt from Rosicrucian Podcast, "Silence" SARVODAYA - SWARAJ - SWADESHI
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April 12, 2010 12:50 PM PDT
20,00 teaching jobs are being cut this year in Illinois, and many thousands more in other states across the country as well. This episode is dedicated to all of you now-unemployed people, as well as your colleagues left behind in the system who are still wondering how it is that public education has become such a mess. FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL!!! Rough, mostly unedited readings from John Taylor Gatto's book, A Different Kind of Teacher: --The Curriculum of the Family
Further Gatto resource, his interview series on Gnostic Media podcast, http://gnosticmedia.podomatic.com Think for Yourself, Question Authority. Vive Le Diet Spectacle!April 02, 2010 02:11 AM PDT
DOUG LAIN. Host, Diet Soap Podcast. Editor/Publisher/Madman, Diet Soap 'Zine, for writers and free thinkers(and post-revelation primates). Revolution, why isn't it happening? We have a common enemy, it is spectacular and horrific. It sees man, woman, black, white, muslim, jew, young and old as the same- the enemy. A threat. It surrounds us, and we play with it constantly. It is putty in our hands if only we learn to manipulate it. Let us make the world safe for philosophers and the masses. Head and heart. Think for Yourself, Question Authority. Think for Authority, Question Yourself. WWW.DIETSOAP.ORG (not dot com) http://dietsoap.podomatic.com/ Joe Bageant:
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-END FILM- ** ghostcast **March 17, 2010 12:32 PM PDT
The Audio Cleaver(augmented 5th). In this blast I let Neil Kramer tell you about the philosopher/comedian, Bill Hicks. Some may get mad, some may cry, but everyone will laugh. Be prepared to SHOUT! Obtain the Audio Cleaver:
February 16, 2010 12:45 PM PST
KMO, host of the C-Realm podcast joins us on this episode. We discuss the idea of a human-scale community, the disconnection of community in general, personal growth vs. systems change, the notion of collapse as well as finding a more workable approach. Amidst many "techno-gremlins" I also include an interview conducted with KMO and Neil Kramer, a popular underground blogger and gnostic philosopher. This interview being recorded with them on the road for their "Transitional Alchemy Couch-Surfing Tour" that ran up the West Coast USA and Canada as well. This is my controlled folly. =0= C-Realm Podcast:
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October 28, 2009 12:02 AM PDT
This episode we interview Jim Rough and talk about circle organizations, wisdom councils, creative insight councils, and society's breakthrough. Not to be missed! email:
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August 16, 2009 05:20 AM PDT
This episode features an interview with Juanita Brown discussing the wonderful dialogue process known as the World Cafe. Show Notes
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July 05, 2009 04:44 PM PDT
This episode features not only an interview with the amazing author, Charles Eisenstein, but also a reading of his story, "The Gathering of the Tribe", read by the author himself. Charles writes exclusively on the collective predicament facing modern humans from a perspective of re-integration and healing. His work is a beacon of light in a vast cultural darkness that has enveloped our species and enabled us to bring ourselves to a point of potentially catastrophic failure. Enjoy this one with a friend. Charles' Website:
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May 26, 2009 12:04 AM PDT
This episode features an interview with Rosa Zubizarreta on Dynamic Facilitation. From the Dynamic Facilitation website: "The dynamic facilitator establishes a 'zone' of thinking and talking known as 'Choice-Creating' where shifts and breakthroughs are normal. It is like when people face a collective challenge and pull together to creatively overcome it. Sometimes these shifts take the form of new ideas, other times they bring a new sense of what the 'real problem' is, and other times there is a change of heart." Be Inspired! Seek With Courage. Email:
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May 09, 2009 11:39 PM PDT
Due to my residency in "the sticks", our internet goes out sometimes during bad weather, so sorry for the late show! This episode's feature is an interview with the organizer of the Permablitz movement, Adam Grubb. Adam has a history in Peak Oil, helping to start the Energy Bulletin newssite, and permaculture is now his forte. Permablitz helps bring a more green approach to edible gardening to people's homes using permaculture design practices and a social gathering/learning expo all in one! Remember that Permaculture is a contraction of both Permanent Culture, and Permanent Agriculture. Two very key ideas. Enjoy! Email:
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April 24, 2009 02:49 AM PDT
This is the first in a series of podcasts dealing with ideas, concepts, and most importantly, practical applications meant to help us transition into a more sustainable, resilient society. I interview Les Squires, the webmaster of the Transition US online network. Les is a main contact point for all those interested in getting involved in the United States arm of the Transition Town Initiative. Get inspired! For this first episode, there is a lot more of myself talking than we'll normally have, though I felt it necessary for this introductory episode in order to help you, the audience, get to know me as well as to help you gain an understanding of what I intend to do with this show. Evolutionaries, Cultural Creatives, and Change Agents - The Time Is Now!!! Seek Courageously,
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Podcast SummaryTHIS SHOW WILL FEATURE PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING US SHIFT TO A BETTER FUTURE FOR MANKIND AND THE PLANET. FROM CO-INTELLIGENCE TO PERMACULTURE AND SPIRITUAL ALCHEMY. ENGAGING IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER. FINDING THE INNER ARTIST AND PAINTING THE BETTER WORLD OUR HEARTS TELL US IS POSSIBLE. About The Next Step
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