Exploring Nature, Culture and Inner Life

Nov 24 2024 476 ep. 82 mins 618

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The New School presents conversations, book signings, art, and lectures with thought and action leaders of our time. We are a learning community of 4,000 people in the Bay Area and around the world dedicated to learning what matters. TNS focuses on the emergent, seeking out the thought and action leaders who are bringing discussion, beauty, and change to the world. We present events and podcast them in many areas: arts and sciences, health and the environment, and inner life. We follow streams of inquiry, including our End-of-Life Conversations, and series on Resilience, Archetypal Psychology, and Healing Circles.

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Jeffrey J. Kripal - The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections

Nov 24 2024 74 mins

Join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University Department of Religion professor and author of more than a dozen books including The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities and The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge. Jeffrey J. Kripal Jeffrey is the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious

2024:10.30 - Omonblanks - What Do We Know? Exploring Non-Western Approaches to Wisdom

Nov 16 2024 79 mins

Around the world, people understand life and each other in vastly different ways. In "What Do We Know?," we will delve into profound ways of knowing often dismissed by Western thought, including intuition, artistic expression, empathy, and the wisdom of dreams. We will explore diverse, non-Western approaches to knowledge formation including interconnection, collective well-being, i

2024:10.02 - Joanna Bornowski - Consciousness, Intuition and Animal Communication

Nov 14 2024 78 mins

Join Host Michael Lerner for a conversation with intuitive animal communicator, Joanna Bornowski. Michael and Joanna talk about consciousness, accessing deeper states of intuition, and the innate human ability to be in conversation with the natural world. Joanna Bornowski Joanna is an intuitive guide, teacher and animal communicator specializing in horses. The eldest daughter of

2024:09.28 - Kevin Opstedal - Dreaming as One: Poetry, Poets and Community in Bolinas

Nov 13 2024 62 mins

~Co-presented with Bolinas Museum~ Kevin Opstedal, author of Dreaming as One: Poetry, Poets and Community in Bolinas, California, from 1967-1980, in conversation with editor, critic, and ethicist (and New School Host) Steve Heilig at the Bolinas Museum. Bolinas has a long and vibrant history as a haven for poets and writers seeking an alternative lifestyle and creative environmen

2024:09.30 - Michael Fischer - In Service Towards Resilience

Nov 11 2024 71 mins

Part of the Building Community Resilience Series at The New School "Resilience" is an essential part of individual and societal response and preparation these days, yet it's become a bit of a buzz word. What does it mean from the perspective of someone who's been helping prepare groups for resilience since before the word was trendy? How do we mentor others in this idea and how do

2024:08.28 - Diana Lindsay: On the Nature of Healing: Healing Circles at Commonweal

Oct 18 2024 83 mins

On the Nature of Healing: Healing Circles at Commonweal / Diana Lindsay and Host Michael Lerner

24.08.28: Jerry Millhon and Host Michael Lerner

Aug 25 2024 102 mins

Storytelling for Thriving Communities: A Spiritual Biography / Jerry Millhon and Host Michael Lerner Join host Michael Lerner for an exploration of Jerry Millhon's life and work—his life journey to founding Thriving Communities and the many other projects he helped found or nourish in a life dedicated to service. Jerry Millhon Jerry Millhon founded Thriving Communities as an in

2024:08.12 Lisa Bero and Lariah Edwards - Protecting Scientists from Industry Intimidation

Aug 09 2024 55 mins

~Co-presented with Commonweal’s Collaborative for Health and the Environment and University of California San Francisco’s Science Action Network~ Scientific findings can inform stronger policies that protect public health — which sometimes negatively impacts profits of companies that produce health-harming chemicals and products. Industry intimidation of researchers who exp

2024:06.25 - Kalyanee Mam - What Does Love Have To Do With It? Bringing Mystery to Peacebuilding

Aug 06 2024 80 mins

The subject tonight is Love And for tomorrow night as well, As a matter of fact I know of no better topic For us to discuss Until we all Die! - Hafiz Crisis, war, injustice, and violence have a certain logic—and social change processes working to address these challenges carry a similar, reactionary logic. How can love help us to step out of the perceived reality of “what is p

2024:06.12 - Sofia Nemenmann & Anabella Museri: Welcome, Wild Times

Aug 05 2024 73 mins

Welcome, Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders in the Global South | Bienvenidos Tiempos turbulentos: conversaciones con líderes de resiliencia en el Sur Global *** These are wild times to be alive. From the local to the global, we are facing complex, interlocked crises. Yet, around the world people are responding in creative, dynamic, grounded ways to adapt and emerge