Rebel Wisdom
214 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWe uncover the most rebellious ideas in philosophy, human potential and culture to find direction through the chaos of the times.
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Dialogue Across Divides, John Wood Jr
November 28, 2020 17:11 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBIn the wake of the US election, the political divisions are as deep as ever. How can we hope to build dialogue across those divides? John Wood Jr is the ambassador for Braver Angels, a grassroots organisation that tries to mediate between the different warring tribes. What techniques work, and what kind of narratives might unite us? Check our Rebel Wisdom's upcoming sessions, and consider becoming a member: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans John Wood, Jr. is a former nominee for con...
Charles Eisenstein, Sensemaker Q&A
November 23, 2020 10:26 - 1 hour - 72 MBCharles Eisenstein is one of the world's most interesting thinkers on the nexus between systems change, spirituality and transformation. The author of books including 'The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible', he was the star of a recent Rebel Wisdom film 'An Epidemic of Control': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK8C_... This was a Q&A for Rebel Wisdom Sensemakers. To join future sessions, consider becoming a member: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans
Narrative Collapse? With Paul VanderKlay
November 20, 2020 10:49 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBPaul VanderKlay recently released a film 'Why is YouTube Boring?' that sparked a discussion about the collapse of narrative. In this conversation Paul and David trace their background with Jordan Peterson and the Intellectual Dark Web, and ask where the novelty and interest went. To take part in discussions like this, become a Rebel Wisdom member: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans Paul's film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sRpX...
Personal Growth that Doesn't Suck, Mark Manson
November 09, 2020 20:39 - 59 minutes - 135 MBWhy is so much Personal Growth advice ineffective and cringeworthy? Mark Manson is a hugely popular blogger and bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Everything is F*cked, a Book About Hope. In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller he talks about how you can't wish yourself into a better life, the value of hardship and suffering, and his fascinating background in the world of pickup artistry, and what happened to that subculture. Check out Mark's w...
Symbols & the Meaning Crisis, John Vervaeke & Jonathan Pageau
November 02, 2020 18:13 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBJohn Vervaeke and Jonathan Pageau are two of the most fascinating thinkers engaged in the deepest questions of meaning, religion and culture. In this dialogue and Q&A, they cover topics like the future of Christianity, symbology & culture, and the meaning of gnosticism. To join future Q&As, consider becoming a Rebel Wisdom member: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans Jonathan Pageau is an expert on religious symbolism, which he discusses on his channel The Symbolic World: https://www.yout...
London Real and How Societies Collapse
October 30, 2020 17:22 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBIn April, Rebel Wisdom ran a series of investigations into London Real's suspicious 'Digital Freedom Platform' fundraiser. Now the head of London Real, Brian Rose, has announced that he's running for Mayor of London. Meanwhile he's been deleting a load of his old videos and much more. What does the story of Brian Rose say about our society? What does it have in common with cult dynamics? And what is the 'sociopathic niche'? Original Investigation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDM1w....
War on Sensemaking V, Daniel Schmachtenberger
September 30, 2020 21:05 - 1 hour - 126 MBThe increasing inability to make sense of the world is an existential problem, what might we be able to do to fix it? The original War on Sensemaking film was a viral hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lqao... In the time since then Daniel Schmachtenberger has been thinking hard about how deep the problem goes and what is needed to fix it. This film outlines how essential sensemaking is to a functioning society, and introduces a new project that is designed to fix it, the Consilie...
Ayishat Akanbi & Diane Musho Hamilton in dialogue
September 26, 2020 09:18 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBAyishat Akanbi is one of the freshest voices inquiring into the most difficult topics of race and identity. Diane Musho Hamilton has been wrestling with the same topics for decades as a Zen priest and mediator. In this special conversation for the Rebel Wisdom Community they discuss each others' work and try to find a way through the conflict of the times. This was a special discussion as part of Rebel Wisdom's regular Sensemaking Q&As, to join live, consider becoming a RW member: http...
Hacking The System? Unity 2020 with Bret Weinstein
September 16, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBWhat is 'Unity 2020'? is it possible to have an alternative to Trump or Biden? Is it a "Game B" project? And most importantly, could it possibly work? Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller talks to Bret Weinstein. We are about to run our Sensemaking 101 course for the third time, check it out and see what all the fuss is about: https://www.rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses To get access to more exclusive content and join the Rebel Wisdom community, become a Rebel Wisdom member: https://www.rebelwisdo...
Spiritual Emergency & Mental Health in a post-Covid World, Jules Evans
September 08, 2020 12:44 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBThis talk was given at the Rebel Wisdom Festival in late May 2020. A spiritual emergency is a period of intense and extended disturbance to a person’s ordinary sense of self and reality, which can involve psychotic-like symptoms such as mania, ego-dissolution, a heightened sense of meaning, hallucinations and a confusion of inner and outer worlds. These experiences can be treated as symptoms of chronic brain disorders requiring psychotropic medication. However, they are better understo...
The Evolving Conversation, John Vervaeke & Peter Limberg
August 27, 2020 07:22 - 48 minutes - 88.8 MBHow do we have conversations that can go into new territory? John Vervaeke and Peter Limberg are enmarked on a project to revive the ancient practice of 'dialogos', a form of dialogue that created the first wave of Greek philosophy. Peter Limberg will be leading a session for the Rebel Wisdom Community this Thursday, on the topic of Memetic Mediation, more details below, to take part, become a Rebel Wisdom Member. John Vervaeke has become known to many through his series 'Awakening Fro...
Indigenous Thinking for Troubled Times, Tyson Yunkaporta
August 24, 2020 19:22 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBCan indigenous thinking save the world? Tyson Yunkaporta's new book 'Sand Talk' explores this question and is making a big impact. A senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne, Tyson is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. In conversation with Rebel Wisdom's Alexander Beiner, he explains how looking back on Western civilisation from an indigenous perspective opens up a new way to look at everything from the economy and government to complex...
Identity & Empathy, Ayishat Akanbi
August 14, 2020 18:59 - 1 hour - 114 MBAyishat Akanbi is a stylist and cultural commentator, her monologue 'The Problem with Wokeness' went viral a couple of years ago. She argues that modern social justice movements, or 'wokeness', often creates division, and harms those it is intended to help. In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller, she talks about how she used to be an activist, but her perspective comes from a deep spiritual transformation she went through. She also talks about the paradox of wanting to g...
Spirituality & Conspiracy. What's Going On?
August 11, 2020 12:06 - 26 minutes - 48.3 MBSince the start of the pandemic there has been an exponential growth in all-encompassing conspiracy narratives, with the viral success of the 'Plandemic' documentary trailer being the most popular example. In particular we have seen traditional right wing conspiracy narratives combine with traditional left wing alternative, spiritual communities. What is this new phenomenon, and what is causing it? In this film in Rebel Wisdom's Sensemaking series we try to understand the nexus betw...
What the F**k Do We Do? Sensemaking & Tribalism
July 28, 2020 15:54 - 27 minutes - 49.9 MBRebel Wisdom's Sensemaking Series is all about the problem of Truth in the digital age. This film looks at how the alternative media creates and enforces tribal boundaries, and argues that some kind of mediation is needed to tackle the spiral of polarisation and division. The first film 'What the F**k Is Going On?' looked at the crisis of traditional media, and has had 330,000 views in a month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkKnO... Other films and articles referenced in this film:...
Now What the F**k is Going On? Sensemaking Series
July 27, 2020 16:00 - 30 minutes - 56.1 MBRebel Wisdom's Sensemaking Series is looking at the problem of truth in the digital age. If we can't agree on what is true, how can we even begin to solve any of the other problems we are facing. In the first film in the series 'What the F*ck is Going On', a month ago, we looked at the growing crisis in journalism. The crisis has continued to accelerate in the last few weeks. In this edition, Rebel Wisdom founder, journalist David Fuller speaks to Jesse Singal from the Blocked and ...
Can Truth Survive Big Tech? Tristan Harris
July 22, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBHow is social media and big tech pushing us towards conflict and polarisation? Tristan Harris has been called the "conscience of silicon valley". He worked for Google as a Design Ethicist until 2016, when he became so concerned about the direction tech was taking us that he quit, to set up the Centre for Humane Technology. In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller, they discuss how the incentive structure of the "attention economy" is turning us into different kinds of bein...
What Happened to the Intellectual Dark Web? Bret Weinstein
July 22, 2020 10:05 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBThe Intellectual Dark Web was framed as a space to have the conversations that were being frozen out by the mainstream platforms. Evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein was one of the most high profile victims of extreme campus culture in Evergreen College in 2017. What does he make of the trajectory of the Intellectual Dark Web project over the last two years? This interview was conducted in late February 2020. This film is part of Rebel Wisdom's Sensemaking Series, see part 1, '...
Music and Transformation, Tim Booth & James
July 21, 2020 09:36 - 1 hour - 156 MBThe music of James contains one of the most complete records of the process of spiritual transformation in music. But until now, the author of these lyrics has not shared where his inspiration came from. While most of the band's contemporaries in late 80s Manchester such as the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays were fuelled by hedonism and ecstasy, singer Tim Booth was deep in hardcore spiritual practice. In this full and frank conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller, Tim explains th...
Critics and the Intellectual Dark Web, Eric Weinstein (Sensemaking Series)
July 20, 2020 14:01 - 55 minutes - 102 MBOver two years ago the New York Times reported on "a group of heretics, making an end run around the national conversation", the Intellectual Dark Web. Since then the concept has been celebrated and criticised in equal measure. Rebel Wisdom talks to the man who came up with the name, mathematician Eric Weinstein, about the web and its critics. What has been learned since 2018? This interview was conducted in April 2020. This film is part of Rebel Wisdom's Sensemaking Series, see par...
The Inner Compass, Tomas Björkman
July 20, 2020 08:39 - 57 minutes - 104 MBAt the start of the 20th century, the Nordic Countries were some of the poorest in Europe, with the lowest quality of life. By the end of the century they were some of the wealthiest and best places to live in the world. Why and how? According to philosopher and social entrepreneur Tomas Björkman, the reason is that they paid attention to inner development, more than outer growth, in a huge cultural project of personal growth. He argues that the pace of change that we are going through...
Our Pandemic Psychedelic Trip, Erik Davis
July 19, 2020 14:04 - 43 minutes - 79.5 MBThe great psychologist and psychedelic therapist Stanislav Grof described psychedelics as a "non-specific amplifier" of consciousness, meaning that they made everything more intense, both positive and negative experiences. If the pandemic crisis has acted like a non specific amplifier of many of the existing issues with society and culture, and we are now all in an altered state together, how can we best navigate it? Erik Davis is a historian of psychedelic culture, and in this convers...
My Journey with Jordan Peterson & the Intellectual Dark Web, Sensemaking Series
July 18, 2020 10:20 - 55 minutes - 102 MBThis film is part of Rebel Wisdom's ongoing Sensemaking Series. Part 1, What the F*ck is Going On? is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkKnO... Rebel Wisdom published the first documentary on Jordan Peterson in January 2018. Just days later he shot to fame on a viral interview on Channel 4 News, where Rebel Wisdom's founder David Fuller worked for a decade. This sparked a new film, 'Glitch in the Matrix, Jordan Peterson, the Mainstream Media and the Intellectual Dark Web' that h...
The Death of Journalism? Katie Herzog & Jesse Singal, Sensemaking Series
July 16, 2020 08:37 - 52 minutes - 96.2 MBThis film is part of Rebel Wisdom's Sensemaking Series, see part 1, 'What the F*ck is Going On?' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkKnO... In the last two weeks a series of newsroom revolts have rocked American journalism. What's going on, and have some fundamental values of journalism been compromised? Jesse Singal has written for The Atlantic, NYMag and many other outlets, and Katie Herzog is a former staffer at Seattle's The Stranger. They are the hosts of the new podcast Blocke...
What the F*ck is Going On? The Sensemaking Series, Rebel Wisdom
July 16, 2020 08:24 - 35 minutes - 64.8 MBThe question of who to trust, how we find truth and how we are being manipulated is central to understanding and solving all our other problems. The pandemic crisis has acted like an amplifier and catalyst of all the existing fractures in culture. The question of reliable sensemaking is right at the core of resolving any of these problems. Rebel Wisdom is beginning a series of films looking at the question of truth and sensemaking. Starting with a look back at one of the attempts to an...
Imagined Futures, Douglas Rushkoff & Jamie Wheal
July 15, 2020 11:10 - 1 hour - 151 MBDouglas Rushkoff (Team Human) and Jamie Wheal (Stealing Fire) are two of the foremost modern historians of cutting edge transformational culture, but until now have never been in dialogue with each other. For this one off event they discuss the potential future of humans and technology. Faced with broken economics, powerful tech platforms and information warfare, how do we stay authentically human and work together sustainably? Humans vs Tech, Douglas Rushkoff: https://www.youtube.com/...
The Hidden Epidemic, full Robert Whitaker Interview
July 15, 2020 09:07 - 49 minutes - 90.6 MBThis is a companion piece to the film - Jordan Peterson and the Hidden Epidemic: https://youtu.be/YbewqT6iBLs The Canadian psychologist and celebrity Jordan Peterson recently broke his near-year long silence and descibed his debilitating illness as the result of benzodiazepine dependence. Robert Whitaker is an investigative journalist, shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, and the author of several books about the long term effects of psychiatric drugs including Anatomy of an Epidemic. ...
On Jordan Peterson & The Hidden Epidemic, Rebel Wisdom
July 14, 2020 16:23 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBThe Canadian psychologist and celebrity Jordan Peterson recently broke his near-year long silence and descibed his debilitating illness as the result of benzodiazepine dependence. Peterson became ill simply as a result of following doctors' advice. What does that say about our society and culture, our media environment, and the state of psychiatric medicine. In this Rebel Wisdom investigation, David Fuller talks to one of the world's leading investigators of the long term effects of ps...
Unlearning Race in 2020? Thomas Chatterton Williams
July 14, 2020 16:19 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBAs tensions rise over racial divisions throughout the western world, books like 'White Fragility' and 'How to Be An Anti-Racist' have flown to the top of the bestseller lists. These frame race as central to our understanding of the world. In his book, 'Unlearning Race, Self-Portrait in Black and White', Thomas Chatterton Williams takes a very different tack, attempting to understand his own mixed race background and arguing that we should move away from seeing racial categories as primary...
The Man Who Missed the Pandemic, Daniel Thorson
July 14, 2020 16:15 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBJust as the Covid pandemic was starting to transform our lives, Daniel Thorson, the creator of the Emerge podcast, started a 75 day silent retreat in rural Vermont.
The Story of Game B, Bret Weinstein & Jim Rutt
July 14, 2020 09:34 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBWhat would a new operating system for society look like? In 2013, Jim Rutt brought together a group of thinkers from different fields to work on the biggest of all problems. In time it developed a name, 'Game~B'. The in-person project ran into the ground after a year, but continued as an online meeting place. Recently there has been a new wave of interest in the term. What can be learned from the story of the original project? Note: These interviews are from 2019, and were intended ...
Greg Thomas: Race, Riots & History
June 12, 2020 21:15 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBThis is an audio version of Race, Riots & History, Greg Thomas which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site June 6th 2020. America's cities are ablaze with rioting after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, amid the heightened tensions of the coronavirus crisis. As a a scholar of Black American issues, jazz critic & integral theorist, Greg Thomas brings a unique perspective to this moment in history. In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's Alexander Beiner, he discusses the ...
Daniel Schmachtenberge: Making Sense of the Downward Spiral
June 10, 2020 10:45 - 37 minutes - 27.6 MBThis is an audio version of Making Sense of the Downward Spiral, Daniel Schmachtenberger which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site May 25th 2020. America's cities are ablaze with rioting after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. This comes in the heightened tensions of the coronavirus crisis. How can we make sense of this spiral of polarisation, and are bad actors taking advantage of the situation? This conversation with evolutionary philosopher Daniel Schmachtenberger c...
Charles Eisenstein: The Conspiracy "Myth"
June 09, 2020 10:39 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBThis is an audio version of The Conspiracy "Myth", Charles Eisenstein which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site May 25th 2020. The world is rife with conspiracy theory, why, and what does it say about this moment in history? In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller, Charles Eisenstein outlines why he thinks conspiracy theory is best understood mythologically. Charles's article 'The Conspiracy Myth' is here: https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/... The article refe...
Coffeezilla & Rebel Wisdom: London Real Update
May 23, 2020 09:43 - 49 minutes - 39.4 MBThis is an audio version of London Real Update, Coffeezilla & Rebel Wisdom which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site May 20th 2020. A couple of weeks ago Rebel Wisdom published an investigation into the fundraising of London Real in the aftermath of their banned interview with David Icke. This can be watched here: https://youtu.be/hDM1wTGOjOw The channel Coffeezilla also covered the story. In the aftermath of the interview both Rebel Wisdom and Coffeezilla were contacted by mu...
Douglas Murray: Trust, truth and media in the pandemic
May 22, 2020 09:15 - 54 minutes - 39.5 MBThis is an audio version of Trust, truth and media in the pandemic, Douglas Murray which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site May 16th 2020. In the middle of this ongoing crisis - the question of who to trust, how to find truth, censorship and free speech are coming centre stage. Douglas Murray is a the associate editor of the Spectator, and the author of the bestselling books the strange death of europe and the recent 'madness of crowds', and also a fearless critic of the blind...
David Icke & London Real: An Investigation
May 21, 2020 09:52 - 31 minutes - 25.2 MBThis is an audio version of David Icke & London Real, an Investigation which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site May 2nd 2020. On 6th April, London Real broadcast an interview with 'conspiracy researcher' David Icke. In it he claimed that Covid-19 was "a hoax" and that 5G was designed for a "mass cull". YouTube took it down. In the wake of this the owner of London Real, Brian Rose launched a crowdfunding campaign for what he called the "Digital Freedom Platform". This has raced t...
John Vervaeke, Carl Miller & Jules Evans: Conspiracy & Pandemic
May 20, 2020 09:50 - 40 minutes - 29.6 MBThis is an audio version of Conspiracy & Pandemic, with John Vervaeke, Carl Miller & Jules Evans which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site May 14th 2020. The pandemic crisis has created what researcher Carl Miller has called the "biggest moment for conspiracy narratives in history". What draws us to them, and why do they inspire such passion and certainty? In this film, Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller talks to psychology professor John Vervaeke, philosophy author Jules Evans and Ca...
Myth, Wisdom & Pandemic: Stephen Jenkinson, Zak Stein & Charlotte Du Cann
April 20, 2020 17:08 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBOver the last month, Rebel Wisdom has been interviewing some of the brightest minds in systems change and complexity to make sense of the crisis and possible responses to it. One thing that has emerged in these conversations is the importance of understanding myth and stories to contextualise what we're experiencing. Rebel Wisdom's Alexander Beiner interviewed three people with an understanding of how myths, stories and wisdom traditions give us a new insight into the crisis: Zak Stein, St...
Daniel Schmachtenberger: War on Sensemaking 4: Pandemic & Conspiracy
April 18, 2020 13:09 - 57 minutes - 49 MBThis is an audio version of War on Sensemaking 4: Pandemic & Conspiracy, Daniel Schmachtenberger which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site April 17th 2020. In the popular film War on Sensemaking, existential risk analyst Daniel Schmachtenberger laid out how the information ecology was fundamentally broken. The pandemic crisis has brought many of those concerns into sharp focus. In this follow up, he looks at misinformation, conspiracy theories and government narratives, and ask...
Nora Bateson, Joe Brewer & Jim Rutt: Complexity & the Pandemic
April 09, 2020 09:05 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBThis is an audio version of Complexity & the Pandemic, Nora Bateson, Joe Brewer & Jim Rutt which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site April 8th 2020. The pandemic and the subsequent crisis took our institutions and leaders by surprise. But the people who have been studying complexity and systems for decades saw this coming. What can the lens of systems theory and complexity reveal about the crisis? Rebel Wisdom talks to three experts in the field. Jim Rutt, the former chairman o...
Rebel Wisdom: Resilience and Sensemaking
April 03, 2020 11:22 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBThis is an audio version of Resilience and Sensemaking, Rebel Wisdom which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site March 27th 2020. On Sunday, 5 April we're hosting Resilience & Sensemaking - a free, interactive one day online event bringing together some of the best thinkers and facilitators we know. Check out https://www.rebelwisdom.co.uk/oneday for more details. The day is designed to help you connect with others interested in these ideas, increase your resilience and sharpen yo...
Daniel Schmachtenberger: Covid 19 Situational Assessment, Risk Landscape & Possible Solutions
March 23, 2020 12:03 - 1 hour - 62 MBThis is an audio version of Covid 19 Situational Assessment, Risk Landscape & Possible Solutions, Daniel Schmachtenberger which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site March 22nd 2020. In this fast changing and overwhelming pandemic crisis, what is really going on, and what should individuals and governments do? Daniel Schmachtenberger works on global catastrophic risk assessment and mitigation, systemic fragility, and evolving societal architecture. He has been tracking this virus ...
Jordan Hall: The Unfolding Meta-Crisis
March 21, 2020 12:15 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBThis is an audio version of The Unfolding Meta-Crisis, Jordan Hall which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site March 21st 2020. We are in the middle of an accelerating crisis that is overwhelming our medical, financial and cultural systems. What is happening, and what is likely to happen next? Jordan Hall is a futurist and culture hacker. He's been studying the fragilities of our operating system for mamny years, and predicting a crisis, and shift to a new operating system. In t...
Rebel Wisdom: Sensemaking the Coronavirus
March 16, 2020 12:52 - 40 minutes - 28 MBThis is an audio version of Sensemaking the Coronavirus, Rebel Wisdom which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site March 15th 2020. We are in the middle of an unprecedented global crisis. How do we make sense of it, and how do we respond? Rebel Wisdom talks to four people trying to make sense of what's happening, the author of the hugely popular article on the virus (24 million shares in a couple of days) Tomas Pueyo, former UK government advisor Alex Evans, the creator of Human Sys...
Tomas Pueyo: Going Viral over Corona
March 16, 2020 12:47 - 32 minutes - 20.8 MBThis is an audio version of Going Viral over Corona, Tomas Pueyo which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site March 15th 2020. This is a companion piece to Rebel Wisdom's 'Sensemaking the Coronavirus': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--5k... He wrote a Medium post on Coronavirus that was shared 24 million times in a couple of days. Tomas Pueyo immersed himself in the data and produced an exhaustive 39 page analysis of the outbreak. In this exclusive interview with Rebel Wisdom he ...
Bret & Eric Weinstein: Broken Mice, Epstein & the DISC
March 05, 2020 13:05 - 59 minutes - 45 MBThis is an audio version of Broken Mice, Epstein & the DISC, Brett & Eric Weinstein which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site March 4th 2020. Does the response to the Jeffrey Epstein story, and the tale of the broken mice mean that journalism is broken? Recently Bret and Eric Weinstein put out a hugely popular podcast about a scientific discovery that calls into question the entire process of drug safety ('All Our Mice Are Broken' Episode 19 of The Portal). They say that over 20 ...
Lost Ways of Knowing
February 24, 2020 10:39 - 37 minutes - 27.9 MBThis is an audio version of Lost Ways of Knowing which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site on February 14th 2020. Culture is fragmenting into ideological tribes defined by rigid certainty and reductionist thinking. As a result, we're struggling to find new solutions to the significant challenges we face. What if it's the way we're perceiving that's the problem? Rebel Wisdom's Alexander Beiner has spent the last few months interviewing scientists, facilitators and systems theorist...
Jamie Wheal: How to spot a cult
February 12, 2020 09:22 - 40 minutes - 31.3 MBThis is an audio version of How to spot a cult, Jamie Wheal which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site on December 9th 2019. In his bestseller, Stealing Fire, Jamie Wheal talked about peak experiences and group flow states as the cutting edge for human evolution. But since then, he's become more and more concerned by how these techniques are being used and abused. Now he's releasing a checklist - to answer the question - how to spot a cult. To download the Ethical Cult Checklis...
Douglas Rushkoff: Tech vs Human
February 11, 2020 10:33 - 51 minutes - 38.2 MBThis is an audio version of Tech vs Human, Douglas Rushkoff which was published on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube site on January 24th 2020. Is technology a friend or foe? How can the human spirit survive in an age of weaponised disinformation, attention hijack and digital manipulation? Douglas Rushkoff has made these questions his life's mission, culminating in his recent "mic drop" moment, Team Human. In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller he talks about the trajectory of silico...