Time is Sliding
5 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Time is sliding explores aspects of the world that are changing over the precious time that is slippery-sliding away as we hurtle down life’s helter skelter. The title is an acceptance that the slipperiness of time for us human animals leads to change in our ourselves and what we do. This can often be an adaptation to ongoing changes around us. Climate change and the Covid19 pandemic are two major examples of external changes that necessitate change in ourselves. Each monthly episode features an interview with an extraordinary or ordinary person about changes in his or her own life along with changes in society and the environment on which we all depend. The psychology of change keeps slipping in as a recurring theme.
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There's a huge herd of cows in the COProom
October 31, 2021 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBA recent peer-reviewed scientific report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was described by the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, as a ‘code red for humanity’. The report warns of the severe consequences of inadequate action to contain climate change and avoid irreversible impacts known as tipping points. Emissions of methane associated with human activity account for over a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change. Methane is...
Mary Clear, death doula and kindness propaganda gardener
September 24, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBThis episode is a natural progression from the previous two because it starts on the theme of death and dying. It then moves on to cover the community growing phenomenon known as Incredible Edible Todmorden. This has garnered a great deal of attention from across the world and is sometimes described as propaganda gardening. The common thread that connects these two themes is kindness. You’ll hear about all of this from Mary Clear, the chairperson of Incredible Edible Todmorden. She’s a great...
Change in Fantasy, Climate, Religion and Death
August 24, 2021 23:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBCan cancer, and the knowledge that the end is near, sharpen our perspectives on change? Is war ever glamorous? Should an enemy continue to be an enemy after a war? Might our thoughts be clouded when trying to picture a near future that we might never see? Is there a role for creative visualisation in changing the outcome of change? Do we need technologies not yet developed to contain climate change? Can science fiction throw a light on changes that might happen or have already happened? What...
Viewing Change from Cancer’s Helter Skelter
July 24, 2021 21:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBHeraclitus , the Greek philosopher who lived about 2,500 years ago, is credited with saying ‘There is nothing permanent except change’. That’s true for many aspects of existence but, whatever you believe in, the end of a person’s bodily life is permanent. We’re all sliding down our life’s helter skelter at various speeds until our time comes. What we can’t do is emulate the lyrics of that famous Beatles song, Helter Skelter, and go back to the top after reaching the bottom. Not even rei...
Appetiser
July 07, 2021 20:00 - 4 minutes - 3.2 MBThis episode is an appetiser for a new podcast called Time is Sliding. Each month, we'll explore together aspects of the world that are changing over the precious time that is slippery-sliding away as we hurtle down life’s helter skelter. You’ll hear extraordinary and ordinary people discuss changes in themselves, society and the environment on which we all depend. The first full episode is called ‘viewing change from cancer’s helter skelter’ and stems from the biggest change that everyone...