Latest Complexity Podcast Episodes
Elena Tochilina, War in Ukraine
Not Simple - April 26, 2024 15:19 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings“It’s like our mind wants to categorize things, and it’s much easier to feel pity than trying to embrace the complexity that life goes on and you can live in the midst of war.” Elena Tochilina is a Ukrainian coach and consultant as well as a colleague at Cultivating Leadership. In this convers...
Albert-László Barabási - Network science, breakthrough orientation, and a life made around discovery
Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan - April 16, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAlbert-László Barabási thinks in networks and his scholarship, as his life, is embodiment of the explorative, imaginative, and generative nature of networks. It would be difficult to imagine a person better suited to steward us through the innate and seemingly universal tendency of things to con...
Fred Jones, Meanwhile
Not Simple - April 12, 2024 16:22 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings“I care about supporting people more as wayfinders and what it might take to ditch the maps and find your own way—and keep learning and growing.” CL colleague Fred Jones is a lover and collector of questions that he stays with a long time. One of those questions: how do you help people create ...
Multiple worlds, containing multitudes
COMPLEXITY: Physics of Life - April 10, 2024 18:42 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsGuests: Heather Graham, Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Hosts: Abha Eli Phoboo & Chris Kempes Producer: Katherine Moncure Podcast theme music by: Mitch Mignano Additional sound credits: Digifish music; “Determination of Azimuth,” written by Heather Graham, staged at ...
Origins and Ongoingness: Thoughts on Season Seven
Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan - April 09, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHello friends, a new season of Origins is coming NEXT WEEK. Last season of this show was a season of flourishing. The episodes ahead we not be a season of something in particular but a movement toward process, toward open-endedness, toward unsettledness; of discipline, of intellect, of being. Gr...
176. Nihilism's Fatal Flaw
Ravel - April 03, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratings***This episode includes discussion of nihilism, meaninglessness, and suicide. If you or someone you know are experiencing suicidal thoughts or a crisis, please contact the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or visit 988lifeline.org. Please listen with care.*** Josh wonders if we ever ...
Shaping the Future of Neurodivergent Coaching Practices
Gifted Unleashed - March 29, 2024 19:00 - 48 minutesEver felt like your mind runs on a different operating system than everyone else's? Discover the powerful connection between neurodiversity and their specific coaching needs with my guests, Kate Arms and Tracy Winter, the dynamic duo behind the Neurodiversity Coaching Academy. As we unpack their...
Rehema Kutua, Primary Care
Not Simple - March 28, 2024 14:42 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings“It matters how we feel because how we feel and how we’re doing impocts everyone.” TV has taught us that doctors are sexy, mysterious superheroes, but what is really happening at the other end of the stethoscope is more complex than we realize. Rehema Kutua, a pediatrician and certified coac...
How human history shapes scientific inquiry
COMPLEXITY: Physics of Life - March 27, 2024 20:54 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsGuests: David Krakauer, President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute Sean Carroll, External Professor and Fractal Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University Hosts: Abha Eli Phoboo & Chris K...
175. To Share Or Not To Share
Ravel - March 20, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsWhen does honest and earnest transparency tip into oversharing and misplaced attention seeking? (the podcasters ask, fully acknowledging what irony this invites...) What is gossip actually? How can information shared amongst a community be helpful for reinforcing good boundaries and exp...
Bill Pullen, Change
Not Simple - March 14, 2024 14:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings“There’s a deep sense of letting go, of surrendering so they can open up into a new possibility for themselves, whether it’s becoming a coach or becoming a senior leader or leading in a new way.” We all know changing behaviors and habits is hard, but our language around it often “just” o...
Protecting Your Reputation is a Tragedy
NonTrivial - March 14, 2024 03:00 - 29 minutesReputations are things people tend to protect. But protecting our reputation means blocking our values from being known, which I argue invites the wrong opportunities into our lives. Having a life filled with wrong opportunities means never having the chance to deliver your real potential to th...
Ep 4: The physics of collectives
COMPLEXITY: Physics of Life - March 13, 2024 19:47 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsGuests: Melanie Moses, External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, Professor of Computer Science and Associate Professor of Biology at University of New Mexico Hyejin Youn, External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, Associate Professor at Institute of Northwestern University Hosts: Abha...
People Who Understand Beethoven Don’t Play Beethoven
NonTrivial - March 10, 2024 23:00 - 21 minutesMany people proclaim to understand something because they study it. But you cannot know a thing by studying the thing, you have to create the thing. Playing Beethoven is replicating what you see in front of you, it is not creating the thing you see in front of you. Those who don’t create don’t u...
Bet What You Know
NonTrivial - March 07, 2024 22:00 - 28 minutesPlacing bets means wagering something of value on the outcome of an uncertain event with the hopes of achieving a payoff. The decisions we make in life are akin to placing bets, and as with all bets, access to good information is what increases the chances of a bet achieving a payoff. Most peop...
174. Is Death So Bad?
Ravel - March 06, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsReally though? When it's essentially the only human experience that is truly universal, that we all will die, why do we have such a bad relationship with it? Stephen wonders if the fear of death is something religion does to inspire fear to win converts. "Oh death, where is your sting?"...
Get Yourself Triggered
NonTrivial - March 02, 2024 21:00 - 24 minutesGetting triggered means someone experiences a strong emotional reaction to a particular stimulus or event. But there is a good side to being triggered. Getting triggered can compel us towards positive action. We can deliberately trigger ourselves to produce good work by putting in place things t...
Why is life so diverse?
COMPLEXITY: Physics of Life - February 28, 2024 21:59 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsGuests: Brian Enquist, External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Arizona Pablo Marquet, External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, Professor at Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile...
Stop Trying to Be Your Hero
NonTrivial - February 28, 2024 21:00 - 30 minutesA lot of people try to be their hero. But not only can we not do what our heroes do, our heroes cannot do what we do. It is our unique abilities that make us bring value to the world. The same thing can be achieved in countless ways, and those different ways are what the world needs. We need to ...
Don’t Let Schooling Turn You Into an Idiot
NonTrivial - February 26, 2024 03:00 - 23 minutesMath education consists primarily of learning rules to arrive at results. But these tricks bypass what is really happening. They can lead to a superficial grasp of mathematical concepts and hinder deeper learning and problem-solving abilities. Many of the skills we learn in schooling, and after,...
173. Does It Matter Where Money Comes From?
Ravel - February 21, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsIt's about time we check in on our thoughts on money, huh? A lot has changes since the teen episodes of our podcast and Josh is wondering "does it matter where money comes from?" Unsurprisingly, we talk about the implications of philanthropy, giving vs tithing mindset, the churches that...
How do we identify life?
COMPLEXITY: Physics of Life - February 14, 2024 22:07 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsGuests: Ricard Solé, External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, Head of the Complex Systems Lab at Universitat Pompeu Fabra Sara Walker, External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, Associate Director of the ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems Hosts: Abha Eli Phoboo & Chris Kemp...
Our Wild Minds: Creating Sanctuaries for gifted and BIPOC adults - Meet Kaitlin Smith
Gifted Unleashed - February 07, 2024 17:00 - 48 minutesWhen Kaitlin Smith and I sat down to unravel the complex world of giftedness and twice-exceptionality (2e), our conversation ventured deep into the heart of what it means to be labeled 'gifted,' particularly for those navigating the dual challenges of exceptional intellect and being part of a mi...
172. WTF Did Jesus Think The Church Would Be?!
Ravel - February 07, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsWhy don't more people wonder about what Jesus himself thought the church would be? Would Jesus like what we've done with the place? Or would he think we completely missed the mark from what he had in mind when he told Peter "upon this rock I will build my church"? These questions and mo...
Nothing Happens Without Critical Mass
NonTrivial - February 06, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutesImportant things see the light of day, not by some plan or deterministic outline, but by making changes en-route to the goal. It's adaptability that matters in the face of real world situations. Finding the right mix of people, places and things happens as you move. Suggested Reading Related to...
What can physics tell us about ourselves?
COMPLEXITY: Physics of Life - January 31, 2024 21:27 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsGuests: Vijay Balasubramanian, External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, Cathy and Marc Lasry Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania Geoffrey West, Shannan Distinguished Professor and Past President, Santa Fe Institute Hosts: Abha Eli Phoboo & Chris Kempes Producer: Kath...
Finding Our Authenticity
NonTrivial - January 31, 2024 00:00 - 17 minutesSome performances deliver deep authenticity, with standup comedy being a good example. Extremely authentic performances show us something we all should have; that ability to reach deep within us and share what we're really thinking, despite the risk this might pose to our normal, settled lives....
To Be Brutally Honest
NonTrivial - January 31, 2024 00:00 - 17 minutesSome performances deliver deep authenticity, with standup comedy being a good example. Extremely authentic performances show us something we all should have; that ability to reach deep within us and share what we're really thinking, despite the risk this might pose to our normal, settled lives....
"The Southern Province" with the Rev. Dr. Craig Atwood
In All Things - January 30, 2024 16:11 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe welcomed the Rev. Dr. Craig Atwood to Calvary for a 3 week lecture series about the history of the Moravian Church. This lecture was originally recorded on October 25th, 2023 and is on the subject of the Southern Province.
"Zinzendorf" with the Rev. Dr. Craig Atwood
In All Things - January 30, 2024 15:51 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe welcomed the Rev. Dr. Craig Atwood to Calvary for a 3 week lecture series about the history of the Moravian Church. This lecture was originally recorded on October 18th, 2023 and is on the subject of Count Zinzendorf.
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