Do The Evolution

Do The Evolution episodes:

• 01.20.2021

  Speech: Freedoms and Filters

  Free speech is the discourse of the moment in the wake of the major social media platforms suspending the POTUS-45’s accounts, in some cases, like Twitter, indefinitely. Further down the tech stack, Parler was de-platformed in an unprecedented coordinated action...

  
• 10.21.2020

  The Postmodern Plague: When Filter Bubbles, Spirituality, and Conspiracy Overlap

  Postmodern consciousness has fully descended in all four quadrants of reality creating something I’m calling the Postmodern Plague. All truth has been leveled, leaving a vacuum of shared reality. Social Media filter bubbles accelerate this by continually feeding us information...

  
• 10.02.2020

  How to Clear the Air in Relationship

  The world needs good relational leadership now more than ever. Following up on our recent Restoring Relational Integrity episode, I once again sit down with Michael Porcelli to cover an incredibly important and practical skill when it comes to relating...

  
• 07.20.2020

  Restoring Relational Integrity with Michael Porcelli

  What happens when there is a breakdown or violation of trust in a relationship we hold dear? How can we repair the rupture to allow the relationship to move forward? Listen in as Michael Porcelli walks us through the powerful...

  
• 07.06.2020

  Stitching the Social Fabric of the Future

  Society is built from human relationships and communities. These arise from the interpersonal processes embodied in the human organism. Our experiences are shaped, and give shape to, the structures and designs that make up our social world: urban layouts, religious...

  
• 06.27.2020

  Purpose in Times of Crisis with Michael Porcelli

  Going on months now, crises have disrupted many of our typical routines. For some of us this can be a source of time and space, and for many of us, a source of additional stress and uncertainty. This kind of...

  
• 05.19.2020

  Resiliency in Times of Uncertainty with Jeff Jessum

  Today I chat with my brilliant friend Jeffrey Jessum, a clinical psychologist, teacher of relational and social skills, and artist.  Jeff and I talk about the impact of the COVID crisis and why it’s more important than ever to find...

  
• 05.01.2020

  Refocusing on What Matters with Jay Mutzafi

  Excited to catchup with my longtime friend and occasional podcasting buddy Jay Mutzafi as we talk about the many changes we’re experiencing culturally, systemically, and personally in these strange COVID days. We first focus on the macro and what we’re...

  
• 04.26.2020

  Epistemic Hygiene for Mind Viruses

  What can we do as individuals to practice good mental hygiene during this information pandemic? As institutional trust decreases and filter bubbles increase how can we make sure we don’t fall prey to the dangers of our current media climate?Michael...

  
• 04.18.2020

  Developing a New Social Immune System

  Part of the challenge of this moment is the meeting of two pandemics – one caused by COVID-19 and one caused by an onslaught of information our brains and cultures haven’t yet built appropriate defenses for. Michael Porcelli and I...

  
• 04.14.2020

  Grief and Loss with Matt Lozano

  We all must learn to deal with grief and loss in our lives. Join me as I chat with Matt Lozano and talk about the stages of grief, the importance of doing our grief work, and the many ways we...

  
• 04.11.2020

  A Worldview of Compassion: Libertarianism

  One of the things I love about community and good brotherhood is having guys call you on your shit. In this episode, I use an instance of myself being called out to delve deeper into a worldview I’ve often judged...

  
• 04.04.2020

  Weaving Shared Reality with Michael Porcelli

  Back again with Michael Porcelli, this time we talk about the concept of shared reality and how we create it in individual interactions and as cultures.Global change and personal connections are much more difficult without this incredibly important experience. Weaving...

  
• 03.28.2020

  Conspiracy in a Time of Crisis with Michael Porcelli

  Excited to once again be joined by Michael Porcelli – this time to talk about conspiracy theories, complex systems, COVID-19, consciousness, and our current crazy political divide. This is Not a Conspiracy Theory The Occulted Meaning of Covid-19 What’s Your...

  
• 03.27.2020

  The Fever is the Cure

  A late night integral rant about the intense fever / pandemic calling us forth in this moment.

  
• 10.24.2019

  WHO’S LAUGHING NOW? Talking JOKER with Michael Porcelli

  In this episode Michael Porcelli and I discuss the new JOKER film by director Todd Phillips. Michael and I had very different experiences of the film and talk about everything from it’s merits as a Joker comic book movie to...

  
• 10.25.2018

  The Death of Dominator Hierarchies and Birth of Flex-Flow Collectives

  One of the biggest changes in consciousness is the shift from rigid dominator hierarchies to flex flow relational collectives. Goodbye Gurus, Hello Groups! Read the transcript. A brief primer on levels of consciousness and first and second tier on my...

  
• 06.08.2018

  The Socioeconomic Classism of “High Vibration”

  The law of attraction permeates “consciousness” culture. Today I rant about the shadow of high vibration, using the quadrants of integral theory, maslow’s hierarchy of needs, recent developments of the famous marshmallow test, and polyvagal theory to make my case....

  
• 03.09.2018

  Real Men Feel Everything

  What makes a “real man”? It’s a question I hear a lot the more I work with men. Initial answers often involve ideas from our cultural traditions or stereotypical images from the media we consume. To me, in this moment...

  
• 01.13.2018

  If you care about consciousness you should care about crypto

  Crypto – you’ve probably heard about it, as it’s ALL the buzz these days.  In this episode, I talk about this important evolutionary moment and why if you’re a person that cares about the evolution of consciousness you should start...

  
• 11.03.2017

  Evolution is Intensely Relational with Dr. Keith Witt

  Time to go DEEP! In this episode I chat with Dr. Keith Witt, one of the sharpest minds and absolutely most badass heart warriors I know. Dr. Witt is a psychologist, author, speaking, and incredible teacher. We explore a HUGE...

  
• 09.30.2017

  The Consciousness Revolution with Sebastian Siegel

  Do The Evolution is excited to be back from a hiatus! (been busy getting married!). First up in my continuing series of interviews, my good friend and colleague Sebastian Siegel. Sebastian is an author and screenwriter, with production office and...

  
• 06.02.2017

  Every micro moment has an opportunity for creativity with Jeff Salzman

  Do The Evolution is getting relational! I’m very excited to share my first of a series of interview episodes with folks I find fascinating. This week, I chat with longtime friend and integral thinker Jeff Salzman. He joins me to...

  
• 05.04.2017

  Our Sense of Time

  As sentient beings we are wired with at least 5 senses to help us orient ourselves in the space of the universe around us. But what about the fourth dimension – what about time? How do we feel time?

  
• 03.30.2017

  Dreams of Trump, Showing vs Telling, and an Attention Onslaught Rant

  I had a Trump dream!  Vivid and powerful, sharing it leads into an area of my life that feels very alive right now that I dissect through the screenwriting axiom of Show, don’t tell – which turns out to be a hell...

  
• 03.22.2017

  The IMAX VR Experience Center with Jay Mutzafi

  In this episode fellow technodelic adventurer and friend Jay Mutzafi joins me to discuss our recent journey to the IMAX VR Experience Center here in Los Angeles.  We talk about our favorite “experiences” and the general state of VR affairs.  ...

  
• 03.11.2017

  Thoughts on Logan Plus Some Things Aren’t Meant to Be Felt Alone

  SPOILER WARNING! I had great fun watching LOGAN last week, as it got a few important things about super hero narratives right which I discuss in spoiler glory in the first half of the episode. Then I share about the...

  
• 03.03.2017

  Favorite Films of 2016

  Another film year has come and gone! I saw far fewer films in 2016 than I have in a good many years due to a much more travel filled life schedule! The fall came through strong though, with a few...

  
• 02.25.2017

  Doing the Evolution & The Age of Infinity

  Back from retreat I read a poem and then explore why this podcast is called Do the Evolution, which is both my path and artistic process. Then I close things out paying homage to the end of the age of...

  
• 02.11.2017

  Stay Charged about Net Neutrality

  New FCC chairman Ajit Pai has already taken several actions since being appointed that indicate the battle of net neutrality may be starting up again.  Listen in to find out why you should care.

  
• 02.04.2017

  SnapChat as a New Technological Literacy and Purging as Practice

  In Episode 5, I talk about how I think SnapChatting is an emerging technological literacy, and one that all entrepreneurs and artists are increasingly going to need to know to master in our attention economy.  In the second half of the...

  
• 01.27.2017

  Social Media News and the Dark Side of the Attention Economy

  This week I talk about some of the dark side of the new attention economy.  Social Media continues hacking our nervous systems’ to weaponize our reactivity and short attention spans in our new economy, cranking out more and more content...

  
• 01.20.2017

  When Memories Become Distant & Los Angeles

  This week I explore the unique feeling of when a recent memory becomes a distant one along with the uniqueness of first memories. Then it’s a lovely rant on why I love Los Angeles.

  
• 01.13.2017

  Mutation as Art and the Shifting from Potential to Precious

  In this episode, I chat about how something like Adobe Spark hints that even something like design is being impacted by algorithms and simultaneously makes even more possible mutators / remixers as artists. Then I dive into the esoteric and...

  
• 01.05.2017

  Pop Culture Deaths, Rogue One, and Avatar

  In this episode of my new podcast I riff about why the death of pop culture icons like Carrie Fisher seem to matter so much in our culture, how I felt about Rogue One: A Star Wars story, and my...