Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next

Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next episodes:

• 03.09.2024

  John Churchill - Attunement as World Medicine

  John Churchill joins Daniel to discuss the relationship between Attachment Theory and the process of awakening. Weaving together strands from Buddhist psychology and developmental psychology, John describes the Bodhisattva path and the development of a Planetary Dharma through the lenses...

  
• 01.31.2024

  Jordan Hall Converts to Christianity

  Daniel and Jordan Hall discuss Jordan’s recent conversion to Christianity and the evolution of his worldview. How did a tech pioneer and futurist intellectual who would have said his chances of being baptized were “exactly zero” only five years ago...

  
• 01.06.2024

  Bob Falconer - Internal Family Systems and Spirit Possession

  After a long career using many therapeutic modalities, for more than a decade, Bob Falconer has devoted his practice exclusively to Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. Bob has completed all levels of IFS training and continues to study with many...

  
• 10.05.2023

  Tasshin - Fullstack Harmony for Maximum Deep Benefit

  Tasshin – which means “to reach or achieve truth” – describes himself as an “online pilgrim wandering this precious world for the benefit of all beings.” In this episode, Daniel talks with Tasshin about some of the lessons he has...

  
• 08.21.2023

  John Churchill - The Three Strands of Awakening [From the Coach's Rising Podcast]

  This episode is a 're-Cast' from the Coach's Rising podcast, hosted by Joel Monk. I was so moved and inspired by the conversation I thought I'd share it with you all on my stream. I've been following John Churchill's work...

  
• 07.23.2023

  Vince Horn - Meditate with AI

  Vince Horn and Daniel discuss the evolution, benefits, and potential of social meditation. They explore the new meditatewith.ai app created by Vince and Interbeing Inc. co-founder Chris Ewald. The app allows users to practice social meditation with an AI partner,...

  
• 06.08.2023

  Bonnitta Roy, John Vervaeke, Thomas Steininger - Wisdom & Complexity [RSPND Network]

  In this conversation, John, Bonnie, and Thomas discuss various frameworks on what wisdom is, how it functions, and the different types and scales of complexity in which wisdom may arise. The conversation explores themes of wisdom and complexity with both...

  
• 05.20.2023

  Jill Nephew - Using ChatGPT is Like Eating Plastic for Your Cognition

  In this conversation I speak with Jill Nephew. Jill, a former AI black box algorithm engineer with extensive experience in developing software architectures, holds a highly heterodox perspective on the risks associated with LLM AIs. In this conversation we explore...

  
• 05.18.2023

  John Vervaeke, Zak Stein, Nora Bateson - What is Transformation? [RSPND Network]

  John Vervaeke, Zak Stein, and Nora Bateson discuss transformation and its complex, cross-domain dimensionality. This episode addresses topics such as how does transformation take place and in what contexts? How does western culture misunderstand transformation? How is transformation naturally interwoven...

  
• 04.24.2023

  Zak Stein - AI Tutor Apocalypse

  Zak Stein and Daniel Thorson discuss the myriad risks of emerging AI tutoring technologies. AI tutoring is being developed now and will be deployed over the course of the next two to five years, bringing radical changes to our educational...

  
• 08.06.2022

  David Sauvage - The Future of Collective Decision-Making

  A conversation about how emergence can be the foundation a new society. We talk about how societies can create containers for healthy decision making. And how sacred containers can allow for the emergence of the planetary movement we’re longing for. David...

  
• 06.15.2022

  Gary Sheng - To Actualize Game B, Empower Gen Z

  Gary Sheng is a US-based technologist and civic entrepreneur dedicated to building tools, systems, and movements that accelerate human and planetary flourishing. He was recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 for his work building Civics Unplugged. In this conversation we offer some...

  
• 06.13.2022

  Steve March - An Integrated Ecology of Practice for the Meta-Crisis

  Steve March is the creator of an integrated ecology of practice and founder of Aletheia Coaching. In this episode we get into the history of coaching, depth and the fourth generation of coaching, going from self-improvement to self-unfoldment, Heidegger’s view...

  
• 05.23.2022

  Sean Wilkinson - Circling, Meditation & Trauma

  Circling Europe co-founder Sean Wilkinson and I explore what it's like to practice across paradigms, the limits and transformational potential of circling, and the interplay between mediation, circling, and trauma work. Sean shares from his experience about the problems with...

  
• 04.14.2022

  Circling & Soulmaking with Ellen McSweeney & Daniel Thorson

  In this episode fellow Monastic Academy resident Ellen McSweeney and I explore the relationship between Circling and Soulmaking in an attempt to make sense of the experience we shared co-facilitating the Anti-Fragile Heart retreat in March. Towards the end there...

  
• 12.04.2021

  Mark Feenstra - Renormaling: Fractal Harmony in Action

  In this episode Mark Feenstra guides me through his 'accompanying' process. This process, which Mark has developed after 25 years of experimentation, is something like a systems collapse aware mixture of Circling, Internal Family Systems, and Imaginal practice...but really it's...

  
• 10.12.2021

  Layman Pascal - Spiritual Practice as Harmonization

  Layman Pascal is an author, speaker, and body-mind-soul at large in the Integral and Metamodern scenes.  In this episode we dive into Layman's 'integration surplus' model of spiritual practice. This model offers an integrative lens through which to view all transformative...

  
• 10.12.2021

  Harmonizing to Emerge with John Vervaeke

  John Vervaeke speaks with Seishin and myself about the ecology of practices we are exploring in the Willow Intensive. This was originally recorded on The Stoa. This episode includes a brief overview of the Harmony model and the five aspects we've...

  
• 08.12.2021

  Soryu Forall - Responding to Collapse: Virtue and Possibility at the World's End

  Is it still possible to create a more beautiful future for life on earth, or are we now merely stewards for the dying process of our world? How do we live with the weight of this uncertainty? Soryu Forall responds...

  
• 07.24.2021

  Rob McNamara - Adult Development & Ensoulment

  Rob McNamara is an author, leadership coach, advisor and consultant with expertise in adult development and human performance. He is a co-founder of the leading consulting firm Delta Developmental, a faculty member for the Ivey School of Business' LIFT Advanced...

  
• 06.28.2021

  Zak Stein - The Eros of Ethics

  In this first conversation after a year sabbatical from the Emerge project I'm speaking with Zak Stein. This is a far ranging conversation about ethics, education, trauma, the erotics of moral understanding, and more.  Support me on Patreon Show Notes 0:00 Opening ...

  
• 06.28.2021

  Emerge Returns: Solo Episode

  Emerge is back! This is a solo episode where I share a few life updates and thoughts about the evolution of the Emerge podcast. Support me on Patreon

  
• 03.10.2021

  Inviting Canadians to a New Kind of Monastery

  Emerge invites you to a new kind of monastery for a (meta)modern world... Learn more at: https://growingwillow.org/summer2021 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emerge/support

  
• 09.18.2020

  The End of Emerge (For Now)

  I've decided to put this project on hold and dedicate myself more fully my work and training at the Monastic Academy. In this episode I share some of the thinking and feeling that went into my choice. If you'd like to...

  
• 07.09.2020

  Zak Stein - American Culture's Psychotic Break (pt. 2)

  In the first episode after my 75 day silent retreat I sat down with Zak Stein to speak about the the current cultural moment and how we can respond to the chaos and uncertainty of the world with love and...

  
• 07.01.2020

  Zak Stein - American Culture's Psychotic Break (pt. 1)

  In the first episode after my 75 day silent retreat I sit down with Zak Stein to speak about the the current cultural moment and how we can respond to the chaos and uncertainty of the world with love and...

  
• 03.13.2020

  Soryu Forall - Manufactured Awakenings

  Soryu Forall is the founder and head-teacher of the Monastic Academy.  Soryu has a decade of intensive monastic training, a degree in Economics from Williams College, and extensive experience in social and environmental justice. He was ordained in 1998 at Sogen...

  
• 03.11.2020

  Andrew J. Taggart - Existential Openings & Psychotechnologies of Self-Transformation

  Andrew J Taggart is a practical philosopher, Zen Buddhist, and entrepreneur. Recently Andrew wrote an article called 'Psychotechnologies of Self-Transformation' that led me to reach out to him and schedule a conversation. This episode was recorded a few months ago, but...

  
• 03.11.2020

  Jonathan Reams - Waking Up & Growing Up: How Seeing the Virtuality of Self Supports Adult Development

  Jonathan Reams works at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), serves as Editor-in Chief of Integral Review, and is a co-founder of the Center for Transformative Leadership and of the European Center for Leadership Practice. He brings awareness...

  
• 03.06.2020

  Robert Kegan - The Five Stages of Adult Development (And Why You Probably Aren't Stage 5)

  Robert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development. His work explores the possibility and necessity of ongoing psychological transformation in adulthood. He is perhaps most well known as the...

  
• 03.01.2020

  Mark Feenstra - The Inner Dimension of the Meta-Crisis

  In this episode, I'm speaking with Mark Feenstra. Mark is co-founding a consulting and training ecosystem and incubator, called New Mainstream, which focuses on large scale change that starts with ourselves and the possibility of a new mainstream. Mark is also...

  
• 11.25.2019

  Rob Burbea - Emptiness, Postmodernism, and Sacred Participation

  On this episode I'm joined once again by meditation teacher and author Rob Burbea. For this conversation Jamie Bristow and I talk with Rob about his approach to emptiness, and how it can be a route beyond postmodern nihilism and into...

  
• 11.18.2019

  Jamie Bristow - Mindfulness as Metamodern Psychotechnology

  Jamie Bristow joins the show to respond to critiques against the mindfulness revolution and to make the case for mindfulness as a key metamodern cultural technology. Jamie is Director of The Mindfulness Initiative, the world's first policy institute about mindfulness. Jamie...

  
• 11.04.2019

  The Future of the Emerge Podcast

  A solo episode where Daniel shares his vision for the next turn in the inquiry of the Emerge podcast.

  
• 10.14.2019

  Rebel Wisdom // Future Thinkers // Emerge - Making Sense of the Sensemaking Web

  David Fuller, Mike Gilliland and I spend time jamming on the conversational space that we have been participating in, and attempt to make sense of where this all might be going...

  
• 10.03.2019

  Ronan Harrington - Extinction Rebellion: Collective Sacrifice and Metamodern Praxis

  This week I'm speaking with Ronan Harrington about Extinction Rebellion. We talk about the strategic dilemmas of Extinction Rebellion, and how it functions as a practical exploration of metamodern theory.  Previous Emerge episode with Ronan We chat about: - The limits of philosophical...

  
• 09.23.2019

  Guy Sengstock - Circling Towards Meaningfulness & Collective Intelligence

  In this episode I'm speaking with Guy Sengstock. Guy is the creator/discoverer of Circling, a relational meditation practice that is quickly spreading across the world.  In this conversation, we cover such topics as: - Guy’s take on what Circling is - How Circling...

  
• 09.17.2019

  Zak Stein - Metapsychology, Soul, and Collapse (Pt. 2)

  In this episode, I'm speaking with writer, educator and futurist Zak Stein. We discuss 'Metapsychology', Zak's attempt to answer the question 'what is the human?' brought up in our previous conversation about a vision for metamodern education. This is part...

  
• 09.10.2019

  Zak Stein - Metapsychology, Soul, and Collapse (Pt. 1)

  In this episode I'm speaking once again with writer, educator and futurist Zak Stein. We discuss 'Metapsychology', Zak's attempt to answer the question 'what is the human?' brought up in our previous conversation about a vision for metamodern education. This...

  
• 09.02.2019

  Future Thinkers - Cultivating Human Sovereignty

  Today on Emerge I’m speaking with Euvie Ivanova and Mike Gilliland, hosts of the Future Thinkers podcast. In this conversation we explore the concept of Sovereignty, how we are practicing it in our lives, and why it’s such a significant...

  
• 08.26.2019

  Mette Böll - Cultivating Generative Social Fields

  This week I'm speaking with Mette Böll (Boell). Mette is a biologist by training, specializing in the evolution of complex social systems, mammalian play behavior and philosophy of nature. Mette has a Ph.D. in organizational ethology from the Center for...

  
• 08.12.2019

  Christopher Life - OneNation: An Omni-Win US Political Party

  This week I'm speaking with Christopher Life. Christopher Life is the founder of OneNation, a new American political party dedicated to installing an all-win paradigm and rebirthing our democratic systems. Christopher and I talk about systems change as the next great...

  
• 08.05.2019

  Daniel Schmachtenberger - Utopia or Bust: Designing a Non Self-Terminating Civilization

  This week I'm speaking with Daniel Schmachtenberger. Daniel is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and...

  
• 07.29.2019

  State of the DAO Panel Discussion

  This week I am joined by Danilo Vaz, Stratis Karad, Jocelyn, and Felipe Duarte to explore all things Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). We talk about  what DAOs are and why they are significant, where the space is at (and what it’s...

  
• 07.22.2019

  Joe Edelman - Designing Systems for Human Flourishing

  Joe Edelman is a philosopher, social scientist, designer, and founder of Human Systems, a global community for those redesigning institutions and social spaces so as to better support meaningful lives and human values. In this conversation we  discuss why designing systems...

  
• 07.16.2019

  Tom Murray - Wisdom Skills

  In this conversation Tom Murray and I explore Tom’s model of ‘Wisdom Skills’. In this model Wisdom Skills are made up of both the movement of complexification and development (ascending), and the movement of simplicity and subtraction (descending).  We explore the...

  
• 07.08.2019

  Bayo Akomolafe - The Insurgency of the Invisible

  Today I'm speaking with Bayo Akomolafe. Bayo is a an academic, poet and philosopher who dedicates his life to mediating between the spiritual and the scientific. He is the Executive Director and Chief Curator for The Emergence Network, and the...

  
• 07.01.2019

  Bonnitta Roy - Six Ways to Go Meta

  Today on the show I'm speaking with Bonnitta Roy about her presentation 'Six Ways to Go Meta'. We cover such topics as what  it mean to ‘go meta’, why the anthropocene is driving humans to discover new ways of ‘going meta’,...

  
• 06.24.2019

  Zak Stein - The Meta-Crisis is a Human Development Crisis: Education in a Time Between Worlds

  Today's conversation is with Zak Stein. Zak is a writer, educator and futurist working to bring a greater sense of sanity and justice to education. This recording was made in person at Zak's house in Northern Vermont. We chat about why...

  
• 06.13.2019

  Intermission with Both/And - Podcasting as a Spiritual Practice

  An inside baseball podcast about podcasting with Jason Snyder and Jared Janes of the Both/And podcast. We chat about what we are seeing in the emerging [metamodern/metasystematic/metarational] subculture, skillful disagreement, and how podcasting can be a practice of personal growth and...