Future Primitive Podcasts

A call for much needed support and a Spoken word gift from Joanna Harcourt-Smith: “Falling in the Middle of Things”. Please click on the green “Donate” button on the right side of our homepage. We’ll be back next week as usual.   Music: “Tono”, by Abou Djouba “I Can’t Sit Still”, by Evarusnik

A call for much needed support and a Spoken word gift from Joanna Harcourt-Smith: “Falling in the Middle of Things”. Please click on the green “Donate” button on the right side of our homepage. We’ll be back next week as usual.   Music: “Tono”, by Abou Djouba “I Can’t Sit Still”, by Evarusnik

In this week’s episode, Billy Hayes speaks with Joanna about his experiences that led to the making of the iconic film “Midnight Express”: the powerful effects of films on culture; surviving his escape from prison; facing the consequences of one’s actions; learning the most important lesson; differentiating fiction and reality in the film; the most […]

In this week’s episode, Billy Hayes speaks with Joanna about his experiences that led to the making of the iconic film “Midnight Express”: the powerful effects of films on culture; surviving his escape from prison; facing the consequences of one’s actions; learning the most important lesson; differentiating fiction and reality in the film; the most […]

In this week’s episode, Martín Prechtel speaks with Joanna about his newest book, “The Smell of Rain on Dust”: the wild indigenous soul of human beings; cultural change through becoming intact human beings within a natural community; grief and praise, the capacity for making life and beauty; the Beach of the Stars; the causes of […]

In this week’s episode, Martín Prechtel speaks with Joanna about his newest book, “The Smell of Rain on Dust”: the wild indigenous soul of human beings; cultural change through becoming intact human beings within a natural community; grief and praise, the capacity for making life and beauty; the Beach of the Stars; the causes of […]

In this week’s episode, Ed Tick speaks with Joanna about his newest book, “Warrior’s Return”: meaningful rites of passage in our society; main factors for joining th military; one of the main reasons that Vietnamese veterans do not suffer from PTSD; a poignant conversation with a Sergeant at the airport; heling the Post-traumatic Social Disorder; […]

In this week’s episode, Ed Tick speaks with Joanna about his newest book, “Warrior’s Return”: meaningful rites of passage in our society; main factors for joining th military; one of the main reasons that Vietnamese veterans do not suffer from PTSD; a poignant conversation with a Sergeant at the airport; heling the Post-traumatic Social Disorder; […]

In this week’s episode, Tim Ward speaks with Joanna about the book he has co-authored with Shai Tubali, “Indestructible You”: dissolving the myth of the broken self; “we are a manifestation of that stream of energy”; mastering one’s will in service to creativity; embracing our weakness; inner and outer power; finding and recognizing true will; […]

In this week’s episode, Tim Ward speaks with Joanna about the book he has co-authored with Shai Tubali, “Indestructible You”: dissolving the myth of the broken self; “we are a manifestation of that stream of energy”; mastering one’s will in service to creativity; embracing our weakness; inner and outer power; finding and recognizing true will; […]