Future Primitive Podcasts

Richard Doyle earned his Ph.D. in Rhetoric at UC Berkeley. He was the Mellon Post Doctoral Fellow in History and Social Science of the Life Sciences at MIT in 1993. Professor of Rhetoric, Doyle holds appointments in English, Science Technology & Society and the College of Information Science and Technology at Penn State University and […]

Sarah Barab has been a practitioner in the Tibetan tradition for 20 years, and also teaches yoga and meditation and is a professional astrologer. She founded Naked Mind Productions in 2006, as a non-profit dedicated to making Dharma-inspired film. After graduating from the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, and later Naropa, […]

Peter Forbes is a farmer and conservationist, and an artist of imagery, written word and carved wood. He is also a public speaker and facilitator.  Peter’s life-long pursuit is to be a witness and storyteller of the bond between people and the land, and to translate what he has learned into a new form of […]

We are launching a new monthly podcast series, Upaya Conversations, a collaboration with Upaya Zen Center … I will be hosting conversations with outstanding teachers, scholars, and visionaries in Buddhism and intersecting fields of human development. We begin this series with scholars from Neuroscience/Neuropsychology … The first guest is  Evan Thompson. Evan Thompson is a […]

Leslie E. Sponsel has a PhD in Biological and Cultural Anthropology . Over the last four decades he has taught at seven universities in four countries. His courses include amongst others: Ecological Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology, Spiritual Ecology, Sacred Places. From 1974 to 1981 Sponsel conducted several trips to the Venezuelan Amazon to study human ecology […]

Kingsley L. Dennis, PhD, is a sociologist, researcher, and writer. He is the author of “New Consciousness for a New World” (2011); as well as “The Struggle for Your Mind: Conscious Evolution & The Battle to Control How We Think” (2012). He co-authored “After the Car” (Polity, 2009), which examines post-peak oil societies and mobility. […]

Back by popular demand Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. His writings on the web magazine Reality Sandwich have generated a vast online following; he speaks frequently at conferences and other events, and gives numerous interviews on radio and podcasts. Eisenstein graduated […]

Alfred W. Kaszniak, Ph.D. is currently Director of the Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium Education Core, and a professor in the departments of psychology, neurology, and psychiatry at The University of Arizona (UA). Al also presently serves as Chief Academic Officer for the Mind and Life Institute, an organization that facilitates collaborative scientific research on contemplative practices […]

Stephen Harrod Buhner is an Earth poet and the award-winning author of fifteen books on nature, indigenous cultures, the environment, and herbal medicine. Stephen lectures yearly throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, the intelligence of Nature, and the states of mind necessary for successful habitation of Earth. His most recent […]

Cecile Lipworth is the Managing Director/Campaigns Director of V-Day. Founded by Eve Ensler, V-Day is a global movement of grassroots activists dedicated to generating broader attention and funds to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sex slavery. On V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, 14 February 2013, we are […]