Open Minded Podcast

Open Minded Podcast

By Jacob and JoelSociety & CulturePhilosophy
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Open Minded Podcast episodes

  • #162 Enantiodromia, The Devouring Mother & The Great Illusion

    Expect to learn:

    • What Kafka meant by ‘Evil is whatever Distracts’
    • What is Enantiodromia?
    • The psychology of Hansel and Gretel
    • What Dostoyevsky meant by ‘All is in a man's hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice’


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    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    #119 Angelo Somers - Existentialism vs Hedonism vs Absurdism

    https://tinyurl.com/455h7ydp


    #114 Dostoyevsky, University & Internal Vindication

    https://tinyurl.com/36vrnycs

    #91 Escaping Plato's Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world

    https://tinyurl.com/2m5sdnje


    Find us on:

    Instagram - @openminded.podcast

    TikTok - @openminded.pod

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    Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal

    Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_ 

    1 hr 2 min
  • #161 High Performance & The Motivation of God

    Expect to learn:

    • What Joel learned after visiting Vatican City
    • Jacob’s Near death experience 
    • The east vs west on the concept of time


    Get a happy birthday message for a friend from Jacob and Joel  https://v.cameo.com/e/m0WDmqAAYZb

    Buy us a coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/openmindedpodcast 

    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    #119 Angelo Somers - Existentialism vs Hedonism vs Absurdism

    https://tinyurl.com/455h7ydp


    #114 Dostoyevsky, University & Internal Vindication

    https://tinyurl.com/36vrnycs


    #91 Escaping Plato's Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world

    https://tinyurl.com/2m5sdnje


    Find us on:

    Instagram - @openminded.podcast

    TikTok - @openminded.pod

    Facebook - @open minded podcast


    Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal

    Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_ 

    53 min
  • #160 The Rise of Usefulness & Philosophy of Opposites

    Expect to learn:

    • How opposites are more connected them we think
    • What Taoism and Wu Wei say about usefulness
    • The Jungian concept of the animus and anima 


    Article

    https://www.syntropology.com/p/the-tao-of-heidegger?r=1yzcv2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true


    Get a happy birthday message for a friend from Jacob and Joel  https://v.cameo.com/e/m0WDmqAAYZb

    Buy us a coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/openmindedpodcast 

    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    #119 Angelo Somers - Existentialism vs Hedonism vs Absurdism

    https://tinyurl.com/455h7ydp

    #114 Dostoyevsky, University & Internal Vindication

    https://tinyurl.com/36vrnycs


    #91 Escaping Plato's Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world

    https://tinyurl.com/2m5sdnje


    Find us on:

    Instagram - @openminded.podcast

    TikTok - @openminded.pod

    Facebook - @open minded podcast


    Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal

    Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_ 

    1 hr 8 min
  • #159 Dating Psychology & Jungian Alchemy

    Expect to learn:

    • The fascinating gender differences between Thailand and the UK
    • How the internet killed “the local legend”
    • Why was Carl Jung so interested in alchemy?
    • Why Thailand’s abundance can be surprisingly dangerous


    Jungian Alchemy Article

    https://substack.com/@eternalised/note/p-215039969?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1yzcv2 


    Get a happy birthday message for a friend from Jacob and Joel  https://v.cameo.com/e/m0WDmqAAYZb

    Buy us a coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/openmindedpodcast 


    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    #119 Angelo Somers - Existentialism vs Hedonism vs Absurdism

    https://tinyurl.com/455h7ydp


    #114 Dostoyevsky, University & Internal Vindication

    https://tinyurl.com/36vrnycs

    #91 Escaping Plato's Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world

    https://tinyurl.com/2m5sdnje


    Find us on:

    Instagram - @openminded.podcast

    TikTok - @openminded.pod

    Facebook - @open minded podcast


    Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal

    Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_ 

    1 hr 1 min
  • #158 Leaving the UK & The Psychology of Dehumanisation

    Expect to learn:

    * The psychological reasons behind declining birth rates

    * What the Universe 25 experiment teaches us about comfort

    * The reality of leaving the UK

    * Is the human brain built to know only 150 people?


    Get a happy birthday message for a friend from Jacob and Joel  https://v.cameo.com/e/m0WDmqAAYZb

    Buy us a coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/openmindedpodcast 


    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    #119 Angelo Somers - Existentialism vs Hedonism vs Absurdism

    https://tinyurl.com/455h7ydp


    #114 Dostoyevsky, University & Internal Vindication

    https://tinyurl.com/36vrnycs


    #91 Escaping Plato's Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world

    https://tinyurl.com/2m5sdnje


    Find us on:

    Instagram - @openminded.podcast

    TikTok - @openminded.pod

    Facebook - @open minded podcast


    Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal

    Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_ 

    1 hr 8 min
  • #157 Chaos, Order & The Rise of Stoicism

    Expect to learn:

    •  Why everyone is a monster to someone 
    • Why the purpose of life is to be defeated by larger and larger things
    • What Boxer from animal farm and Plato’s Guardians have in common
    • Is stoicism a good life philosophy


    Get a happy birthday message for a friend from Jacob and Joel  https://v.cameo.com/e/m0WDmqAAYZb

    Buy us a coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/openmindedpodcast


    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    #119 Angelo Somers - Existentialism vs Hedonism vs Absurdism

    https://tinyurl.com/455h7ydp


    #114 Dostoyevsky, University & Internal Vindication

    https://tinyurl.com/36vrnycs


    #91 Escaping Plato's Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world

    https://tinyurl.com/2m5sdnje


    Find us on:

    Instagram - @openminded.podcast

    TikTok - @openminded.pod

    Facebook - @open minded podcast


    Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal

    Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_ 


    00:00 Everyone is a monster to someone 

    06:35 Does the hero need the villain

    08:35 The etymology of the word “villain”

    12:19 What is the real reason you’re trying to be good?

    15:31 The proof is in the pudding 

    24:34 How Greek Mythology depicts chaos

    33:30 The purpose of life is to be defeated by larger and larger things

    37:42 How to overcome chaos

    41:34 Boxer from animal farm

    47:28 The pros and cons of Stoicism

    58 min
  • #156 The Courage To Be Disliked & The Psychology of Awareness

    Expect to learn:

    • The psychology of open loops
    • How the panopticon prison system is like an all seeing god
    • Does learning philosophy make you depressed?


    Get a happy birthday message for a friend from Jacob and Joel  https://v.cameo.com/e/m0WDmqAAYZb

    Buy us a coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/openmindedpodcast 

    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    #119 Angelo Somers - Existentialism vs Hedonism vs Absurdism

    https://tinyurl.com/455h7ydp

    #114 Dostoyevsky, University & Internal Vindication

    https://tinyurl.com/36vrnycs


    #91 Escaping Plato's Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world

    https://tinyurl.com/2m5sdnje


    Find us on:

    Instagram - @openminded.podcast

    TikTok - @openminded.pod

    Facebook - @open minded podcast


    Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal

    Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_ 

    58 min
  • #155 Can Society Survive Without Religion?

    Expect to learn:

    • How atheists should approach religion 
    • What does religion teach us about ourselves?
    • Do you need religion to make you a good person?


    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    #119 Angelo Somers - Existentialism vs Hedonism vs Absurdism

    https://tinyurl.com/455h7ydp

    #114 Dostoyevsky, University & Internal Vindication

    https://tinyurl.com/36vrnycs


    #91 Escaping Plato's Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world

    https://tinyurl.com/2m5sdnje


    Find us on:

    Instagram - @openminded.podcast

    TikTok - @openminded.pod

    Facebook - @open minded podcast


    Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal

    Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_ 

    1 hr 5 min
  • #154 What If You Lived Life in Third Person?

    Expect to learn:

    • The psychology of reframes
    • What is Heidegger's being towards death
    • In-depth sales psychology
    • What is Freud and Jung’s idea of transference


    Buy us a coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/openmindedpodcast


    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    #119 Angelo Somers - Existentialism vs Hedonism vs Absurdism

    https://tinyurl.com/455h7ydp


    #114 Dostoyevsky, University & Internal Vindication

    https://tinyurl.com/36vrnycs


    #91 Escaping Plato's Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world

    https://tinyurl.com/2m5sdnje


    Find us on:

    Instagram - @openminded.podcast

    TikTok - @openminded.pod

    Facebook - @open minded podcast


    Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal

    Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_ 

    56 min

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The only philosophy and psychology podcast you need. With Jacob’s curiosity, Joel’s brain, and a variety of knowledgable guests, we discuss life’s questions in the pursuit of the truth (or close to…