Rebel Wisdom

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What's Rebel Wisdom about?

We uncover the most rebellious ideas in philosophy, human potential and culture to find direction through the chaos of the times.

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Rebel Wisdom episodes:

09.28.2022
Iain McGilchrist, ’We Need to Act’
Iain McGilchrist has been outlining for many years that a fundamental problem in the way we are perceiving the world is likely to lead us into trouble. Now in 2022 he believes the situation is reaching a crucial turning point...
09.12.2022
Feminine Wisdom - Schuyler Brown & Samantha Sweetwater
Many people have observed that the conversation we have been curating on Rebel Wisdom has featured many more men than women. Of course we have regularly been asking ourselves why that is, and whether there is a more ‘feminine’ contribution...
09.06.2022
How Social Media Warps Creators, Tristan Harris
There has been a lot of focus on the damage that social media is doing to all of us, its users. This growing awareness was partly fuelled by the work of Tristan Harris, through the breakout hit documentary The Social...
08.23.2022
In Search of the Third Attractor, Daniel Schmachtenberger (part 2)
Where are we headed as a species? What is the landscape of risks and challenges that we need to confront over the next decades, and are there a small number of key factors that we need to solve to avoid...
08.18.2022
In Search of the Third Attractor, Daniel Schmachtenberger (part 1)
Where are we headed as a species? What is the landscape of risks and challenges that we need to confront over the next decades, and are there a small number of key factors that we need to solve to avoid...
07.24.2022
Time for the Irrational, Layman Pascal
In the conversation Rebel Wisdom has been tracking, what's missing? Layman Pascal believes we're not paying enough attention to the irrational, the realms of the imaginal and the occult. "Layman Pascal was incarnated on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. He...
07.13.2022
Jordan Peterson, An Integral View: Ken Wilber
In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller, Ken Wilber reflects on the turbulent dynamics of the last few years, and particularly the trajectory of the figures in what was called the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) including Jordan Peterson and...
07.03.2022
Reflecting on the Pandemic, Zubin Damania
A wide-ranging conversation on the experience of sensemaking during the pandemic, with Zubin Damania (ZDoggMD). Zubin first came to my attention with a viral video at the start of 2020 where he channelled some righteous anger at the medical establishment's response...
06.17.2022
Curiosity & Wonder, John Vervaeke & Jonathan Pageau
This was a special in person dialogue between the cognitive scientist John Vervaeke and the symbolism expert Jonathan Pageau. They reflect on what each finds valuable about each other's work, the nature of the conversation that they have been part of,...
05.17.2022
Comedy & Wisdom, John Lloyd
John Lloyd is a legendary comedy producer, who produced some of the biggest comedy hits of the 80s and 90s, including Not the Nine O Clock News, Spitting Image, and all four series of Blackadder. After a mid life crisis he...
05.08.2022
Conspiracy Theories, Russia & Cancellation, Daniel Pinchbeck
This is a wide ranging conversation about conspiracy theories, the occult, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and more with the writer Daniel Pinchbeck. Over the years Daniel has spent a lot of time investigating alternative narratives including conspiracy, and has...
04.30.2022
Elon Musk, Twitter, Free Speech vs Moderation. Jim Rutt & Aaron Rabinowitz
In one of the most important developments in the dynamic between big tech, free speech and media in many years, Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44bn. Much of the commentary online has devolved into the predictable political shouting matches, and...
04.14.2022
The State of Heterodoxy, David Fuller & Meghan Daum
This is a conversation that was originally posted on Meghan Daum's 'Unspeakable' podcast as 'Talking Sense Into Sensemakers'. David and Meghan talk about their shared history exploring the 'heterodox' space over the last years, and their impressions of what needs to...
04.08.2022
The Agent in the Arena, John Vervaeke & Jonathan Rowson
John Vervaeke is a cognitive scientist - a good friend of RW - and the creator of the cult hit - awakening from the meaning crisis series. A couple of weeks ago he travelled to the UK for a series of...
03.23.2022
My Journey Over Ukraine/Russia, Konstantin Kisin
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia is now over a month old. Konstantin Kisin is a comedian and the host of the Triggernometry show, he is also a Russian immigrant with family in both Ukraine and Russia. In this conversation with...
03.12.2022
A Contrarian View on Ukraine/Russia, Samo Burja
How will Russia's invasion of Ukraine shape the world for decades to come? Samo Burja is a geopolitical expert who has developed a reputation for bucking the conventional wisdom. In this conversation he makes his predictions for the future, explaining how...
03.01.2022
Putin’s Religious Mission, Gary Lachman
What are the deeper religious and philosophical currents informing Vladimir Putin and the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Gary Lachman is the author of the recent book 'The Return of Holy Russia: Apocalyptic History, Mystical Awakening, and the Struggle for the Soul...
02.27.2022
Integral Panel 2022, Diane Musho Hamilton, Jeff Salzman & Steve McIntosh
Integral philosophy has been a big influence on many of Rebel Wisdom's guests over the years. So we brought together three key figures, meditator and mediator Diane Musho Hamilton, the host of the popular Daily Evolver podcast Jeff Salzman and...
02.08.2022
Rogan & the Media, Zubin Damania
All the arrayed forces of the sensemaking crisis, cancel culture, censorship and the ethical dilemmas of truth seeking seem now to be focused on one man, the podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan. These questions were already brought into a heightened focus...
02.04.2022
The Mythos of Sci Fi: Jonathan Pageau & Damien Walter
A few months ago we put out a brilliant conversation about the deep mythology of the new Dune movie with the sci fi writer and podcaster Damien Walter - looking at what the stories we tell through science fiction tell...
01.29.2022
The view from Ukraine, Vytas Bucianas
As Russia looks poised to invade Ukraine, we speak to a friend of ours inside Ukraine. Vytas Bucianas is a developmental coach based in Kiev. In this conversation we discuss the recent history of Ukraine, what a conflict might mean for...
01.28.2022
Talking masculinity with the ’most dangerous therapist in the world’, Jerry Hyde
Jerry Hyde is a shadow therapist with 25 years clinical experience, who rejects many of the conventionally held views of the mainstream psychotherapy world. He works primarily with men, and has run men's groups for decades, which have years-long waiting lists...
01.20.2022
The Religious Wars of the Pandemic Endgame, Rebel Wisdom
One of the biggest problems with talking about something as vast and impactful as the pandemic is to find the right level of analysis. In this epic piece, we look at the deeper religious and theological forces playing out below...
12.31.2021
Covid & the Sensemaking Crisis, BJ Campbell
Why does our response to Covid seem perfectly calibrated to create maximum division and disagreement? How has it made the problems of sensemaking so much worse and dragged us all into it? BJ Campbell is the creator of the Handwaving Freakoutery...
12.30.2021
The Breathwork Revolution, Prema McKeever
Breathwork and Embodiment has always been hugely important to many of the practices we talk about on Rebel Wisdom. This is a conversation with breathworker Prema McKeever about the history of embodiment and breath practices, and how they are becoming...
12.29.2021
Changing Course on Covid? William Eden
What are we getting wrong with Covid, and what does it mean to adapt to it becoming an endemic disease? William Eden is a biotech and healthcare expert who has been paying close attention to the progress of the pandemic from...
12.25.2021
A Christmas Gift from Rebel Wisdom, the Sensemaking Companion
Happy Christmas! The Sensemaking Companion introduction film is listed on our new home on Substack: https://rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/our-christmas-gift-to-you-the-sensemaking Register your email address to be sent the full version when it's live. We're now hosting all our exclusive member content there, and there's...
12.23.2021
Nuance & Heterodoxy, Meghan Daum
Meghan Daum is a writer and journalist, and host of the Unspeakable podcast. After a long time in the heart of the legacy media, she was becoming increasingly unhappy with the groupthink and narrow perspectives. After discovering what later became...
12.20.2021
Psychedelic Capitalism and The Sacred
Can psychedelics change culture? In this new documentary, Alexander Beiner speaks with leaders in the field including Robin Carhart-Harris, Dennis McKenna, Bia Labate, Rick Doblin, Jamie Wheal and Kat Conour to find out if the original vision of the psychedelic...
12.15.2021
Web3: Tech vs the Human Condition, Jordan Hall
Web3 is the collective name for the latest wave of innovation online. Touted as much more decentralised, democratic and creative than the current web ecosystem, for its evangelists it's our best hope to innovate our way out of many our...
12.10.2021
Tech, Cults & the Cryptoqueen, Jamie Bartlett
Jamie Bartlett is a writer and journalist who's been investigating our complex relationship with technology for years, through books like People vs Tech, and recently through the hit podcast the Missing Crypto Queen. In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller...
11.30.2021
The Psychospiritual Legacy of The Beatles, Erik Davis & Anderson Todd
Why are we still obsessed with The Beatles, and is it healthy? Fifty years after they broke up, it seems that the mark they made on our culture has not faded. Does this demonstrate the timeless genius of the band,...
11.29.2021
Will Magic Mushrooms Be Legalised? with David Nutt, Crispin Blunt & Tom Eckert
Are the UK and US about to legalise magic mushrooms? A number of cities and states in the US have decriminalised psychedelics, and recent headlines in the UK have reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is thinking of rescheduling psilocybin. But...
11.24.2021
‘Is Reality All In Your Head?‘ with Bernardo Kastrup
Is reality created in our minds, or are the things you can touch and feel all that's real? Philosopher Bernardo Kastrup holds doctorates in both philosophy and computer science, and has made a name for himself by arguing for metaphysical...
11.16.2021
John Vervaeke, Documentary Project
This is a short podcast to announce an upcoming film project with John Vervaeke, and an opportunity to contribute ideas and skills to help make it happen. The aim of the film is primarily to answer the question 'Where do you...
11.11.2021
Lab Leak For & Against, Yuri Deigin & Stuart Neil
The question of where Covid-19 came from has become one of the most contentious and heated topics. Even the US intelligence community is split between those who believe it most likely emerged naturally from the wild and those who believe...
11.09.2021
Jules Evans - Essential Philosophy for Modern Life
What can Socrates teach us about identity politics? Can Mary Wollstonecraft give us a fresh take on free speech in the age of big tech? What would Carl Jung make of the strange union of the new age and far right known as ‘Conspirituality’? This...
11.08.2021
The Metaverse: Facebook vs Sci-Fi with Damien Walter
Mark Zuckerberg recently announced plans to create a new VR 'Metaverse', psychedelic sci-fi classic Dune is the film of the moment, and the super-rich are trying to colonise Mars. The influence of science fiction on culture seems stronger than ever...
11.03.2021
Stories & Status, Will Storr
Will Storr is an author and journalist, and an avid student of human psychology, the stories we tell ourselves and the games we play with ourselves and others. In this fascinating conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller, he discusses the trajectory...
11.02.2021
The Modern Dating Economy, James Bloodworth
The tech revolution has completely changed the way we meet and mate, creating a hugely unequal playing field of winners and losers. James Bloodworth is the host of the Modern Dating Economy podcast, trying to understand what this revolution is doing...
10.26.2021
A Poker Pro Explains Game Theory: Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree was a top ranked poker player and won more than $4 million on the international circuit. A self-professed nerd with a degree in astrophysics, she now has her own YouTube channel making films about game theory, complexity, physics...
10.23.2021
Dune & the Deeper Meaning of Sci Fi, Rebel Wisdom
The new Sci Fi epic Dune is one of the year's biggest releases, and one of the most anticipated science fiction films in years. At Rebel Wisdom we are taking this opportunity to ask some deeper questions, including what is...
10.21.2021
The Future of Psychedelics with Dennis McKenna
Dennis McKenna is perhaps the world's best-known psychedelic ethnobotanist and a pioneer in the field of psychedelic research. He's the author of several books, including 'The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss' which chronicles his life with his brother Terence McKenna. More...
10.20.2021
Chappelle & Trans Activism, Katie Herzog
Controversies over the topic of trans seem to come around on a weekly basis. The latest is around the recent comedy special by Dave Chappelle on Netflix. In the UK there was a big scandal over a concerted attempt to...
10.19.2021
Rogan, CNN & Heterodox Thinking, Zubin Damania
The pandemic has stress tested all our institutions, especially those we have relied on for truth seeking and sensemaking. It's deepened the chasm between mainstream and alternative, consensus and contrarian. A couple of days ago the most popular alternative media personality in...
10.05.2021
Manson & the Secret War of the 60s, Tom O‘Neill
Investigative journalist Tom O'Neill started researching the Manson killings in 1999, twenty years later he finally published what became one of the most complete accounts of the secret war against the counterculture of the 1960s. He discovered links to the CIA's...
09.30.2021
The Ethics of Alternative Media, Chris Williamson
This is part of Rebel Wisdom's new series 'The State of Sensemaking', the first film in the series is here: https://youtu.be/4YYrjHXJ0jI Chris Williamson is the host of the Modern Wisdom podcast, which has over 200,000 subscribers, and where he has hosted...
09.29.2021
Growth & Awakening, Rafia Morgan
Rafia Morgan has been a facilitator and counsellor for over 40 years, and is something of a mentor to us at Rebel Wisdom. In this wide ranging conversation with David Fuller, they discuss the positives and the pitfalls of awakening,...
08.31.2021
Ivermectin, the Backstory of the FLCCC. Eric Osgood
Rebel Wisdom has been covering the ongoing controversy over the claims to do with the drug Ivermectin and those who claim the Covid vaccines are dangerous. The principle advocate for Ivermectin has been the doctor Pierre Kory and his organisation...
08.30.2021
The State of Sensemaking, Rebel Wisdom Series
For years Rebel Wisdom has been focused on the problems of Sensemaking, how we find truth together. The pandemic has made all these problems worse. We are lost in echo chambers, manipulated by narrative warfare and the hacking of our...

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Rebel Wisdom episodes:

Iain McGilchrist, ’We Need to Act’

Feminine Wisdom - Schuyler Brown & Samantha Sweetwater

How Social Media Warps Creators, Tristan Harris

In Search of the Third Attractor, Daniel Schmachtenberger (part 2)

In Search of the Third Attractor, Daniel Schmachtenberger (part 1)

Time for the Irrational, Layman Pascal

Jordan Peterson, An Integral View: Ken Wilber

Reflecting on the Pandemic, Zubin Damania

Curiosity & Wonder, John Vervaeke & Jonathan Pageau

Comedy & Wisdom, John Lloyd

Conspiracy Theories, Russia & Cancellation, Daniel Pinchbeck

Elon Musk, Twitter, Free Speech vs Moderation. Jim Rutt & Aaron Rabinowitz

The State of Heterodoxy, David Fuller & Meghan Daum

The Agent in the Arena, John Vervaeke & Jonathan Rowson

My Journey Over Ukraine/Russia, Konstantin Kisin

A Contrarian View on Ukraine/Russia, Samo Burja

Putin’s Religious Mission, Gary Lachman

Integral Panel 2022, Diane Musho Hamilton, Jeff Salzman & Steve McIntosh

Rogan & the Media, Zubin Damania

The Mythos of Sci Fi: Jonathan Pageau & Damien Walter

The view from Ukraine, Vytas Bucianas

Talking masculinity with the ’most dangerous therapist in the world’, Jerry Hyde

The Religious Wars of the Pandemic Endgame, Rebel Wisdom

Covid & the Sensemaking Crisis, BJ Campbell

The Breathwork Revolution, Prema McKeever

Changing Course on Covid? William Eden

A Christmas Gift from Rebel Wisdom, the Sensemaking Companion

Nuance & Heterodoxy, Meghan Daum

Psychedelic Capitalism and The Sacred

Web3: Tech vs the Human Condition, Jordan Hall

Tech, Cults & the Cryptoqueen, Jamie Bartlett

The Psychospiritual Legacy of The Beatles, Erik Davis & Anderson Todd

Will Magic Mushrooms Be Legalised? with David Nutt, Crispin Blunt & Tom Eckert

‘Is Reality All In Your Head?‘ with Bernardo Kastrup

John Vervaeke, Documentary Project

Lab Leak For & Against, Yuri Deigin & Stuart Neil

Jules Evans - Essential Philosophy for Modern Life

The Metaverse: Facebook vs Sci-Fi with Damien Walter

Stories & Status, Will Storr

The Modern Dating Economy, James Bloodworth

A Poker Pro Explains Game Theory: Liv Boeree

Dune & the Deeper Meaning of Sci Fi, Rebel Wisdom

The Future of Psychedelics with Dennis McKenna

Chappelle & Trans Activism, Katie Herzog

Rogan, CNN & Heterodox Thinking, Zubin Damania

Manson & the Secret War of the 60s, Tom O‘Neill

The Ethics of Alternative Media, Chris Williamson

Growth & Awakening, Rafia Morgan

Ivermectin, the Backstory of the FLCCC. Eric Osgood

The State of Sensemaking, Rebel Wisdom Series