Trying something a little different with this month's solo show. We're putting a couple of 20th century American thinkers in dialogue around the topic of stories, meaning and what makes a life significant.

Show Notes

• The Myth of Redemptive Violence. Walter Wink.
• What Makes A Life Significant. William James.

Thought leader, speaker and innovator, Carol Sanford, joins the show this week. We discuss indigenous thinking, metaphor, and her latest book, The Regenerative Life: Transform Any Organization, Our Society, and Your Destiny.

A fascinating and eye-opening discussion.

Show Notes

• The Regenerative Life: Transform Any Organization, Our Society, and Your Destiny.
• Carol's website.
• Carol's articles on Medium.
• Carol's first appearance on Making Permaculture Stronger.
• Carol's second appearance on Making Permaculture Stronger.

One of our most popular guests returns to the show this week. Mitch is an historian, speaker, public intellectual, editor and author. He joins us today to talk about his latest book, The Miracle Habits: The Secret of Turning Your Moments Into Miracles.

We talk about focus, vitality, how best to use money and the destructive power of gossip among many other topics. There's even a bit about Tucker Carlson.

Enjoy.

• The Miracle Habits: The Secret of Turning Your Moments Into Miracles.
• Mitch's website.
• Mitch on Twitter.
• Mitch on Instagram.

Time Magazine's Hero of the Environment and Green Book Award winner, Michael Shellenberger, joins the show this week.

Michael has been an environmental activist since his teens. He founded an Amnesty International chapter at his high school, he travelled to Nicaragua to support the Sandinistas in the 80s, he ran for governor of California, he has published multiple books and founded and runs Environmental Progress.

Michael is one of the world's leading public intellectuals when it comes to clean energy and he joins us today to talk about his latest book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All.

• Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All.
• Michael's open letter, On Behalf of Environmentalists, I Apologize for the Climate Scare.
• Accompanying slides for Apocalypse Never.

Talking about talking is less Seinfeldian than it might initially appear.

Everyone's favourite Canadian scamps join the show to talk about their journey with Grimerica and what's it like to be broadcasting now, versus at the outset. Obviously we get into the speculative weeds of what's going on and what we can do about it on a group but also individual level. We literally discuss discussing.

We also talk about chickens, UFOs, guns and dinosaurs being shot at with lasers from flying saucers. There's a lot going on here, put it that way. Enjoy.

• Grimerica.
• Grimerica on Twitter. (This is Darren, specifically.)

The one and only Dr Joseph P. Farrell joins us this week! Dr Farrell publishes and speaks in a wide variety of topics, from ufology to alternate history to politics to theology.

On the occasion of the publication of his latest book, The Tower of Babel Moment, we have a wide ranging chat on some of the subjects that underpin his many interests: Music, linguistics, magic as harmonics, and what our relationship to culture is and our role within it.

Enjoy!

• The Tower of Babel Moment.
• Dr Farrell's blog and website.
• Dr Farrell's YouTube channel.

It's that time of year again! The one and only Austin Coppock joins us to talk about the astrology of the second half of all *this*.

We discuss the most important configurations to be aware of, and situate them in some of the longer trends and cycles that are playing out, then we have a lively Q&A with members and patrons.

The one and only Alex Tzakiris joins us this week for an extended and challenging discussion on the nature of evil.

Alex is in the process of writing a book on the subject, pulling together the testimony and opinions of multiple guests on his excellent podcast, Skeptiko. What does psi data tell us about the possible existence of evil? What about cross-cultural comparisons? We have a frank and challenging discussion.

This is a firecracker of an episode. Or maybe I just smell brimstone?

• Preorder Alex's book, Why Evil Matters: How Science and Religion Fumbled a Big One.
• Alex's site and podcast, Skeptiko.

This week, we welcome to the show Brandt Stickley. Brandt is, among other things, Assistant Professor in the College of Classical Chinese Medicine, Visiting Professor at Dragon rises College of Oriental Medicine, acupuncturist, herbalist and a Classical Chinese Medical practitioner working in the Portland area.

He joins us today to talk about Classical Chinese medicine, of course, but in the particular context of what insights it might provide for more holistic, spirit-inclusive healing modalities in general.

A fascinating and timely discussion. Enjoy!

• Brandt's website and blog.
• Brandt on Twitter.
• The Medicine Songs discussion mentioned in the episode.

Writer, musician and researcher Joshua Cutchin returns to the show along with first-time guest and host of the excellent Strange Familiars podcast, Timothy Renner.

Joshua and Timothy are co-authors of the recently released Where The Footprints End: High Strangeness and the Bigfoot Phenomenon volume 1. And so they join us today to talk about the book's elusive and enigmatic subject, Bigfoot.

Enjoy.

• Where The Footprints End: High Strangeness and the Bigfoot Phenomenon volume 1.
• Joshua's website.
• Strange Familiars, Timothy's podcast and website.