The Perspective Project Podcast

"When you encounter real beauty it’s almost as if it picks you up, and it brings you down in another space so that you see the world in a completely new way."

"When we realise the common humanity that we share, and how this incredible connection that we can make can so enhance our lives and our experience of one another, that can drive us forward to a really unified society."

Lloyd kindly agreed to chat about Raggy Charters, his marine eco-tour company that has consistently great reviews over at tripadvisor. We venture into various thematic territory: welcoming the whales, shark cage diving, difficulties in the war against plastic, a tree society, Lloyd's time in the police, and more.

“If you enjoy something, and you’re passionate about it, you’re going to make something happen with it”.

“If you break the wall of ignorance, then interest kicks in. And when interest kicks in, conservation kicks in.”

Mark Marshall is known in Port Elizabeth as the local snake handler, and he kindly agreed to have a chat with in which he reveals a bit about what makes him tick. 

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"Gimme whiskey, gimme jamming, gimme blues."

Kevin Abraham joined me on the podcast to chat about his approaches to his music and business, arenas in which he has had commendable success. 

Opening song by Kevin's most recent music project, Folkify. Here's another good one on youtube: "Musicians gone - Kevin Abraham Folkify".

Karen and Corné du Plessis joined kindly joined me on the podcast to chat about food and nihilism. If you liked this episode, link a friend or foe to it!

Jonathan and I met in his art studio and spoke about a lot! Electric peanuts, India, Temples, Shifting focus from bodies to nature, What is art?, The making of art and the appreciation of art, Psychedelic aesthetic as induced by non-psychedelic experience,  The places Jonathan lived and worked, Art and the blurry distinction between individual and social endeavours, Identity, Performance art, Art as a career, And that's where I'll stop!

Das and Clara answer my questions about their respective backgrounds, and we chat about initiations, conscious and unconscious lifestyles, lineages, the questioning of everything, questions surrounding whether we self-direct in living consciously or are we tapping into something external to ourselves, personal epiphanies, the bolstering psychic abilities, ways of increasing our connection to all that is, connecting with heart, transformative experiences, meditation, and more!

Riley kindly agreed to have a recorded conversation with me primarily about her gender transition. We cover quite a bit of thematic territory during the conversation, so it is not exclusively about gender transition. Sub-topics are the condition known as bipolar, as well as art and creativity. Riley's stuff: www.rileymakesstuff.wordpress.com. Support the podcast: www.perspectiveproject.co.za Send a short audio clip (90 seconds max) of your perspective broadening story to [email protected].

Prof. Ian Buchanan is, among other things, a leading Deleuze scholar, and he kindly joined me to discuss various aspects of assemblage theory. Our conversation branches off towards various other (sub-)topics such as: political action versus individual action, cycling, mountain climbing, a housing project in Australia a few years ago, and more. The public lecture that Ian delivered at Nelson Mandela University on 5 November 2019 follows after our discussion - the lecture begins at approx. 1 hour 25 minutes.

Angie Curtis and Rod Tritton are the brains behind the Learning Clan event. They kindly agreed to have a short conversation with me at the 2018 gathering. Learn more about Learning Clan at learningclan.net, and support the podcast by sending a short perspective broadening story (audio, 1 to 1 and a half minutes) to [email protected].