I try to think through a submission for the essay prize of the Royal institute of philosophy on the topic of "Emotions"

I discuss how AI should be asked to prove its sentience by demonstrating it can meditate, I open with a placefulness practice and then update on the PhD progress as I start prep for a conference in October

An experiment in bringing a few worlds together. I try to present an example of how we can practice mindfulness that doesn't require sitting still and taking one object of focus

Опитвам се да мина през основните идеи от литературата които са част от докторантурата ми с цел да видя дали ще имам по различна гледна точка на Български. Интересен експеримент

A quick memo on a concept that just makes sense - Placefulness

Exploring the first few steps of an ultra run I am doing to raise funds for British-Ukrainian Aid I cover many topics that have zero to do with each other. From initial analysis of the PhD being done to my dislike for linguistics. Basically, I tell stories like a 5 year old with no beginning middle or end. If you want to donate go to adapting.co.uk or straight to my just giving page by searching for Aleks Vladimirov

I talk about the progress with my PhD results as a hierarchy of heuristics recommended by participants seems to emerge. Let's see how much of Maslow's, Kaufman's and Tuan as humanists across management, psychology and geography can help with making sense of my data. Should place brand managers have to be responsible for both basic and higher needs

Talking as I explore the route of an ultra marathon - from the I Ching book of changes to the place attachment to Mars and some other curiosities I will never have time to write about so wanted to let them go into the ether

In this episode I talk about the feedback I got from my first conference. Amazing feedback from a great community... All the recording was done while running in the woods back "home" in Bulgaria so if the quality is not great at some point it might be me going faster so I can keep warm at - 5 degrees celsius

In this one I am walking the streets of Lyon and talking about the landscape of ideas that are close to my PhD interest as I warm up for the Doctoral Colloquium as part of the International Place Branding Conference. It is always difficult to approach the topic with interest when it has been with me for nearly 5 years now but at least there is some confidence in the need to honestpy share where I am upto so that others at the conference can help me out with ideas and reading