Beste Talks & Thoughts podcaster (2024)

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The gospel, sexual desire and the abuse scandals in the church. What has the erotic to do with God? 31:37

7d ago31:37

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The resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury has highlighted the horrendous nature of abuse in the church and also the church’s difficulties in dealing with these individuals. But is focusing on individuals enough or trying to address these matters through safeguarding and moral injunctions? Those elements are no doubt necessary. But I think als…

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The Turn of the Tide. Martin Shaw & Mark Vernon talk about discerning the New Christian moment 1:21:59

27d ago1:21:59

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Martin Shaw and Mark Vernon return for a second conversation following Martin’s embrace of Orthodox Christianity. The first conversation, entitled The Mossy Face of Christ, can be found on my YouTube channel. They discuss what is happening with the apparent resurgence of interest in Christianity, not least in relation to Martin’s new course, The Sk…

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Purposes in nature and minds. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake 30:06

1M ago30:06

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One of the premises of modern science is that nature is devoid of purposes. Instead, purposeless explanations for phenomena are sought. And the strategy has proved hugely productive. Except that allusions to purpose never quite fade from the scientific imagination. In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon …

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Does the Consolation of Philosophy offered by Boethius, still work, 1500 years on? 34:30

1M ago34:30

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The 1500th anniversary of the death of Boethius more than likely falls in 2024. He asks a key question: how to find true, lasting, reliable happiness? His answer, The Consolation of Philosophy, was a mediaeval bestseller, massively influencial, and is also very readable. So what do Boethius and, in particular, Lady Philosophy tell us?…

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All Things Are Full Of Gods by David Bentley Hart. A summary and discussion 29:33

2M ago29:33

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All Things Are Full Of Gods is David Bentley Hart’s philosophical case for an idealist and theist understanding of consciousness, understood as an intertwining of mind, language and life. As he puts it: “Mind and life, and language too, are possibly only by way of a kind of “downward causation” that informs their “upward” evolution in particular be…

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How does memory work? A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake 39:32

2M ago39:32

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No one knows. Repeated experiments have failed to locate where memories are stored in the brain, casting doubt on the conventional assumption that memories are stored as material traces. In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon discuss various kinds of memory, from episodic memory to habits. They consider …

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The Man Behind the Voice - RAWQWLTY 1:22:32

3M ago1:22:32

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Get ready to dive into the incredible journey of RAWQWLTY! 🌟 From the charming streets of East Stroudsburg, PA to the dazzling lights of the Big Apple, RAWQWLTY has made waves in the music world, collaborating with stars like Alicia Keys and A Boogie wit da Hoodie. 🎶✨ Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes interview where RAWQWLTY shares his am…

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0:00 / 19:22 What did Socrates teach? Or why you only understand Plato if he is decolonised 19:22

3M ago19:22

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What Socrates taught is, of course, the wrong question. For, if there is one thing that Plato is quite clear about, it is that Socrates taught nothing. Something else is going on when you encounter this figure. So what is it? In this talk I look first at common errors concerning Plato, such as that he pitched body against soul or thought poets were…

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To see a world in a grain of sand. Poetry & philosophy for a civilisation in distress. A conversation with Valentin Gerlier 49:50

4M ago49:50

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What has poetry to do with philosophy? Why might poetry particularly matter now? How did figures from Plato to Einstein value the poetic voice? Valentin Gerlier and Mark Vernon return for another conversation about the manner in which we humans are gifted with symbolic as well as cognitive imaginations. They ask why we keep returning to poets such …

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Hallam v the State, and free speech. The Just Stop Oil desecrations are calling to our humanity 26:52

4M ago26:52

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Just Stop Oil and the imprisonment of Roger Hallam and others has provoked an outcry, on both sides of the dispute. And the heightened emotions have made me think. What's going on here? What is at stake? I suspect that what’s being missed is something fundamental to human society and how we participate in a wider environment, and that can be discer…

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Chance and accidents, indeterminism and prayer. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake 38:19

4M ago38:19

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Randomness and luck, fate and providence. How do these facets of life relate to one another? Or is everything, actually, mechanically determined with synchronicities, say, being no more than coincidences? In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon discuss the ways in which philosophers and scientists, ancien…

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Cultural Christianity kills. Taking Blake's Christianity seriously. William on Jesus 51:06

5M ago51:06

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At one level, Blake is clearly Christian. It’s even trivial to say so. And yet, his identification with Jesus is often sidelined, even written out, of accounts of the poet's work today. There are many reasons for this neglect: an understandable disillusionment with Christianity; the replacement of participative Christianity with cultural Christiani…

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Trans activism, transhumanising, economic transition. Proxies for vision & the lost soul of politics 17:40

5M ago17:40

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Three “trans” issues seem to be proxies for vision in contemporary politics, feeding the sense of despair and disillusion. Trans activism, which is not the same as trans pathology. Transhumanising, the techno-utopian dream of tomorrow. Transitioning the economy, moving from extractive consumption. All three are about qualities of relationship: - to…

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What's the female gaze anyways? 1:03:07

5M ago1:03:07

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We know what the male gaze is, because we live in it but what does the female gaze look like as we move into a more woman centered world? Let us take a deep dive and explore what the world looks like through the lens of the female gaze.

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School’s Out for Summer 5:25

5M ago5:25

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The hosts of Talks and Thoughts close out the school year by reflecting on what they’ve learned in podcasting class and sharing their summer plans.Av New York Edge

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Taste Test: International Candies 17:50

5M ago17:50

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Talks and Thoughts reviews a selection of international candies and rates them from 1 to 10.Av New York Edge

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The Good, the Bad, and the Stress of PBATs 13:47

5M ago13:47

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All about PBATs – Performance Based Assessment Tasks – and how they compare to the Regents exams.Av New York Edge

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Sound Check: A Review of “Tyla” 28:23

5M ago28:23

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Talks and Thoughts reviews Tyla’s new self-titled album.Av New York Edge

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Family Matters 17:36

5M ago17:36

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Siblings and family life from the perspective of an oldest sibling, youngest sibling, middle child, and a youngest child who was raised as an only child.Av New York Edge

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Cut off in the literal age. Owen Barfield & Carl Jung on alienation and political disillusionment 18:47

5M ago18:47

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There is a link between rising levels of mental-ill health and political disillusionment. Feeling cut off is not just an economic and psychological problem, but is a symptom of a wider alienation arising from modern consciousness. Owen Barfield argued that contemporary political problems are fundamentally due to estrangement not only from others bu…

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To Generalise is to be an Idiot. William Blake on politics, disillusionment and abstraction 13:25

5M ago13:25

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William Blake lived during the period in which the modern world was born. A prophet, he detected the tendencies that now powerfully shape our age. The love of abstraction was high on his list of troubles. Such generalisations profoundly shape politics today. Politicians sell themselves on whether they will boost the economy, drive up growth, fight …

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God, sexuality & the psyche. CS Lewis and Sigmund Freud tabletalk. Thoughts on Freud’s Last Session 22:49

6M ago22:49

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The new movie Freud’s Last Session is well worth a watch, particularly if either man is of interest. The issues you might expect are aired between them, not least belief in God. But also the more shadowy sides to their lives - Lewis’s relationship with Janie Moore, Freud’s with his daughter Anna. I enjoyed it, though also wondered if they might hav…

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Rendering to Caesar. Jesus on politics and the kingdom that is within 13:31

6M ago13:31

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I've been thinking about politics and disillusionment that seems most characteristic of now, in the West at least, and thinking about the prepolitcal - what politics needs to work well. I've thought about Plato on beauty and Aristotle on ethics in previous posts. Now a third guide, Jesus on... which isn't immediately easy to say. And that's the poi…

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The fullness of life. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake 34:29

6M ago34:29

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At school, we learn that being alive is to possess certain functions, from respiration to reproduction. But what is life and why can the word “life” be used more widely than referring only to biological life? In the latest episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon consider the meaning of saying that stars have a li…

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Ethics and the failure of politics, or why ethics is part of the problem. A dispatch from Athens 12:57

6M ago12:57

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Disillusionment with politics is probably the most obvious feature of the current mood. This is, in part, because politics has collapsed onto anxiety about material improvement and lost sight of much more. In a secular society in which this facet of wellbeing is increasingly hard to deliver, politics appears therefore to be failing. So now is a goo…

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Beauty and the failure of politics. An election dispatch from ancient Athens 11:40

6M ago11:40

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Disillusionment with politics is probably the most obvious feature of the current mood. This is, in part, because politics has collapsed onto anxiety about material improvement and lost sight of much more. In a secular society in which this facet of wellbeing is increasingly hard to deliver, politics appears therefore to be failing. So now is a goo…

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Force Fields. Behind the fog of maths. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake 37:38

7M ago37:38

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Einstein remarked that there was physics before Maxwell and physics after Maxwell, the difference being the introduction of field theory. So what difference did fields make and, more to the point, what are they? In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon explore how electromagnetic, gravitational and quantum…

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The enchanted vision. An invitation to read about love 5:27

7M ago5:27

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To read the essay, go to Aeon magazine's website, or https://aeon.co/essays/in-the-beginning-there-was-love-we-can-move-with-its-powerAv Mark Vernon

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Slay or Nay… Our Takes on Fashion 26:37

8M ago26:37

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What’s your favorite clothing brand? What stores do you shop in? Does your style match your personality? Plus Y2K fashion critiques, celebrity looks, and more.Av New York Edge

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Sound Check: A Look Back at the Past 25:19

8M ago25:19

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If you could meet any singer—alive or dead—who would it be? Special guests join Talks and Thoughts for a discussion about Bob Marley’s legacy, reggae’s influence on other artists, reasons why people should give other music genres a chance, who Bob Dylan is, live performances vs studio tracks, and more.…

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Sound Check: The Music of Today 17:32

8M ago17:32

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What’s your favorite song? Students at CSSJ discuss Beyoncé and country music, Tyler, the Creator’s Grammy performance, Rihanna at the VMAs, Ariana Grande’s tongue, larynx control, live performances vs studio tracks, and more.Av New York Edge

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The Great Phone Debate 18:53

8M ago18:53

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Should students’ phones get taken away at school? A conversation that looks at the reasons and impact of phone policies, including both student and staff perspectives.Av New York Edge

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Season 2 Trailer 1:37

8M ago1:37

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A look at the what’s ahead on Talks and Thoughts: Season 2.Av New York Edge

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Matter is frozen light. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake & Mark Vernon 40:07

8M ago40:07

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The everyday stuff called matter turns out to be both more fascinating and stranger than we usually assume. In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon ask just matter is, beginning with contemporary ideas from quantum physics, in which matter is frozen light, as the physicist David Bohm put it. They consider…

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Whose revival? Which Christianity? CS Lewis & Owen Barfield on the renewed interest of belief in God 41:05

8M ago41:05

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There is much talk of a revival of Christianity amongst secular intellectuals, at least in my cultural bubble. That may or may not be sociological significant and church attendence figures stay in marked decline. But what interests me is not so much the numbers as the spirit of the renewed interest. What is the feel of the Christianity being discus…

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Strangeness is the new real. Martin Shaw & Mark Vernon in conversation 1:14:26

8M ago1:14:26

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A couple of years back, Martin Shaw had a visionary experience that led him to Christianity. We talked about it as the Mossy face of Christ - https://youtu.be/8luN8bDDRBs?si=c7jHUt-Ih5xKlVWq So it was great to talk again about what's been happening. Which is much. The conversation ranges over what might be happening now with Christianity, Martin's …

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Christspiracy. The documentary's claims about Jesus & Christianity put to the test, w Kameron Waters 1:34:11

9M ago1:34:11

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The makers of Seaspiracy and Cowspiracy are back. Christspiracy is another profoundly disturbing film detailing the industrial abuse of our animal kin. Expect more horrific carelessness and exploitation on a mass scale. Only this time, Kip Andersen and Kameron Waters not only go global but look back in time. “This is plausibly the most significant …

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The Nature of Energy. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake & Mark Vernon 36:31

9M ago36:31

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Energy is a key organising principle in modern science, the conversation of energy being a grounding and universal law. But what is energy? In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon examine the history of the idea and the word. In science, energy is a relatively recently notion, emerging in its current form…

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Participation renewed. Discussing The Riddle of the Sphinx, new essays from Owen Barfield 1:20:51

9M ago1:20:51

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I talk again with Landon Loftin and Max Leyf about the genius insight of Owen Barfield. The Riddle of the Sphinx (Barfield Press) is a new collection of talks and essays about the great friend of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien. We discuss Barfield's take on analysis and analogy, Darwinian and other kinds of evolution, the significance of Rudolf Stein, an…

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Apocalypse? It's now! Good news & secular salvation, climate crisis & time. With Gunnar Gjermundsen 1:23:09

9M ago1:23:09

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How can Christianity address the climate crisis? Isn’t the objectifying of nature and the drive to improve our lot a secular legacy of Christendom? And isn’t individual conversion more or less irrelevant in a time of systemic crisis? I was delighted to be sent an essay by Gunnar Gjermundsen that asks these questions and more. His insights are wide-…

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Practicing paradise, or refusing wretchedness in Lent 7:46

10M ago7:46

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Western liturgies are obsessed with sin. "There is no health in us", or words to that effect, begin and end most services, particularly in Lent. Jesus's wilderness experience was actually about something else - practicing paradise, to use to the phrase of Douglas Christie. It's a time to reorientate attention, not wallow in guilt and re-embed shame…

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Rozay Rantz Part I 41:56

10M ago41:56

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This is a new segment on the show where I talk about everything I hate. This is a space to rant, vent, complain and share all my unpopular opinions. After we are done ranting, we let go. We cover topics from Nicki Minaj and Megan, influencer culture, AI, Drake leaks, omajuices, movies, moral agents, valentines and everything in between. I hope you …

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The Speed of Gravity. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake 32:23

10M ago32:23

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Isaac Newton is best known for his theory of gravity. And yet, the great scientist also insisted: "ye cause of gravity is what I do not pretend to know.” In other words, notions like gravity, and force in general, are deeply mysterious phenomena. In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon ask just what gravi…

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How rituals of love can aid death and dying. A conversation with Madeleine Pennington 42:24

10M ago42:24

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The rituals around death and dying are changing in the UK and across the developed world. Medical care advances, which is for the good, though can mean to a loss of other kinds of wisdom about this facet of life. People’s beliefs and convictions about death are also in a state of flux. The think tank, Theos, has extensively researched this changing…

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Nondualism & enchantment, acting & UFOs (Rupert Spira & Meister Eckhart too). Talk with Jamie Robson 1:04:16

10M ago1:04:16

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A conversation with actor, Jamie Robson, whom I met through the work of Rupert Spira. 00:00 Meeting through Rupert Spira 03:26 Nondualism and Christian mysticism 06:02 Nondualism and acting 15:00 Being and doing 19:40 Detachment and Meister Eckhart 26:48 Two modes of perception in Iain McGilchrist and others 32:43 Double vision and a re-enchanted w…

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Love at the meeting of cultures. A conversation with Chine McDonald 23:05

10M ago23:05

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Born in Nigeria and raised in the UK since the age of 4, Chine McDonald is well placed to explore love in different cultural contexts, and what happens when differences meet. We talked about how differences show up particularly in relation to the practicalities of loving, from house design to how people talk at funerals, as well as wider questions …

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Mindset 28:31

11M ago28:31

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Hey, kings and queens. Sorry for the weird echo in the audio but we're back again after the holidays. We hope you guys had a great Christmas and a happy new year. We come to bless your ears once again but this time, we're talking about mindset. We'll let you make the decision yourself after you listen. Also, we please, please, please ask that you c…

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Episode 10 FOMO 29:03

11M ago29:03

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FOMO is the fear of missing out. It is self pressure amongst peers. It can be good or bad. Intro track: Lola Brooke- It's me again Outro track: Megan Thee Stallion ft Rico Nasty- Scary

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Humanity’s role in nature. Are we more than just a problem? A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake 35:47

11M ago35:47

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Environmental degradation caused by technological progress is in the news almost everyday. So can any sense be made of an ancient intuition that human beings are not just part of nature but have a distinctive and positive role to play in nature? In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon discuss issues from …

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On the Incarnation or the real meaning of Christmas. Conversation with Russell Jefford & Mark Vernon 57:13

11M ago57:13

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Christmas risks losing its meaning not only because of the commercial frenzy but because of the way it is talked about in churches. In this conversation, Russell Jefford talks about his discovery of the understanding of the incarnation conveyed in the writings of the early church fathers. They were unknown to him as an evangelical Christian and hav…

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