In this episode, Helena Norberg-Hodge talks to Iain McGilchrist. Iain is a one-of-a-kind thinker, an Oxford literary scholar as well as a doctor in psychiatry and neuroscience. His interdisciplinary achievements reflect his conviction about the importance of holistic thinking – a topic he has explored in-depth in his two ground-breaking works, 'The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World', and, more recently, 'The Matter with Things'.
In this conversation, Iain and Helena employ a big-picture lens to critique artificial intelligence, corporate globalization, and the profit-orientation of science and academia. They ask some hard questions about how things might change – through collapse, through movement-building, through grassroots action, or through a combination of these? And they also articulate insights into who we are as human beings, what constitutes genuine intelligence, and what a fulfilling life really entails.
Suicidal growth & the future of sustainable economies – Andrew Simms
Mental health crisis: blame the system, not the individual – Eva Henje
Grassroots movements & initiatives are changing the world - Juan del Rio
Illusions of progress and their countertrends in Japan - Keibo Owia
Localization: learning from indigenous communities – Thais Mantovani
Agrarian localism: becoming 'ecological protagonists' – Chris Smaje
Car-free cities, corporate control and the power of people - Debra Efroymson
A World Yet To Come – Adebayo Akomolafe
Connecting to the land: paving the way for young farmers – Ele Saltmarsh
Reimagining education: from deadlihoods to alivelihoods - Manish Jain
Insights of an economic hitman “from a death to a life economy” - John Perkins
Alnoor Ladha – Courageous optimism
Episode 22 - Charles Eisenstein - Towards a new and ancient culture
Episode 21 - Vandana Shiva - The Power of People
Episode 20 - Mental Health in the Global Economy with Gabor Maté
Episode 19 - Jeremy Lent: Shifting Paradigms
Episode 18 - COP, carbon and high-tech: who is setting the agenda?
Episode 17 - Beyond Conspiracy: Framing Meaningful Activism
Episode 16 - Unpacking Global Empire from an Indigenous Perspective
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Voices of Misery Podcast
House of Whimsical Terror
Just Dumb Enough Podcast
Stuff You Should Know
Timcast IRL