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E145| Membranes, Paradigms, Archetypes w/ Alexander Bard and Tim Adalin
Where are we in history? What is the central question for social philosophy? What paradigm might be replacing capitalism? What will become of humanity in the age of information and attention? How can re-thinking a philosophy of membranes, paradigms, and archetypes help us situate living in the world today?
Welcoming the return of philosopher Alexander Bard in conversation with Tim Adalin about membranics, paradigmatics, and archetypology in the chaos between capitalism and attentionalism.
E144 | Future Human w/ Carl Hayden Smith, Simon van der Els, Sarah Janes, Pamela von Sabljar, Jon Garner, Tim Adalin @ The Big Dinner
A multimodal experiment in altered states of conversation, sensing for qualities of the Future Human. This took place at The Big Dinner: like pirate radio, but with dinners hosted at homes around the world, held by the Voicecraft Network.
VC Network | The Politics of Movement w/ Jurnee, Corey Karuna-Manawa, Bek, Jon and Tim
Exploring the relationship between movement, art, politics, and violence. With movement practitioners Jurnee, Bek, Corey Karuna-Manawa, with Jon Garner creating live art and philosopher Tim Adalin.
VC Network | Enter Attention: Professor Jiang (Culture Lab) w/ Tom Lyons & Tim Adalin
A Culture Lab dialogue exploring the rise to attentional prominence of Jiang Xueqin. Jiang has become an influential commentator on geopolitics and power more broadly, thanks in part to his predictions and analysis on the Iran war.
E143| What Are We Accelerating Towards? w/ Benjamin Studebaker, Michel Bauwens, O.G. Rose and Tim Adalin
On geopolitical shifts, civilisational cycles, and the potential for new social coordination mechanisms in an increasingly frenetic world. This dialogue welcomes the return of political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, philosopher O.G. Rose, and Commons / Civilisation theorist Michel Bauwens in dialogue with Tim Adalin.
VC Network | Movement and Philosophy w/ Seth Dellinger, Jurnee, Corey Karuna-Manawa, Tim Adalin
Exploring the philosophy of movement — what it means to move well, the relationship between stillness and awareness, and how physical practice becomes a vehicle for self and world discovery. Welcoming movement practitioners Seth Dellinger, Jurnee, Bek and Corey Karuna-Manawa.
E142| Anthro-Complexity: Entanglement, Wayshaping and Addressing Existential Threat w/ Dave Snowden
What is Anthro-complexity? What makes humans different? How can we respond with wisdom, at scale, to our entanglements? Welcoming polymathic thinker and renowned complexity practitioner Dave Snowden, in dialogue with Tim Adalin.
VC Network | What is Metashamanism? w/ Layman Pascal, Simon van der Els, Tom Lyons
A Voicecraft Network dialogue welcoming integral philosopher Layman Pascal, neo-shamanic practitioner Simon van der Els, and Tom Lyons exploring the meaning of 'metashamanics' and the evolving role of shamanism in the digital age.
E141| The Dreaming Mysteries, Incubation, and Ancient Initiatory Rites w/ Sarah Janes
Welcoming Sarah Janes to dialogue on the esoteric history and culture of dreaming, consciousness, mysticism and technology. She is the author of Initiation Into Dream Mysteries, a psychomagic journey to awaken lucid dream consciousness. Sarah is a researcher, curator, retreat/workshop facilitator who has traced esoteric dreaming techniques back to ancient Greece and Egypt.
VC Network | The Revolutionary Subject (Voicecraft Synthesis Session)
Bringing together themes from recent Voicecraft episodes. Exploring the nature of choice, the cultivation of courage, the perils of totalitarianism, and what constitutes the revolutionary subject in our current moment. With VC Network members O.G. Rose, Tom Lyons (hosting), Kyle Lawrence, and Simon van der Els.
E140| Money, Power, Inequality and AI w/ Forrest Landry and Tim Adalin
Welcoming master craftsman and philosopher Forrest Landry in dialogue on the metaphysics of money, power, inequality and artificial intelligence.
VC Network | The Adjacent Possible (The Big Dinner)
Dialoguing at the first Big Dinner, working with themes of AI, the adjacent possible, systems and possibility, dead internet theory, fascism, images, and transformation. The Big Dinner is pirate radio with dinners hosted at a network of homes around the world, hosted by The Voicecraft Network. Welcome to the Voicecraft Network: a home for conversational alchemy.
E139| Cosmic Drives, Intuition, AI, and the Soul w/ Iain McGilchrist and Tim Adalin
Welcoming renowned psychiatrist and philosopher Iain McGilchrist in dialogue on the nature of intuition, power, and how attention shapes our world. Moving from neuroscience to metaphysics, we explore the relation between cosmic drives, the left and right hemispheres, attention, religion, power, good, evil, AI and the soul.
E138| Presence And The Machine w/ Andrea Hiott, Simon van der Els, Anna Gyllenklev, Tim Adalin
What is presence? How can we inoculate against coercive programming? How does presence relate to the revolutionary subject? This dialogue welcomes philosopher and neuroscientist and host of Love and Philosophy, Andrea Hiott, microbiologist and shamanic practitioner Simon van der Els, design ontologist Anna Gyllenklev, in dialogue with philosopher Tim Adalin.
E137| Who or What Is The Revolutionary Subject Today? w/ Benjamin Studebaker, Michel Bauwens, O.G. Rose and Tim Adalin
What are the prospects of social and political revolution? How can we understand revolutionary subjectivity today? Who, what, when, and where is the revolutionary subject? Inspired by a Philosophy Portal conversation between Cadell Last and Michel Bauwens, this dialogue welcomes political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, philosopher O.G. Rose, and Commons / Civilisation theorist Michel Bauwens in dialogue with Tim Adalin.
E136| Consciousness, Hyperhumanism & Experiments In Sound & Philosophy | Carl Hayden Smith & Tim Adalin
What are the challenges and prospects of integrating transformative sound with philosophy? Featuring hyperhuman theorist, psychonaut, and founder of The Museum of Consciousness Carl Hayden Smith and philosopher Tim Adalin, this dialogue reflects on the collaboration between The Museum of Consciousness and Underground Philosophy, live in Melbourne.
E135| Are We Human Yet? The Museum of Consciousness and Underground Philosophy | Carl Hayden Smith in dialogue with Tim Adalin
Featuring hyperhuman theorist, psychonaut, and founder of The Museum of Consciousness Carl Hayden Smith and philosopher Tim Adalin. Filmed at the start of an evening of transformative sonic experience with The Museum of Consciousness at Underground Philosophy, live in Melbourne. We explore the question: are we human yet?
E134| Towards a Philosophical Science of Purposeful Transformation w/ Chemical Ecologist Tim Jackson & Tim Adalin
Exploring intersections of chemical ecology, evolution, and humanity's relationship with technology in the era of technicity. Welcoming chemical ecologist Timothy Jackson in dialogue with Tim Adalin, we explore the prospects for developing a "philosophical science of purposeful transformation."
E133| What Is Politics and Why Are We Stuck? w/Benjamin Studebaker & Tim Adalin
Exploring the crises of trust and legitimacy in politics and institutions, the impact of technofeudalism on communication, power, intractable disagreement, violence, and pathways toward authentic political change even if the way is shut. Welcoming political theorist and author Benjamin Studebaker in dialogue with Tim Adalin.
E132| The Trance of Ideology, Global Pluralism & Indestructible Maps w/ O.G. Rose & Tim Adalin (Cultural Shamanism pt 3)
Exploring the tensions between ideology and reality, or ‘indestructible maps’ and participation in mystery and incompleteness, welcoming the philosopher, Voicecraft Network contributor and author of The Map is Indestructible, O.G. Rose in the form of Daniel Garner, in dialogue with Tim Adalin. This conversation continues the Cultural Shamanism series.