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AI, Government, and the FutureHarnessing AI for Economic Growth While Ensuring Equality with Julian Jacobs: Episode RerunJulian Jacobs, a Research Lead for the Oxford Group on AI Policy, Artificial Intelligence, Inequality and Society at Oxford Martin School, joins this episode of AI, Government, and the Future to explore the economic effects of AI, the potential inequalities that AI may bring, and the need to address job displacement. They also navigate the importance of government support in creating a strong middle class and the significance of human skills in the AI age.Julian is a political economist at the University of Oxford, focusing on AI policy and its political consequences, including technological disruptions, inequality, debt...2025-03-1233 min
Scope Conditions PodcastViolence as Campaign Strategy, with Niloufer SiddiquiWhen we think of weak democracies around the world, we often think of their inability to maintain a monopoly on violence because of challenges outside the state – like militias, rebel groups, criminal gangs, and other external, violent organizations. But sometimes it’s actors deeply intertwined with the state – like political parties – who are engaging in the violence. Sometimes, the call is coming from inside the house.Our guest today, Niloufer Siddiqui, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany - State University of New York, shares with us insights from her award-winning book Under the Gun...2025-02-201h 14
Encounters at the Edge: NDE StoriesDiscover Spirituality and Life-Altering Insights with Medium Paul JacobsJoin us for a transformative discussion with renowned medium Paul Jacobs. Explore the depths of your soul, uncover life's purpose, and learn about spirituality and God connection. We delve into the roles of mediums, dispel myths about spiritual practices, and reveal how prayers manifest. Paul shares profound spiritual experiences, offering a treasure trove of wisdom.
0:00: Introduction to Paul Jacobs as the world’s best cold reader.3:13: Exploring the power of spirituality.7:36: Understanding your soul's purpose.10:21: Learning the basics of spirituality.16:15: Defining spiritualism.20:07: Sharing a spiritual experience.24:49: Discussing if anyone can be a medium.2025-01-2146 min
Finding Genius PodcastTransforming Spinal Care: Motion Analysis & Musculoskeletal Modeling With Dr. Alan BreenIn today’s episode, we connect with Dr. Alan Breen to discuss motion analysis and musculoskeletal modeling and how they relate to the treatment of spinal disorders. Dr. Breen is an Emeritus Professor at the Health Sciences University Bournemouth and Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Bournemouth University. With a Ph.D. from Southampton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Dr. Breen has pioneered groundbreaking methods in using image processing and fluoroscopic imaging to measure vertebral movement in real time – with direct applications in the treatment of spinal disorders… Tune in t...2024-10-1045 min
Scope Conditions PodcastHow Criminal Governance Undermines Elections, with Jessie TrudeauIn democracies all around the world, criminal organizations are involved in electoral politics. Notable examples include the Sicilian mafia and Pablo Escobar's drug cartel in Colombia. We sometimes think of these criminal groups as having politicians in their pockets or as directing politicians to do their bidding at the barrel of a gun.But our guest today, Jessie Trudeau, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has spent years studying a different kind of relationship that can evolve between politicians and criminal gangs: candidates for office sometimes hire...2024-09-201h 18
The Mouse and MeMichael "Koz" Kosarin - Part 1Michael "Koz" Kosarin is a 2-time Emmy Award winner and a three-time Grammy-nominated recording artist and producer for his work on Broadway in Disney’s Aladdin, Newsies, and The Little Mermaid.
Koz has had a happy collaboration as music director and arranger for legendary composer Alan Menken for over thirty years, beginning with the Broadway adaptation of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in 1993, and it continues to this day in theater, film, television, and concerts.
The Disney films you and your family will know his work from begins with Pocah...2024-09-1729 min
Scope Conditions PodcastWhat College Dorms can teach us about Culture, with Joan Ricart-HuguetToday on Scope Conditions: college dorms shed light on where group culture comes from and how it molds us.At Harry Potter’s alma mater, each new student is assigned to a House that aligns with their true character. The mystical Sorting Hat takes the courageous ones and sorts them into House Gryffindor, while the studious know-it-alls go to Ravenclaw. The Sorting Hat may be fiction, but it’s actually a lot like life. Much of the social world works this way: whether by assignment or by self-selection, people often end up in social environments that already fit...2024-07-221h 18
AI, Government, and the FutureHarnessing AI for Economic Growth While Ensuring Equality with Julian Jacobs of Oxford Martin SchoolJulian Jacobs, a Research Lead for the Oxford Group on AI Policy, Artificial Intelligence, Inequality and Society at Oxford Martin School, joins this episode of AI, Government, and the Future to explore the economic effects of AI, the potential inequalities that AI may bring, and the need to address job displacement. They also navigate the importance of government support in creating a strong middle class and the significance of human skills in the AI age.Julian is a political economist at the University of Oxford, focusing on AI policy and its political consequences, including technological disruptions, inequality, debt...2024-03-2033 minThe Mouse and MeBirthday Trip to Walt Disney World - Part 1Walt Disney said, “Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.”
In this episode, Scott does something a bit different from his interview and Magical Moments episodes…this is his first recap of a Disney trip! At the end of last year…last season…he said he was working on a few new things for Season 3, and this is one of them! Scott took a one-week trip to Walt Disney World at the end of January into early February and he's excited to tell you all about it...2024-02-2045 min
Cricket Without BordersCricket in Japan with Alan CurrAlan is the Head of Cricket Operations at the Japan Cricket Association a position he has held since 2015. Alan has been instrumental in managing the growth of the sport at the grass roots level and now oversees all cricket throughout the country and the operations and logistics that go with having three National Squads.In 2012 Alan also wrote a book titled "Cricket on Everest" after helping to arrange a game of cricket on the slopes of Mount Everest!. Links:Cricket Without Borders website2024-02-1236 min
The EurocentristHow To Steal 45 Bil. and get away with itThe biggest scandal in the Second Republic of Austria was a doozy and we have the receipts to prove it, thanks to our researcher Ben. We discuss the enormous grift that was the construction of the biggest hospital in Europe, with our amazin' guest-star Alan Henderson!
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Scope Conditions PodcastStatecraft as Stagecraft, with Iza (Yue) DingMost governments around the world – whether democracies or autocracies – face at least some pressure to respond to citizen concerns on some social problems. But the issues that capture public attention — the ones on which states have incentives to be responsive – aren’t always the issues on which bureaucracies, agents of the state, have the ability to solve problems. What do these public agencies do when citizens’ demands don’t line up with either the supply of state capacity or the incentives of the central state?Our guest, Dr. Iza Ding, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern U...2024-01-271h 16
Private Club Radio Show296: A Life Altered: From Success to Survival w/ Alan JacobsLife's greatest lessons often come from the most unexpected places. Meet, Alan Jacobs, a globally recognized hospitality maestro, who has an extraordinary tale to tell. From managing the world's finest clubs to his daunting experience of being trapped in China during the pandemic, Alan's journey is nothing short of a rollercoaster. Imagine being caught amidst a global crisis, contracting COVID, and enduring a stroke thousands of miles away from home. Yet, there is so much more to his tale. Listen as Alan lays bare his reflections on how his priorities shifted and how his background in the club industry...2023-11-0636 minPrivate Club Radio Show296: A Life Altered: From Success to Survival w/ Alan JacobsLife's greatest lessons often come from the most unexpected places. Meet, Alan Jacobs, a globally recognized hospitality maestro, who has an extraordinary tale to tell. From managing the world's finest clubs to his daunting experience of being trapped in China during the pandemic, Alan's journey is nothing short of a rollercoaster. Imagine being caught amidst a global crisis, contracting COVID, and enduring a stroke thousands of miles away from home. Yet, there is so much more to his tale. Listen as Alan lays bare his reflections on how his priorities shifted and how his background in the club industry...2023-11-0636 min
#Together Talks Podcast with Alan Miller #togethertalksTogether 2nd Anniversary Event with Dr Jay Bhattacharya, Prof Carl Heneghan, Laura Dodsworth, Dr Renee Hoenderkamp, Matt Goodwin, Sherelle Jacobs, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Alan Miller & more...FULL RECORDING of Together 2nd Year Anniversary Event from Fri 29 Sep 2023, Central Hall Westminster
In front of close to 2,000 people, with speakers and contributors including:
Dr Jay Bhattacharya
Professor Carl Heneghan
Laura Dodsworth
Dr Renee Hoenderkamp
Julia Hartley-Brewer
Sherelle Jacobs
Matt Goodwin
Alan Miller
Plus a special musical performance from Rose Windross, original singer/songwriter Soul II Soul2023-10-132h 25
Scope Conditions PodcastHow the UN Keeps Peace Among Neighbors, with William G. NomikosToday on Scope Conditions, what’s the secret to successful peacekeeping?We often think of civil conflict as being driven by organized, armed groups – like rebel militias and state armies. But as our guest today reminds us, a leading cause of conflict around the world is communal violence – fights that break out between civilians over land, cattle, water, and other scarce resources. When the United Nations sends peacekeepers in to manage a conflict, one of their most important jobs is defusing tensions among neighbors – preventing local disputes from spiraling into widespread violence and derailing a larger peace process. ...2023-10-021h 15
Mindful Reading#6 - How to Think by Alan JacobsA discussion of the book How to Think by Alan JacobsHow to Think by Alan Jacobs is a book in which Alan thinks about thinking. What is thinking? How do we do it well? And where does it go wrong?The book looks at how we classify people and ideas, and how those classifications shape how we think; It looks at the words and metaphors we use, and how they too shape the way we think; It looks at the limitations of our thinking, and the hopes we have for improving our ability to think...2023-07-291h 45
The aForm ShowE060 - Manjra YadavThis week we are joined by Manjra Yadav from Jacobs. With close to 15 years of professional practice, Manjra comes with a diverse portfolio of work across multiple continents. In this episode, we talk about her journey, key learnings & much more!
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Scope Conditions PodcastRace-Based Coalitions in Three Chinatowns, with Jae Yeon KimToday on Scope Conditions: when is racial status a unifying force in politics?Shared experiences of prejudice and discrimination can sometimes help create shared political identities within and across racial minority groups and strong incentives for collective mobilization. But as our guest today points out, neither race nor racial-minority status maps neatly onto patterns of political coalition-building. Consider, for instance, the lack of an enduring political alliance between African-American and Afro-Caribbean communities in places like New York City or the absence before the 1970s of a Latino political identity encompassing Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, and Puerto Ricans....2023-06-1459 min
Theatre CouchEpisode 14 - Picnic by William IngeHave you ever felt stuck in your life but didn't quite know how to get unstuck? This is the nagging reality for every character in William Inge's Picnic. Set in a small Kansas town in the early 1950s, handsome drifter Hal Carter arrives looking for his former college roommate Alan Seymour, hoping Alan's wealthy father will give him a job. Relentlessly searching for his own place in the world, Hal unwittingly stirs each character's need to be seen and valued--especially Alan's beautiful and restless girlfriend, Madge Owens. Topics include: female oppression, class disparity, sexual awakening, and evolving gender roles....2023-03-1744 min
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Scope Conditions PodcastCan We Immunize Against Misinformation? with Sumitra BadrinathanToday on Scope Conditions, can we teach voters how to tell truth from lies?Around the world, governments and political parties wield misinformation as a powerful political weapon – a weapon that is massively amplified by social media. A large and growing literature has investigated how misinformation spreads and ways of combating it – from corrections and warning-labels to educational programs designed to inoculate citizens against untruths. Yet most of what we know about misinformation and its antidotes comes from the US and other Western contexts – places with notably high rates of formal education and internet exposure, where most of the...2023-02-271h 17
Scope Conditions PodcastTrial and Terror, with Fiona Feiang Shen-BayhToday on Scope Conditions: why the judge’s gavel is sometimes mightier than the sword.Political trials – or show trials – are a well-known mode of repression in authoritarian settings. We often think of a show trial as a sham version of the real thing: the autocrat affords his enemy a semblance of due process to give off the appearance of fairness, even though in reality, the fix is in. On this view, the show trial helps to legitimize arbitrary rule.Our guest today, Dr. Fiona Shen-Bayh, an assistant professor of Government at the College of Willia...2022-11-281h 16
Scope Conditions PodcastOvercoming the Hijab Penalty, with Donghyun Danny ChoiToday on Scope Conditions: what drives discrimination against immigrants – and what can be done about it?When social scientists have sought to explain anti-immigrant bias, they’ve tended to focus on one of two possible causes: the perceived economic threat that migrants might pose to the native born or the cultural threat driven by differences in race, ethnicity, or religion. In a new book with Mathias Poertner and Nicholas Sambanis, our guest Donghyun Danny Choi, an assistant professor of political science at Brown, uses an innovative set of field experiments to test an alternative possibility: that...2022-10-241h 21
Maxim and Marnie's PodcastAlan JacobsOn this episode of Maxim and Marnie, We are joined by OSLC's council chair, Alan Jacobs. He's a pastor's kid and tells his story about growing up in the church. He also credits God to bringing him to this place with his family. Thanks for sharing your story Alan!
2022-10-2155 min
Plumfield MomsBook Review: The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan JacobsDiane's review of Alan Jacobs' book The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction.
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2022-07-1503 min
Scope Conditions Podcast“Defunding the Police” as Transitional Justice, with Genevieve BatesA little over two years ago, mass protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Minneapolis, focused public attention on the dramatically higher rates at which the police use force against Black and Latinx people. More broadly, the Black Lives Matter movement has put a spotlight on deep-seated systemic racism in the criminal justice system in the U.S. and beyond. Against this backdrop, many reform advocates have called for a fundamental reorientation of priorities and resources with calls to “defund the police”: to shift money away from armed law enforcement and towa...2022-07-111h 14
Scope Conditions PodcastPartisan Polarization in Israel, with Chagai WeissToday on Scope Conditions, we’re talking about rising partisan animosity and what can be done about it.When we think about partisan polarization, we’re often thinking about the United States – and about how the policy attitudes or ideological positions of Republicans and Democrats have moved further and further apart in recent decades. But partisan polarization is far from a uniquely American phenomenon. And it isn’t just about policy attitudes.Increasingly, political scientists have been attending to the sociological and emotional features of partisan differentiation – to the ways partisanship can become...2022-05-231h 12
Scope Conditions PodcastOnline Dissent, Offline Repression, with Alexandra SiegelCan autocrats fight online dissent with offline repression?In the world’s most authoritarian regimes, on-the-ground forms of protest or expressions of dissent are quickly quashed. So the online world – especially social media – has emerged as a critical venue for activists and reformers to express opposition and sustain their movements. Given its more diffuse and elusive nature, online activism presents dictators with a new challenge of social control. One possible response is to try to censor online dissent, though it takes a high level of technological sophistication and state capacity to shut down social media opposit...2022-05-021h 06
Scope Conditions PodcastEurope's Hidden Legal Architects, with Tommaso PavoneToday on Scope Conditions, we’re talking about the origins of supranational power.The European Union has no army. It levies no taxes. Covering a population of 450 million, its administrative bureaucracy is on par with that of a moderate-sized city. And yet the EU’s treaties, directives, and regulations – 50,000 pages worth – are enforced daily across Europe, covering domains from labor relations to financial markets to immigration, consumer protection, and pharmaceuticals. What’s more, EU law trumps national law. Judges – national judges – strike down actions by their own governments when those actions contravene EU rules. So how did Eur...2022-04-101h 26
Scope Conditions PodcastDiagnosing Democracy's Representation Gap, with Sergio MonteroIn this episode of Scope Conditions, we ask: what happens when your favorite candidate isn’t even running?We often think about the quality of democratic representation in terms of the outcomes that citizens get. For instance, we compare the policies a government enacts to what citizens say they want in surveys. Alternatively, we might compare the demographic characteristics of the candidates who make it into office with the demographic makeup of their constituents. Our guest today, Dr. Sergio Montero, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester, argues that, if we wan...2022-03-211h 05
Scope Conditions PodcastHow Palestine Polarized, with Dana El KurdToday on Scope Conditions, we’re speaking with Dr. Dana El Kurd, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Richmond, about her recent book, Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine. In this book, Dana seeks to unravel a puzzle of Palestinian political development. With the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1994, Palestinians gained the prospect of democratic self-government, with the establishment of an elected Palestinian National Authority and a process intended to culminate in the creation of a Palestinian state. The Palestinian people entered Oslo with a highly mobilized and well-organized civil society — conditions that...2022-02-051h 14
Scope Conditions PodcastRandomizing Together (Part 2), with Tara Slough and Graeme BlairToday’s episode is Part 2 of our conversation about metaketas with Dr. Tara Slough, an Assistant Professor of Politics at NYU, who co-led with Daniel Rubenson a metaketa on the governance of natural resources that was published this year in PNAS; and Dr. Graeme Blair, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at UCLA, who co-led a metaketa with Fotini Christia and Jeremy Weinstein testing the effects of community policing. The main paper from that project was just published last month in Science.In Part 1, we learned what a metaketa is, how it’s typically organized, and what the...2021-12-1950 min
Scope Conditions PodcastRandomizing Together (Part 1), with Tara Slough and Graeme BlairThe last two decades have seen an explosion of field experimentation in political science and economics. Field experiments are often seen as the gold standard for policy evaluation. If you want to know if an intervention will work, run a randomized controlled trial, and do it in a natural setting. Field experiments offer up a powerful mix of credible causal identification and real-world relevance.But there’s a catch: if you’ve seen one field experiment, you’ve seen one field experiment. A field experiment is essentially a case study with strong causal evidence. So you now know s...2021-12-091h 05
Scope Conditions PodcastWhy Empires Declared a War on Drugs, with Diana KimToday on Scope Conditions: how the paper-pushers of Empires reshaped colonialism in Southeast Asia. Our guest is Dr. Diana Kim, an Assistant Professor at Georgetown’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Hans Kohn member (2021-22) at the Institute for Advanced Studies’ School of Historical Studies. In her award-winning book, Empires of Vice, Diana unpacks the puzzle of opium prohibition in the French and British colonies of Southeast Asia. As she traces out the twists and turns of colonial drug policies, Diana asks how states define the problems they need to solve, and how polic...2021-11-111h 13
Scope Conditions PodcastCan Boosting State Capacity Curb Social Disorder? with Anna WilkeToday we are talking about the problem of maintaining social order. In particular, what happens when citizens see the police as ineffective and, in turn, decide to take the law into their own hands? And once mob justice becomes commonplace in a society, what can be done?In places where the state is weak, citizens often have to take it upon themselves to provide basic public services, such as building schools or collecting the garbage. And, as our guest today tells us, it can also include policing. In parts of the world where the police are seen...2021-10-121h 19
CredoCan the past help us live less anxiously in the present? Matthew Barrett and Alan JacobsThe tyranny of the present is a cruel evil. For many, the routine to-do's and the barrage of breaking news renders us numb to anything outside our immediate field of vision. While the present moment is indeed important, we must remember that it is still merely a moment. As moments come and go, the future becomes the present and the present becomes the past. The neverending tide of time keeps moving along and if we aren't aware, we will be taken along for a ride on its shifting waves.
So how can we remain grounded in the present amid the...2021-10-1247 min
Ask Alan! The PodcastS2E25 with CEO of DotCom Magazine Andy JacobsPositivity in business is important, and this week's guest lives on the bright side of life. DotCom Magazine's, Andy Jacobs, joins the show this week! He and Alan talk about life as a walk-on football player, becoming an entrepreneur and what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the rest of the pack. For video options, click the link below!
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Scope Conditions PodcastThe Autocrat's Gambit, with Anne MengBy their very nature, autocracies are political systems in which power is highly concentrated; dictators can do pretty much as they please. So dictatorships might seem an unusual place to go looking for institutions: the rules and structures that limit discretion and set bounds on who can do what. Yet over the last two decades, political scientists studying autocracies have done exactly that. The field has witnessed what Tom Pepinsky has called “an institutional turn” in the study of authoritarianism, with scholars such as Barbara Geddes, Jason Brownlee, and Jennifer Gandhi analyzing how institutions like dominant parties and...2021-05-291h 14
The Hedgehog ReviewA New Guild System by Alan JacobsA New Guild System
A possible way forward in an age of institutional fragmentation.
By Alan Jacobs. THR Web Features (April 20, 2021).
Audio recording by Curio.io.2021-05-0610 min
Scope Conditions PodcastManipulating Personnel for Power, with Mai HassanOur guest today is Dr. Mai Hassan, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. Mai is the author of a recent book, Regime Threats and State Solutions, about how leaders manipulate the bureaucracy to maintain their hold on power.Imagine a political system in which the president has the power to hire, fire, and shuffle bureaucrats in the most important state agencies. How would the leader strategically choose to wield this authority? Perhaps she would decide to pack the state with her own supporters -- for example, with members of her ethnic group...2021-05-031h 13
Trinity Forum ConversationsCrisis and Christian Humanism, with Alan JacobsOn Friday, July 10th we welcomed distinguished professor, author, and scholar Alan Jacobs to discuss his ever-timely book The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis. In his book, Jacobs describes how after the second World War, five Christian intellectuals presented strikingly similar visions for the moral and spiritual renewal of their countries.Jacques Maritain, T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, and Simone Weil all believed the renewal of their respective societies in the aftermath of World War II would come through education that was grounded in a Christian understanding...2021-04-2845 min
Scope Conditions PodcastVoter Suppression Goes Global, with Elizabeth Iams WellmanThis is a conversation about the politics of voting from abroad: in particular, about how governments manipulate emigrants’ access to the ballot in order to protect their own hold on power.For the most part, elections are events that happen inside a country, as resident citizens cast ballots at local polling stations. However, around the world, about 281 million people live outside the country in which they were born, and a majority of countries give their emigrant citizens the legal right to vote.The numbers here are not trivial. While exact figures are hard to co...2021-04-041h 09
The Theatre Podcast with Alan SealesAdam Jacobs: Aladdin, The Lion King, Les MiserablesA Disney prince and a family man, this performer opens up about the importance of faith, hard work, and determination, and shares a look behind the curtain of his career both past and present. Adam Jacobs is an actor and singer maybe best known for originating the title role in Aladdin on Broadway, a performance which garnered him both Grammy and Drama Desk Award nominations. Adam’s other Broadway credits include The Lion King, and Les Miserables, as well as the national tours of Mamma Mia!, Cinderella, Les Miserables, The Lion King, and Aladdin. Offstage, Adam’s talen...2021-03-3038 min
For God and Country"How To Think," by Alan Jacobs (with Brandon Zicha)My "guest" for this second of our book review series isn't actually a guest at all; it's our very own Brandon. We discuss Alan Jacobs' book "How To Think"...at some length, too! "How To Think": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/551280/how-to-think-by-alan-jacobs/Alan Jacobs' blog, "Snakes and Ladders": https://blog.ayjay.orgWhat is "lived experience" and how is it different from plain old "experience"? Two somewhat critical perspectives (Brandon cannot be held responsible for these; I couldn't find the article he referenced when it came time for show notes, so I ha...2021-03-291h 17
TCN Podcast ChannelTodd Talks--Alan JacobsDean Still's guest will be Dr. Alan Jacobs, Baylor University Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in the Honors Program and Resident Fellow of the Institute for the Studies of Religion. A conversation about his recently published book Breaking Bread with the Dead as well as other books he has written.
2021-03-2433 min
Scope Conditions PodcastSurviving the Syrian Civil War, with Justin SchonIn this episode of Scope Conditions, we talk about how civilians seek to survive civil war. Our guest is Dr. Justin Schon, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Virginia’s Democratic Statecraft Lab. In his new book, Surviving the War in Syria, Justin examines the repertoires of strategies that civilians choose from as they seek to keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe. In the West, we often think of migration as the key survival strategy for those threatened by civil violence, probably because migration as the strategy we in the West most readily observe. Ho...2021-03-1555 min
Scope Conditions PodcastRedistribution as Fairness, with Charlotte CavailléWe are talking today about the politics of redistribution in an age of rising inequality.Our guest is Dr. Charlotte Cavaillé, an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan’s Ford School. We discuss with Charlotte her book project, Fair Enough: Support for Redistribution in the Age of Inequality, which seeks to explain how citizens reason about taxing the rich and spending on social benefits for the middle-class and poor.The book’s starting point is a thorny puzzle of political economy: why do governments in advanced democracies do so little to count...2021-02-221h 21
Scope Conditions PodcastStrategic Indifference as Refugee Policy in the Global South, with Kelsey Norman In this episode, we ask: when a state doesn’t enforce the rules, is it because they don’t have the capacity to do so, or because they’ve chosen not to? Put differently, when is indifference a deliberate policy strategy?We talk with Dr. Kelsey Norman about her new book, Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration, and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa. Kelsey is a Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, where she directs the Women’s Rights, Human Rights & Refugees program.In Reluctant Reception...2021-02-0855 min
Scope Conditions PodcastThe Gravitational Pull of Europe's Far Right, with Tarik Abou-ChadiIn this episode, we talk with Dr. Tarik Abou-Chadi, an Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Zürich, about how far-right parties have reshaped politics in advanced democracies.Consider the dilemma faced by mainstream political parties of right and the left in much of Europe. Center-right, conservative and social democratic parties dominated European politics for most of the postwar era, consistently winning large proportions of the vote at election time. Over the last two decades, however, far-right parties running on nationalist, anti-immigration platforms have expanded their appeal to become formidable electoral competitors, steadily taking v...2021-01-181h 11
Sport Psychology Hour with Dr. Andrew Jacobs1/3/21 - Dr. Jacobs starts his 30th year on radio talking with Alan Mayer, his 1st guest in 1992Dr. Jacobs begins his 30th consecutive year on radio interviewing soccer great Alan Mayer, one of the most successful goalies in US history. Alan was the very first guest on Dr. Jacobs very first show in January 1992. They discuss the importance of the mental side of sports and why sport psychologists are needed in sport.2021-01-1053 min
The Sport Psychology Hour with Dr. Andrew JacobsJanuary 3rd, 2021 - Dr. Jacobs Talks With Alan MayerJanuary 3rd, 2021 - Dr. Jacobs Talks With Alan Mayer by Dr. Andrew Jacobs2021-01-1053 min
Scope Conditions PodcastHow Strong Legislatures Emerge, with Ken OpaloIn this episode, we talk about how strong legislatures emerge. When we think about what makes a political system a democracy, we usually think of one key ingredient as being an elected legislature that can constrain the executive: an elected assembly that serves as a check on executive whim and has the ultimate say on core matters of public policy. But where do strong legislatures come from? As political scientists, we commonly tell ourselves an origin story -- first set out by Douglass North and Barry Weingast -- about the emergence of parliamentary strength in 17th century...2021-01-0457 min
Scope Conditions PodcastPublic Education as an Autocratic Project, with Agustina PaglayanIn this conversation, we talk with Dr. Agustina Paglayan, an assistant professor of political science at UC San Diego, about her project “The Dark Side of Education,” an examination of the spread of mass primary schooling around the world. Paglayan recently published an article on the topic in the American Political Science Review and has a larger book project underway expanding on this research. In this project, Paglayan seeks to challenge a great deal of what we think we know about the spread of primary education around the world. Common understandings of the expansion of public education take...2020-12-141h 03
Scope Conditions PodcastMiddle-Class Guardians of Autocracy, with Bryn RosenfeldIn this episode, we talk with Dr. Bryn Rosenfeld, an Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, about her new book, The Autocratic Middle Class: How State Dependency Reduces the Demand for Democracy (Princeton University Press).This book’s starting point is a puzzling observation that Rosenfeld made during years conducting research in the post-Soviet region. She noticed that, in places like Russia and Kazakstan, the rising middle class was not a commercial bourgeosie or a growing cohort of private-sector white-collar professionals. Rather, in much of the post-Soviet world, the middle class was composed largely of public se...2020-11-2351 min
Scope Conditions PodcastThe Economics of Playing the “Identity Card,” with Nikhar GaikwadIn this episode, we talk with Dr. Nikhar Gaikwad, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, about his book project on what happens when identity politics and the economy collide. Many debates in political science revolve around the question of what matters more: identity or economics. For instance, debates about the drivers of populism often revolve around the questions of whether populism emerges from nativist, ethnocentric attitudes or from the economic anxieties generated by globalization.A distinctive feature of Gaikwad’s project is that it examines how identities and material interests interact and sha...2020-11-0959 min
Scope Conditions PodcastThe Upside of Nationalism, with Aram HurIn this episode, we talk with Dr. Aram Hur, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri, about her book project Narratives of Duty: How National Stories Shape Civic Duty in Asia. Narratives of Duty is a study about the social good that, under the right conditions, can emerge from nationalism. We often think about nationalism today as an exclusionary and pernicious force in politics -- as, for instance, a driver of anti-immigrant sentiment and of conflict between groups or states. Hur’s project examines a potential “upside” to nationalism: the role that nationalism can pl...2020-10-1857 min
THINKERS WorkshopBook Club: How to Think by Alan JacobsIn this meeting of the THINKERS Workshop Book Club, we discuss Alan Jacobs' book How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. It's a book that forces us to confront the fact that we don't think nearly as well as we think we do. But it also offers some prescriptions and descriptions for how we can think if not better, then at least more clearly.It's also a short book, clocking in at just 156 pages. And what makes this Book Club meeting especially fun is that it occurred one week after we g...2020-10-0857 min
Scope Conditions PodcastForging Democracy out of the Trauma of Repression, with Elizabeth NugentIn this episode, we talk with Dr. Elizabeth Nugent, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University, about her new book, After Repression: How Polarization Derails Democratic Transition (Princeton University Press). Nugent is interested in authoritarian regimes that have collapsed in the face of popular uprising -- and specifically with what comes next. The demise of a dictatorship does not necessarily lmean the start of a democracy: one autocratic regime can fall only to replaced by another dictatorship. It is in fact relatively rare that autocratic collapse results in the establishment of a stable democracy. 2020-10-0450 min
Give and TakeEpisode 243: Breaking Bread With The Dead, with Alan JacobsMy guest is Alan Jacobs. His newest book is Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind. W. H. Auden once wrote that "art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead." In his brilliant and compulsively readable new treatise, Breaking Bread with the Dead, Alan Jacobs shows us that engaging with the strange and wonderful writings of the past might help us live less anxiously in the present--and increase what Thomas Pynchon once called our "personal density."
Today we are battling too much information in a society changing at...2020-09-2350 min
Read-Aloud Revival ®RAR #163: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind, Alan JacobsJoin us for Shakespeare Summer!A tranquil mind. Any chance you want one of those? I know I do. Today on the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, we’re talking about how readers can give themselves the gift of a tranquil mind by reading old books.Wait, did I just say “by reading old books?”I did. And I have a feeling this episode will challenge and expand your expectation for what reading old books can do for us in the here and now. I like to describe Alan Jacobs as one o...2020-09-2255 min
Scope Conditions PodcastThe Promise and Limits of Intergroup Contact, with Salma MousaIn this episode, we talk about improving relations between social groups. For decades, social scientists and policymakers have been examining whether meaningful social interaction between groups can help reduce prejudice and conflict, or what’s been known as the “contact hypothesis.”Whether social interaction breeds tolerance has implications, of course, for a huge range of political outcomes: for instance, for the risks of violence, civil war, and genocide; patterns of discrimination; and how societies respond to increased flows of immigration. It’s only recently, however, that social scientists have been experimentally testing the contact hypothesis in real-world, high-stak...2020-09-211h 02
Scope Conditions PodcastIntroducing Scope ConditionsIntroducing Scope Conditions, a podcast about cutting-edge research in comparative politics.2020-09-1706 min
Get Lost in the World of Stories With Free AudiobookBreaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind Audiobook by Alan JacobsListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 417247
Title: Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
Author: Alan Jacobs
Narrator: P.J. Ochlan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4:51:45
Language: English
Release date: 09-08-20
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Philosophy, Literary Criticism
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“At a time when many Americans . . . are engaged in deep reflection about the meaning of the nation's history [this] is an exceptionally useful companion for those who want to do so with honesty and integrity.” —Shelf Awareness
From the author of How to Think...2020-09-084h 51
Kutad Gubilik's Listen Later8. Alan Jacobs: How to Get More Pleasure Out of Your Reading Podcast: The Reader's Journey (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: 8. Alan Jacobs: How to Get More Pleasure Out of Your ReadingPub date: 2020-08-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMy guest today is Alan Jacobs, the author of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction. Jacobs is a scholar of English literature, writer, and literary critic. He is a distinguished professor of the humanities at Baylor University.In his book, Jacobs offers an insightful and playfully guide on how to...2020-08-2348 min
The Reader's Journey8. Alan Jacobs: How to Get More Pleasure Out of Your ReadingMy guest today is Alan Jacobs, the author of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction. Jacobs is a scholar of English literature, writer, and literary critic. He is a distinguished professor of the humanities at Baylor University.In his book, Jacobs offers an insightful and playfully guide on how to make reading pleasurable and enjoyable. You'll learn why you probably don't want to read only Great books, the benefits of writing in your books, the truth about speed reading, and many more wonderful reading tips.TIMESTAMPS:[00:39] About Prof. Alan Jacobs & growing...2020-08-1848 min
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Westerns & WarThe Searchers [Dramatized Adaptation] by Alan Le MayPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/448966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Searchers [Dramatized Adaptation] Author: Alan Le May Narrator: Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Drew Kopas, Patrick Bussink, Tim Carlin, Danny Gavigan, Tim Getman, Kimberly Gilbert, Michael John Casey, Harlan Work, Dylan Lynch, James Konicek, Michael Glenn, Terence Aselford, A Full Cast, Nanette Savar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 3, 2020 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: A timeless work of vivid, raw western fiction and a no-holds-barred portrait of the real American frontier. From the moment they left their homestead unguarded on that scorching Texas day...2020-06-0305 min
MoxieTalk with Kirt JacobsDavid Alan Grier – American Actor & ComedianDavid Alan Grier is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color.2020-03-0901 minRead-Aloud Revival ®RAR #145: The Importance of Reading at Whim and Developing Your Own Taste, Alan JacobsJoin us for Shakespeare Summer!I felt my brain waking up during this episode of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast. My guest is Alan Jacobs, Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University, and author of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction (goodness, I *love* that book). It was such a delight to have him on the show to talk about those “shoulds” that often trip us up as readers, parents, and educators.He invites us to read at whim, develop our own readin...2020-01-1456 min
Finding Genius PodcastPsilocybin Salvation – Alan K. Davis, PhD, of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University – Unlocking the Power of Magic Mushrooms in a Clinical Setting that Could Offer New Hope for Depression SufferersAlan K. Davis, PhD, of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University, discusses his important work researching the powerful and positive effects of psilocybin on depression sufferers. Dr. Davis has vast clinical experience in multiple areas and he regularly works with people who are dealing with trauma-based psychological problems, including addiction, PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Dr. Davis discusses his research, and his work as a guide for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for people suffering from depression. The doctor’s work focuses on psychedelic research that includes clinical trials with psilocybin (the active psychedelic in...2019-10-1400 min
‘ I can’t explain’I appear on the Hawksbee and Jacobs TalkSPORT show to discuss background/‘i can’t explain’ podcastAlan Tonge, the originator of the ‘I can’t explain’ podcast, appears on the Hawksbee and Jacobs show, TalkSPORT2019-07-1107 min
Socrates in the CityAlan Jacobs: What's So Bad About Original Sin?In a lecture given in September 2009, English literature scholar Alan Jacobs introduces us to the world of original sin, which he describes as not only a profound idea but a necessary one.
The post Alan Jacobs: What's So Bad About Original Sin? first appeared on Socrates in the City.2019-04-011h 14
In Conversation: An OUP PodcastAlan Jacobs, "The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis" (Oxford UP, 2018)Alan Jacobs is a renowned literary critic, with a talent for writing that books that speak to our current predicaments. A professor at Baylor University, his recent work includes a “biography” of the Book of Common Prayer, a discussion of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Today we catch up with Professor Jacobs to discuss his most recent publication, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2018). Drawing on interventions made at the height of global war by T. S...2019-01-0450 min
New Books in Literary StudiesAlan Jacobs, "The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis" (Oxford UP, 2018)Alan Jacobs is a renowned literary critic, with a talent for writing that books that speak to our current predicaments. A professor at Baylor University, his recent work includes a “biography” of the Book of Common Prayer, a discussion of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Today we catch up with Professor Jacobs to discuss his most recent publication, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2018). Drawing on interventions made at the height of global war by T. S...2019-01-0450 min
New Books in ReligionAlan Jacobs, "The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis" (Oxford UP, 2018)Alan Jacobs is a renowned literary critic, with a talent for writing that books that speak to our current predicaments. A professor at Baylor University, his recent work includes a “biography” of the Book of Common Prayer, a discussion of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Today we catch up with Professor Jacobs to discuss his most recent publication, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2018). Drawing on interventions made at the height of global war by T. S...2019-01-0450 min
The Commonweal PodcastMatthew Boudway and Alan JacobsSenior editor Matthew Boudway and Dr. Alan Jacobs discuss Jacobs' new book The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis, in which he recounts how thinkers like Jacques Maritain, T.S. Eliot, Simone Weil, C.S. Lewis, and W.H. Auden understood that their soon-to-be victorious nations weren't culturally or morally prepared for their power and success. Their work sought to articulate a sober critique of their own culture and and outline a plan for spiritual regeneration in a post-war world.2018-10-0923 min
The Commonweal PodcastDonald Kerwin on Immigration, Alan Jacobs on Christian Humanism, Julian Revie on liturgical music; the editors on the Kavanaugh hearings, and staffers on artist David WojnarowiczIn our third episode, the editors of Commonweal discuss Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court and the subsequent hearing with Dr. Blasey Ford. Contributing writer Paul Moses chats about U.S. immigration policy with Donald Kerwin, Director of the Center for Migration Studies. Senior editor Matthew Boudway and Alan Jacobs discuss his new book, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis. Assistant editor Griffin Oleynick and Julian Revie, a composer of sacred music at St. Thomas More, the Catholic Chapel at Yale, have a wide-ranging conversation about liturgical music. And Commonweal staffers discuss...2018-10-0454 min
The Long GameWhat I'm Reading #2 - Dan Koch - "How to Think" by Alan JacobsDan Koch, host of the Depolarize podcast, joins me to talk about his thoughts while reading "How to Think," by Baylor literature professor Alan Jacobs. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelonggame.
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The Long GameWhat I'm Reading #2 - Dan Koch - "How to Think" by Alan JacobsDan Koch, host of the Depolarize podcast, joins me to talk about his thoughts while reading "How to Think," by Baylor literature professor Alan Jacobs. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelonggame. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2018-03-3039 min
Close Minded PodcastEpisode 1 – How to Think by Alan JacobsIn this episode Seth and Josh discuss Alan Jacobs’ recent book, “How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds.” Jacobs is Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and a Resident Fellow of Baylor’s Institute for the Studies of Religion. He has written widely on...The post Episode 1 – How to Think by Alan Jacobs appeared first on Close Minded Podcast. Get full access to Close Minded Podcast at www.closemindedpodcast.com/subscribe2018-01-1545 min
Download Popular Titles Audiobooks in Science & Technology, Psychology & The MindHow to Think Audiobook by Alan JacobsPlease open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.
Title: How to Think
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Author: Alan Jacobs
Narrator: P. J. Ochlan
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How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume - but how recovering this lost art can rescue...2017-10-174h 21
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Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceHow to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds by Alan JacobsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds Author: Alan Jacobs Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: 'Absolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now.' —David Brooks, New York Times How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we’re not as good at thinking as we assume—but how recovering this lo...2017-10-1710 min
Access Unmissable Free Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Career DevelopmentHow to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds by Alan JacobsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds Author: Alan Jacobs Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: 'Absolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now.' —David Brooks, New York Times How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we’re not as good at thinking as we assume—but how recovering this lo...2017-10-1710 minGive and TakeEpisode 55: How To Think: A Survival Guide For A World At Odds, With Alan JacobsMy guest is Alan Jacobs. His most recent book is "How To Think: A Survival Guide For A World At Odds." As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications like The Atlantic and Harper’s, Alan Jacobs has spent his adult life belonging to communities that often clash in America’s culture wars. And in his years of confronting the big issues that divide us—political, social, religious—Jacobs has learned that many of our fiercest disputes occur not because we’re doomed to be divided, but because the people involved simply aren’t thinking.Special Gu...2017-10-021h 06
Tom JacobsThe Soul's Journey 112: Being Who You Really Are: Alan Turing and George Takei ProfilesThis is an extension of the recent show on the Winter Solstice
regarding personal authenticity and becoming who we are
over time. I examine some events in the lives of mathematician Alan Turing (the father of computing) and actor George Takei, both of whom were/are homosexual and living in a closet until something drew each out. Turing was arrested and punished for being gay. Takei became an LGBT equal-rights activist in response to the 2005 veto of then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of the same-sex marriage legislation passed by the California legislature. The life of
each man was altered permanently...2017-01-1955 min
Mere FidelityIntellectuals: A Discussion about the Alan Jacobs EssayAlan Jacobs wrote an essay for Harpers on "The Watchmen," a class of intellectuals that Christianity no longer produces. We loved it so much that we wanted to talk about it.2016-09-0657 min
Mere FidelityIntellectuals: A Discussion about the Alan Jacobs EssayAlan Jacobs wrote an essay for Harpers on "The Watchmen," a class of intellectuals that Christianity no longer produces. We loved it so much that we wanted to talk about it.2016-09-0657 min
The Truett Seminary PodcastDr. Alan Jacobs - Literature and the Good News: God is More than a StoryThis week we welcomed Dr. Alan Jacobs for the W.C. Dobbs Endowed Lecture. Dr. Jacobs currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University. The title for his lecture is "Literature and the Good News: God is More than a Story."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheTruettSeminaryPodcast/~4/7k9Xt6QLXOk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>2016-02-1600 min
Truett Seminary PodcastDr. Alan Jacobs - Literature and the Good News: God is More than a StoryThis week we welcomed Dr. Alan Jacobs for the W.C. Dobbs Endowed Lecture. Dr. Jacobs currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University. The title for his lecture is "Literature and the Good News: God is More than a Story."2016-02-1600 min
Enchanted Tiki Talk: A Disney Fan PodcastETTP-E065: Adam JacobsThis week we are honored to welcome Broadway star Adam Jacobs into the Tiki Hut. He delighted audiences as Simba in the Lion King, and now he is winning acclaim as Aladdin in Disney's Broadway adaptation of this classic. Check out his website at www.adamjacobs.net
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Lonely Guru Dialogues with Ryan SpielmanLG20 – Alan Jacobs – And A Voice Said, “Who Am I?”<p>Alan Jacobs was born in 1929 in London. From an early age, he has been interested in religion and mysticism. He commenced a personal search for truth, and studied comparative religion. He then entered the Gurdjieff Society in 1957 and remained there until the early seventies. He then met Jiddu Krishnamurti, and studied his teachings […]</p>
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Longelyguru Yoga DialoguesLG20 – Alan Jacobs – And A Voice Said, “Who Am I?”Alan Jacobs was born in 1929 in London. From an early age, he has been interested in religion and mysticism. He commenced a personal search for truth, and studied comparative religion. He then entered the Gurdjieff Society in 1957 and remained there until the early seventies. He then met Jiddu Krishnamurti, and studied his teachings […]
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