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Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli on OdyseeDoom Scrollin: Abraxas, ChatGPT, Helen Keller, Confederate Native Americans And Fallout (1/27/26)Doom Scrollin hosted by Sam Tripoli and Midnight Mike Check out Sam Tripoli's new comic book "Chaos Twins!" 2nd issue is about to drop!Visit www.chaostwins.com to support Sam's family-friendly project!Check out Sam Tripoli's 3rd Crowd Work Special "Barbecued: Live From Kansas City" Sept 20th on Youtube.com/SamTripoliComedyWatch Sam's comedy special here: www.youtube.com/samtripoli Grab Tickets To Sam Tripoli's Live Shows At SamTripoli.com:Hollywood, CA: 2/10Perryville, MD: 2/20Pottstown, PA: 2/21Las Vegas, NV: 2/28Bakersfield, CA: 3/6Yuma...
2026-01-281h 26
DestinyAnti-Debate vs Michael Shermer - Platforming Dangerous IdeasDestiny has an "Anti-Debate" against Michael Shermer (of the Skeptic Society and Skeptic Magazine). This Anti-Debate (hosted by Alexander Beiner and Stephanie Lepp) is about truth and the danger of platforming dangerous ideas.Destiny's Op-Eds and other Articles - https://pragmaticpapers.github.io/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/destinyMerch - https://store.destiny.gg/ Stream - http://www.kick.com/Destiny Discord - https://discordapp.com/invite/destiny Twitter - /theomniliberal Kick - https://kick.com/Destiny Reddit - r/destiny
2026-01-231h 28
The Kainos PodcastSam Lee on Songs, Caravans and NightingalesFor an audio version of this episode, follow Kainos on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. You can learn from Sam Lee, Riane Eisler, Nora Bateson, Jamie Wheal, Trish Blain, Schuyler Brown, Ari Kuschnir and Alexander Beiner on our upcoming course New Ways of Knowing. The journey begins on January 14th. Learn new and ancient skills to gain sovereignty in the present, so that you can co-create the future. Including Complexity Tolerance Practice, Warm Data, Alive Edges, survival techniques, partnership paradigms and more. All with the support of an international cohort of like-minded explorers stepping into unknown...
2026-01-0850 min
The Kainos PodcastDomination vs Partnership with Riane EislerYou can also watch this conversation on YouTube or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. I’m thrilled to announce that Riane Eisler will be a teacher on our online course New Ways of Knowing which begins on January 14. As a Christmas gift, we’re offering five 20% off vouchers with the code Chalice at checkout. If you’d like to buy attendance as a Christmas gift, order a ticket for yourself and write to us at info@studiokainos.com. We’ll switch it into the name of the recipient, and schedule an email to the recipien...
2025-12-1757 min
Podcast Archives | Psychedelics TodayAlexander Beiner – Psychedelics, Culture, and the Games We PlayAlexander Beiner joins Psychedelics Today to explore how psychedelics, culture, and power shape each other. A writer, facilitator, and co founder of the conference Breaking Convention and the media platform KAINOS, he has spent years thinking about how psychedelic experiences ripple into politics, economics, conflict, and community. In this episode, he and Joe trace the […]
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2025-11-2500 min
Podcast Archives | Psychedelics TodayAlexander Beiner – Psychedelics, Culture, and the Games We PlayAlexander Beiner joins Psychedelics Today to explore how psychedelics, culture, and power shape each other. A writer, facilitator, and co founder of the conference Breaking Convention and the media platform KAINOS, he has spent years thinking about how psychedelic experiences ripple into politics, economics, conflict, and community. In this episode, he and Joe trace the […]
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2025-11-2500 min
Psychedelics TodayPT 640 - Alexander Beiner - Psychedelics, Culture, and the Games We PlayAlexander Beiner joins Psychedelics Today to explore how psychedelics, culture, and power shape each other. A writer, facilitator, and co founder of the conference Breaking Convention and the media platform KAINOS, he has spent years thinking about how psychedelic experiences ripple into politics, economics, conflict, and community. In this episode, he and Joe trace the path from early internet forums to today's psychedelic renaissance, and ask what it would mean to bring a truly psychedelic perspective into our institutions. Beiner is less interested in psychedelics as a niche medical tool and more interested in how they can...
2025-11-251h 24
Decoding the GurusRight to Reply: A Dialogos about Sensemaking with Alexander BeinerWe are joined by Alexander Beiner, current founder of Kainos and former co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, to grapple with that eternally slippery concept: sensemaking. Naturally, this leads us through interdisciplinary adventurism, reflections on the (il)legitimacy of academia, and the recurring “meaning crisis” that haunts our times. Sense will be made, unmade, and possibly reinvented along the way.LinksAlexander's Substack: KainosAlexander's recent documentary: LeviathanOur original episode that mentions KainosA related discussion we had a while back on the StoaOur previous episode with Jamie Wheal
2025-11-031h 12
The Kainos PodcastHold Infinity: William Blake and Visioning the FutureI recently recorded a conversation with writer and philosopher Mark Vernon about his new book Awake!: William Blake and the Power of the Imagination. I enjoyed the book and our conversation a lot, coming away from both with new ideas on how we can imbue culture with visionary imagination, and why Blake’s genius is more important than ever. Mark holds a PhD in ancient philosophy, and our conversation covered a lot of ground, including Gnosticism, non-duality and the confused state of spirituality today. You can watch it here on Substack, on the Kainos YouTube, or listen to...
2025-10-011h 00
Modern Couples. love. purpose. growth.Beyond Psychedelics. Love in the Bigger Picture. What It Really Means to Relate in Love and LifeIn this episode, I sit down with Alexander Beiner, author of The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World and a thought leader at the intersection of psychedelics, culture, and human connection.What moved me most in this conversation was Alexander’s way of weaving together personal relationship insights with a bigger vision for culture and community. He speaks with clarity about how psychedelics have not only deepened his 15-year marriage but also taught him lessons in empathy, radical honesty, and truly stepping into another’s perspective.Disc...
2025-09-2551 min
The Kainos PodcastTeam Light Can Save the World: Ari Kuschnir on the Power of AI ArtJoin Alexander and Ari on 28 August at 6pm London time for a private community session on AI filmmaking, the aesthetics of the future and the role of art in shifting culture by signing up as a founding member. Each month, we host group sensemaking sessions, invite guests like Iain McGilchrist and Nora Bateson, and learn new practices together. A year ago, my friend Ari Kuschnir produced an AI film of Donald Trump drinking Ayahuasca. He sent it to me and it blew me away. It was funny, nuanced and beautifully crafted, and we teamed up to promote...
2025-08-2754 min
The Kainos PodcastWhat If We’re All Right? with Stephanie LeppStephanie Lepp is an award-winning producer, storyteller, and speaker, whose work strives to expand hearts and minds. She’s the former Executive Director at the Institute for Cultural Evolution, a non-profit think tank that addresses political polarization at its cultural roots. Before that, she was the Executive Producer at the Center for Humane Technology, the organization at the heart of the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma. Today, she leads Synthesis Media, a non-profit production studio devoted to expanding hearts and minds.Stephanie recently delivered a TED Talk about her project Faces of X, which uses a ‘thesis, anti...
2025-08-0839 min
Dr. John VervaekeThe Philosophical Silk Road: A Journey to Rediscovering Theosis and Sacred PluralismThe Calling to Reorient the Self How can the sacred be recovered in a world fractured by autonomy and fragmentation? In this deeply personal episode of Kainos on The Lectern, recorded during a session hosted by Alexander Beiner on Kainos, John Vervaeke shares reflections from his recent pilgrimage across Europe—what he calls the Philosophical Silk Road. Weaving through sacred conversations and historic locations, he explores profound ideas like theosis, theoria, and voluntary necessity, inviting listeners into a lived philosophy of sacred participation. From Istanbul to Rome to Amsterdam, each location becomes a catalyst for insight and in...
2025-07-261h 07
The Kainos PodcastLeviathan: Full DocumentaryTo help us make more films like this, and to gain access to the full interviews with ‘Leviathan’ guests, our ‘Sensemaking Companion’ and an extensive archive, become a Kainos subscriber for just $6 a month. Synopsis Why is social trust breaking down, and how do we find it again? This is the question at the heart of Leviathan. Directed and produced by Alexander Beiner, it draws on sociology, myth, psychology, economics and systems theory to delve into the deep code of culture and make sense of the times we live in. It’s a journey that invites th...
2025-06-261h 20
The Kainos PodcastImagining Local Futures with Helena Norberg-HodgeJoin Helena Norberg-Hodge, Douglas Rushkoff, John Vervaeke, Nora Bateson, Josh Schrei and more in Sensemaking 102. Navigate complexity and embody new narratives around Tech, Economics, Myth, Power, Systems and Meaning. The live cohort begins on Wednesday, June 11 and the content only option is available throughout the course. McDonalds in the desert. Coca-Cola in the mountains. The International Monetary Fund. The World Bank. The same clothes, the same thoughts, the same ideas recycled through different cultures again and again. Anger at globalisation is one of those rare forces that unites people across the political spectrum. As modern...
2025-06-101h 11
The Kainos PodcastWhat Truly Matters? Iain McGilchrist, Un-Social Experiments and The LeviathanJourney into the deep code of culture in our new online course: Sensemaking 102. Expand your view on what’s happening and why with the help of an amazing faculty and new practices. Connect with like-minded travellers to inquire, question, and embody. Myth. Power. Economics. Tech. Systems. Meaning. Register on studiokainos.com/sensemaking-102What matters most, what we do or how we do it? Which is more real, a relationship or a rock? Our focus at Kainos throughout the spring has been on the polarities driving our cultural, political and spiritual upheaval. Our recent conversation with ps...
2025-05-181h 21
THIRD EYE DROPSLessons From the DMT Realm, Alien Language & Finding Meaning | Alexander Beiner | Mind Meld 431🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Author, consciousness adventurer, Rebel Wisdom and Kainos founder Alexander Beiner returns! Video version here We explore the mysterious alien languages reported by seekers in altered states, as Alex shares insights from his participation in a groundbreaking extended-state DMT study. He also opens up about a profound non-dual experience encountered during a separate Imperial College research session. Along the way, we muse on the meaning crisis, the evolving face of spirituality, and what might lie beyond the veil of consensus reality. 🥰 Support TED and join th...
2025-05-031h 45
The Kainos PodcastThe Rise of the Woke RightI’m on my way to Australia for a tour hosted by Small Giants Academy! We’re kicking off with a preview screening of the upcoming Kainos documentary ‘Crossroads’ and a talk at the Byron Bay Theatre on Saturday 22nd of March - get your tickets here.Having been ‘woke critical’ since 2016, in recent years I’ve felt increasingly vindicated as mainstream culture has pushed back against the institutionalisation of social justice theory. The publication of the Cass Report in 2024 felt like the straw that broke the camel’s back here in the UK, and I wrote a piece...
2025-03-1942 min
The Kainos PodcastThe Spirituality Gap with Abi MillarThank you Tom Morgan, Ed Prideaux, Chuck Lynd, j juniper, Will hodgins, and many others for tuning into my live video with Abi Millar! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beiner.substack.com/subscribe
2025-03-1241 minDecoding the GurusSpecial Supplementary Material: Two Psychologists, One Anthropologist, Three BeersIn this special quasi-crossover episode, we stare deeply into the abyss while enjoying a beverage with renowned psychologist and occasional podcast co-host, Mickey Inzlicht.P.S. The Decoding of Naomi Klein is coming next week!Two Psychologists, One Anthropologist, Three Beers00:27 Introduction05:57 Mickey's Sabbatical in Japan12:13 Sensemaking 3.025:25 Francis Foster's Bizarre Podcast Roast34:38 Sabine Hossenfelder thinks Academia is Communism36:11 The Irony of YouTube Incentives39:34 Proper Criticisms of Academia43:28 Is Academia Centrally Planned?46:24 Culture War Pandering53:53 Entering...
2025-03-0850 min
Accidental GodsSeeing the Bigger Picture: psychedelics and sense-making with Alexander Beiner of KainosHow do we shed the shackles of modernity and step into a new set of stories that could help us grow into the fullness of our potential? Alexander Beiner is one of a small band of people in our culture who is shaping the cutting edge of possibility, crafting new ideas of who we are, at the deepest levels of our Self and out into the widest view of our place as conscious nodes in the web of life. Ali is an author, journalist and facilitator focused on bringing new ways of seeing and being from...
2025-02-2658 min
The Kainos PodcastNora Bateson: How to pack your bags without a destinationFor the first month of Kainos, Alexander Beiner is having conversations with some of the most important and heterodox voices exploring how to build a more beautiful world. In this conversation with systems theorist, poet and filmmaker Nora Bateson, we explore the new capacities we need to develop to navigate a time of upheaval when we don't know where we're headed. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beiner.substack.com/subscribe
2025-01-311h 12
The Psychedelic PodcastRick Strassman, M.D. - The Spirit Molecule Returns: New Frontiers in DMT ResearchIn this episode of The Psychedelic Podcast, Paul F. Austin welcomes Dr. Rick Strassman, pioneering psychedelic researcher and author of "DMT: The Spirit Molecule." Find full show notes and links here: https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-284/?ref=278 Dr. Strassman shares insights from his groundbreaking DMT research in the 1990s, discusses recent developments in extended-state DMT studies, and explores the complex relationship between psychedelics, spirituality, and organized religion. Drawing from his new memoir "My Altered States," he offers a unique perspective on the intersection of personal experience, clinical research, and spiritual growth in the psychedelic field.
2024-12-301h 01
The Wisdom & Action PodcastAlexander Beiner is changing cultureIn this episode of Wisdom in Action, I speak with Alexander Beiner, cultural thinker and author of The Bigger Picture, about the urgent need for new frameworks to navigate our complex world. We delve into Alexander's journey—from his early fascination with psychedelics and consciousness to founding the influential platform Rebel Wisdom, and explore the role of culture in shaping society– and why real change begins with a shift in collective values and beliefs. Want to turn this wisdom into action?Small Giants Academy - Impact SafariSmall Giants Academy - The Maste...
2024-11-2140 min
In & Through: The Onaya Podcast#7 — The Psychedelic Enlightenment? with Alexander BeinerWith challenges to the so-called psychedelic renaissance, do we now need a ‘psychedelic enlightenment’ that changes not just ourselves, but our culture?Alexander Beiner is an author, journalist and facilitator focused on bringing new ways of seeing and being from the margins of culture into the mainstream. Last year, Ali published a bestselling book, The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World (2023), and now writes a popular Substack with the same name. He is an executive director of Breaking Convention, Europe's longest-running conference on psychedelic medicine and culture, and...
2024-11-131h 16
The Kainos PodcastThe Internet vs Real Life with Peter Limberg and Katherine DeeThere are just two places left for our breathwork and sensemaking course ‘Breathing in Culture’ which begins on 13 November - join here. Trish Blain and I are also offering a free ‘NonOrdinary Sensemaking’ session around the US election on 14 November which you can sign up for here and read more about at the end of this page.In my recent pieces, I’ve been making sense of the US election through the lens of where we get our news from, exploring the growing split between the legacy and alternative media. This has been a big focus of my work si...
2024-11-121h 01
Progressives for TrumpReacting to viral Trump Ayahuasca videoIn this video, I react and respond to the viral Trump Ayahuasca AI generated art video by Alexander Beiner, Jason Silva and Ari Kuschnir. Original here: https://www.instagram.com/alexander_beiner/reel/C--kIqnINjH/?hl=en
I talk about Why Reaction Videos rock, The Challenge of Sovereignty, the 5 Monkeys experiment, How to Live Purposefully without Needing to Heal, Money and the link between Trauma and Physicality.
2024-10-1019 min
The Kainos PodcastHow to Breathe with Nicola PriceIn this episode I speak with Nicola Price who runs the breathwork school Inspirational Breathing. Breathwork has exploded in popularity in recent years, with some people calling it ‘the new yoga’. But what is it exactly, and how can we reconnect to ourselves, come up with new ideas and process emotions just by breathing? I’ve been training as a breathwork facilitator with Inspirational Breathing for the past year, and in November we’re launching a new course, Breathing in Culture, where you’ll have the opportunity to dive into this practice, working with a trained facilitator in small gr...
2024-10-0944 min
Humans On The Loop📚🧐🦾 226 - Stephen Reid on Technological MetamodernismSubscribe, Rate, & Review on YouTube • Spotify • Apple Podcasts✨ About This EpisodeHow can we design virtuous technologies while acknowledging the complexity and unintended consequences of technological innovation?How can we foster curiosity, playfulness, and wonder in a world increasingly dominated by anxiety and technological determinism?This week on Future Fossils (as a teaser for the kind of conversations I am having for my upcoming spin-off Humans On The Loop), I meet with Stockholm-based transdisciplinary technologist, facilitator, complexity researcher, founder of The Psychedelic Society, and once upon a time the youngest-ever board member of Gr...
2024-09-101h 13
The Business of Expansion with Hale SchneiderPsychedelics and Solving the Metacrisis with ALEXANDER BEINERToday's episode is with Alexander Beiner, author, journalist, and executive director of Breaking Convention, a conference on psychedelic medicine and culture. We discuss Beiner's understanding of the metacrisis—multiple overlapping existential crises—and how psychedelics can help address these complex problems in society and business. We also touch on Beiner's entrepreneurial journey, his participation in extended state DMT trials, and the insights he gained from these experiences. Beiner shares how psychedelics can enhance cognitive flexibility, aid in problem-solving, and help individuals confront and process pain. Alexander shares his thoughts on the current state and future of the psyche...
2024-08-2248 min
Buddhist GeeksTechnological Metamodernism with Stephen ReidIn the episode on "Technological Metamodernism," Vince Fakhoury Horn and Stephen Reid discuss the intersection of technology, metamodernism, and the potential middle paths that navigate between techno-optimism or e/acc and eco-dystopianism or doomerism. They explore how emerging technologies can be aligned with deeper values, such as sovereignty, relationality, and wholeness, while also addressing the challenges of our current technological trajectory.Episode Links:👤 StephenReid.net✉️ Stephen Reid in Correspondence - Stephen's substack🔗 Futurecraft - The site where the Technological Metamodernism course is being hosted.🤑 Support the open sourcing of the Technological...
2024-08-1658 min
Buddhist GeeksTechnological Metamodernism with Stephen ReidIn the episode on "Technological Metamodernism," Vince Fakhoury Horn and Stephen Reid discuss the intersection of technology, metamodernism, and the potential middle paths that navigate between techno-optimism or e/acc and eco-dystopianism or doomerism. They explore how emerging technologies can be aligned with deeper values, such as sovereignty, relationality, and wholeness, while also addressing the challenges of our current technological trajectory.Episode Links:👤 StephenReid.net✉️ Stephen Reid in Correspondence - Stephen's substack🔗 Futurecraft - The site where the Technological Metamodernism course is being hosted.🤑 Support the open sourcing of the Technological...
2024-08-1656 minTHIRD EYE DROPSExtended-State DMT, Entity Encounters & The Meaning of Life with Alexander Beiner | Mind Meld 401Consciousness explorer, author of The Bigger Picture and co-founder of Rebel Wisdom Alexander Beiner returns to the mind meld! Video Version of this Mind Meld 👈 *Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 & 5 free travel packs with your first order* In this one, Alex shares more wisdom from his experience in a groundbreaking study at Imperial College London. In it, he was given extended-state, high-dose, intravenous DMT multiple times. His experiences, as you may have heard in our previous conversation, were alien and profound. In this one, we...
2024-08-012h 10
No Way OutPsychedelics and Sensemaking with Alexander BeinerSend us a textWhat if the key to understanding our complex world lies in altered states of consciousness? Join us as we sit down with Alexander Beiner, author of "The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World," and episode co-host Sonja Blignaut, for a compelling conversation on the intersection of psychedelics, sensemaking, and extended states of consciousness. Discover how traditional shamanic practices and modern research shared by the likes of Stephen Kotler, Robin Carhart-Harris, and Michael Pollan can help us see the world through a more interconnected lens.Explore...
2024-07-291h 21
Nodes in the NetNodes 84 - Alexander Beiner (Partying Mid-Renaissance with the Three of Cups)The brilliant Alexander Beiner—author, podcaster, thought-leader and essayist—becomes a Node in the Net today to celebrate the Psychedelic Renaissance and chat about yes-and-ness, discernment, and navigating holding nuanced perspectives in a world brimming with binary thinkers among many other vibey topics.
Check out Alexander's substack, The Bigger Picture and learn more about the book by the same name on his glorious website!
Sincere gratitude for the editing done by Colin Reinagel!
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2024-06-1155 min
The Kainos PodcastUnlocking Consciousness AgilityIn this podcast episode, I speak with Trish Blain about her concept of ‘consciousness agility’ and why it can help us move into new territory in our lives. We also talk about what it takes to turn wisdom into action, why collaborating with others can be so difficult, and why creativity isn’t just about artistic expression, but a force that lies at the heart of reality. Trish and I have designed a new process called NonOrdinary Impact, and we’re running a free taster session on Monday 20th of May, which you can sign up for here.
2024-05-1458 min
Evolve Move Play PodcastPsychedelics and Healing the Meta-Crisis with ALEXANDER BEINER | EMP Podcast 140Welcome back to the Evolve Move Play podcast!
In this episode, I sit down with Alexander Beiner, a journalist, author, and co-founder of Rebel Wisdom. Our conversation explores the potential role of psychedelics in addressing the complex challenges facing humanity today, referred to as the "meta crisis."
Drawing upon personal experiences, scientific research, and philosophical insights, we dive into topics such as the distinction between complicated and complex problems, the importance of embodiment in healing and growth, and the impact of metaphysical beliefs on culture and behavior. Alexander shares his powerful journey with psychedelics, including an MDMA experience that helped...
2024-05-021h 32
The Psychedelic PodcastAlexander Beiner - Navigating Complexity: Psychedelics, AI, & Extended-State DMTIn this episode of The Psychedelic Podcast, Paul F. Austin is joined by Alexander Beiner for a deep dive into nuanced engagement in the culture wars. Find episode links, summary, and transcript here: https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-244-alexander-beiner/ Paul and Alexander examine the importance of sense-making and the role of psychedelics in navigating complex environments. Alexander draws from his interviews with thought leaders like John Vervaeke, Ian McGilchrist, and Nora Bateson, shedding light on the Four E's of cognitive science. He explores how psychedelics can enhance discernment and adaptability in the face of a...
2024-04-231h 00
The Psychedelic Therapy PodcastAlexander Beiner: Psychedelic Healing Cannot Be IndividualWelcome back to the Psychedelic Therapy Podcast. After a hiatus of a year and a half, we're excited to announce our return, thanks to our new sponsors, Hurricane Lotus (formerly Maya, the original sponsor of this show) and Holos Global, we are now back and releasing regular episodes.
On today's show, I’m speaking with Alexander Beiner, author of "The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World." We discuss the roots of the mental health crisis, the role of psychedelics in healing, and what healing actually means according to Beiner. We also ex...
2024-04-1654 min
Medicine for These Times with Beth WeinsteinAlexander Beiner: Psychedelic Sensemaking, DMT & Saving The WorldAlexander Beiner is an author and podcaster. He's one of the founders of the media and events platform Rebel Wisdom and an executive director of Breaking Convention, Europe's longest-running conference on psychedelic medicine and culture. His upcoming book 'The Bigger Picture: How psychedelics can help us make sense of the world' (Hay House, 2023) explores how psychedelics could transform culture and society. He has a particular interest on how psychedelic experiences can be applied to systems change and improving how we have conversations around difficult cultural topics. He has also covered psychedelic capitalism journalistically for a number of years, with...
2024-03-1258 min
Adventures Through The MindAlexander Beiner | How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense Of The Meta-CrisisAlexander Beiner joins us to explore how psychedelics can help us make sense of the meta-crisis. This includes topics like complexity tolerance and the overwhelming deluge of information in modern digital life; "How" and "why" we solve a problem is as important as the "what" of the solution itself; the mythological impact of sci-fi narratives on identity and perception; and whether AI will become a new god. Additionally, we speak on extended-state DMT (DMTx) and interacting with entities; overlaps in the perceptual impact of phenomena like DMT entities and UAPs; and emotionally managing the potential...
2024-03-081h 43THIRD EYE DROPSDMT Entities, Carl Jung's Mysticism, and Ancient Wisdom | Alexander Beiner | Mind Meld 382🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Author of The Bigger Picture, consciousness explorer, and co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, Alexander Beiner enters the mind meld! Video version here 👈 Alex is the author of The Bigger Picture, executive director of Breaking Convention, and co-founder of one of my favorite YouTube channels, Rebel Wisdom. Alex also participated in a groundbreaking study at Imperial College London, in which, participants were given extended-state, high-dose, intravenous DMT. His experiences, as you’ll hear, were profound, alien, and life-changing. In this one, we also riff on the import...
2024-03-072h 06
Portals of Perception069 - Rebel Wisdom and the Trauma MythMany news platforms today still at times refer to the struggles of life in 2023 as residual pandemic trauma — directly influenced by the painful events beginning in 2020. Is it really fair and accurate to connect today’s behavior and attitudes to a three-year-old ‘trauma’?There’s no doubt the pandemic caused pain and suffering, and trauma, for millions of people directly affected. But as everyday life finds a post-pandemic new normal, is it helpful to our personal and collective healing and rebalance to see ourselves as traumatized? Or has trauma become a convenient rationale and strategy to avoid fully faci...
2024-03-011h 27
The Kainos PodcastA Dialogue with Josh Schrei of 'The Emerald'The best conversations unravel new threads with every turn of phrase. You’re left with a tapestry, not of answers but of new possibilities. I had a feeling that a dialogue with Josh Schrei might weave that kind of tapestry, and I wasn’t disappointed.If you haven’t heard of his podcast The Emerald, I’d highly recommend it. It’s gained a dedicated following over the last few years, and is as much an endeavour in ‘mythic sensemaking’ as it is an artistic expression. The Emerald “explores the human experience through a vibrant lens of myth, story, and...
2024-02-1359 min
Radical Responsibility PodcastEP 176: Resiliience During Culturally Challenging Times | Alexander Beiner.In today's new Radical Responsibility Podcast Episode, Fleet speaks with Alexander Beiner. Alexander explains the Meta crisis, including the Meaning and Sensemaking crises, which is overwhelming our capacities and creating deep uncertainty. They explore how to navigate and make sense of it all and be resilient in relation to the break-down of our information ecology.We Also Discuss:- How to make sense of information more effectively, our addiction to ideologies and “Reciprocal Narrowing”, and how we can engage in contemplative practices to increase our cognitive and psychological flexibility - His insight on the emergence of p...
2024-02-071h 11
The Purple Path with Ayelle11. Psychedelics, Shadow Work & Animism - Alexander BeinerHow can Psychedelics help us make sense of the world? This is one of the central questions Alexander Beiner covers in his brilliant book "The Bigger Picture." In this conversation, we dive deep into an exploration of psychedelics from a place of respect and reverence, covering the importance of preparation, integration and shadow work, Alexander's experience with a DMT continuous infusion clinical trial, the concept of spiritual bypassing, how psychedelics can increase our creativity, reclaiming animism and so much more.
Alexander Beiner is an author, journalist and facilitator focused on bringing new ways of...
2024-01-151h 05
Zero to One with Danny GolerAlexander Beiner: DMTx Trials, Culture and Psychedelic Renaissance | Dan Go Thoughts Podcast Ep #41Alexander Beiner was one of the first volunteers for the IV DMT extended state study in the Imperial College in London, also known as DMTx. Alex also happens to be a phenomenal writer and his new book, The Bigger Picture quickly became one of my favorite new reads. Alex is a profoundly deep thinker, and my conversation with him did not disappoint; I had a blast. So as always, sit back, relax, and enjoy my conversation with Alex Beiner.
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2024-01-051h 12
The Kainos PodcastWhy Scene-Making Beats Sensemaking with Peter LimbergThere are only 6 live tickets remaining for my course New Ways of Knowing, which kicks off in less than a week. Join a collective inquiry into the ideas and practices that help us thrive in a time of upheaval, with a world-class faculty and participants from more than 20 countries.Where’s the vital edge in culture today? How do we find art to shove us into the abyss, taboo conversations to open our minds, and shards of wisdom to open our hearts?For Peter Limberg, this is a question we have to take seriously, but a...
2023-12-0859 min
The Kainos PodcastWhy Myth Matters with Sophie StrandIn the 1960’s, communications theorist Marshall McLuhan famously wrote ‘the medium is the message’. Thousands of years before he lived, we were already expressing this idea through our creation myths; myths in which the universe is spoken into being, or danced into form. At a deep level, we’ve always known that how our world is created tells us about what has been created.Today, advanced AI is forcing us to ask what it means when the medium is disconnected from the embodied world; held in distant servers and immortal algorithms. It’s a question that one of the godfathers...
2023-12-0149 min
Conversations with Peter BoghossianDialogue, Human Connection, and Psychedelics | Peter Boghossian and Alexander BeinerAuthor and journalist Alexander Beiner cofounded the media platform Rebel Wisdom and serves as one of the executive directors of Breaking Convention, Europe's largest conference on psychedelic medicine and culture. His new book, "The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World," is an exploration of the transformative possibility of psychedelics beyond Big Pharma's aim of profitable mental health care. He also produced "The Rise of Psychedelic Capitalism," a short documentary about the ramifications of hallucinogens hitting the mainstream marketplace. Alexander facilitates courses, retreats, and events to foster inner development and human connectedness...
2023-11-151h 15
The Kainos PodcastHow Reality Learns with Nora BatesonEverything in our lives, from our relationships down to the cells of our hearts, is a process of combining. Things connect to other things to form relationships that create more than the sum of their parts, and in this way the world emerges. As Nora Bateson puts it in her new book, Combining, nothing we see is ‘just that and nothing more.’ This piece is a combination of words and sound, as I recently recorded a conversation with Bateson, which you can find as an audio podcast above, or on Apple Podcasts and most other podcast platforms. Nora...
2023-11-1559 min
Psychedelics TodayPT456 – Alexander Beiner – Moloch, Kairos, Extended-State DMT, and the Spider QueenIn this episode, David interviews Alexander Beiner: an Executive Director of Breaking Convention; writer of The Bigger Picture substack; and author of The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World. He tells his personal story and how his first psychedelic experience felt like a homecoming; discusses his Rebel Wisdom media platform, where, through interviews, he tried to make sense of social upheavals and conflicts through a more flexible, psychedelic way of thinking; and digs deep into the Greek concepts of Moloch and Kairos: how Moloch represents the winner-take-all, race to the bottom...
2023-10-311h 18
The Kainos PodcastAudio Version of 'Why We Pray: Israel, Gaza and Complexity Tolerance' This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beiner.substack.com/subscribe
2023-10-2428 minDr. John VervaekeBeyond the Trip: How Psychedelics Are Shaping Our Worldview with Alexander BeinerIn this episode of Voices with Vervaeke, Dr. John Vervaeke and guest Alexander Beiner, a leading voice in the world of psychedelics, discuss psychedelics' role in contemporary society. They tackle complex topics like the dangers and potentials of mixing politics with psychedelics, the mechanics of mystical experiences, and the modern meaning crisis. The duo also delves into the risks and rewards of commodifying psychedelic experiences. They explore the latest scientific studies, personal accounts, and anecdotal evidence, weaving them into an intricate narrative that invites listeners to consider psychedelics beyond recreational use. From trials at Imperial College London to DMT...
2023-09-281h 12
Microdosing Table TalkAlexander Beiner: Can Psychedelics Help Us Create a Better World?In this Microdosing Table Talk episode with Alexander Beiner we dive into the role that psychedelics can play in our lives, and their potential in helping us navigate modern-day crises such as wars, pandemics, ecological crises and the emergence of AI. Psychedelics always emphasize the need to address the root of problems if we want to truly start addressing them, and if we want to make real headway. Alexander emphasizes quality over quantity when it comes to psychedelic experiences. He underscores the value of profound and meaningful journeys over simply having experiences. Moreover, we delve into the r...
2023-09-191h 10
Mindful MavensFuture Visioneering, Psychedelic Science 2023, & Telling the story you want to hearSub-Title: Tell the story you want to see/hearEpisode notes/references/links:Eckhart Tolle’s A NEW EARTHBuddha’s Brain: The practical neuroscience of happiness, love and wisdom by Rick HansenSoul Therapy (and/or Care of the Soul), both by Thomas MooreThe Bigger Picture by Alexander BeinerRachel Harris’s Listening to Ayahuasca: New hope for depression, addiction, PTSD, and anxiety.Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy with forward by Jerry SeinfeldKarena’s (Steph’s friend who introduced...
2023-08-3141 min
The Rabbit Hole#69 The Bigger Picture by Alexander BeinerThis book is about how what we're learning from psychedelic science and spirituality can help us find new ways to make sense of and come through the crisis of civilization.
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2023-07-2801 min
"Dear Humanity," a Lovecast with Laura DawnThe Bigger Picture: Implications of Mainstreaming Psychedelics Through The "Clinical" Lens w/Alexander Beiner –64The primary narrative paving the pathway for the emergence and acceptance of psychedelic compounds into Western society is the narrative surrounding Psychedelic Therapy; psychedelics as a clinical treatment for mental illness. But what are the implications of viewing psychedelics through this lens? Laura Dawn speaks with Alexander Beiner about The Bigger Picture and not only the impact that lens has on our personal experience but on the culture at large. Alexander Beiner is a journalist and author of the book: 'The Bigger Picture: How psychedelics can help us make sense of the world'. ...
2023-07-281h 38
Evolution FM: Consciousness, Human Potential, & Inner Work for EntrepreneursMoving Beyond Our Known Experience With Trish Blain.Consciousness is subjective. This means, for the most part, we only know what it feels like inside our own inner space.So how do we move beyond our limitations if our only reference point is our subjective experience? Well, one way is to have a map of all the different potentialities available to humans and clear directives on how to experience them.This is the subject of today's episode with guest Trish Blain. Trish is the founder of Nonordinary and the author of The Four Forces book. She first got on my radar with her...
2023-07-2049 min
EvolutionFMMoving Beyond Our Known Experience With Trish Blain.Consciousness is subjective. This means, for the most part, we only know what it feels like inside our own inner space. So how do we move beyond our limitations if our only reference point is our subjective experience? Well, one way is to have a map of all the different potentialities available to humans and clear directives on how to experience them. This is the subject of today's episode with guest Trish Blain. Trish is the founder of Nonordinary and the author of The Four Forces book. She first got on my radar with her...
2023-07-2049 minTHIRD EYE DROPSThe Meaning Crisis, Shadow Work and Extended-State DMT with Alexander Beiner | Mind Meld 355🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Author of The Bigger Picture and co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, Alexander Beiner enters the mind meld! Making sense of the human condition is, at best, a juggling act. Making sense of the human condition within a hyper-connected info-sphere that panders to your bias and base instincts… that’s an emergent, unsolvable sense-making puzzle that we’re all left to cope with. Luckily, there are existential balms in the form of human beings like Alexander Beiner. He commands a wide breadth of knowledge across many disciplines — philosophy...
2023-07-201h 57
The Balcony ViewEp.2 We’re Wired for Story with Alexander BeinerIn this episode, Katie Churchman with Alexander Beiner about the power of storytelling. Across the conversation, they discuss how to use storytelling to make sense of complicated concepts and ideas, using storytelling to weave together seemingly unrelated disciplines, story as a bridge between different systems, the darker side of storytelling, and much more.Alexander Beiner is a writer, podcaster, and facilitator with a love for making sense of culture, hosting transformative experiences, and exploring how we can evolve and thrive in the chaotic times we live in. He is one of the founders of Rebel Wisdom, a...
2023-06-301h 02
TRUE NORTH PROJECT#37 Alexander Beiner - Psychedelic SensemakingAlexander Beiner is a writer, podcaster, and thinker. His new book, "The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World," is now available. Alexander also co-founded the Youtube channel Rebel Wisdom. This platform is an excellent source of wisdom and sensemaking. You can connect with Alexander at https://www.alexanderbeiner.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truenorthproject/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truenorthproject/support Get full access to TRUE...
2023-06-301h 08
Get Hooked On An Powerful Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.The Bigger Picture by Alexander BeinerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/163637to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Bigger Picture
Author: Alexander Beiner
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Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
Release date: 06-13-23
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Science
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Can psychedelic drugs help us tackle the biggest problems we face globally? Can they heal the cultural, spiritual, and political wounds we’re wrestling with? Psychedelics have hit the mainstream as powerful new mental health treatments. But as clinicians explore what these molecules can do for our individual minds, The Bigger Picture goes further to illuminate how psychedelics can help us fi...
2023-06-137h 50
Evolution FM: Consciousness, Human Potential, & Inner Work for EntrepreneursVenturing into New Dimensions: An In-Depth Look at Extended State DMT Research w/ Alex BeinerThe study of the DMT experience by standard only takes around 10 minutes. What if we could extend the duration of these experiences and get into a deeper exploration?Enter DMTx. In 2018, researchers kicked off a study to observe participants in an extended DMT state experience to delve deeper and conventional limits.Today's guest is Alexander Beiner, one of the 9 incredibly brave participants who embarked on this pioneering inner exploration.What did he find?Full episode notes and links: https://podcast.scottbritton.me/p/new-dimensions-an-in-depth-look-at-the-extended-state-dmt-research-w-alex-beiner🌀This podcast is sponsored by Con...
2023-06-1353 min
EvolutionFMVenturing into New Dimensions: An In-Depth Look at Extended State DMT Research w/ Alex BeinerThe study of the DMT experience by standard only takes around 10 minutes. What if we could extend the duration of these experiences and get into a deeper exploration? Enter DMTx. In 2018, researchers kicked off a study to observe participants in an extended DMT state experience to delve deeper and conventional limits. Today's guest is Alexander Beiner, one of the 9 incredibly brave participants who embarked on this pioneering inner exploration. What did he find? Full episode notes and links https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast 🌀This podcast is sponsored by Con...
2023-06-1253 min
Mountain WhispersEp 26 - Alexander Beiner - Adventures in the psychedelic domainAlexander Beiner is the author of the upcoming book The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World and one of the founders of the Youtube channel Rebel Wisdom.Together we explore the parallels between outdoor and psychedelic modes of adventure, and more importantly, how one can integrate extreme experience in a way that helps us navigate complexity, thrive under pressure, and better practice compassion and empathy. All of these are skills that are becoming more important in a world that isn't getting any simpler.Links mentioned in the conversation:D...
2023-06-121h 10
The Naked DialogueTND EP #50 w/ Alexander Beiner & Sanjana Singh | Psychedelics, the DMT-X Trials & Daniel Schmactenberger on the Information MatrixABOUT ALEXANDER BEINER
Alexander Beiner has researched shamanism in South America and Africa. Campaigning for the legalization of plant medicines and the expansion of religious freedom, he has contributed to several major newspapers and journals. Beyond the Basin is his first novel.
He is also one of the founders of Rebel Wisdom, a popular alternative media platform that ran from 2017-2022 and explored the cutting-edge of systems change and cultural sensemaking.
As well as publishing regular essays and articles on his Substack, he's an executive director of Breaking Convention, Europe's longest-running conference on...
2023-06-1058 min
The Dan Astin-Gregory PodcastCould Psychedelics Help Kickstart a Modern Counter-Culture Revolution?Can psychedelics help us to make sense of the world and help us to break through our current systemic challenges?
Following the rise of psychedelics during the Summer of Love in the 1960s and the subsequent psychedelic renaissance during the rave scene in the 1990's, could a new phase of psychedelic enlightenment help us to embrace new modes of healing and transformation at an individual and societal level?
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2023-06-0859 min
The Embodiment Coaching PodcastTripping Sense & Psychedelics : Alexander BeinerAuthour of the 'The Bigger Picture: How psychedelics can help us make sense of the world' (Hay House, 2023), joins Mark to talk politics, the psychedelic renaissance, the dark side of tripping, how to do it safely, DMT, sense making, Rebel Wisdom, the big crisis, decadence, "safety", practices, journaling, shame and being WEIRD. And really interesting, fast-paced exploration. Check out live In-person events here: www.embodimentunlimited.com Alex Beiner is a writer, podcaster and facilitator with a love for making sense of culture, hosting transformative experiences, and exploring how we can evolve and thrive...
2023-05-3057 min
The Psychedelic ReportPsychedelic Medicine & Research: Legalization vs. Decrim with Jonathan Lubecky & Dr. Rachel YehudaCan science help us figure out how psychedelic medicines work? What are the important differences between legalization of psychedelic medicines and decrim? Episode 3 of The Psychedelic Report dives into all this and more with Senior Correspondent Jonathan Lubecky and the brilliant Dr. Rachel Yehuda PhD, Endowed Professor of Psychiatry and the Neurobiology of Trauma, and Director of the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai. Authoring more than 500 published papers, chapters and books in the field of traumatic stress and the neurobiology of PTSD, Dr. Yehuda shares her vast knowledge and experience with us...
2023-02-201h 38
The Psychedelic ReportPsychedelic Medicine & Research: Legalization vs. Decrim?Can science help us figure out how psychedelic medicines work? What are the important differences between legalization of psychedelic medicines and decrim? Episode 3 of The Psychedelic Report dives into all this and more with Senior Correspondent Jonathan Lubecky and the brilliant Dr. Rachel Yehuda PhD, Endowed Professor of Psychiatry and the Neurobiology of Trauma, and Director of the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai. Authoring more than 500 published papers, chapters and books in the field of traumatic stress and the neurobiology of PTSD, Dr. Yehuda shares her vast knowledge and experience with...
2023-02-201h 37Medicine for These Times with Beth WeinsteinAlexander Beiner: Can Psychedelics Help Us Make Sense Of The World?Alexander Beiner is an author and podcaster. He's one of the founders of the media and events platform Rebel Wisdom and an executive director of Breaking Convention, Europe's longest-running conference on psychedelic medicine and culture. His upcoming book 'The Bigger Picture: How psychedelics can help us make sense of the world' (Hay House, 2023) explores how psychedelics could transform culture and society. He has a particular interest on how psychedelic experiences can be applied to systems change and improving how we have conversations around difficult cultural topics. He has also covered psychedelic capitalism journalistically for a number of years, with...
2022-12-2728 min
The Psychedelic PodcastNatasja Pelgrom & Alexander Beiner - Regenerative Stewardship: Evolving the Psychedelic Retreat ModelNatasja Pelgrom & Alexander Beiner, creators of the Regenerative Stewardship retreat, join Paul F. Austin to discuss their approach to healing. Natasja Pelgrom is a visionary leader, mystical mentor and the founder of Awaken The Medicine Within retreats and programs, supporting people with psycho-spiritual approaches since 2017. Natasja is a highly intuitive guide and has held training, assisting and facilitation roles in over 800 psychedelic ceremonies. Natasja was also a founding member of the Synthesis Institute, and the director of the psilocybin-assisted Wellness retreats. As a key curator of the retreat programs, she oversaw the retreat team development and training...
2022-11-211h 10
The Dan Astin-Gregory PodcastMaking sense in a world of nonsense w/Alexander BeinerTo explore how we can make better sense of the world we are joined today by Alexander Beiner, co-founder of Rebel Wisdom and author of the upcoming book ‘The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics can help us make sense of the world'.
What is sensemaking and why learning how to deepen our sensemaking is more important than ever?
How grand narratives, loss of trust in institutions, algorithms, and differences in value systems are creating a crisis of sensemaking
The importance of shared sensemaking and how to develop a set of practices to make better sense ever-complex world around us.
Lastl...
2022-09-081h 33
The Integral Stage Expanded Universe (ISEU)METAPODCAST: Rebel Wisdom & Syria w/ David FullerFor episode 22, Layman welcomes David Fuller, the founder of Rebel Wisdom, to the Integral Stage to discuss the troubling lack of high-level discussion and informed sensemaking around charged social or foreign policy issues, even in our purported "higher discourse" communities. David leads with a rant on the contentious and often misinformed debates about Syria, and together they explore the challenges of informed and responsible sensemaking in our contemporary media environment -- where we all frequently suffer from the lack of access, time, and/or skill to meaningfully navigate our polluted and war-torn information ecologies.
Throughout the discussion, Da...
2022-09-061h 12
Deep TransformationTruthfinding, Sensemaking, the Psychedelic Renaissance & How to Heal a Culture That Has Lost Its Soul (Part 2)Ep. 30 (Part 2 of 2) | Rebel Wisdom co-founder Alexander Beiner has his finger on the cultural pulse of our times. Here he explores key challenges we face as a global community: sensemaking and truth finding in a culture that has lost its coherence as well as its sense of the divine, and what role psychedelics might play both therapeutically and spiritually in healing our culture. He discusses the need to go beyond the intellectual to find clarity and coherence, using embodied practices like meditation and inquiry, and explains how modalities such as these are an essential container for therapeutic psychedelic experiences...
2022-06-1637 min
Deep TransformationTruthfinding, Sensemaking, the Psychedelic Renaissance & How to Heal a Culture That Has Lost Its SoulEp. 29 (Part 1 of 2) | Rebel Wisdom co-founder Alexander Beiner has his finger on the cultural pulse of our times. Here he explores key challenges we face as a global community: sensemaking and truth finding in a culture that has lost its coherence as well as its sense of the divine, and what role psychedelics might play both therapeutically and spiritually in healing our culture. He discusses the need to go beyond the intellectual to find clarity and coherence, using embodied practices like meditation and inquiry, and explains how modalities such as these are an essential container for therapeutic psychedelic experiences...
2022-06-0936 min
The Dan Astin-Gregory PodcastAlexander Beiner: Sensemaking 101In these times of change, we can no longer trust the traditional media to make sense of the world. The old gatekeepers are losing their power. A new counter-culture is filling the void with an emerging alternative media landscape, but this is presenting new sensemaking challenges. Find out how we addressed this during our private event held within the Elevate Network this week with Alexander Beiner, co-founder of Rebel Wisdom.
Alexander Beiner is a writer, facilitator and cultural commentator who leads on Rebel Wisdom's written content and live experiences, including the Sensemaking 101 course.
If you wo...
2022-05-131h 21
The Daily EvolverDavid Fuller, Wise Rebel - A revealing visit with the founder of Rebel WisdomToday I’m talking with David Fuller, one of the emerging luminaries of the emerging emergence movement (whew!). David, along with his partner Alexander Beiner, founded Rebel Wisdom four years ago, and has built it into a significant, integrally-informed cultural player, managing to thread the needle between – and beyond – the warring ideologies of traditionalism and progressivism. David shares his journey of development and how it led to the creation of Rebel Wisdom. He describes how the platform has itself evolved, morphing beyond its initial association with Jordan Peterson, who has gone hard anti-left. Rebel Wisdom has moved forward into new arenas...
2022-04-0856 min
The Daily EvolverDavid Fuller, Wise Rebel - A revealing visit with the founder of Rebel WisdomToday I’m talking with David Fuller, one of the emerging luminaries of the emerging emergence movement (whew!). David, along with his partner Alexander Beiner, founded Rebel Wisdom four years ago, and has built it into a significant, integrally-informed cultural player, managing to thread the needle between – and beyond – the warring ideologies of traditionalism and progressivism. David shares his journey of development and how it led to the creation of Rebel Wisdom. He describes how the platform has itself evolved, morphing beyond its initial association with Jordan Peterson, who has gone hard anti-left. Rebel Wisdom has moved forward into new arenas...
2022-04-0856 minThe Daily EvolverDavid Fuller, Wise Rebel - A revealing visit with the founder of Rebel WisdomToday I’m talking with David Fuller, one of the emerging luminaries of the emerging emergence movement (whew!). David, along with his partner Alexander Beiner, founded Rebel Wisdom four years ago, and has built it into a significant, integrally-informed cultural player, managing to thread the needle between – and beyond – the warring ideologies of traditionalism and progressivism.
David shares his journey of development and how it led to the creation of Rebel Wisdom. He describes how the platform has itself evolved, morphing beyond its initial association with Jordan Peterson, who has gone hard anti-left. Rebel Wisdom has moved forwar...
2022-04-0856 min
The Jim Rutt ShowCurrents 039: Alexander Beiner on Psychedelic Turf WarsAlexander Beiner & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about Beiner’s recent essay “Who’s in Charge of Psilocybin?”...
Alexander Beiner & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about Beiner’s recent essay “Who’s in Charge of Psilocybin?”. They discuss the state of play regarding psilocybin’s legality, its effectiveness in therapeutic contexts, therapeutic versus personal-growth uses, the value and limitations of clinical trials, metaphors for psychedelics risk, the differences between synthesized and natural-grown psilocybin, COMPASS Pathways’ big patent grab and its threat to psilocybin access, the battle for narrative control around psychedelics, money-on-money return as an engine of Game A, psychedelic sensemaking, psychedeli...
2021-07-1951 min
The Psymposia Podcast#38 - Part Two: The Psychedelic Capitalism Debate That Wasn'tIn Part Two, the Psymposia crew continues to deconstruct a conversation between two self-described entrepreneurs who recently discussed psychedelics and medicalization during an event called Psychedelic Capitalism with Alexander Beiner [Rebel Wisdom] and Lars Wilde [COMPASS Pathways, Atai Life Sciences]— while studiously avoiding a debate of capitalism altogether. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNHX3OIO3-4 Co-hosts: Neşe Devenot, Brian Pace, Brian Normand, David Nickles. Editor: Matt Payne If you like the show please support us on Patreon or make a tax-deductible donation. **Thank you to our Patreon podcast...
2021-07-071h 26
The Psymposia Podcast#37 - Part One: The Psychedelic Capitalism Debate That Wasn'tThe Psymposia crew deconstructs a conversation between two self-described entrepreneurs who recently discussed psychedelics and medicalization during an event called Psychedelic Capitalism with Alexander Beiner [Rebel Wisdom] and Lars Wilde [COMPASS Pathways, Atai Life Sciences]— while studiously avoiding a debate of capitalism altogether. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNHX3OIO3-4 Read: https://newrepublic.com/article/159019/break-big-pharma-monopoly-covid-19-vaccine Co-hosts: Neşe Devenot, Brian Pace, Brian Normand, David Nickles. Editor: Matt Payne If you like the show please support us on Patreon or make a tax-deductible donation. **Thank you to...
2021-07-011h 16
The Integral Stage METAPODCASTRebel Wisdom (and Syria) w/ David FullerFor episode 22, Layman welcomes David Fuller, the founder of Rebel Wisdom, to the Integral Stage to discuss the troubling lack of high-level discussion and informed sensemaking around charged social or foreign policy issues, even in our purported "higher discourse" communities. David leads with a rant on the contentious and often misinformed debates about Syria, and together they explore the challenges of informed and responsible sensemaking in our contemporary media environment -- where we all frequently suffer from the lack of access, time, and/or skill to meaningfully navigate our polluted and war-torn information ecologies. Throughout the discussion...
2021-06-291h 12
The Lightfoot Podcast#22 Alexander Beiner On How To Rebel Wisely, Fight For Each Other & Reorient The Psychedelic JuggernautAlexander and I unfurl through a fascinating forest of ideas. We track the evolution of Rebel Wisdoms development and outline its spiral like journey from embodiment and liminality to its focus on the impact of Jordan Peterson, its exploration of the Intellectual Dark & Deep Web before a return to its roots. We dance with the knotty but humming question of how to cultivate meaningful culture and community within the context of the digital sense making scene and explore the importance of remembering that we're all in this together, that we're practicing for each other. Ali also gives us an...
2021-06-081h 24
Kluges aus der Mitte№ 20 Vorweg gehen - Community Building bei der DB SystelDarren Cooper und Fabian Beiner über Barcamps, Eigeninitiative, Schulterklappen und Communities
Auf der Suche nach Menschen, die aus der Mitte der Organisation heraus Dinge in Bewegung setzen - ohne Auftrag, mit Erfolg - wurde uns Darren Cooper von der DB Systel, der Digitaltochter der Deutschen Bahn AG, nahegelegt. Und so machen wir uns auf den Weg nach Berlin Friedrichshagen, wo wir nicht nur Darren treffen, sondern auch gleich einen Mitstreiter, Fabian Beiner.
Darren ist "Software developer by trade, Internet evangelist by heart, event organiser by hobby", seine Freunde bezeichnen ihn als Anstifter. Vielleicht ist er auch ein U...
2021-05-071h 02
Adventures Through The MindSensemaking Psychedelic Capitalism with Rebel Wisdom | Alexander BeinerAlexander Beiner joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to discuss the rise of psychedelic capitalism, its impact on the culture, and the risk of us losing something promising if we get swept up by various narratives for-profits models are seeding into our minds. We also discuss modern Western culture's crisis of meaning, the dissolution of trust in institutions, "the internet of beefs", and the challenge of sensemaking in our modern technological landscape. For links to Beiner's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind137 ***Full Topics...
2021-01-291h 31
Noetic NomadsThe Future of Digital Communities ft. Alexander Beiner, Maggie Love, Daveed Benjamin, Daniel Liebeskind, David HomanNoetic Nomads and Bridgit.io co-hosted the inaugural Overweb Challenge (https://theoverweb.com) on Jan 21, an online festival dedicated to the future of the web, sensemaking, and of digital communities.Our panel on the future of digital communities...
2021-01-2949 minNoetic NomadsThe Future of Religion Panel w/ Cadell, Beiner, Raven, Arran, Collin, AldermanNoetic Nomads convened an all-star panel and Q&A Jan 16 featuring Cadell Last, Bruce Alderman, Alexander Beiner, Collin Morris, and Arran Rogerson. Facilitated by Raven Connolly. Following the Capitol Insurrection, images were emblazoned across our...
2021-01-161h 29The Jim Rutt ShowCurrents 019: Alexander Beiner on Indigenous NarcissismJim talks to Alexander Beiner about his new article on Indigenous Narcissism: western cultural norms, tribalism, social media, ethics, and much more...
In this Currents episode, Jim and Alexander Beiner have a wide-ranging chat about his recent article on Indigenous Narcissism. They cover western cultural norms, tribalism & belonging, social media as a tribal battlefield, addiction dynamics of social media, voluntary organization decline, the erosion of trust in institutions, ethics, postmodern cultural influence & dynamics, indigenous perspectives, cultures as operating systems, integral theory & the messiness of progress, fixing vs replacing systems, bottom-up vs top-down cultural innovation, the GameB approach, and more.
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2020-11-171h 00
SENSESPACEEp.4 Alexander Beiner-Literary World to Underworld: Knowing, Spiritual Narcissism & PsychedelicsExploring Ali's journey out of the literary world and his latest series of pieces of Medium concerning 'Lost Ways of Knowing'. We riffed on the 'dance' of being between openness and ground and then explored the challenges of charismatic narcissism in spiritual communities and the ongoing cultural questions around psychedelics.
Alexander Beiner is the co-founder of Rebel Wisdom where he is responsible for live events, summits and facilitation of retreats and workshops. Previously a novelist, meditation instructor and co-organiser of the psychedelics conference Breaking Convention he is currently writing long form pieces exploring Embodied Cognition, Culture and...
2020-05-1353 min
Infinite LunchboxHow Did We Get So Tribal? (Spiral Dynamics)How did we get so tribal? And where did Trump come from?! There have been a gazillion attempted answers to those questions, and this episode, the Infinite Lunchbox offers a fresh one -- from the perspective of the evolution of *human consciousness*. You thought Maslow's hierarchy was good? Buckle up for the Spiral Dynamics of Consciousness. NOTE: Infinite Lunchbox is better viewed than heard — consider watching on YouTube: https://bit.ly/spiralbacklash Show Notes: • Spiral Dynamics: https://www.cruxcatalyst.com/wp-content/uploads/spiral-dynamic-image.jpg • Rebel Wisdom's Alexander Beiner on the 'flawed' notion of the In...
2020-03-1918 min
Future ThinkersRebel Wisdom - Who Are The Intellectual Deep Web?We had a roundtable style discussion with David Fuller and Alexander Beiner from Rebel Wisdom about the Intellectual Dark Web, where that conversation is heading, the emergence of the Intellectual Deep Web, and how to find cohesion and unity in a decentralized world. Show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/101 To learn how to adapt to our uncertain future, sign up for our mailing list and get the 50+ page guide: http://futurethinkers.org/signup Check out the Course in Personal Evolution: http://courses.futurethinkers.org
2019-07-121h 01