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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher RyanGiving this a spinThank you Nikita Petrov, Lacey Delayne, Dr Doug, Andrew Ramos, Eamon Cullen, and many others for tuning into my live video! 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 chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
2025-04-0248 min
Fromm DailyExtreme ControlHuman beings have become obsessed with control. Not only controlling each other, but also circumstances and nature. This causes us to disrespect life, and changes the dynamics of our relationship to the earth and to living things. Plus, how listening to your instincts helps in decision making. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-2316 min
Fromm DailyCapitalism Invents WarHow the necessity for conquest brought about the invention of war. And, want to stop making “emotional” decisions? Lacey has an encouragement for you. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-2216 min
Fromm DailyA New Kind of SocietyHow has the culture and lifestyle of human beings changed since the onset of agriculture? Why does it matter, and how does it affect our health? Plus, more encouragement on how to make big decisions. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-2116 min
Fromm DailyControl & Power: Don't You Want Some?What hunter gatherer societies can tell us about our communal well-being. How control and power dominate our current society, and why it is problematic. Plus, an encouragement around making big decisions. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-2015 min
Fromm DailyNOMO FOMOMore than an action, creativity is an attitude. It’s an approach to life and a way of living. Today Lacey shares how and why based on Fromm’s ideas. And, how she rids herself of the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). *Note: Please excuse the lower audio quality of this episode due to unforeseen circumstances* This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-1612 min
Fromm DailyDestroy for Power!The need to transcend life is innate in humans. It can be done by creating or destroying. If we cannot cope with life by creating, we will do it by destroying. Thus, destruction is a way many of us feel a sense of power. Why? Why don’t we choose creativity? Plus another mantra for encouragement on your personal growth journey. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-1514 min
Fromm DailyYou Necrophiliac, You!Necrophilia is the love of that which is not alive, the non-living, the sick and mechanical. Mostly heard used in a sexual sense, Fromm writes about it in a general sense. He shows us how our society’s focus on the unalive brings difficulty to us as human beings. Plus another mantra to help on your personal growth journey. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-1415 min
Fromm DailyWell that About Sums it upBoredom and destruction. What do they two have to do with each other? Plus, mantras that can help on your personal growth journey. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-1316 min
Fromm DailyThe Torment of BoredomWe may not realize it, but we are bored with our daily lives. Painfully bored. Why? And, there is a connection between busyness and boredom. What is it? Plus, an encouragement on self-awareness as key to a more satisfying life. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-0916 min
Fromm DailyBringing Others to LifeThere is a lack of genuine connection between us and the things we do on a day-to-day basis. This disconnection causes us pain. Fromm calls productive activity the antithesis to this disconnection. Those who engage in productive activity have a special attractiveness, and bring others to life. How can we live more like this? Plus, what happened with Mary & Pat. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-0815 min
Fromm DailyJust Following OrdersSo much of the time we do things because we are told to, not because we really want to. It causes us to be disconnected. Disconnected lives lead to anxiety and depression. To fix it, we need a societal structure that values autonomy and authenticity. Plus, a situational example of self-awareness. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-0714 min
Fromm DailyHypnotized on Auto-PilotHow we confuse busyness with productivity, what Fromm said productivity really is and how we live hypnotized on auto-pilot. Plus, how self awareness can bring us closer to ourselves, each other and our ideal lives. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-0615 min
Fromm DailyIs Joy Spiritual?Many of the major religions tie joy to morality. Living from the being mode of existence enables us to experience joy. What connections can we make, then, between spirituality and an approach to life that is not all about having, owning, and accumulating? And, why self-compassion isn’t popular. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-0215 min
Fromm DailyThe Good Life: Having it All?Society tells us that the good life is made up pleasures and thrills. Fromm says that enduring happiness (joy) comes a result of growth and authentic experience. A society that is disconnected from what actually brings about well-being for the humans within it isn’t sustainable in the long term. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-03-0115 min
Fromm DailyDoes Joy Matter?What is the difference between happiness and joy? What does joy have to do with productivity? And an argument for self-compassion. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-02-2815 min
Fromm DailyHow to be Happy?What really makes us happy? We are conditioned to believe that it is money. But Fromm says it is our ability to make use of our innate human powers. And, how self-compassion can help us get out of obsessive thought patterns. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-02-2715 min
Fromm DailyAre We Actually Free?The freedom we so passionately speak about having is mostly the freedom to chose between products on the marketplace. But, is it real? And is it a distraction to keep us from seeing how little freedom of choice we actually have in day-to-day life? And, more on radical acceptance in your personal growth encouragement today. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-02-2316 min
Fromm DailyIs Society the Problem?The economy needs us to buy continuously in order for it to be viable. So, industry compels us in any way possible to consume more. But, do we realize how this affects us? And, an invitation to accept whatever circumstances come your way today. Ánimo! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-02-2215 min
Fromm DailyAre We All Actually Sick?Our tendency to consume dominates modern society. It causes an ill-being. That ill-being has become the norm. Plus, an encouragement to trust circumstances to end up to your benefit. Yes, the ones you didn’t want to go that way. You got this!!*Note: I mention a book by Dr. Gabor Mate. I mistakenly said it was published in 2020. It was published in 2022. Also, there are some minor sound quality issues in the first few minutes of the episode. Apologies!* This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with...
2023-02-2115 min
Fromm DailyTake it all inWe orient ourselves in today’s society by constantly consuming. Consumption dominates our thoughts, daily routines, and life goals. But it’s sucking the life out of us. Plus, an encouragement on radical acceptance and expectations. You got this! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-02-2015 min
Fromm DailyWhat is Fromm Daily?The official From Daily Trailer. Fromm Daily launches Monday, February 20, 2023. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frommdaily.com/subscribe
2023-02-1003 min
Rethinking Humanity30: Create or Destroy? How We Fulfill the Need to TranscendHow do we accomplish transcendence? What is it and why is it important? Create/Destroy: Which is linked to love? Hate? Rethinking Humanity Podcast - Season 2, Episode 30 Recorded LIVE Friday, June 4, 2021 3:15PM EST Follow us on Instagram: @RethinkingHumanity See also: http://RethinkingHumanity.us LaceyDelayne.Medium.com Contact us: RethinkingHumanityPodcast@gmail.com Credits: Executive Producer & Co-Host - Lacey Delayne @LaceyDelayne on IG & Twitter Producer & Co-Host: Sonya Larrea @LarreaSonya on IG Technical Producer: Victor Ho @VictorWainHo on Twitter, IG and Clubhouse Partner Links: Quiet Punch - quietpunch.com Use code RETHINKINGHUMANITY at checkout for 10% off to support the podcast. (Disclosure: The affiliate...
2021-06-0542 min
Rethinking Humanity28: Working Ourselves to Death (Literally), The Post Pandemic "Labor Shortage" & The Human SituationAre we working ourselves to death? Is there a post-pandemic labor shortage? Does the progression beyond being led solely by animal instincts cause a conflict for us as humans that is difficult to bear? What is it that causes insanity? Article Links: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57139434 - Working Ourselves to Death (Literally) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/briefing/labor-shortages-covid-wages.html - Post Pandemic "Labor Shortage" Credits: Executive Producer & Co-Host - Lacey Delayne @LaceyDelayne on IG & Twitter Producer & Co-Host: Sonya Larrea @LarreaSonya on IG Technical Producer: Victor Ho @VictorWainHo on Twitter, IG and Clubhouse ---
2021-05-2245 min
Rethinking Humanity21: Building a Being Mode Based Society, Part 5: Ending the Patriarchy - Liberating Women from Patriarchal DominationIn Episode 21 we dive into why, in order to build a being mode based society, we must liberate women from patriarchal domination and end the patriarchy as a way of relating to each other on a personal and societal level. We discuss what the patriarchy is, why it is harmful to both men and women, and that we must move away from it in order to see a more humanized society. Forbes Article We Mention:https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2018/01/25/renowned-therapist-explains-the-crushing-effects-of-patriarchy-on-men-and-women-today/?sh=57b8cdf72161Our new email address is r...
2021-03-2045 min
Rethinking HumanityBONUS: Word on the Street - Self Love & Self Care and Universal Basic IncomeIn this bit of bonus content, we get out on the streets (or... the beltline) of Atlanta to find out what people think about some of the themes we've been discussing on the podcast. We share the conversations we had with The Jacksons, Keenan (IG: @Keenanismagic), Ramz (IG: @mideast.18), Nour (IG: @nourbeezy), and Moni (IG: @ monisofetch) about self love and self care, and what an extra influx of cash each month might mean for them. A special thanks to each of them for their time and for sharing their thoughts with us. If you want to see photos of t...
2021-03-1619 min
Rethinking Humanity20: Building A Being Mode Based Society, Part 4: Ending Brainwashing, Giving a Guaranteed Yearly Income & Closing the Poverty GapIn episode 20, we continue our discussion from before our month on the theme of love - in Fromm's ideas on how to build a society based on the being mode - a society where we can live and flourish in our human nature, and not have to suppress it due to the needs of the demanding capitalistic machine. We discuss three of the many ways he suggested we do that. Ending brainwashing methods in political and industrial advertising, closing the gap between rich and poor nations, and implementing a Guaranteed Yearly Income. Fromm was for basic income! That is...
2021-03-1045 min
Rethinking Humanity19: LOVE THEMED FEBRUARY: Self Love & Self Care - It's not Selfish and its SUPER ImportantYea, we know it's already March...but we had to do oneeee more episode on the theme of love! To start episode 19, we discuss where we are about a year into the pandemic with regards to recovery as a nation from a health perspective as well as an economic perspective. We also reveal what our exciting news is for April 3, the 1st year anniversary of the podcast. And marvel at the fact that we have been doing the podcast for a year now! Diving into the content, we discuss what self love is, what it isn't and why it is...
2021-03-0447 min
Rethinking Humanity18: LOVE THEMED FEBRUARY- Do We Have a Shared Definition of Love? And other themes from Bell Hooks' Book All About LoveIn this episode we discuss bell hooks' book All About Love. We examine the confusion of the meaning of love. Our primary relationships form our idea of love which can include dysfunction and at times abuse. Our emotional and physical connection with others can be confused with love. We discuss love being a verb and not a noun. Love is an active choice. Society presents a consumer driven version of love both in movies, literature, and advertising. We begin the conversation about self-love and the importance of being able to love yourself before loving others.Our new email address...
2021-02-2745 min
Rethinking HumanityVivica Volt: A Different Approach to RelationshipsIn this episode, our month on the theme of love continues with a shallow dive into A Different Approach to Relationships: Ethical Non Monogamy and Polyamory with Vivica Volt of the Fun Time Program. Call it a 101. Recorded live on Valentines Day, we dive into the why and how of the idea, as well as reasons why it requires self awareness and effective, open communication skills. Our new email address is rethinkinghumanitypodcast@gmail.com, please feel free to shoot us an email sharing your thoughts on the podcast! We'd love to hear. :) Partner Links: Quiet Punch - https://quie...
2021-02-151h 22
Rethinking Humanity17: LOVE THEMED FEBRUARY: What is Love? Is Love an Art? And Six Different Types of LoveIn Episode 17, we begin a series for the month of February focused on love. To begin, we pull our springboard for discussion from Erich Fromm's book The Art of Loving (Free here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKwIlz-dzx4&t=2706s) In it, he presents six different types of love: Brotherly, Motherly, Fatherly, Erotic, Self-Love and Love for God. We give an overview of each of these types of love as well as a basic definition of what love is, from Fromm's perspective. He proposes that love is an art, and it is thus something to be learned and...
2021-02-0645 min
Rethinking Humanity16: Building a Being Mode Based Society, Part 3: Decentralization & Ending BureaucracyIn Episode 16, we dig into the meat of more ways we can move to a being-mode based society, by two means Fromm mentions in To Have or To Be, Chapter 9: Decentralization and Ending Bureaucracy. He says we must replace it with Humanistic Management, and that in a bureaucracy, it is impossible for all members to be participating in a genuine and authentic way. This is why if we are to move to a being-mode based society, where all individuals are valued and heard in the decision making process of their communities, then bureaucracy must be replaced with a more humanistic...
2021-02-0147 min
Rethinking Humanity15: Building A Being-Mode Based Society - How We Get There Part 2: Sane Consumption Cont'd And A Fully Participatory Industry & DemocracyAs a continuation of episode 14, we finalize the discussion on the idea of Sane Consumption and dive into the means to accomplish the shift to Sane Consumption as a society - one of the ways Fromm mentions we could potentially do so is via Consumer Strikes. Consumer strikes provide an opportunity to urge industry and government to make changes without direct governmental involvement, and a large majority of the population aren't necessary for this avenue to be successful. Sonya and Lacey discuss this topic as well as another means to accomplish the Being-Mode Based Society which is a fully inclusive...
2021-01-2141 min
Rethinking Humanity14: Building A Being-Mode Based Society - How We Get There Part 1: Sane Consumption"We must put an end to the present situation where a healthy economy is only possible at the price of unhealthy human beings."This sums up the foundational message of episode 14. Fromm says in the final chapter of To Have or To Be that in order to shift to a society that is based around the Being Mode of Existence, we must change the values of what we measure as successful. At the current time, success equals sick human beings & the money flowing back and forth (through a certain subset of the population's hands) like a mighty river. In...
2021-01-1646 min
Fun Time ProgramRethinking Humanity and Why We Need Universal Basic Income Now with Lacey DelayneJohn and Vivica talk to Lacey Delayne, former Advance Team Lead of the Andrew Yang 2020 Presidential Campaign and co-host of the Rethinking Humanity podcast about why a complete rethink of our political, economic and creative education systems is so important right now and what we can all do to help.
We also touch base on the Special Election for US Senate in Georgia and the crazy day of domestic terrorism by Trump supporters in Washington DC.
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2021-01-071h 35
Rethinking Humanity11: Further Aspects of Having & Being III - Joy vs Pleasure, Sin & ForgivenessIn our final episode profiling Further Aspects of Having and Being, we have probably our most emotional discussion yet, as we share about joy, pleasure in our own lives, what they mean in the eyes of Fromm, and how they each relate to the having & being modes of approach to life. Additionally, we see sin & forgiveness defined through the lens of authoritarian structure of the having mode as well as the being mode. Sin described in the being mode will blow your mind, as well as the simple solution to overcome it. We also touch on the spiking cases of CO...
2020-11-0351 min
Rethinking Humanity10: Further Aspects of Having & Being II - Fear of Dying vs Affirmation of Living, Solidarity vs AntagonismIn our first episode in the double digits, we hear more about Sonya's road trip as she joins us from sunny Venice Beach, California. We hear Lacey's experience voting early in Fulton County, Ga (Atlanta) and give some thank yous to the first person to buy us a coffee to support the podcast. We discuss further elements of Having and Being from Chapter 6 of Erich Fromm's To Have or To Be in the form of comparing the approach of the fear of dying versus the affirmation of living. Additionally, we discuss how solidarity and antagonism play a role in each...
2020-10-2152 min
Rethinking Humanity9: Further Aspects of Having & Being - Security vs Insecurity, Here & Now vs Past &FutureIn this episode, we discuss some new developments in the podcast, some exciting news in Sonya's life, Monica Lewinsky's Vanity Fair Article and two sections of Fromm's writing further comparing the Having and Being modes, in the areas of Security/Insecurity and Here&Now/Past&Future.Some ideas we discuss: 1. The Having Mode exists only in time. The Being Mode exists only in the here and now. What would a life look like that was oriented around the value of being present in the moment? How could we build a society that values being present in the moment ? What mi...
2020-10-0548 min
Moving Forward#136 Rethinking Humanity🍁Lacey Delayne of the Rethinking Humanity podcast joins us. We discuss her interest in the writings of philosopher Erich Fromm, how they relate to the ideas of Andrew Yang, and why Human Capitalism is superior to traditional Social Democracy.
2020-08-181h 00
The AccuracyJohn Lewis Coalition for Democracy Interview... i interview Maya Dillard Smith and Lacey Delayne from the coalition working to bring an election to fill the seat left open by Rep. Lewis' passing.
2020-08-0422 min