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Growing Down: A Progressive Integral PodcastNot Necessarily PoliticsFrayed. That's the word I think of when I think of how I left Growing Down. Growing Down was last published in 2020. A lot of water has flown under the bridge since that time. Here is an update of cohosts Jeremy and Ryan: Jeremy is engaged in other projects but is up for reunions now and then. Ryan has created a wonderful political podcast "Meta-Ideological Politics" with Nate Coffman that deserves a listen to.
As for me, I was not ready to let Growing Down, or GD, go because I believe the panel of thinkers we interviewed a...
2022-02-2245 min
The PackcastThe Big L and Oscar Noms - The Packcast: Episode 50This week on the Special 50th Episode of The Packcast, the Blackwolves celebrate by introducing the soundboard before discussing recent movie releases “Passing” (04:06 - 08:25), “King Richard” (08:27 - 16:00) and “The Power of the Dog” (16:01 - 26:22) along with this year’s top Oscar nomination categories (26:40 - 39:45).
CWC: Content We're Consuming (46:40 - 58:32)
Jacob - Ozark (Netflix), Servant (AppleTV+), The Book of Boba (Disney+), The Olympics (Peacock).
Logan - Power of the Dog (Netflix), Station Eleven (HBO), Euphoria (HBO), Tetris Effect, UFC 4 (PS5)
Jeremy - Power of the Dog (Netflix), Euphoria (HBO), RuPaul's Drag Race, Rick & Morty, South...
2022-02-1558 min
Cali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsNatalie SudmanNatalie Sudman is the author of: Application of Impossible Things; My Near Death Experience in Iraq. Dr. Eben Alexander, author of Proof of Heaven: a Neurosurgeon Journey into the Afterlife, calls Application of Impossible Things ”one of the most astounding and significant NDE (near death experience) ever recorded.” I have been interested in NDE literature since my early twenties because I could not find the insights I needed through church or other spiritual outlets. While I had faith, I craved proof. The ultimate proof for all of us will happen one day but I needed a narrative that made my l...
2022-02-0759 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsJeff KripalA X-men comic book might start out something like this:Script: Our world is fragmented and on the brink of one crisis after another.We believe we are alone but there are more of us than we know.“Heed this warning: the gods only ask one thing- that we don’t forget them.”Frame: The hero/ine (unbeknownst to the soul) waits to be transformed…through mutation.(The hero/ine enters the comic shop)Jeff Kripal is a professor of religion at Rice University and the associate director...
2021-11-1557 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsBrent CooperToday's guest is Brent Cooper. Brent is a Canadian metamodern writer and a political thinker. Brent has been a guest on shows such as the Stoa, John Vervaeke, Jim Rhutt, amongst others. I can’t think of a better description of Brent than the one he wrote about himself on his Medium page: "Political sociologist by training, mystic by nature, rebel by choice." While Brent has a reputation of a clasher, I don’t think his fights come from a Trickster spirit. What I appreciate about Brent is his willingness to fight for the cause. It’s a cause that a...
2021-10-1349 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsRica ViljoenToday’s guest is Dr Rica Viljoen: "Rica worked closely with Dr Don Beck to translate spiral dynamic theory in a pragmatic way. She co-authored the book Spiral Dynamics in Action. She is the founder of the Centre of Human Emergence: Africa and actively involved in the integral space. Rica is an international organisational development and change specialist that focuses on multiculturalism and inclusivity. Her key interest resides in supporting organisations to create sustainable organisational cultures that result in business results through the optimisation of individual leadership behaviour, functional group dynamics and organisational sustainability. These key strategic factors are co...
2021-09-1644 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsAlyssa TolvaAlyssa Tolva is the branch manager for the Cupcake Girls for Oregon and SW Washington. The Cupcake Girls was founded by Joy Hoover in Las Vegas in 2010 and now has offices in Las Vegas and Portland. The name was given to the organization because cupcakes, along with other self-care activities like hair and nails, were brought to the sex workers to open dialogue. Who can resist the power of a cupcake? Soon, they became known as the Cupcake Girls.The mission of the Cupcake Girls is to provide “confidential support to those involved in the sex industry, as...
2021-09-1025 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsJorge FerrerPersistence pays off! After 15 months of correspondence I was able to catch the big fish: Jorge Ferrer. Jorge is the author of Revisioning Transpersonal Theory and Participation and the Mystery. Participation and the Mystery might be the best integral book I have read since Sex, Ecology and Spirituality because of its overview of both the theory and the application of integral. One of my main drives of this podcast is to help understand integral better. Prior to immersing myself in the integral community, I was largely unaware of many of the pivotal books and thinkers that shaped that which...
2021-09-0541 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsJeff SalzmanBefore immersing myself in the integral community, I envisioned a utopian setting where everyone got along and were on the same page. Come to find that's not the case. So, why isn't integral more popular? Why does the subject of development trigger pushback? How should an integralist participate in the world?Jeff Salzman has the answers. Most of you will know Jeff as the host of the the integral podcast, the Daily Evolver. Daily Evolver identifies as a "post-progressive look at politics and culture". Daily Evolver is my E!News-and I mean this in the highest regard. J...
2021-08-1936 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsKen VolanteYou are either on Team Human or you are not. Team Human remains optimisitic that despite all the atrocities caused by man there is still a sliver of hope that humans can get their shit together. I created this podcast because, as much as I am pulled to believe we are past the point of no return, there are still humans out there doing good work. Ken Volante is one of those guys. In September of 2020 I inteviewed John Thorne the creator of the Twin Peaks fanzine "Wrapped in Plastic". After listening to the podcast, Ken Volante reached out t...
2021-07-1739 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsJoan RyanOn October 10th, 1987 at Candlestick Park, in the National League Championship, an eleven-year-old boy sat with his family to watch the Giants beat the Cardinals 4-2. Led by ace Mike Krukow and the 4th consecutive game with a home run by Jeffrey Leonard, the Giants evened the series 2-2, in the best of seven. Post-game, somewhere in the bowels of the Stick, Joan Ryan possibly interviewed the jubilant team hopeful they could win two more. They won the next day at home but ended up losing in seven as the bats became silent. Joan and I would have to...
2021-04-0959 min
Cali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsChris ConradCris Conrad is a court qualified cannabis expert witness, long-time cannabis advocate, author of a Newbie's Guide to Cannabis and the Industry and the founder of Cantheism. On a whim I looked up cannabis religions online because I was not really familiar with any besides Rastarianism. This is how I became aware of Cantheism. On this episode we explore Chris's history of being a political activist and how in 1988 he focused his attention on creating a business alliance for the hemp industry, medical marijuana and the adult use of marijuana. He thought it would take five years. I...
2021-03-141h 17Cali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsBrandon DaytonBrandon is the creator of the comic book Green Monk and host of the podcast How to be an Artist. I'm a firm believer that our greatest art is the life we live. Ken Wilber shared on the audiobook Kosmic Consciousness that Integral art is all art that comes from the Integral structure. This is an amazingly open and liberating statement if true. It also redirects the grand question of "What is art?" to "What is the integral structure?". I am very drawn to the art world and especially comics. Like Brandon, I shared a de...
2021-03-1344 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsAnn GleigIn today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with guest Ann Gleig. Ann Gleig is an associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of Central Florida and author of American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity. Her book presents Buddhism's introduction to the West and its manifestations through America’s cultural evolutions.In 1968, Chögyam Trungpa said that the West needed a different approach to Buddhism. What became of this approach? 50 years later, American Dharma examines Buddhism's integration and dissociation in American culture viewed through a post-modern lens: sexual misconduct, the exclusion of people of color and the...
2021-03-1250 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsOwl & the Duck: Songs of '20Tim and Matt return to talk about their favorite songs of the year 2020. Backstories to things sometimes are essential to the entire story. We attempted this same recording a week ago but I am technologically challenged. Hence, the mythic proportions referenced of that recording in this episode. Fate is a groove on eternal wax. We set out to talk about our "best" songs. I admire those skilled writers who can describe music. It is a bit of a challenge; which, as I write this, question my ability to describe what goes on inside of me whe...
2021-02-1353 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsJeremy JohnsonJeremy Johnson is the author of "Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness" and President of the Gebser Society. "Seeing Through the World" is a tour de force and a required book for any integral library. John son writes, "Gebser offers us a way of thinking about the present that is difficult to disagree with in any of its major points: the structures of consciosuness are palpable realities that can be recognized by the careful reader in a concrete way, the Janus-faced interim age between the mental and the integral inform us on our current crisis between technology...
2021-01-3039 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsCaitlin RoseAs a spiritual practioner, Tantra fascinates me. I am an an amateur but I am eager to learn more. How can the embrace of our own inner feminine and masculine energies be a key to inner alchemy? The shadow, taboos and sacred sexuality-oh my! Caitlin Rose is an intuitive wellness coach and tantra teacher. On this episode, Caitlin shares what led her to Tantra and how this ancient non-dual philosophy might be the key to spiritual liberation.You can find her on Instagram @ animarising. Book a session with her at he...
2021-01-1933 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsLuke HealyLuke Healy is a co-founder of the Integral Christian Network. The Integral Christian Network (ICN) is a global platform that invites practioners to deepen their connection to Christian spirituality through transpersonal practices, such as WeSpace groups, Integral Prayer and "Whole Body Mystical Awakening" guided meditations. As someone raised in the Catholic faith, the Christmas season has special meaning. Immersing myself in the integral community and practice has given me the perspective (or aperspective, if you prefer) to integrate the magical, the mythical, the mental structures of Christianity. "On Earth as it is in Heaven" is not only a...
2020-12-1335 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsDr. Alzak AmlaniDr. Alzak Amlani is a transpersonal psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Integral Counseling department at the California Institute of Integral Studies. I came across Dr. Amlani's when looking for any current networks that may have been influenced by Jungian psychologist Robert Johnson's work. As fortune would have it, Dr. Amlani was a friend of Mr. Johnson's for almost thirty years. Alzak shares how this relationship influenced his life and his work. What influences an individual to choose a transpersonal psychologist over one from another school of thought? How can transpersonal psychology hel...
2020-12-0635 min
Growing Down: A Progressive Integral PodcastHealing and Wholeness Through and Beyond Racial Identity, ft. Ashby Goodrum & Brad KershnerBrad Kershner is a school leader and independent scholar, and the author of Understanding Educational Complexity: Integrating Practices and Perspectives for 21st Century Leadership. His research, teaching, and writing cover a wide range of interdependent topics, including education, leadership, parenting, race, technology, metamodernism, integral theory, meditation, complexity, and developmental psychology. You can learn more about his work and access recordings of his guided meditations on Patreon.
ashby goodrum (preferred pronouns: they/we/us) works as an advanced practice nurse in primary and maternity care settings with significant experience as a bedside nurse/psychopomp and in midwifery. Some...
2020-12-021h 42Cali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsMeegan ForchetteA boon of social media is the ability to connect with others you may have never met in the past because of distance. I found Meegan on IG. I wanted to ask about tarot and what drew her to tarot. While I think it is important to have healthy skepticism in life, it is also as important to keep an open mind to the things we can't explain. A balance between our left and right hemispheres of our brain can produce a harmony we all seek. Can tarot provide clues to this balance? Tune in and find out! Find Me...
2020-11-0725 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsRyan NakadeI met Ryan a couple of years ago on Integral Life, a hub for followers of Ken WIlber's Integral theory. At that time of my life I sought out a sangha to help develop and enrich my own integral practice. Ryan welcomed me into a weekly zoom call he was participating in at that time and as the saying goes-the rest is history. Eight months ago Ryan, Jeremy Johnson and I created an integral political podcast named Growing Down. Ryan has described himself as a political animal. In his new project "Perspectivepedia", he reaches out to folks that come...
2020-11-0550 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsOwl & the Duck w/ Tim ShermerTim and I both share a love of music. We created a playlist to discuss and share that love. We hope we can make it a regular event. TIm is a student at Temple University. You can follow him on Twitter @tdshermer.To hear our playlist on spotify check out: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2sY16eRmki8J7LgoRbBbu0?si=fp_aqoejQaC90kPk6TEDwQ
2020-10-2847 minGrowing Down: A Progressive Integral PodcastTalking the Future of the Left ft. Ben BurgisIn this episode we talk with Ben Burgis. Ben is a philosophy instructor at Georgia State University Perimeter College, a Jacobin columnist, and the host of the “Give Them An Argument” podcast and YouTube show. He is also the author of Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left and the forthcoming Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left.
https://benburgis.com // https://www.patreon.com/benburgis // https://twitter.com/GTAA_Show // GTAA YouTube channel: #LeftisBest #CosmopolitanSocialism #Labor
2020-10-221h 28Cali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsEric EagerHow can you not be romantic about football? Many non-sports fans might be familiar with "moneyball" a theory popularized in the motion picture starring Brad Pitt. Analytics has changed the way baseball will forever be played. But what about football? Today's guest is Eric Eager. Eric Eager is a data scientist at Pro Football Focus (PFF). Eric explains how analytics is transforming the game of football: Should you sign running backs to lucrative contracts? Should you go for it on 4th and 1 with 2 minutes left in the game and you have the lead? Should you draft the best CB...
2020-10-1826 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsMark FormanMark Forman is an integrally-informed licensed therapist in the state of California. His book "The Monster's Journey: From Trauma to Connection" examines trauma using an adaptation based off of Joseph's Campbell transformational guide "The Hero with a Thousand Faces." An integral life practice requires us to examine our shadow and do the work of cleaning up. When we don't challenge and confront our own adverse childhood experiences, or trauma, our lives become fragmented. Our narratives become incoherent. Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader. Mark is transparent, vulnerable and bravely bears his soul by sharing his own tr...
2020-10-0838 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsSteven Albini"We can discern in the auditory aspect of several verbs, used in their normal way, the acoustic-magic stress indicative of the extent to which power is expressed, not in a palpable but rather an auditory manner and appeals to the incomprehensible and prerational in us: to belong, to obey; and, to submit. These words and what they convey are always subordinated to power that we ascribe to things, events, or human beings, whether as possessions, authoritarian beliefs, or sexuality; and they are always connected to the loss of ego and responsibility. It is not the sun-related eye but the...
2020-09-2448 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsJohn Thorne"What year is it?" These words were spoken three years ago by the protagonist Dale Cooper at the conclusion of Twin Peaks in 2017. As powerful as they were then, they have only become stronger with age. Perhaps, it is due to finding ourselves in the middle of a pandemic in 2020 where time has appeared to warp with its disruption of most laborious routines. "I'll see you again in 25 years," Laura Palmer informs Dale Cooper in the finale of the second season. Most Twin Peaks fans believed that was the end, including today's guest Joh...
2020-09-1641 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsGary LundgrenGary Lundgren is the writer and director of such films as Calvin Marshall, Redwood Highway and Black Road. I selected his most recent film "Phoenix, Oregon" because of the local connection to my hometown of Eugene, Oregon. I expected very little from it but gave it my promised 15 minutes assessment. I wasn't expecting to make past five minutes, truth be told, but Gary's film immerses you into his story with its engaging characters and subdued plot. Who cannot cheer for Bobby and Carlos' attempt to revitalize a foreclosed bowling alley? The subject matter reminded me of Gary Putnam's book, "...
2020-09-0734 minCali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsPeter DiStefanoI cannot express the joy I had interviewing Peter DiStefano, guitarist. I started this podcast for opportunities such as these. How often can we interview figures that played such a key role in our lives? If you haven't heard the riff of the opening song "Sadness" of Porno For Pyros' epononymous album, then please take a moment to do so now. I was 17 and a senior in high school when I heard this. I was still in a post-drought melancholy suffering from the breakup of my favorite band, Jane's Addiction, when the PFP album came out. At the time I...
2020-08-2727 minGrowing Down: A Progressive Integral PodcastMMT and the Politics of Care w/ Andres BernalAndres Bernal returns to Growing Down to discuss the current political landscape and how the principles of MMT can create a new framework for how we view money. Integral Politics advocates for a new paradigm that transcends the left/right binary. What might a new society look like if the conversation shifted from "How are you going to pay for it?" to "How can we create a flourishing society?"
2020-08-241h 18Cali Claptrap: Integral ConversationsYancy Scot SchwartzOn the inaugaral episode of Cali Claptrap, Yancy Scot Scwartz graciously stops by. Yancy found refuge in skateboarding growing up in in NYC and made a guest appearence in Larry Clark's Kids before moving to California to follow his career ambitions. Yancy's discovery of yoga put him on a path that led him to deepen his practice and become a certified teacher. Yancy shares with us his dharma and his advice on how to make the world a better place. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yancyscotschwartz/?hl=en
2020-08-2429 minGrowing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast20. Subtle Activism ft. David NicolAuthor David Nicol joins the GD podcast to discuss his book, Subtle Activism: The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation, and the important role subtle activist can play for the local and global challenges of the meta-crisis.
About Subtle Activism: "Can awakened consciousness contribute to social change and, if so, how? David Nicol introduces the concept of "subtle activism to describe the use of consciousness-based practices like meditation and prayer to support collective transformation, such as global meditation directed toward peaceful resolution of a conflict. Subtle activism represents a bridge between the consciousness movement and the...
2020-08-161h 23Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast19. Talking Metamodern Politics ft. Hanzi FreinachtGrowing Down podcast talks with Hanzi Freinacht. Hanzi is a political philosopher, historian and sociologist, author of ‘The Listening Society’, ‘Nordic Ideology’ and the upcoming books ‘The 6 Hidden Patterns of History’ and ‘Outcompeting Capitalism’. In this discussion we explore constructive ways out of hyper-polarization, Hanzi's metamodernism and its relationship to an integral left or an integral 'cosmopolitan socialism', and the politics of a regenerative future. | Subscribe to Growing Down's new YouTube Channel. Follow GD on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdj_writes https://twitter.com/Integralartist1 https://twitter.com/NakadeRyan #Metamodernism #IntegralTheory #DevelopmentalPolitics
2020-08-131h 24
Growing Down: A Progressive Integral PodcastMichael Brooks Tribute - Towards an Integralist Cosmopolitan SocialismJeremy Johnson is joined by Ryan Nakade, Brent Cooper, Matthew T. Segall, Brad Kershner and Layman Pascal to honor the memory Michael Brooks (1983-2020) and discuss his contributions to integrative thinking in politics, cosmopolitan socialism, and where we go from here in solidarity. Recorded on 7/25/20. Watch the YouTube livestream of this talk.
The struggle continues. #LeftisBest. #RestinPower.
Show notes: Follow and support TMBS / TMBS Patreon / Against the Web by Michael Brooks / Jacobin's Michael Brooks Tribute / Featured Intro/Outro & Track "Nobita" by Smith the Mister
2020-08-032h 05Growing Down: A Progressive Integral PodcastAddiction: America's Dark Night of the Soul w/ John DupuyJohn Dupuy, the author of Integral Recovery, reflects on how politics and addiction intersect. As a country, we may be experiencing a dark night of the soul. The opioid crisis highlights a wound in our country that we must be brave enough to face. Can an integral practice provide a clue to addicts and non-addicts alike to how we can flourish into our best self, community and country?
2020-07-301h 23Growing Down: A Progressive Integral PodcastThe New Bottom Line w/ Michael LernerClass is in session! The co-hosts of Growing Down sit front row as Rabbi Michael Lerner shares insights from his new book Revolutionary Love and his rich history of activism for social rights. We were honored to be in the audience and we hope you feel the same.
Excerpt from Revoltionary Love:
"We seek a new bottom line that judges our institutions, our economy, our political lives, our legal system, our cultural institutions, our educational system, and every aspect of our society as productive, efficient, or rational to the extent that they maximize our human c...
2020-07-301h 05Growing Down: A Progressive Integral PodcastThe National Popular Vote w/ Eileen ReaveyEileen Reavey of the National Popular Vote campaign joins co-hosts Ryan and Matt to discuss the history of the electoral college and the movement to create an interstate compact that would guarantee the presidency to the candidate who receives the the most popular votes. Join us to discussion its importance to democratization politics.
2020-07-301h 07Growing Down: A Progressive Integral PodcastThe Ecosattva Path ft. David LoyIn this episode of Growing Down, David Loy, Buddhist teacher and author, shares his views on how Buddhist teachings can be applied to the spiritual and ecological crises of today's age. He advocates for a dual activism for the modern Boddhisatva, or Ecosattva: one of spiritual practice and social engagement. Can Buddhism provide an insight to integral politics by shifting the narrative from "good vs. evil" to one of "delusion vs. "awakening"? Please join us for this wonderful discussion.
You can find David Loy's work at: http://www.davidloy.org
2020-07-151h 26
Infinite LunchboxGrowing Down ft. Stephanie Lepp (public safety, gender equality, & more)My new favorite podcast is *Growing Down* — which brings together integral philosophy with progressive politics. (If you're a progressive who's dissatisfied with the Left, this show's for you!) In the last episode of Infinite Lunchbox, I had the pleasure of being interviewed on Growing Down. In this episode, I join Growing Down's roundtable for a lively powwow on public safety, racial justice, gender equality, and consensus-building. The roundtable features yours truly along with Ryan Nakade, Matt Hudkins, and Brent Cooper. Show Notes: • Daniel Goleman's leadership matrix: https://www.uaex.edu/life-skills-wellness/extension-homemakers/docs/Lead...
2020-07-021h 26
Infinite LunchboxGrowing Down ft. Stephanie Lepp (my work & philosophy)I recently discovered a new favorite podcast — *Growing Down*. It brings together integral philosophy with progressive politics (if you're a progressive who's dissatisfied with the Left, it's for you). And I was recently interviewed on the show! And thus, Infinite Lunchbox presents Growing Down featuring yours truly. Hosts Jeremy Johnson, Ryan Nakade, Matt Hudkins, and I talk about the 'integral left' philosophy that inspires my work, may inspire the likes of ContraPoints and Krystal Ball, and can help us navigate the culture wars. Show Notes: • Growing Down Podcast — an integral exploration of politics and transf...
2020-06-251h 21Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#12. On the Way to an Integral Culture ft. Stephanie LeppIn this episode of Growing Down, Matt, Ryan and Jeremy are joined by Stephanie Lepp. What happens when we take conceptual tools like Integral Theory, or metamodernism, and use them to, well, grow down? To create, engage with--make culture?
Stephanie does just that. She is the host of the podcast show Reckonings and the YouTube series Infinite Lunchbox. Together we explore her inspiration behind these shows, navigating the culture wars, how Youtubers like Contrapoints (Natalie Wynn) and journalists like Krystal Ball (The Hill) are arguably integral thinkers, and media strategies for (integrally) engaging our present culture of hy...
2020-06-251h 22Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#11: Prepositional Theology ft. Bruce AldermanThe Growing Down podcast is honored to be joined by Bruce Alderman. Bruce is an adjunct faculty in the College of Psychology at John F. Kennedy University (JFKU). He received his master’s degree in Integral Psychology, with an emphasis on Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, from JFKU in 2005. Bruce is the founder of Integral Stage, a new YouTube and podcast series featuring conversations integral thinkers and media creators.
More about Bruce: https://www.jfku.edu/faculty/bruce-alderman/
Publications: Alderman, B. (2018). Sophia speaks: An integral grammar of philosophy. In S. Esbjörn-Hargens & M. Schwartz (Eds.), Dancing with Sophia...
2020-06-241h 21Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#10. Integral Justice and Black Leadership ft. David Hartful JrIn this episode, the Growing Down podcast interviews David Hartful Jr., to talk about the protests and riots erupting in America, following the murder of George Floyd by police, from the perspective of Integral Theory and Spiral Dynamics. David is a researcher and founder of Black Leadership Analysis, (https://blackleaderanalysis.com), which explores leadership practices in black communities through Spiral Dynamics, Integral Theory, and practices of self-realization.
David’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvH7ICAx2fzym-2ykAlNVPw
Dr Zenju Earthlyn Manuel: https://blackleaderanalysis.com/2018/01/02/zenju-earthlyn-manuel/
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar: https://blackleaderanalysis.com/2018/02/02/dr-bhimrao-ambedkar/
2020-06-221h 14Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#9. What’s next, integrations, and ideal political near-futuresGrowing Down co-hosts percolate recent interviews and attempt to integrate their diverse meanings (from changing public perception around more creation, MMT, evolving value systems, and other themes that have emerged on the show).
2020-05-161h 20Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#8. Reclaiming the Power of Money Creation ft. Rev. Delman CoatesIn this episode, the Growing Down podcast is deeply honored to interview Rev. Delman Coates on reclaiming the power of money creation, the integral connection between liberation theology, social justice, and spiritual traditions, and how we can transform the public imagination around money.
Dr. Delman Coates has served as Senior Pastor of Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Maryland for over 16 years. Under his leadership, the church has been recognized as one of the fastest growing congregations in the country and now has over 15,000 members. Delman is the founder of the Our Money Campaign. He has published s...
2020-05-081h 28Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#7. Do Our Models Get in the Way? ft. Edward BergeIn this episode we are joined by Edward Berge, an Integral Theory writer and researcher and founder of the Proactive and Progressive Populism blog.
Session Notes:
On Integral Review: ‘Inter-Bridging’ Bridges and Bridging as Metaphors for ‘syn-integrality’ in Organization Studies and Practice
“Do our models get in the way?”
"Hier(an)archical synplexity"
2020-04-291h 32Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#6. Transformational Policies and MMT ft. Andrés BernalIn this episode of Growing Down podcast we are joined by Andrés Bernal.
Andrés resides in New York City where he is a Lecturer of Urban Studies at CUNY Queens College and Doctoral student at The New School For Public Engagement, Division of Policy Management and Environment. His research focuses on the Green New Deal as a site of political communication and policy analysis. Andrés is a leading voice and proponent associated with the heterodox school of economic thought known as Modern Monetary Theory.
Show Notes:
Learn more about Andrés: https...
2020-04-221h 46Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#5. The Emergentsia and the Teal New Deal ft. Brent CooperIn episode 5 of Growing Down podcast, we are joined by metamodern researcher and political sociologist Brent Cooper. Who are the Emergentsia? Brent talks about his popular Emerge series (read Part 1 here: http://www.whatisemerging.com/opinion...), how he came to become a metamodern researcher, and what communities that make up the Emergentsia can do to stay engaged and literate in transformational politics (like the integral community's "Teal New Deal").
Show notes:
Follow Brent on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tato_tweets
The Abs-Tract Organization: http://www.abs-tract.org/
Read more of Brent's e...
2020-04-141h 33Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#4. Growing Down into Spirit, ft. Paul Smith, Luke HealyIn this episode, Matt, Ryan and Jeremy are joined by guests Paul Smith and Luke Healy of the Integral Christian Network to explore the connections between religion, spirituality, and the politics of growing down. Paul Smith is the author of Integral Christianity: The Spirit's Call to Evolve. Paul and Luke are the co-founders of the Integral Christian Network, a global community seeking to co-create "the Christianity of the future," through participatory mystical practice through WeSpace groups and individually. Join the Growing Down podcast as we explore the intersections of spirit, soul, and the polis.
Show notes:
P...
2020-04-061h 40Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#3. Developmental Politics ft. Steve McIntosh [Interview Series]In this episode, the Growing Down team is joined by our first first guest, integral philosopher Steve McIntosh, to explore how America can overcome hyperpolarization. Steve McIntosh is the author of the recently published Developmental Politics: How America Can Grow into a Better Version of Itself (2020). He is the president and co-founder of the Institute for Cultural Evolution think tank, as well as the author of several books on integral philosophy. Steve's work has been featured on NPR, The Daily Beast, Real Clear Politics, The Hill, The National Journal, and in a wide variety of other media.
Steve's h...
2020-03-301h 34Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#2. CoronanomicsIn this episode Matt, Ryan, and Jeremy process the COVID-19 epidemic, the corporate bail-out and further meditations on how they'd each like to see the New Left take an "integral turn."
The Populist's Guide to 2020: A New Right and New Left are Rising
Next Republic: The Rise of a New Radical Majority
As Congress Pushes a $2 Trillion Stimulus Package, the “How Will You Pay For It?” Question Is Tossed in the Trash
2020-03-291h 36Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#1. Introducing the PodcastWelcome to Growing Down!
Co-hosts Ryan, Matt and Jeremy explore the possibility of aligning progressive culture--the new "radical majority"--with integral philosophy and metamodern politics. Among the diverse topics we cover, we explore:
What "Growing Down" means to each of us
How the New Left and the New Right are both populist
What integral theory and integral philosophy can do in this new phase of cultural evolution
What integral philosopher Jean Gebser offers to this moment of history
Metamodernism and existential politics
Bruno Latour on the shift from modernity's globalization to the ecological politics of the T...
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