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Mel's Substack PodcastThe Season of Giving and ReceivingThe seasons are changing just as the times are.In this episode, I share the moment that let me know winter is coming and what that means for me. I also offer another way to not only look at but also work with these darkening times, the multifacetedness of our gifts, and how our slowing down can lead to great illumination on the other side.During this time, while we are giving and receiving physical gifts, I invite us to consider how we might give and receive internal gifts to a world that would benefit...
2025-11-2620 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMy Next VentureIn this brief episode, I share how this year has surprised me with its contents, what I no longer have to tolerate, and where I’m taking my talents next…What’s still true, is the gravity and importance of this moment for all of us and our need to stay focused on a future that we’d actually want to inhabit. Remember, though, we always have options.My work is changing, and I am meeting the opportunity to bring more of my colorful self to it fully and wholeheartedly. And it feels good to begin ag...
2025-11-0110 min
Mel's Substack PodcastPandora's HeartIn this reimagining of the myth of Pandora’s box, we explore what might have transpired beyond Pandora’s releasing the evils into the world and her discovery of hope inside the box as she had to live with the consequences of her mistake.We explore the role her heart plays and what we can learn from that example in today’s age, when the need for courage and heart is at an all-time high.I also share how my own path and experience has mirrored this process and how my work is evolving.Put...
2025-09-1830 min
Mel's Substack PodcastAttuning to the MissionIn this episode, I provide an update on what I’ve been up to since Winterfall, the importance of identifying as creative AND powerful, and how old agreements can keep us stuck.I also share a sign I received that it was time for me to leave a previous relationship, and how similar directional signs exist for all of us.Give this one a listen!Visit Winterfall DirectoryVisit written Substack postVisit Mel’s SubstackVisit MelvynWinter.com This is a public episode. If y...
2025-07-1326 min
Mel's Substack PodcastZohran, Busy Bees, and Living from Your EternityWhat a dynamic time to be alive, eh?In this first of two standalone episodes, I respond to some of the things happening in the news and around the world to offer some encouragement, enlightenment, and hope.In this episode, I discuss the implications and symbolism of Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign, the reminder that busy bees have for us about living, and the power and ease that can come from living “from your eternity” in an age of rampant illusion.Folks, we are swiftly approaching a new frontier, and if we allow...
2025-07-1035 min
Mel's Substack PodcastWinter's MusingIn this see you later episode, I share a few musings that have enchanted me this winter season. I share more about how Melvyn Winter came to be, or rather came to me, what winter teaches us about creating from seeming death, and how snowflakes are great teachers of individualism and collectivism.I share what I want to see from all these new creators and business owners popping up, a truth about the fear of “visibility,” and how everything going is simply reorganization and answered prayers.Come muse with me a bit before we b...
2025-03-0626 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMarch-ing AheadIn this month’s roundup episode, I discuss the purpose this stretch of recent posts have served, Winterfall—the rollout of Melvyn Winter, a bit about the accompanying playlist that I’m calling a Sonic Declaration (below).In this edition, I also discuss some of the current and future astrology and how we can respond to and preempt it. I also share what I’ll be doing now that I’ve completed such a big undertaking. Spoiler alert: Joy. And a little cussing, if need be.Finally, I charge you with how to navigate in light of a...
2025-03-0221 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMELVYN WINTERIn this very most important episode, we explore the symbology of the winter season, why I am so obsessed with it, and the work the arrival of winter invites, nay summons, us to.I also reintroduce myself and commit before you to my mission in this life. I share with you the “weapons” in my quiver and the necessary-ness of contraction ahead of our inevitable expansion.I also charge you to commit to your own mission; inclusive of your gifts, your contributions, and your paramount role in our shared unfolding.It has been my d...
2025-03-0232 min
Mel's Substack PodcastConscriptionConscription:[ kuhn-skrip-shuhn ]noun* compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft.In this episode, I lay out the various crises brewing just outside of our awareness and how we the people have long been at war. I cover how we can adequately prepare for the dark and trying times ahead, why they’re necessary, and how our light is what will save us.Finally, the promise of victory we can carry to help us navigate this “endgame.”A little bleak to start, but I leave you em...
2025-02-1651 min
Mel's Substack PodcastThank You, RustinIn this deeply personal, era-ending episode, I share my connection with the famed Civil Rights figure, Bayard Rustin, some of his accomplishments prior to the March on Washington, and how I came to adopt his name.I also discuss how I plan to move forward given the state of the world and what it means to me to follow my own star. You may need tissue for this one and you can’t say you weren’t warned.Give this a listen.MelvynVisit written Substack postVisit Mel’s Subs...
2025-02-1336 min
Mel's Substack PodcastTranshumanism vs. SpiritualityIn this episode, I describe the fork humanity finds itself at and the choice we must make for how we move forward. I discuss the pros and cons of both the transhumanism movement and good ole fashion spirituality (redefined of course). I discuss how looking at the future as a problem to be solved is dangerous and bland and how as kids we were trained to transform—be it through a firestone, a transformation brooch, or simply experience.Finally, how the choice you make is a serious one, but supported by a “helpful Earth.”For...
2025-02-0840 min
Mel's Substack PodcastFebruary BulletinHappy Black History Month!In this episode, I provide my perspective on the good in the disaster we are facing, the hidden benefit of crafting your artful life, and my solution to the mostly word-only posts.Additionally, I share the urgency of our acting in alignment with ourselves, what we need to “get after,” and the newest channel coming soon to a screen near you.We’re setting a tone and settling into this moment. Give this episode a listen!Melvyn ✊🏿Visit written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack
2025-02-0220 min
Mel's Substack PodcastYour Artful LifeIn this episode, I share how a simple, but challenging activity can help us define our distinct lives and what we can do to begin embodying that life.I describe how pulling your attention back from all the places it typically goes and placing it on this activity can help you notice clues hidden in plain sight for you.Finally, I share how this activity can help us begin making gentle contact with parts of ourselves we may have lost contact with.This practical, action-based episode is the perfect complement to the previous...
2025-01-3128 min
Mel's Substack PodcastNavigating the DarknessIn this ‘Making Of’ episode, I describe the challenges I faced while writing The Return of the Light, I provide some afterthoughts to that post and how I intend to modify my behavior moving forward and how we’ll “let it all play out.”At any rate, I hope that you are connecting to your light, tuning out the noise, and staying planted in your own mission. Give this fun, laidback episode a listen. Be warned, though, there are some sneaky, cheeky lines in it! Melvyn 🌕 Visit written Substack postVisit The Return of...
2025-01-2621 min
Mel's Substack PodcastThe Return of the LightIn this era-defining episode, I outline and provide context for the darkness we are seeing all around us, explain why it’s important for us to accept our place here and now, and the ways we’re being actively disempowered and plotted against.I share the importance of cultivating our energy—the raw material of the new world and tie all this to the Winter Solstice, the Winter Season, and the return of the light.Give this episode a listen. There is a lot of heart and a lot of light within it.May yo...
2025-01-2041 min
Mel's Substack PodcastCopernicus and the Turn of the WheelIn this episode, we take a short trek through history to examine the life of the most famous proponent of heliocentrism, the model of the universe that places the sun in the center of a rotating chorus of planet, Nicolaus Copernicus.In it, I draw parallels between Copernicus’ time and ours and outline the curious, winding path Copernicus took to revolutionize our reality.In a time ripe as this one for discovery and invention, I hope that you will listen to this episode for tips on how to navigate this time and discover yourself....
2025-01-1736 min
Mel's Substack PodcastWinter ReflectionsIn this episode, I share what I’ve been up to since my last post and the mini courses of study I’ve undertaken post-The Journey Home.In it, I share insights I’ve gained from studying the shadow, emotions, and narcissism in families and what this means for what I (and hopefully we) do next.May these reflections be a welcome addition to your holidays and may 2025 bring us goodness we didn’t expect.Give this episode a listen.Melvyn ❄️Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substa...
2024-12-3117 min
Mel's Substack PodcastThe Journey HomeHi, I’m Melvyn Rustin and I give you The Journey Home.In this episode, after a long, arduous journey, I wrap up this stretch of our journey by detailing what The Journey Home is, what it’s meant to me, how to navigate it, and more.My intention with The Journey Home is to provide a practical, lived-through, model for internal expansion.Give this episode a listen, share it with a friend, and embark on your own journey within.This has been my greatest work and I am so grateful to h...
2024-07-2106 min
Mel's Substack Podcast[Feedback Requested] The Journey Home SurveyHeyoo!First, thanks again for joining me on this expedition, The Journey Home. Hopefully, it’ll be our first of many. However, before beginning or rushing off to the next thing, I’d love to hear about your experience on the journey.This episode sets up the survey I’ve included the link to below. I’d love to have your response to read by Friday July 19 and will likely send a reminder email before I close the survey.Thank you!FYI: -If you can’t access the survey...
2024-07-1003 min
Mel's Substack Podcast😎 Summer SendoffIn this episode, I share some closing thoughts about The Journey Home, what’s next for Mel’s Substack, what’s next for me, data collection, an Astro update, and parting thoughts for your heart amid these transformative times.Give this episode a listen, share with a friend, and I’ll talk to you soon.Journey Home survey releasing WEDNESDAY JULY 10th.Melvyn 🫶🏿Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s SubstackVisit MelvynRustin.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...
2024-07-0715 min
Mel's Substack PodcastAudio Commentary: Epilogue: HomeIn this final Audio Commentary episode, I share my broad reflections on the journey that’s brought us to this moment through a playlist of songs that best capture what I’ve felt.The story has been dynamic and winding, but all in all, I feel triumphant, fulfilled, and most of all: myself.We start off a bit turbulent then things loosen up as the song selections reflect my changing perspective. This Audio Commentary nicely and sentimentally wraps up the amazing journey we’ve been on for the last year and I’m so glad to share...
2024-06-3057 min
Mel's Substack PodcastBack HomeIn this penultimate episode of our journey, I describe what is required of us once we return home to ourselves. I review what this journey together has been like for me and how the smallest act of starting scared has changed my life.I also highlight what I believe this means for you and me especially now given the state of the world. Your heart knows the way back to yourself. You need only take the first step and trust yourself as much as you can right now.In this episode, I also describe the...
2024-06-2909 min
Mel's Substack PodcastThe Way of the FutureIn this episode, we cover the ways either-or thinking has robbed us of a full experience, how everything can be used to help us expand, and what an integrated state of being can offer us.We cover all this through the lens of our individual roles in an uncertain future. May this episode and this journey we’ve been on together inspire you to live. Fully. Deeply. Irrevocably.It’s time to expand into all you are.Give this episode a listen.Melvyn ♾️Visit the written Substack postVisit...
2024-06-2316 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMaking Of: The Digital Wellspring StoryIn this behind-the-scenes, Making Of episode, I detail the winding, unsuspecting journey that led to the creation of MelvynRustin.com, my digital wellspring. I discuss the eleventh-hour challenges that almost stopped me and how the tool it’s built on, Notion, helped me understand myself. This episode is a beautifully reflective tale that I’m sure will inspire you to consider how you’re being invited onto your own journey of becoming.Give this one a listen!Melvyn 🫶🏿Visit the written Substack postVisit and subscribe to Mel’s Substack
2024-06-2018 min
Mel's Substack PodcastCollective Co-Creation Love Letter Podcast Astrology & Metaphysics episode - P.S. Let’s Get MetaphysicalVisit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s SubstackVisit MelvynRustin.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2024-06-1813 min
Mel's Substack Podcast🚨 MelvynRustin.com LIVE NOW.MelvynRustin.com is live now! In this short episode, I talk a little about the digital wellspring, I’m calling it, what it means to me, and how it will benefit you.This website and moment represents a turning point toward a greater ability for me to create, curate, and offer so much of what I discover and build and I’m so incredibly glad to have you here. Give this episode a listen and visit MelvynRustin.com now!Melvyn 🫶🏿 ⛲️ 🌐 🚀 😭 🏔️ Visit MelvynRustin.comVisit written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack
2024-06-1604 min
Mel's Substack PodcastDigital WellspringHappy Friday!Today I am welcoming you all to my personal Notion workspace, our digital wellspring, to support our elevation and expansion.Give this episode a listen to learn what Notion is if you’re unaware, a brief description of the journey here, and to get prepared for the release today (Friday, June 14th) of our digital wellspring.Keep an eye out around 12:30 PM! Melvyn 🫶🏿Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...
2024-06-1403 min
Mel's Substack Podcast🏔️Urgent: Mountainous MusingsHappy Thursday!We’ve got a big day tomorrow! I feel like everything I’ve written and worked on up to this point has been leading up to this moment. Tomorrow’s release thrills me in a way few of the posts have. I hope you love it, or at least enjoy it, as much as I do. Given all I’ve talked about and how we have proceeded, I'm almost certain that you will understand its importance as we wrap up and move forward. You’ll have to share with a friend. But check...
2024-06-1310 min
Mel's Substack PodcastReflecting On The Ascent & Our Next StepsIn this episode, I provide brief reflections on the journey we’ve been on, some behind-the-scenes moments, and what happens after we have completed this stretch of our journey together.I speak a bit more about the importance of the June 14 release for our next steps together and I share a brief video of clips and moments chronicling the journey of creating “The Ascent” (linked inside the post).Give this episode a listen! Melvyn RustinVisit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public...
2024-06-0906 min
Mel's Substack PodcastNaming YourselfIn this episode, we discuss the importance of naming yourself amid all the names you’ve collected over the course of your lifetime. In this episode we are encouraged to consider what we’d like to experience and name it for ourselves, adopting a new, more powerful sense of self.After the journey we’ve been on and the wisdom and insights we’ve collected, it feels appropriate to take the time to name ourselves in light of our dreams.Grab your pen and give this episode a listen.Melvyn ✍🏿Visit the written S...
2024-06-0611 min
Mel's Substack PodcastNavigating MultidimensionalityIn this episode, I share my perspective and some tips for navigating multi-passionateness based on my observations of multi-hyphenates and their habits. I share how much of a gift you, a multi-hyphenate, are to the collective and the association between the multi-talented and the electric slide. If you’ve struggled with your pattern of starting and stopping things and being broadly interested, this episode is for you and I mean it from the bottom of my heart.Melvyn 🖼️Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack This...
2024-06-0512 min
Mel's Substack PodcastSmall Steps & The Patience To BecomeIn this episode, we explore the value and approachability of small steps on the way to who we are. We examine the power and enormity of avalanches and what they teach us about small starts and big breaks.We also cover the importance of patience and how if we’re not careful, we can miss our lives rushing to a destination we never chose and don’t want to arrive at.Given everything we’ve covered and the height of our aims, patience is the virtue that will help us persist until the finish.Give...
2024-06-0418 min
Mel's Substack PodcastProud ProclamationsThis episode is an announcement episode for the month of June. In it, I provide an Astrological update and recommendation, comment on Reconstruction, Wellspring, and make a very special announcement.Let me holla at ya!Melvyn 🌈Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2024-06-0107 min
Mel's Substack PodcastBarns, Trains, and AffirmationsIn this episode, we discuss how focusing our affirmations more on who we want to be, that is, from within, can make them more effective and expedite our arrival at who we want to be.We discuss how our current way of affirming is like furnishing a barn and what we can learn from train rides to certain destinations. This is a fun, simple episode that can make a massive impact.Give it a listen.Melvyn 🗣️Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack This is...
2024-05-3113 min
Mel's Substack PodcastEffortless Being & The Artful StartIn this episode, we cover the importance of being beyond ceaseless doing and how we can get better at starting things that have the potential to grow beyond our current imagination.This first content episode in the Wellspring stage put to use what we’ve covered in previous stages as well as sets us up for the rest of Wellspring. Give it a listen and plan your next artful start.Melvyn 👨🏿🎨Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like...
2024-05-3014 min
Mel's Substack PodcastAudio Commentary v: Wellspring ⛲Plentiful. Embodied. Resourced from the deep within.This audio commentary episode is the most fun I’ve had yet. In this edition, I have collected and annotated songs that speak to our power, our dreams, and the redemptive work before us to do. I also, unsuspectingly, speak a lot about the value and power of relationships as we move forward and create a new world.As I have emerged from the dark and begun reconstruction myself, this Wellspring Commentary is a good time. You can think of this one as me essentially saying: To me, my...
2024-05-2831 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMusing: Songbird Come AliveIn this short Musing episode, I share from my heart a summons to all those who have had to conceal, abandon, and disown parts of who you are. Happy Pride!Melvyn 🌈Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2024-05-2702 min
Mel's Substack PodcastComing Out Into The LightIn this deeply personal episode, I narrate the journey to my coming out and the dark, rocky terrain I had to navigate to make it to the other side. I think this episode has got a bit for everybody. So let me tell it in my own words the price I had to pay to live in the light.In this one, we cover the Second Adolescence queer people typically have to live through, why our identities (and your, too) are so important, and what the treatment of queer youth means for the family system. ...
2024-05-2636 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMusing: On Compliments And Receiving All Your GoodIn this Musing episode, I discuss the near-daily opportunity we get to practice receiving and experiencing the things we most desire. In it, I also share a few additional ways we’ve been given indicators of where we’re headed as well as provide a playful analogy of how we delay our greatest experiences.Give it a listen!Melvyn 🚿Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...
2024-05-2507 min
Mel's Substack PodcastDeconstruction Of The Cult Of ChristianityIn this episode, I detail through my experience growing and being active in church and various religious groups, how subtle patterns of abuse, hate, and control have infiltrated and thrived in Christian churches. I highlight the numerous ways this happens, who it often happens to, and what we might do to get our personal Christian faith back on track so we may see God.Honorable mention to the ways Queer people are kept close so they can receive intimate spiritual harm while being exploited.Buckle up, this one is a doozy, but it’s...
2024-05-2356 min
Mel's Substack PodcastA Whole New WorldIn this episode, we explore 7 indicators of the state of our American empire, what this means for us, and the posture we should take as we move forward. Despite all that’s happening out in the world, this episode is a reminder to bring it back to what’s ours specifically to discover and to dedicate ourselves to.Give it a listen!Melvyn 🌐Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...
2024-05-2014 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMusing: For Whom The Bell TollsIn this Musing, I share what we can learn from bell towers about consistency, service, and the beauty of our souls. Please receive this encouragement to not only begin again but at a pace you actually like.Give it a listen.Melvyn 🔔Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2024-05-2006 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMusing: Our Sacred ProcessIn this Musing episode, I share some thoughts about process and how our commitment to processes that support our bodies enables us to function optimally and embody all we’ve covered so far.Give this musing a listen and take a look at your own process and adjust as you see fit.Melvyn ⚙️Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwi...
2024-05-1808 min
Mel's Substack PodcastThe Constructive ImaginationIn this episode, we discuss how our imaginations are the chief creative power we have available to us to reconstruct our lives. We cover the “lowdown” on imagination, the science of it, exercised to strengthen and direct our imaginations toward the lives we want to lead and why we struggle with our imagination and creativity in the first place.After all the internal reconstructive work we have undergone these last few weeks and months, we finally have a tool that takes all of that work and directs it both inwardly and outwardly. This is powerful cons...
2024-05-1731 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMusing: Helpful EmotionsIn this Musing episode, I discuss an alternative view of our emotions and how they can assist us on our way to our highest aims. As always, I invite you to navigate your emotions with gentleness and curiosity. Explore this perspective and muse with me about our emotions.Melvyn 🚸Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2024-05-1505 min
Mel's Substack PodcastAppreciating FearIn this episode, we examine how our fears, though biological in origin, may reveal patterns that can not only point us in the direction of our dreams but propel us into them. I share how a few persistent fears that plagued me for a long time were actually indicators of my greatest potential impact. This episode goes deep and just might change how you see, and engage, with your fear. Grab a notebook, and some tissue, and let’s see what fear has for us. Spoiler alert: It’s good.Melvyn 😱Visit t...
2024-05-1423 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMusing: Protective ResistanceIn this Musing episode, we cover the internal pattern, resistance, that may just be keeping us stuck in the name of safety and familiarity. In it, I use examples from my romantic relationships and my work experience to illuminate how we subtly protect ourselves from what we want. Give this episode a listen and pair it with what we’ve covered in Urgent Life, Redefining, and House Your Words Built. Please excuse the laughing fit. Perspective is a funny thing!Melvyn 🪂Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack
2024-05-1110 min
Mel's Substack PodcastThe House Your Words BuiltIn this episode, we explore the creative power of our words, for better and worse, and the reality-editing capacity of our beliefs. We cover how these two elements have constructed our lives as they stand and how we can use them to reconstruct ones we leap out of bed for (or in my case, stay up late for). In it, we revisit our evolutionary origins, we chat with some anthropologists and linguists and briefly touch on a common relationship belief spreading through the population.A fun and thorough listen, if I must say....
2024-05-1029 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMusing: What's In An IdeaIn this short-form musing episode, I explore the nature of ideas and how simultaneously fleeting and formative they are. In this post, I aim to encourage us to create space for ideas to meet us and to take their visitation seriously as they may be the entryway to worlds heretofore untraveled. I invite you to go on this walk with me.Melvyn 🌱Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...
2024-05-0903 min
Mel's Substack PodcastRedefining OurselvesIn this episode, we explore the function of definitions in our lives and how we can use them to reconstruct our targets, our capabilities, and our sense of self.In it, I especially ask you to redefine your view of creativity and productivity for the times that we live in. Be advised, this one is full of admonishments, so if you aren’t prepared to act or consider how you can shift, it might be a little vexatious. It’s all love tho.Melvyn 📝 Visit written post on SubstackVisit M...
2024-05-0621 min
Mel's Substack PodcastUrgent Life & The Way of ReconstructionIn this episode we cover the importance of living life urgently and how valuable weeks can be in our reconstruction. I also discuss how we will approach reconstruction and the aims I have for all of us.It’s a lot of heart in here. Get in.Melvyn 🏗️Visit the written Substack postVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2024-05-0216 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMay CommuniquéHappy May! In this first-of-the-month post, I detail what iv. Reconstruction is all about, share what this month’s cosmic weather is calling for, and how we’ll proceed through this next stretch.Please have a listen to what is probably the silliest, most true-to-form recording I’ve done. (I’m still laughing.)Melvyn 🫶🏿Visit the written Substack PostVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2024-05-0110 min
Mel's Substack PodcastAudio Commentary iv: Reconstruction 🌱To build again. From a plan that has only ever existed as a dream. From within. Listen to the Realization Audio Journal at links below:Apple MusicSpotifyI have created five playlists, Audio Journals, that correspond to each of the phases of internal discovery I’ve lived and intend to share in my posts and other media (as stated in Preparing for the Journey).Consider these Audio Journals to be a representation of the soul of the journey.Here, and in the following posts of this sa...
2024-04-2827 min
Mel's Substack PodcastAshesIn this episode, we explore what it will take for you to live a new life and the value of ashes for where you’re going. We also cover the reason for all the terrible things happening in the world. Spoiler Alert: There is much more ahead of you than behind.What is ready to end within you?Melvyn 🌱Audio Journal - iv. Reconstruction (Apple Music)Audio Journal - iv. Reconstruction (Spotify)Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack
2024-04-2514 min
Mel's Substack PodcastLet Them Thunder...In this episode, I share a personally inspiring story arc from X-Men ‘97 about one of the most famous comic book characters, Storm. May her example, and the work of Beau DeMayo and team, model reclaiming our power. Melvyn ⚡Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2024-04-2312 min
Mel's Substack PodcastWells & VesselsIn this episode, we dig deep and explore what wells can teach us about connecting to the deepest, most expansive parts of who we are. In it, I provide 3 different lens perspectives through which to examine the structure of wells so that we can see our lives differently and adjust our approach accordingly. I also share how with ‘CAIR’ we can access subtle, essential parts of our being. This episode is about a topic I hold dear and am truly proud of. I invite you to dig in deep—not just into this episode but also i...
2024-04-1950 min
Mel's Substack PodcastCircles & SpheresThis episode is an exploration of circles and spheres to learn what they can teach us about exploring ourselves and embodying our place in the world.This post is divided into two parts, Circles and Spheres, and it looks at the topic first two-dimensionally and then three-dimensionally.Spoiler Alert: You are a much bigger deal than you think, and I’m going to explain how.🫶🏿Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...
2024-04-1428 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMaking Of: HeartsIn this edition of Making Of, on Hearts, I discuss a key function of the heart’s power in helping us experience new things, my personal experience with heart awareness in our work, and what we are now free to do now that most of the science is behind us.The post I ask you to share in the episode is linked below: [Action Required]Enjoy!Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. If you would like to di...
2024-04-1021 min
Mel's Substack Podcast[Action Required] Heart Coherence & Cardio-ContemplationThis post contains the action items for Parts I & II of this segment on our Hearts.Out of all the stuff I write, share, and will eventually teach, if I could only offer you one thing, it would be this.In this post, I cover the two exercises that put to use all that I covered in Pt. I: The Intelligent Heart and Pt. II: The Intuitive HeartVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. If you would like to...
2024-04-0720 min
Mel's Substack PodcastPt. II: The Intuitive HeartI invite you on a part 2 of our expedition into the core of who we are, our hearts. In this offering, we will explore in-depth what I believe is the most important organ in our bodies. Our hearts.In this post, I plan to outline how our hearts are prepared, nay designed, to connect us to ourselves and others, help us become all we are, and lead us through the times we live in.Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode...
2024-04-0531 min
Mel's Substack PodcastPt. I: The Intelligent HeartI invite you on a 2-part expedition into the core of who we are, our hearts. In this offering, we will explore in-depth what I believe is the most important organ in our bodies. Our hearts.What do you know about the fist-sized muscle-organ in your chest, your heart, and its functions? What do we know about how it contributes to our survival?what more might our hearts be responsible for? Join me on this episode to find out.Visit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 ...
2024-04-0328 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMaking Of: On Souls CollectionIn this edition of Making Of, I discuss the relative ease with which the On Souls collection was created, though still difficult, the freedom this new vision of the afterlife has given me, and how being you just might save the world.Hit play and let’s go behind the scenes in this episode of Making Of.MelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episo...
2024-03-2409 min
Mel's Substack PodcastOn Souls: The CollectionOn Souls is a 3-part collection on our potential origins and the eternal odyssey of our souls.Beginning with the moment our life ends, we explore what we do in the afterlife in part one, who we are created to be for the “duration” of eternity in part two, and finally, what we are “meant” to be doing while on Earth in part three.On Souls is a heartfelt, eye-opening, adventure.Given the depth of the topic, these posts are comprehensive, however, the implications are grand.I invite you to read or liste...
2024-03-2100 min
Mel's Substack PodcastOn Souls: The Earth MissionIn part one, I introduced us to a detailed and active afterlife filled with various roles and activities. In part two, I introduced you to your permanence and reason for being here now. But for a concept as grand and ethereal as souls, how do we bring it down to Earth? How do we embody it? (No pun intended.)In this post, there are few more things I hope to share and impress upon you to tie all this together and send you more powerfully into the world. Your world. Shall we begin?
2024-03-2026 min
Mel's Substack PodcastOn Souls: The Timeless YouIn part one of this 3-pack on souls, Our Eternal Journey, we covered the detailed and expansive nature of the afterlife. We took a detailed look into what we potentially do when we die and what preparation goes into selecting and starting a new life. In this installment, we go into detail regarding how you came to be, to enable you to become who you truly are. Let’s dive in.MelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. I...
2024-03-1728 min
Mel's Substack PodcastOn Souls: Our Eternal StoryIn this post, I aim to stretch the view you have of yourself and your life by offering you a practical notion of the afterlife.I believe we can better understand our place on Earth and our reason for being if we consider what we might be doing when we’re not on Earth. I’d love to explain.As with everything: try on this perspective, see what it offers or inspires in you, and take it off if it doesn’t resonate. We’re gonna go “out there.” So bear with me, this is a big topic...
2024-03-1439 min
Mel's Substack PodcastIn Memoriam of Art: The Backyardigan & the DragonThis past week the world lost two incredible artists and visionaries Janice Burgess, the creator of The Backyardigans, and Akira Toriyama, the creator of the Dragon Ball series. What we can learn from both Janice and Akira is that what might later be considered our “life’s work” or “greatest contribution” might be closer to us, more obvious, and more important than we think. Let me explain.MelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss th...
2024-03-1009 min
Mel's Substack PodcastAudio Commentary iii: Realization 🌊Realization is surrendering to the magnificence in all things and releasing the illusion of separation and powerlessness…Listen to the Realization Audio Journal here: Apple Music | SpotifyI have created five playlists, Audio Journals, that correspond to each of the phases of internal discovery I’ve lived and intend to share in my posts and other media (as stated in Preparing for the Journey).Consider these Audio Journals to be a representation of the soul of the journey.Here, and in the following posts of this same kind, I plan to shar...
2024-03-0320 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMarch News RoundupThings to know for Mel’s Substack pre-Spring! All posts mentioned are available on Melvyn.rustin.substack.comMelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2024-03-0106 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMaking Of: The Myth of EvolutionWelcome to another edition of Making Of! This time… on Evolution.If you had told me 6 months ago, I’d be reading a book, much less writing a post, on how our current evolutionary story is incomplete I would not have believed you*, but here we are! I was following my highest excitement and ended up somewhere kinda cool. Let’s talk about it.MelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with othe...
2024-02-2908 min
Mel's Substack PodcastThe Myth of Human EvolutionWhat does it mean to be human? Really? What is it that distinguishes us from, say the apes we’re regularly compared to? How did we get to this version of ourselves? Let’s talk.Contents* Myths and Consequences* Superhuman or Just Regular Human* The Power of Story and Revision* Cooperation as an Existential Imperative* ConclusionMelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss t...
2024-02-2423 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMaking Of: The Future We ChooseThanks for being here while I find my legs and figure out how I want to convey all that’s in my head and heart to yours. I always want to kind of outline the process and behind-the-scenes stuff that goes into what I’m doing to provide more insight and perspective. So, you should expect some kind of “Making of:” kind of thing accompanying the things I create and share.With that, let’s go “behind the post” into the making of The Future We Choose.MelvynVisit the written po...
2024-02-1408 min
Mel's Substack PodcastThe Future We ChooseThis post is going to be a little rocky to start, but I intend to leave you hopeful.We are living in a decisive moment in time. For all the things I’ll outline, I believe that how we respond as well as what we choose to do in this moment will determine the nature of the future we will inhabit. Let’s run down the short list.MelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. If you would like t...
2024-02-0710 min
Mel's Substack PodcastNews from Around the StackPertinent updates on all things Mel’s Substack. Dive in.MelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2023-09-0305 min
Mel's Substack PodcastAudio Commentary ii: Reckoning ⚡Meeting the awareness that possessions, accomplishments, and locations could never define, limit, or contain all that you are and dream of.Listen to the Reckoning Audio Journal here: Apple | SpotifyI have created five playlists, Audio Journals, that correspond to each of the phases of internal discovery I’ve lived and intend to share in my posts and other media (as stated in Preparing for the Journey). Consider these Audio Journals to be a representation of the soul of the journey.Here, and in the following posts of this same kind, I...
2023-08-3114 min
Mel's Substack PodcastTo the CreatorsTo the creators. It is time for you to come alive.MelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2023-08-2702 min
Mel's Substack PodcastFor You…In Preparing for The Journey, I mentioned that I’m doing all this—writing, creating, putting myself out there—in part, for all the people I’ve met and loved.The ones who know they’re capable of so much. The ones who have dreams they hope they one day get a chance to live. Those who have people they’d love to impact. Places they dream of seeing. Leaders they dream of being.Everything I create, curate, and share is for you.MelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’...
2023-08-2305 min
Mel's Substack PodcastAllow Me to Reintroduce Myself...After what’s felt like a lifetime… I’m finally becoming the me of my own creation. And I want to share with you who that is. Who I am.In this post, I will introduce myself by sharing with you:* What I believe is important* The experiences I’m drawing from* Why all this should matter to you* What I envision for us* Why you should hear it from me * What I want you to do nextMelvynVisit th...
2023-08-1909 min
Mel's Substack PodcastAudio Commentary i: Prologue to Destruction 🌕What happens when you realize the beautifully-adorned life you’ve built is in conflict with the person you most dream of being?Listen to the Prologue to Destruction Audio Journal here: Apple | Spotify I have created five playlists, Audio Journals, that correspond to each of the phases of internal discovery I’ve lived through and intend to share in my posts and other media (as stated in Preparing for the Journey).Consider these Audio Journals to be a representation of the soul of the journey.Here, and in the following posts of t...
2023-08-1912 min
Mel's Substack PodcastSelf-Doubt.I feel like I’ve been preparing for this moment and this work my entire life. I’ve only ever wanted to be myself, study the things I love, and share them whenever and with whomever I can.And I do feel ready, HOWEVER, I would be lying if I said I didn’t feel nervousness or extreme self-doubt. Hear me tell it in this post.MelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss thi...
2023-08-1505 min
Mel's Substack PodcastPreparing for the Journey Ahead…In this post, I want to share my vantage point of what I think is happening in the world, how I intend to support us with my work, how that help will arrive, and some guidelines to make sure this is fair for both of us.Contents* Our Terrain* My Objective(s)* My Methods* The Madness to Those Methods* Rules for the Road* Our Journey, Should You Choose to Join MeMelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit...
2023-08-1313 min
Mel's Substack PodcastWhy I’ve Been Away…I’ve been missing in action for a long while, much longer than I anticipated, and instead of just popping back up on the internet, I thought I’d share a bit about why. Especially since every time I share, others report having similar experiences…Trigger warning: Emotions and vulnerability.MelvynVisit the written post on SubstackVisit Mel’s Substack🫶🏿 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2023-08-0208 min
Mel's Substack PodcastMel's Substack Podcast - TrailerMel’s Substack Podcast is the audio companion to Mel’s Substack.Each episode is the voiceover audio for the original post, located on Mel’s Substack.To read the post, access the titles mentioned throughout each episode, and for more information, please visit Mel’s Substack.Melvynrustin.substack.comMelvyn This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com
2023-08-0200 min
Hail to the ChiefEpisode Zero: Format and BackgroundIn this episode, our first, the hosts, Dirk and Max, introduce themselves. They discuss the categories under which they will be judging each monarch, and they discuss the very broad strokes of Spanish history in the period from the Fall of the Roman Empire right to, but not through, the establishment of the King of Asturias. Bibliography: -Ballan, Mohamed. "Fraxinetum: An Islamic Frontier State in Tenth Century Provence." -Bragg, Melvyn, Tim Winter, Martin Palmer, and Mehri Niknam. “Muslim Spain.” -Interview by Melvyn Bragg. In Our Time, BBC, accessed 11/3/21. Audio. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548l1.
2021-11-151h 04
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Narrator: Nigel Patterson
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Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Release date: April 6, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
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It's 1940 and the London Blitz is raging. Bryan Hale and Bluebird Squadron fight on into the autumn of 1940, chasing down the new threat of 'Jabo' hit-and-run raids by bomb-laden enemy fighters over the capital's rooftops. Bryan's chance encounter in a London pub with Jenny, an acquaintance from his school-days, starts them both down the road to a...
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Title: Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel
Series: #2 of Bluebird
Author: Melvyn Fickling
Narrator: Nigel Patterson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Release date: April 6, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Westerns & War
Publisher's Summary:
It's 1940 and the London Blitz is raging. Bryan Hale and Bluebird Squadron fight on into the autumn of 1940, chasing down the new threat of 'Jabo' hit-and-run raids by bomb-laden enemy fighters over the capital's rooftops. Bryan's chance encounter in a London pub with Jenny, an acquaintance from his school-days, starts them both down the road t...
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Title: Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel
Series: #2 of Bluebird
Author: Melvyn Fickling
Narrator: Nigel Patterson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Release date: April 6, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
It's 1940 and the London Blitz is raging. Bryan Hale and Bluebird Squadron fight on into the autumn of 1940, chasing down the new threat of 'Jabo' hit-and-run raids by bomb-laden enemy fighters over the capital's rooftops. Bryan's chance encounter in a London pub with Jenny, an acquaintance from his school-days, starts them both down the road to a...
2021-04-068h 49Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel by Melvyn FicklingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482649to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel
Series: #2 of Bluebird
Author: Melvyn Fickling
Narrator: Nigel Patterson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Release date: April 6, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
It's 1940 and the London Blitz is raging. Bryan Hale and Bluebird Squadron fight on into the autumn of 1940, chasing down the new threat of 'Jabo' hit-and-run raids by bomb-laden enemy fighters over the capital's rooftops. Bryan's chance encounter in a London pub with Jenny, an acquaintance from his school-days, starts them both down the road to a...
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Title: Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel
Series: #2 of Bluebird
Author: Melvyn Fickling
Narrator: Nigel Patterson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Release date: April 6, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
It's 1940 and the London Blitz is raging. Bryan Hale and Bluebird Squadron fight on into the autumn of 1940, chasing down the new threat of 'Jabo' hit-and-run raids by bomb-laden enemy fighters over the capital's rooftops. Bryan's chance encounter in a London pub with Jenny, an acquaintance from his school-days, starts them both down the road to a...
2021-04-068h 49
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Westerns & WarBlackbirds: A London Blitz Novel by Melvyn FicklingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel Series: #2 of Bluebird Author: Melvyn Fickling Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: It's 1940 and the London Blitz is raging. Bryan Hale and Bluebird Squadron fight on into the autumn of 1940, chasing down the new threat of 'Jabo' hit-and-run raids by bomb-laden enemy fighters over the capital's rooftops. Bryan's chance encounter in a London pub with Jenny, an acquaintance from his school-days, starts them both down the r...
2021-04-0630 min
LIKE A LOCAL PODCASTPALM SPRINGS, CA with Rachael O'BrienWe're on the WEST COAST this week interviewing world headlining comedian @rachaelnobrien! We officially have the travel bug because we're craving sun, palm trees and viewzz for days.
SHOW NOTES:
Where to stay: Parker Palm Springs, La Serena Villas, Sands Hotel & Spa, La Quinta Resort
Where to eat: Casa Mendoza, Mr. Lyons, Farm, Koutouki Greek Estiatorio
Where to drink: Melvyn’s, The Nest, Counter Reformation
What to do: Andreas Canyon Trailhead, Joshua Tree, The Fine Art of Design (thrift store)
RAPID FIRE:
Most instagram-able spot: Andrea’s Canyon or Joshua tree
Best pizza: Piero's PizzaVino
Favorite event: Any concert in the...
2021-01-1247 min
HSEMA Off the RecordBe A Good Neighbor This Winter SeasonCold weather is on its way and this week, we're discussing the District's outreach to vulnerable populations in our community. Director Rodriguez is joined by Laura Zeilinger, Director of the DC Department of Human Services (DHS), and Melvyn Smith, the Homeless Services Outreach Coordinator about services and resources in place to support our neighbors in need. Tune in to learn how you can help protect residents experiencing homelessness from cold weather injury and death. For more information on resources provided by DHS, visit dhs.dc.gov. See acast.com/privacy...
2020-12-1016 min
In Our Time: HistoryNapoleon's Retreat from MoscowMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, in September 1812, Napoleon captured Moscow and waited a month for the Russians to meet him, to surrender and why, to his dismay, no-one came. Soon his triumph was revealed as a great defeat; winter was coming, supplies were low; he ordered his Grande Armée of six hundred thousand to retreat and, by the time he crossed back over the border, desertion, disease, capture, Cossacks and cold had reduced that to twenty thousand. Napoleon had shown his weakness; his Prussian allies changed sides and, within eighteen months they, the Russians and Austrians had c...
2019-09-1954 min
In Our Time: ScienceBird MigrationIn a programme first broadcast in 2017, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why some birds migrate and others do not, how they select their destinations and how they navigate the great distances, often over oceans. For millennia, humans set their calendars to birds' annual arrivals, and speculated about what happened when they departed, perhaps moving deep under water, or turning into fish or shellfish, or hibernating while clinging to trees upside down. Ideas about migration developed in C19th when, in Germany, a stork was noticed with an African spear in its neck, indicating where it had been over the...
2017-07-0651 minIn Our Time: ScienceAntarcticaMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of Antarctica.The most southerly of the continents is the bleakest and coldest place on Earth. Almost entirely covered in ice, Antarctica spends much of the winter in total darkness.Antarctica was first named in the second century AD by the geographer Marinus of Tyre, who was one of many early geographers to speculate about the existence of a huge southern landmass to balance the known lands of northern Europe. But it wasn't until the nineteenth century that modern man laid eyes on the continent.In the intervening two hundred years...
2010-06-2442 minIn Our Time: ScienceHeatMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of scientific ideas about heat. As anyone who’s ever burnt their hand will testify – heat is a pretty commonplace concept. Cups of coffee cool down, microwaves reheat them, water boils at 100 degrees and freezes on cold winter nights.Behind the everyday experience of hot things lies a complex story of ideas spread across Paris, Manchester and particularly Glasgow. It’s a story of brewing vats and steam engines, of fridges, thermometers and the heat death of the universe. But most importantly, it was the understanding and harnessing of heat that helped make t...
2008-12-0442 minIn Our Time: ScienceThe Four HumoursMelvyn Bragg and guests talk about blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm. These are the four humours, a theory of disease and health that is among the most influential ideas aver conceived. According to an 11th century Arabic book called the Almanac of Health, an old man went to the doctor complaining of a frigid complexion and stiffness in winter. The doctor, after examining his condition, prescribed a rooster. Being a hot and dry bird it was the perfect tonic for a cold and rheumatic old man. This is medicine by the four humours. The idea that the...
2007-12-2042 min
In Our Time: ReligionThe Pilgrim FathersMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Pilgrim Fathers and their 1620 voyage to the New World on the Mayflower. Every year on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans go home to their families and sit down to a meal. It’s called Thanksgiving and it echoes a meal that took place nearly 400 years ago, when a group of religious exiles from Lincolnshire sat down, after a brutal winter, to celebrate their first harvest in the New World. They celebrated it in company with the American Indians who had helped them to survive.These settlers are called the Pilgrim Fathers. They we...
2007-07-0542 minIn Our Time: ReligionMuslim SpainMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Muslim Spain. In 711 a small army of North African Berbers invaded Spain and established an Iberian Islamic culture that would last for over 700 years. Despite periods of infighting and persecution, Muslim Spain was a land where Muslims, Jews and Christians co-existed in relative peace and harmony. Its capital, Cordoba, although not unique amongst Spanish cities, became the centre and focus for generations of revered and respected philosophers, physicians and scholars. By the 10th century Cordoba was one of the largest cities in the world. But what some historians refer to as Cordoba’s Golden Ag...
2002-11-2128 min
In Our Time: PhilosophyDemocracyMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of democracy. In the Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln called it “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”, but the word democracy appears nowhere in the American Constitution; the French Revolution was fought for Liberté, Egalité and Fraternité and the most that Churchill claimed for it was that it was “the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” The Athenian city state famously practised participatory democracy, but neither Plato nor Socrates approved, the Romans turned their back on the idea of ‘mo...
2001-10-1828 min