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Conversations on culture, consciousness, and collective transformation — featuring researchers, activists, artists, and thinkers working to build a wiser world.
Simon Longstaff from cleaner to Director of the Ethics Centre
2024-02-13
In this episode of Ordinary People walking an extra-ordinary path podcast, Life Itself co-founder Sylvie Barbier is joined by Dr Simon Longstaff who shares his journey from working as a cleaner to becoming the Director of the Ethics Centre.
[Jamie Bristow from the world of Corporate advertising to mindfulness in politics](/podcast/jamie-bristow-advertising-to mindfulness-in-politics)
2023-11-08
In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast from the Ordinary People series, Life Itself Co-Founder Sylvie Barbier is joined by Jamie Bristow a leading expert on inner development and contemplative pra…
Joseph Henrich and Cultural Evolution: Implications and What's Next
2023-09-10
In Episode 4 of the series Joseph Henrich and Rufus Pollock continue on the Culture Evolution conversation.
Joseph Henrich and Cultural Evolution: Culture, Cultural Evolution and the Scaling of Societies
2023-09-09
In Episode 3 of the series Joseph Henrich and Rufus Pollock continue on the Culture Evolution conversation.
Joseph Henrich on Homo Sapiens: The Cultural Species
2023-08-09
In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock sit down with Professor Joseph Henrich to continue the discussion on the study of cultural evolution.
Dr Jeffery Martin on A Scientific Approach to Awakening and Fundamental Wellbeing Part 3
2023-05-04
In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock is joined by Dr Jeffery Martin. Jeffery is a founder of the Transformative Technology space, a serial entrepreneur, and a social scientist who researches personal transformation and the states…
Dr. Jeffery Martin: A Scientific Approach to Awakening and Fundamental Wellbeing Part 2
2023-04-17
In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock is joined by Dr Jeffery Martin. Jeffery is a founder of the Transformative Technology space, a serial entrepreneur, and a social scientist who researches personal transformation and the states…
Esther Montmany on Conscious Parenting Part 3
2023-01-31
Rufus Pollock sits down with Esther Montmany for part 3 of their Conscious Parenting mini-series.
Esther Montmany on Conscious Parenting Part 2
2023-01-30
Rufus Pollock sits down with Esther Montmany for part 2 of their Conscious Parenting mini-series.
Esther Montmany on Conscious Parenting Part 1
2023-01-29
Rufus Pollock sits down with Esther Montmany. Esther has spent more than 20 years developing a unique approach to conscious parenting and education.
Dr Jeffery Martin on A Scientific Approach to Awakening and Fundamental Wellbeing
2023-01-19
In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock is joined by Dr Jeffery Martin. Jeffery is a founder of the Transformative Technology space, a serial entrepreneur, and a social scientist who researches person…
Thomas Steininger on Emergent Dialogue and Transcending Individualism
2022-12-08
In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock sits down with philosopher, practitioner, and spiritual mentor, Dr. Thomas Steininger. Dr Steininger offers insights and reflections from over 30 years of spiritual practice and cultivation of…
Joseph Henrich and the Emergence of a (Rigorous) Culturology
2022-11-25
In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock sits down with Professor Joseph Henrich to discuss the study of cultural evolution. Joe gives an insight into how the discipline has emerged and the interdisciplinary nature of the field. He d…
Post FTX collapse reflections on crypto with Stephen Diehl
2022-11-15
On November 11th 2022, crypto giant FTX collapsed into bankruptcy. In this episode, Stephen Diehl and Rufus Pollock explore what happened, what went wrong, and what we can learn. They look back on the past 6 months in the crypto industry, examining o…
Exploring Social Transformation: Series Wrap-Up
2022-09-28
Over the past few months we have been sharing episodes centered around the theme of 'social transformation'. In this final episode of the mini-series, co-hosts Eilidh Ross, Theo Cox and Nathen Fitchen reflect on the series, sharing why we embarked on…
Meet the MetaModerns: Emerging Movement with Alternative Approach to
2022-08-16
In April 2022, Life Itself co-founder, Rufus Pollock, was invited by the New School at Commonweal onto their podcast to discuss his recent work mapping an emerging “metamodern” ecosystem centered on a radical, alternative approach to social change–on…
Jeremy Lent on Interconnection & Shifting Worldviews
2022-08-09
This week in our Exploring Social Transformation series, we are sharing a conversation we had back in September 2021 with acclaimed author of 'The Patterning Instinct' and 'The Web of Meaning', Jeremy Lent. This conversation was originally published …
Hypha DAO & Life Itself in Conversation
2022-08-02
Welcome to another episode of our Making Sense of #Crypto & #Web3 series. This week, Rufus Pollock and Theo Cox sit down with co-founders of Hypha DAO Alex Prate, Joachim Stroh, and Franz Joseph Allmayer to discuss how DAOs are aiming to revolutioniz…
Geoff Mulgan on Reigniting Social and Political Imagination
2022-07-26
In episode 6 of our Exploring Social Transformation series, Theo Cox is joined by author, professor, former director of the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit and former Head of Policy at Downing Street, Geoff Mulgan.
Samer Hassan & Rufus Pollock on Decentralization, Platform Monopolies and Web3
2022-07-19
In the latest episode of our Making Sense of Crypto & Web3 series, we talk with blockchain researcher and expert Samer Hassan. Samer is an academic at Harvard and Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain focused on decentralized collaboration. In t…
Hannah Close on Animism, Kinship, and the Social Change Ecosystem
2022-07-12
In episode 5 of our Exploring Social Transformation series, Theo Cox is joined by Hannah Close, a writer and photographer and curator for Advaya. Hannah engages in an insightful conversation on kinship, her experience of the social change ecosystem, …
Rufus Pollock and Jeff Emmett on Regenerative Finance and Web3 for Public Goods
2022-07-05
Regenerative Finance (ReFi) is about combining web3 finance tools with regenerative purposes like tackling climate change or cleaning up the oceans. In this episode of our Making Sense of #Crypto and #Web3 series, Rufus Pollock and Jeff Emmett discus…
Stephen Reid & Rufus Pollock on Worker Cooperatives and DAOs
2022-06-28
In episode 13 of our Making Sense of #Crypto & #Web3 series, Life Itself's Rufus Pollock sits down with Stephen Reid to discuss worker cooperatives, DAOs and the potential of blockchain technology to facilitate institut…
Brendan Graham Dempsey & Nathen Fitchen on The Meaning Crisis &
2022-06-21
In the fourth episode of our Exploring Social Transformation series, Nathen Fitchen and Brendan Graham Dempsey discuss the rise of the meaning crisis, how it has perpetuated thr…
Collective Practice and the Life Itself Open Residency with Valérie Duvauchelle
2022-06-14
In the third episode of our Exploring Social Transformation series, Eilidh Ross sits down with Life Itself Pioneer, Valérie Duvauchelle. Valérie discusses the value collective practice brings to a community and tells us what we can expect from the up…
Embodying Collective Transformation with Karl Steyaert
2022-06-07
In the second episode of our Exploring Social Transformation series, Theo Cox sits down with visionary cultural catalyst, Karl Steyaert. Karl explains what it is to be a 'Champion of Human Wholeness', why inner transformation is central to wider soci…
Exploring Social Transformation & Life Itself Labs
2022-05-31
We are excited to be broadening the scope of the Life Itself podcast to encompass the full spectrum of work Life Itself is involved with. In this episode, Life Itself team members Theo Cox and Eilidh Ross introduce this new era, discussing how our we…
KlimaDAO & Life Itself: In Conversation Part One
2022-05-17
In a previous episode, Collective Action Problems & Climate Change, Steven Diehl and Rufus Pollock discussed the utility of web3 in tackling collective action problems and climate change, using KlimaDAO as a case study. In a follow up to this convers…
Bitcoin as an Anti-Authoritarian Force
2022-05-10
Episode #7 of our ongoing deep dive into #crypto and #web3 with Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl. This week we’re exploring the thesis that Bitcoin (and crypto more generally) is an anti-authoritarian force and can help undermine tyranny.
A Macroeconomics Perspective on Cryptocurrencies
2022-05-03
In this episode of our Making Sense of #Crypto and #Web3 series, Stephen Diehl is joined by economist and data scientist, Matthew Ranger, in a discussion on crypto assets from a macroeconomics perspective.
Cory Doctorow on Blockchain, Crypto & Web3
2022-04-26
In this episode of our Making Sense of #Crypto and #Web3 series, Rufus Pollock is joined by activist, journalist and author Cory Doctorow. Cory outlines the problems he sees within the web3 space; economic, technological, and ethical.
Open Collective, Steward Ownership & Exit to Community with Pia Mancini
2022-04-25
In this episode of our Making Sense of Web3 series, Rufus Pollock speaks with Pia Mancini on Open Collective, steward ownership and exit to community. Pia Mancini is a democracy activist, open source sustainer, co-founder & CEO at Open Collective and…
Collective Action Problems & Climate Change
2022-04-13
In episode #6 of our series of deep dives into #crypto and #web3, Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl explore the interaction of climate change and public goods problems. T…
Fintech Incrementalism and Responsible Innovation
2022-04-04
Episode #5 in our ongoing deep dive into #web3 and #crypto. This week, Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl explore the claim that blockchain can be a vehicle for increase in financialization through the development of more complex, blockchain based finan…
On Web3 and Post-State Technocracy with Stephen Diehl & Rufus Pollock
2022-03-23
Episode #4 in our ongoing deep dive into #web3 and #crypto. This week, Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl explore a more utopian aspiration of crypto and web3: a transitio…
Are Cryptocurrencies Securities? The Nature of Securities & Their
2022-03-16
Episode #3 in our ongoing deep dive into #web3 and #crypto. Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl discuss financial products known as securities, their relationship to crypto…
Crypto, Traders and Unfettered Financial Markets with Stephen Diehl
2022-03-10
Episode #2 with Stephen Diehl in our ongoing deep dive into #web3 and #crypto. We discuss the view that crypto are just risky assets and that unfettered and unregulated…
Jordan Hall on the Potential of DAOs
2022-03-03
This episode is about the potential of DAOs for social change. Alongside host and Life Itself Co-founder, Rufus Pollock, we invite Jordan Hall, a philosopher, entrepreneur and prolific speaker in the Web3 space. He has been building disruptive techno…
Stephen Diehl on Web3, Bitcoin & Neometalism
2022-02-24
This episode is about the narrative of Bitcoin and the Neo-Metallist thesis i.e. that a gold-standard was good and a Bitcoin standard would be even better. Alongside host and Life Itself Co-founder, Rufus Po…
Richard D. Bartlett & Stephen Reid on Critical Exploration of Web3
2022-02-17
Just what is Web3, why are people so excited about it, and how likely is it to really change the world? In this episode, Life Itself co-founder Rufus Pollock talks with Rich Bartlett and Stephen Reid on the promises, possibilities and pitfalls of Web…
Liam Kavanagh on Introduction to Sustainable Wellbeing
2021-12-17
Sustainable wellbeing is an obvious organising principle for society: that we should live in a way that enables future generations to enjoy being alive as much as us (or more). Yet this ethos is not truly at the heart of either the environmental move…
Sen Zhan and Liam Kavanagh
2021-03-29
This week we're excited to be sharing an episode from our partner podcast, The Life Itself Hubcast, hosted and produced by Sen Zhan.
Sen Zhan and Sylvie Barbier
2021-01-14
This week we're honoured to be sharing an episode from our partner podcast, The Life Itself Hubcast, hosted and produced by Sen Zhan.