The Extraenvironmentalist

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[ Episode #51 // Culture of Dying ] Editor's pick

In  Extraenvironmentalist #51  we speak with  Stephen Jenkinson  about our cultural difficulty with death. Stephen draws on lessons learned from decades of working with death to describe how we can frame our civilization’s trajectory. We ask how to find sanity in a time of alienation and if we can be a human in difficult circumstances. Stephen describes the distinct jobs given to us as our family members die. Also,  John Michael Greer  joins us briefly to talk about the death of Western culture.The globally dominant culture is suffering from an economic, ecological and social crisis that has deeper roots than failing budgets and environmental degradation. Do we have a role to play if our culture is headed towards its eventual death? Though our economic system has trained us to be needy, can we approach these challenges as if we were needed? https://soundcloud.com/orphan-wisdom/stephen-jenkinson-culture-of-dying

[ Episode #54 // Love + Marriage ]

 Our cultural institutions face such immense challenges from economic and environmental factors that even our assumptions about love and marriage on the table. What does recent research into early human sexuality say about our ideas of love as practiced by our early ancestors? In hard times, did our predecessors practice fierce egalitarianism to ensure group survival? In  Extraenvironmentalist #54   Chris Ryan  joins us to talk about evidence of prehistoric sexuality in the book  Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality  co-written with Cacilda Jetha . Chris discusses his research into why so many marriages fail. We try to develop a conversation about sex and love between all guys without turning it into a boys club. Is that even possible? Examples are given of rituals from ancient societies that bypassed jealousy to defeat feelings of scarcity amongst hunter-gatherer bands. https://soundcloud.com/extraenvironmentalist/episode-54-chris-ryan

[ Episode #68 // Better Than Normal ]

 Society dramatically underestimates human potential, placing our imagination within a limited range of possibilities. What are the psychological limits of our species? Is there reliable scientific evidence of supernormal human capabilities? What areas of scientific study could replace the failing aims of a materialist scientific paradigm? Would compelling evidence for special abilities change our beliefs and institutions? In  Extraenvironmentalist #68  we speak with  Dean Radin  about his new book  Supernormal and his decades of research into telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance for our 2013 Halloween Special. We ask Dr. Radin if the stories of ancient yogis were exaggerated superstitions or if they may have some basis in reality. Dean describes his process for studying controversial phenomena and how he is working to build a reliable non-materialist scientific process. https://soundcloud.com/extraenvironmentalist/episode-68-1-dean-radin-on-the 

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