New Emergences: Reading Groups, Live Events, Vintagia, and What’s Next for Acid Horizon
Apr 24, 2025
Craig offers an enticing peek into upcoming projects, including the innovative Vintagia, which fuses creativity with intuitive practice. Exciting live events are on the horizon, featuring artist residencies and experimental seminars. A new reading group focused on philosophical friendship is set to launch soon. Additionally, the return to Durations Festival promises thrilling collaborations, ensuring a vibrant community engagement that listeners won't want to miss.
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Podcast Growth Reflects Political Moment
Acid Horizon's audience grew almost twofold since last November, reflecting intensified political engagement.
The podcast aims to create vivid, memorable encounters with urgent material rather than fleeting consumption.
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Engage With the Reading Group
Join the Philosophers and the Friend reading group starting May 18 to explore friendship in philosophy.
Access session recordings on Patreon and engage further in the Discord community.
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Podcast's Humble Origins and Growth
Acid Horizon began as a modest lockdown project but grew into a collective with hundreds of episodes and live events.
Early skepticism turned into a supportive community that stayed and expanded over five years.
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The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text that dates back to the Western Zhou period (1000–750 BC). It evolved over time to include philosophical commentaries known as the Ten Wings. The book is used for divination through the manipulation of yarrow stalks or coins to produce hexagrams, each with its own interpretation. James Legge's translation, part of the Sacred Books of the East series, provides a comprehensive and detailed interpretation of the text, including its historical and philosophical significance. The I Ching has been influential in East Asian philosophical thought and has been studied for centuries for its insights into moral decision-making and the processes of change[2][3][4].
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Friendship
The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond
Lydia Denworth
In this book, Lydia Denworth delves into the science of friendship, exploring its evolution, biological underpinnings, and psychological significance. She discusses how friendship is reflected in brain waves, detectable in genomes, and crucial for strengthening cardiovascular and immune systems. The book also examines how social connection is vital for physical and emotional well-being, contrasting it with the detrimental effects of loneliness. Denworth weaves together field biology, neuroscience, and contemporary observations to show how friendship is essential across life stages and how it is evolving in the age of social media.
In this special 10-minute solo dispatch, Craig reveals what’s brewing behind the scenes. From the unveiling of Vintagia: I Ching Oracle for Psychogeography and Creative Discovery to a series of live events that blend philosophy, art, and sound—this is your glimpse into the next season of the Acid Horizon project.
We talk about the upcoming artist residency in State College, Pennsylvania, where Craig will host live podcast tapings, experimental seminars, and collaborative experiences. Plus, we mark our return to Durations Festival in Brooklyn this fall—with an exciting guest in tow.
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