Parallax

Daniel Schmachtenberger & Alexander Bard in dialogue, hosted by Tom Amarque Where are we in this 'time between worlds', and what are the possible and probably outcomes of our current trajectories. We are facing a crisis, while at the same time out institutions do not seem fit or able to solve these problems. At the same time, our myths and narratives don´t work anymore, the postmodern policies of deconstruction have for better or worse - negated our way of reducing complexity. Is the west going to fall, as Oswald Sprengler once put it? Is the chaos going to increase till we find a new way of life? Or is it as it ever was, men struggling to find meaning in a complex world? Can digital provide us with the means to reconstruct the myth and narrative? Daniel Schmachtenberger is a social philosopher and founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. Alexander Bard is a philosopher, author of numerous books (“Digital Libido”) Swedish musician, author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, religious and political activist, and one of the founders of the Syntheist religious movement alongside his co-author Jan Söderqvist. Bard was a member of music band Army of Lovers.

Tom and Andrew go through the core ideas from Tom´s first book ‘The Evolution of the Psyche’, which was a young mans attempt to map the psyche using systems-theory and constructivism

Political sociologist and leading metamodern theorist Brent Cooper joins Tom Amarque at the PPP in order to continue the conversation about political metamodernism and current progressivism.

July 12th 2022 Thaddeus Russell is the Founder of Unregistered Academy; host of the Unregistered podcast; and author of A Renegade History of the United States. He taught history and cultural studies at Occidental  College and has taught at Columbia University, Barnard College, Eugene  Lang College, and the New School for Social Research. Born and raised in  Berkeley, California, Russell graduated from Antioch College and  received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University.Russell has also appeared on the History Channel and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

July 9th 2022 R.I.P. Shinzo Abe, Tony Sirico (“Paulie”), James Caan, and the Woman on a train

July 3rd 2022 Andrew Sweeny and Tom Amarque work their way through symbolism and western hermeticism.

June 27th 2022 Political sociologist and leading metamodern theorist Brent Cooper joins Tom Amarque at the PPP in order to talk about metamodern implications of Roe vs Wade.

Both the end of the media academy season and the 55th Sweeny vs Bard. Alexander discusses different realms: the realm of one dogma, the realm of many dogmas in dialectic, and the realm of no dogma—in terms of sex, education and social organization. We also talked about sex difference, shamanism, and the difference between the tantric and the sutric realm. 2 hours of mad ideation and fun.

June 18th 2022 Political sociologist and leading metamodern theorist Brent Cooper joins Tom Amarque and the PPP  in order to talk about the politcal left and it´s relationship to Metamodernism.

Andrew Sweeny and Tom Amarque work their way through Top Gun, David Lynch, the sacred and the profane, Magick and Tantra and much more in order to entertain their 16000 listeners.