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David Cayley is a broadcaster and author and perhaps the ‘godfather of podcasting’. He is best know known for documenting the philosophy of great thinkers of the 20th century, including Ivan Illich, Northrop Frye, George Grant, and Rene Girard.  He has recently written a fantastic biography of Ivan Illich (Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey), which also documents his own adventure with ideas. We had a wonderful and deep conversation, about Ilich and his radical ideas.  Will they become audible to us in the 21st Century?   David Cayley’s new book and all his works can be found on his blog: https://www.davidcayley.com/blog DONATE ON PAYPAL Patreon Parallax Facebook Medium Intro music: Beautiful Machines, by Andrew Sweeny

September 15th; Ep. 17 We are talikng about the new DUNE movie, it´s deep mythology, Lynch´s twisted mind, Jung vs Freud, Indra´s fractal net, and the spice, that elevates life out up the mud and into the sacred.

Layman Pascal is, amongst other things, an author and host of the Podcast THE INTEGRAL STAGE. In this conversation we are talking about the post-postmodern ecosystem, the role of integral philosphy, cultural source-codes, Magick, Robert Anton Wilson and Tim Leary, and the resaon why we could use stage-theory although we know it could not be true.

The role & function of comedy in the digital - and maybe post-postmodern age. Dedicated to Norm Macdonald

Andrew Sweeny and Tom Amarque try to get into groove about Ivan Illich.

Andrew Sweeny and Tom Amarque become Guerilla-Ontologists, and ask, if cognitive developement and stages theories are real or not. And their conclusion: All phenomena are real in some sense, unreal in some sense, meaningless in some sense, real and meaningless in some sense, unreal and meaningless in some sense, and real and unreal and meaningless in some sense.

Maniphesto Media Academy (aka MMA) is a virtual one-room school-house—an alternative learning platform—for those who want to take an intellectual and spiritual deep dive.  It is a weekly study group and lecture series, where we try to make sense of the present apocalyptic times.  At MMA we will celebrate creative content, think critically about the existing paradigm, and create a lively learning community.  Education is in crisis today. More than ever we need convivial spaces for real learning, free from cynical corporate demands, a top heavy administration, and the extreme political correctness which haunts the present academic environment.  As a University professor for some years, I feel that now is the time for us to collectively reinvent education for the future and rediscover its original meaning and purpose.  In this spirit, Maniphesto Media Academy is offering a creative space for free thinking and learning.     For more information:  https://maniphestocore.com/maniphesto-media-academy/

Jeremy Johnson joins the Parallax View to talk about political commentator and talk show host Michael Brooks, the Dirtbag left &  Chapo Trap House, the Jacobin and other progressiv outlets that signify a more differentiated discourse and performance of the american left. Fascinating stuf, do it up!

Peter Merry is, among other things, a social innovator, public speaker, author and consultant. We talked about some of his ideas, particularly about volution, volition, evolutionary leadership, Spiral Dynamics, a bit of occult psychology and free will. Great stuff, do it up! 

Alex Ebert at the Stoa: Strange Attractor Roundtable on The Philosophy of Cool  DONATE ON PAYPAL Patreon Parallax Facebook Medium Intro music: Beautiful Machines, by Andrew Sweeny