CIIS Public Programs
CIIS Public Programs
This is a podcast for people who are curious about the world and themselves featuring talks and conversations presented by the Public Programs department of California Institute of Integral Studies, a non-profit university in San Francisco. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app to a diverse array of visionaries, artists, and scholars sharing compelling experiences, offering new perspectives, and expanding creative horizons.
Episodes
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Oct 26, 2017 • 55min
Andrej Grubacic: The Hidden History Of Capitalism
In this episode, CIIS faculty Andrej Grubacic uncovers the relatively unknown history of exiles and activists and their impact on the past and future of the capitalist civilization. This talk was part of the Big Ideas at CIIS series.
Oct 19, 2017 • 47min
Robert Wright: Why Buddhism is True
In this conversation with Steven Tierney, Professor of Community Mental at CIIS, Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright shares his journey exploring psychology, philosophy, and meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.
Oct 5, 2017 • 1h 3min
Nadya Tolokno: Resistance and Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokno is joined by artist and activist Jadelynn Stahl for a conversation about how to triumph in the new political and social landscape.
Sep 28, 2017 • 59min
Sean Kelly, Sam Mickey, Adam Robbert, and Kat Snow: Nature, Culture, and Knowledge
Authors Sean Kelly, Sam Mickey, and Adam Robbert are joined by public radio journalist and CIIS grad Kat Snow in a conversation about ecology as a connective science and its impact on our society.
Sep 21, 2017 • 45min
Brewster Khale: Internet and Impermanence
This episode features Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian and founder of the Internet Archive, and Wikimedia Foundation Creative Director Heather Walls in conversation about the Internet and how its systems exhibit impermanence as well as permanence over time.
Sep 14, 2017 • 51min
David George Haskell: The Songs Of Trees
Award-winning author and scholar David George Haskell is joined by CIIS professor Elizabeth Allison for a conversation about nature's most magnificent net workers.
Sep 7, 2017 • 54min
Richard Tarnas: The Summer Of Love And The Stars
Richard Tarnas, founding director of the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at CIIS, shares historical and present day correlations between planetary movements and the archetypal patterns during the Summer of Love.
Aug 31, 2017 • 51min
Jo Piazza: How To Be Married
Author and journalist Jo Piazza is joined in conversation by CIIS professor Nicolle Zapien to explore wedding and marriage rituals, customs, and traditions throughout the world.
Aug 24, 2017 • 56min
Alex Reben and Mikey Siegel: AI and Ethics
In this episode, robotics engineer turned consciousness hacker Mikey Siegel is joined in conversation by Alexander Reben, an artist and roboticist. The two discuss the ethical implications of recent developments in artificial intelligence and technology.
Aug 9, 2017 • 57min
Shefali Tsabary: Conscious Parenting
Author and psychologist Shefali Tsabary is joined in conversation by Dean of Alumni Richard Buggs to explore the ways we unconsciously pass on psychological pain to our children.
