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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Dec 21, 2016 • 1h 3min
Zara Zimbardo: What Can We Learn from Zombies?
CIIS faculty Zara Zimbardo explores our enduring interest in zombies, and examines what this increasingly normalized pop culture obsession points to. This talk was part of the Big Ideas at CIIS series.
Dec 14, 2016 • 50min
Lily Siegel and Pierre-François: Inherited Memory in Art
Curators from The Contemporary Jewish Museum Lily Siegel and Pierre-François talk about From Generation to Generation - Inherited Memory and Contemporary Art, on view through April 2017. They were joined by Arts at CIIS curator Deirdre Visser for a conversation. This program was created in collaboration with The Contemporary Jewish Museum.
Dec 9, 2016 • 1h 2min
Dr. Christopher Bache: My Psychedelic Journey
Author and Professor of Religious Studies Dr. Christopher Bache discusses his twenty year long regimen of psychedelic exploration and therapy with CIIS Professor Sean Kelly.
Dec 2, 2016 • 48min
Eduardo Duran: Healing the Soul Wound
Psychologist and author Eduardo Duran is joined in conversation by CIIS student Natalie Bell to discuss the legacy of historical trauma for Native American populations.
Nov 17, 2016 • 43min
Sean San José: Ghosts in the Theatre
Theatre director Sean San José is joined in conversation by CIIS faculty and performance maker Erika Chong Shuch about ghosts, spirituality, and memory in performance. This event was part of the Dancing with the So Called Dead Festival, a collaboration with the MFA Program in Theatre-Performance Making and The Arts @ CIIS.
Nov 9, 2016 • 56min
Frank Warren: A Night of PostSecrets
Frank Warren, the creator of the wildly popular website, PostSecret, talks about how he holds the over one million secrets he has received in the past 12 years since starting his site.
Nov 3, 2016 • 1h 8min
Nick Walker: Neurodiversity and Creativity
One of the leading thinkers in the emergent field of neurodiversity, CIIS faculty member Nick Walker, discusses the benefits of a more neurodiverse world. This talk was part of the Big Ideas at CIIS series.
Oct 26, 2016 • 1h 1min
Guillermo Gómez-Peña: The GGGPS
Chicano performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña is joined by author and performer Larry Bogad for this performative conversation, GGGPS: The Guillermo Gómez-Peña Positioning System. This event was part of the Dancing with the So Called Dead Festival, a collaboration with the MFA Program in Theatre-Performance Making and The Arts @ CIIS.
Oct 19, 2016 • 54min
Meg Jordan: New Discoveries in Health Science
CIIS Professor Meg Jordan explores some of the most compelling new ideas in health from the world of science. This talk was part of the Big Ideas at CIIS series.
Oct 13, 2016 • 1h 15min
Deepak Chopra: Towards a Higher Health
Alternative medicine pioneer Deepak Chopra explores the question of how consciousness conceives and constructs the physical universe.
