Explore the Indigenous worldview with Four Arrows, delving into non-duality, origin stories, and myths. Critiques on anthropocentrism and binary thinking are discussed. The significance of preserving indigenous culture and the need for a balanced worldview is highlighted. Hegemony's impact on historical narratives is explored, along with the importance of consciousness shift for personal growth and connectedness.

In this podcast, Darcia Narvaez discusses the importance of early life experiences in shaping our personalities and values. She emphasizes the need to reconnect with the Earth and the impact of disconnection from nature on moral development. The conversation delves into the concept of the evolved nest for raising children, matriarchal societies, and the interconnectedness of the universe through vibratory matter. It also explores the significance of nurturing children through trauma, play, and alternative practices for creating a better world.

Dr. Brad Kershner, a school leader and meta-theorist, discusses education, leadership, parenting, cultural diversity, technology, integral theory, meditation, complexity, and developmental psychology. He emphasizes understanding the metacrisis and the importance of contemplative practice alongside cognitive exploration. Other topics include Waldorf education, concerns about educational technology, restorative practices, the future of higher education, and challenges faced by private universities.

Jonathan Rowson, co-founder and CEO of Perspectiva, discusses the metacrisis, the breakdown of societal norms, imagination, systems change work, and the importance of offline meetings in this thought-provoking podcast.

Award-winning filmmaker and President of the International Bateson Institute, Nora Bateson, discusses the need for a holistic perspective when addressing complex global challenges. They explore the interconnectedness of crises, the impact of language on perception, and the role of imagination in envisioning a new future. Nora also shares insights on meeting challenges, the limitations of predetermined mission statements, and the importance of practice and exploration.

My guest today is Zineb Mouhyi. Zineb is the co-founder of both YouthxYouth & the Weaving Lab. YouthxYouth is a movement to radically reimagine the future of education with the goal of accelerating the process of young people influencing, designing, and transforming their education. The Weaving Lab is a global community of practice with the mission of advancing the field of weaving, understood as the practice of interconnecting ideas, people, projects, organizations, places, and ecologies to support systems change. Zineb is also a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Social Change where she explores the questions “How might we facilitate a planetary transition to a thriving planet? & How could education lead to a planetary transition?” Zineb and I talk about why education is one of the root causes of the many interrelated global crises we’re facing, also known as the metacrisis, as it is the core human-making function of society. Zineb believes that despite decades of adults working to reform public education, the system, on average, is producing dismal results and it's time for a youth-led education revolution! Her work with young people has confirmed her hunch that THEY need to be the ones leading the change.We also talk about the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) in education and agree that it is of the utmost importance that those in positions of educational leadership work to deepen their understanding of AI and how it is and will impact children moving forward.I hope you enjoy the episode, if you do please subscribe or follow on your favorite podcast app or the entangledworldpod YouTube channel.Entangled World explores the interrelated, existential social, economic, ecological, and technological risks we face, their underlying drivers, and how a more beautiful world might emerge. Entangled World is a labor of love, I am deeply grateful for the generosity of my listeners and fans. Please consider making a donation at patreon.com/entangledworld.Zineb’s Links & Resources:YouthxYouthThe Weaving LabBooks Mentioned:Education in a Time Between Worlds, Zak SteinOther Resources:Education is the Metacrisis, Zak SteinEntangled World explores our greatest, interrelated social, economic, ecological, and technological global challenges, their underlying drivers, and how a more beautiful world might emerge.Entangled World is a labor of love, I am deeply grateful for the generosity of my listeners and fans. Please consider donating at Patreon. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit najialupson.substack.com

My guest today is Manda Scott. Manda started life as an equine veterinary surgeon and is now a novelist, host of the Accidental Gods podcast, (r)evolutionary and smallholder. Her Boudica: Dreaming novels were international best-sellers and led to her teaching shamanic dreaming for the past two decades. She is the co-creator of the Thrutopia Masterclass, aiming to furnish writers with the ideas and concepts necessary to create stories that will carry us through to a future we’d be proud to leave behind. Manda’s story is fascinating and she shares insights she’s gained through unconventional ways that expand how we think we come to know things. She talks about the need for a conscious evolution in human consciousness and how our current worldview paradigm is deeply rooted in a story of scarcity, separation, and powerlessness. But this is not a “true” story…and we can collectively re-write a new one. Manda says that it's time for humanity to evolve our consciousness and understand our place in the web of life and she believes we can play an active role in its evolution and that connecting to the web of life is HOW we do it. This is a wide-ranging conversation, we talk about shamanic practices, economics, artificial intelligence (AI), mass social movements, and much more. I hope you enjoy the episode, if you do please subscribe or follow on your favorite podcast app or the entangledworldpod YouTube channel.Entangled World explores the interrelated, existential social, economic, ecological, and technological risks we face, their underlying drivers, and how a more beautiful world might emerge. Entangled World is a labor of love, I am deeply grateful for the generosity of my listeners and fans. Please consider making a donation at patreon.com/entangledworld.Manda Scott’’s Links & Resources:Manda’s SiteAccidental GodsThrutopia MasterclassBoudica TrilogyBooks mentioned:The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and David WengrowDebt, David GraeberThe Eagle of the Night, Rosemary SutcliffThe Patterning Instinct, Jeremy LentThe Web of Life, Jeremy LentBuilding Tomorrow, Paddy Le FlufyOther people and work mentioned:Audrey TangDaniel Schmachtenberger, The Civilization Research InstituteTristan Harris & Asa Raskin, Center for Humane Technology, Your Undivided Attention podcastThe Other Side of Eden, Hugh BrodyThe Master and His Emissary, Iain McGilchristZineb Mouhyi https://www.youthxyouth.comAngharad Wynne https://www.angharadwynne.com/Paddy Le Flufy https://paddyleflufy.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit najialupson.substack.com

My guest today is Kathleen Rude. Kathleen is a shamanic practitioner, teacher and ceremonial leader and she fell in love with the natural world as a young child and found her voice for environmental activism at the tender age of 10. She was raised liberal Lutheran in a household steeped in Jungian psychology. She was initiated by Blackfoot, Northern Ute, and Lakota elders into indigenous spiritual practices and studied core shamanism with Betsy Bergstrom and Sandra Ingerman. She was also mentored by Joanna Macy, internationally acclaimed eco-philosopher and root teacher of the Work That Reconnects. She serves as a Weaver in the Work That Reconnects Network. Kathleen shares how the teachings of indigenous elders have profoundly influenced her beliefs about humanity not being separate from nature but part of it and brought an added dimension to her activism and conservation work. She also began to see how interconnected the issues she was working on were and how trying to solve them in isolation is not only not impossible, but also futile.We dig deeper into Joanna Macy’s work so if you’ve been curious about that either as someone who wants to experience it or facilitate it, this episode will give you a great overview. Kathleen’s journey is a wonderful example of how allowing your passion, interest, and values to guide you opens the doorway for you to offer what you are uniquely and meaningfully here to bring into the world.I hope you enjoy the episode, if you do please subscribe or follow on your favorite podcast app or the entangledworldpod YouTube channel.Kathleen’s Links & Resources:WebsiteFacebook groupRedemption of the Red Fire Woman, Kathleen RudeBooks Mentioned:We Are Water Protectors (Children’s book)From What is to What If?, Rob HopkinsOther Resources:Work that Reconnects NetworkWarm Data Labs led by Nora BatesonEntangled World explores the interrelated, existential social, economic, ecological, and technological risks we face, their underlying drivers, and how a more beautiful world might emerge. Entangled World is a labor of love, I couldn’t keep this podcast going without the generosity of my listeners and fans. Please consider making a donation at patreon.com/entangledworld. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit najialupson.substack.com

Rachel Donald, a climate corruption journalist, discusses the exploitative patterns rooted in perverse economic systems. She explores the separation rooted in our capitalist system and its impact on collective reliance. The podcast also covers the displacement of indigenous communities, the intuitive wisdom of children, the role of activism, the tipping point for change, and the intersection of capitalism and renewable energy.

My guest today is Della Duncan, a Renegade Economist. Areas of her livelihood garden include supporting individuals as a Right Livelihood Coach, helping transition businesses and organizations as a post-capitalist consultant, teaching and facilitating courses and retreats on the Work that Reconnects and Regenerative Economics, and hosting the Upstream Podcast which challenges mainstream economic thinking through documentaries and conversations including most recently, The Green Transition: The Problem with Green Capitalism and The Myth of Freedom Under Capitalism. Our current global capitalist economic system has provided many benefits to humanity AND the system was designed for those benefits to accrue to those at the top, which is one of the reasons we have such massive inequality around the globe. Della and I talk about how capitalism is more like modern-day slavery and a tool for white supremacy and patriarchy. It is fueling the destruction of the planet, from which it is compelled to extract and it’s a system that can’t last forever and will eventually topple under its own weight. Della challenges the assumptions that are built into mainstream economics: that nature is commodifiable and we can objectify it and put a price on it, that humans are selfish beings out for our own self-interest, that work is something we don’t value or enjoy doing, that humans aren’t capable of collectively taking care of the land and that it must be privatized to be cared for, and the biggest assumption of all: that limitless growth on a finite planet is possible and even desirable. I hope you enjoy the episode, if you do please subscribe or follow on your favorite podcast app or on the entangledworldpod YouTube channel.Della’s Links & Resources:WebsiteUpstream PodcastUpstream Podcast, Ep 16: The Myth of Freedom Under Capitalism (Documentary)Social Media handles: @upstreampodcast and @dellazduncanBooks mentioned:Less is More, Jason HickelThe Divide, Jason HickelWinners Take All, Anand GiridharadasHow on Earth: Imagining a Not for Profit World by 2050, Jennifer HintonZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Persig100 Years of Psychotherapy And the World’s Only Getting Worse, Michael Ventura, James HillmanBraiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall KimmererOther people and work mentioned:Does Studying Economics Breed Greed, Adam GrantLimits to Growth, Donella MeadowsLeverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System, Donella MeadowsThe Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance, Robin Wall KimmererEntangled World explores our greatest, interrelated social, economic, ecological, and technological global challenges, their underlying drivers, and how a more beautiful world might emerge.YouTubeApple PodcastsSpotifyEntangled World is a labor of love, I couldn’t keep this podcast going without the generosity of my listeners and fans. Please consider making a donation at patreon.com/entangledworld. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit najialupson.substack.com