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In this episode, Matt Baker and Justin Pearl speak with AJ Turner who raises some observations and possible critiques in response to Clayton Crockett's recent book "Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmo-theology". AJ is a graduate student at Drew University working in the areas of Pragmatism, Psychology of Religion, William James, Religious Naturalism, and Sociocultural Psychoanalysis. Music for this episode: Higher Dimension Waiting Room, Jazzbois The Sneeze, Jazzbois Love Always, Nu Alkemi Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

This episode presents an adaptation of Tim Ingold's essay, "When Ant Meets Spider" as it appears in "Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge, and Description (2011)." https://www.amazon.com/Being-Alive-Tim-Ingold/dp/1032052317/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1V3DM9TCWCMPS&keywords=ingold+being+alive&qid=1688951629&sprefix=ingold+being+alive%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-1 Sound Design and Production by Matt Baker

In this episode, Matt Baker Speaks with Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics - Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes - who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, and Spinoza – and in fields pertaining to pan-psychism and altered states of consciousness. Peter is a research fellow and lecturer at The University of Exeter and author and coeditor of several books. https://www.philosopher.eu/ Music: Adonis, Birds of Prey Matt Baker, Nomad's Theme

In this episode, Matt Valler and Matt Baker continue their exploration and discussion of Clayton Crockett's book, "Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmo-theology". Particularly, we look at Chapter 2, "Vital Matters: Bioenergetics and Life". Part 1 - Introduction: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/items/clayton-crockett-%2F%2F%2F-energy-and-change-pt-1 Part 2 - Energy and the Dynamics of Nature: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/items/clayton-crockett-%2F%2F%2F-energy-and-change-pt-2 Contact us at warmachinepodcast.com Clayton Crockett: uca.edu/philosophy/facultystaff/clayton-crockett/ Intro Music: The Barrier, Gdanian

In this episode, Matt Baker speaks with Matt Segall about his recent book, "Crossing the Threshold, Etheric Imagination in the Post-Kantian Process Philosophy of Schelling and Whitehead". Matt is a transdisciplinary researcher, author, and teacher applying process philosophy across the natural and social sciences, including the study of consciousness. He is Associate Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. Matt's Blog: https://footnotes2plato.com/ Crossing the Threshold: https://revelore.press/product/crossing-the-threshold/ Music for this episode: Deadchrome, Niky Nine Love Always, Nu Alkemi Philanthrope, Sleepy Fish Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Jordan Miller and Matt Baker speak with author Ed Simon about his recent article in Aeon, "A New Paganism: Why We Need a New Expression of the Sacred." https://aeon.co/essays/why-we-need-a-new-expression-of-the-sacred-a-pagan-theology https://edsimon.org/ https://millerje.wordpress.com/ Music for this episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine Dionysus, Birds ov Paradise

This episode features a talk given by Merlin Sheldrake titled "Mycological Metaphysics: Fungi and Alfred North Whitehead”. It was presented at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies. https://ctr4process.org/ Dr. Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures, a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and winner of the Royal Society Book Prize and the Wainwright Prize. Merlin received a Ph.D. in tropical ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Merlin is a research associate of the Vrije University Amsterdam, and works with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks and the Fungi Foundation. Republished with permission from the Center for Process Studies and Andrew Davis.

In this episode, Matt Valler and Matt Baker continue their exploration and discussion of Clayton Crockett's book, "Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmo-theology". Particularly, we look at Chapter 1, "Energy and the Dynamics of Nature." Contact us at warmachinepodcast.com Music by Matt Baker Clayton Crockett: https://uca.edu/philosophy/facultystaff/clayton-crockett/

This episode continues our telling of HP Lovecraft's, "The Whisperer in the Dark". Written in 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931. Similar to The Color Out of Space (1927), it is a blend of horror and science fiction. Although it makes numerous references to the Cthulhu Mythos, the story is not a central part of the mythos, but reflects a shift in Lovecraft's writing at this time towards science fiction. Parts 1 and 2 available here: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/items/h.p.-lovecraft-%2F%2F%2F-the-whisperer-in-darkness---part-1 Episode produced by War Machine. Music provided by Cryo-Chamber Music. Complete works of H.P. Lovecraft: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://arkhamarchivist.com/ebook/The%20Complete%20Works%20of%20H.P.%20Lovecraft.pdf

In this episode, Matt Baker speaks with author, educator, and radical theologian Maria Francesca French about her recently published book titled, "Safer Than the Known Way. A Post Christian Journey". The conversation centers predominantly on issues relevant to Radical Theology, post-Christian thought, and faith after the death of God, with something of an emphasis on the more spectral and apophatic theological valences within that tradition. Maria's website: https://www.mariafrancescafrench.com/ Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Safer-than-Known-Way-Post-Christian-ebook/dp/B0BRGKRVZ2?ref_=ast_author_dp Music for this episode: Love Always, Nu Alkemi Battle of the Tribes, Spiritual Voices and Aikana Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker