John Vervaeke, Philosophy professor and host of the After Socrates series, joins UTOKing with Gregg for an inspiring conversation. They discuss John's After Socrates series and Gregg's book on psychology. They highlight the importance of understanding the mind and behavior, bridging the gap between science and spirituality, and exploring the pursuit of wisdom and rationality in leading a better life.

In Episode 63, Gregg welcomes Jill Nephew. Jill has expertise in software engineering and climate science. She is passionate about developing models, theories and tools that require the artful interplay between combinatorial complexity, abstract modelling, and nuanced human perception to create systems that enhance humans cognition and decision making towards creating a world that makes sense. Jill's primary project over the past 5+ years has been developing Inqwire, which "'is one-of-a-kind inquiry technology makes it possible for individuals and groups to access powerful inquiry processes around any topic." This capacity is what Jill call's "natural intelligence" and in this episode, she recounts her history and shares her vision about what natural intelligence is and how it can help address the meta-crisis we face.   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Jill Nephew ℹ️ - - - Inqwire Homepage: https://www.inqwire.io   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Gregg Henriques ℹ️ - - - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx   - - - 🌳 The Unified Theory of Knowledge 🌳 - - - Homepage: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/ Medium: https://medium.com/unified-theory-of-knowledge Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_knowledge_system

In Episode 61, Gregg welcomes Rich Blundell back to the program (see Episode 57). This episode continues their conversation about the philosophy of Oika and its connection and overlap with UTOK. In this episode, Rich talks about his experience as being a scientist/scholar in residence on the island of Nantucket. He is working to share his vision of the intersection of Big History, ecological intelligence, and the love of nature with members of high society. In addition, he is working with artists and activists to bring this vision to life. He and Gregg interweave their visions, as Gregg recounts his shift from being situated in the traditional academic community and being transformed via UTOK and its representation as a Garden.   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Rich Blundell ℹ️ - - - Oika’s Homepage: https://oika.com/ Rich’s recent talk with John Vervaeke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7MscQ3T_Rc   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Gregg Henriques ℹ️ - - - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx   - - -🌳 The Unified Theory of Knowledge 🌳 - - - Homepage: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/ Medium: https://medium.com/unified-theory-of-knowledge Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_knowledge_system

- - - ℹ️ Find out more about Gregg Henriques ℹ️ - - - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx   - - - 🌳 The Unified Theory of Knowledge 🌳 - - - Homepage: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/ Medium: https://medium.com/unified-theory-of-knowledge Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_knowledge_system

In Episode 57, Gregg welcomes Guy Sengstock. Guy is the founder and creator of the Circling™ Method, he has been facilitating transformation for individuals, groups and corporations internationally for more than 20 years. He is well-known in this corner of the internet as a philosopher, poet, and visionary. In this episode, Guy shares the story of how circling came about and then he and Gregg riff off of the relation between circling and psychotherapy, and the philosophy of circling and UTOK. Together, they circle around the concept of wisdom energy and offer some embodied reflections on how to cultivate it.

In Episode 56, Gregg welcomes Curt Jaimungal. Curt is a Torontonian filmmaker who developed the popular Theories of Everything YouTube channel, where he explores some of the cutting edge theorists and ideas pertaining to theoretical physics, consciousness, free will, and the nature of God. In this podcast, Curt shares his narrative and the journey that resulted in him developing the podcast. He also shares his perspective on some of the key questions that any T.O.E. faces. He also queries Gregg some on UTOK and they plan for future exchanges on Curt’s channel.   - - - 📘 Resources mentioned in this episode 📘 - - - *A Realist Theory of Science by Roy Bhaskar* https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Realist_Theory_of_Science.html?id=LlY_AQAAIAAJ&source=kp_book_description   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Curt Jaimungal ℹ️ - - - Theories of Everything Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoriesofEverything   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Gregg Henriques ℹ️ - - - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx   - - - 🌳 The Unified Theory of Knowledge 🌳 - - - Homepage: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/ Medium: https://medium.com/unified-theory-of-knowledge Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_knowledge_system

In Episode 58, Gregg welcomes back Layman Pascal. This is Layman’s fifth time on the podcast, so he needs no introduction. Gregg joined Layman in May for the first “metamodern spirituality retreat” hosted by Brendan Graham Dempsey, and aligned more deeply Layman’s approach to spirituality with UTOK’s metapsychology. A point of contact that needed more elaboration was the organization of the self and the nature of self-esteem and the relational world. In this episode, Layman takes the opportunity to flesh out how UTOK’s Influence Matrix frames social influence, relational value, and self-esteem, and the implications this has for spirituality.   - - - 📘 Resources mentioned in this episode 📘 - - - a discussion about the metamodern retreat on the Integral Stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKtGKy6duag blog on relational value and social influence: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/202111/social-influence-versus-relational-value#:~:text=Social influence is the capacity,to our mental health problems The End of History and The Last Man by Francis Fukuyama https://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550 What to Do If You Are Depressed: A Guided Tour by Gregg Henriques https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/201908/what-do-if-you-are-depressed-guided-tour Gran Torino https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Layman ℹ️ - - - Substack: https://laymanpascal.substack.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liquidsyntax The Integral Stage on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaA4zkLRnR3lGm8Y7c5Tvdw   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Gregg Henriques ℹ️ - - - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx   - - - 🌳 The Unified Theory of Knowledge 🌳 - - - Homepage: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/ Medium: https://medium.com/unified-theory-of-knowledge Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_knowledge_system    

In Episode 57, Gregg welcomes Rich Blundell. Rich is a theorist and activist who promotes the philosophy of “Oika,” which is the relational intelligence of nature expressed through human thought and action. Rich’s life purpose is to promote a culture of Oika, which he believes will heal people and the planet and orient us toward a beautiful future. In this episode, Rich shares his narrative and his experiences with loving nature and how that emerged and blended with his training in Big History to generate his current philosophy and work with artists. In this episode, in addition to sharing his perspective, he asks Gregg about how UTOK transcends the Enlightenment Gap and gives us a new map of Big History that can align with a philosophy of ecological intelligence.   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Rich Blundell ℹ️ - - - Oika’s Homepage: https://oika.com/ Rich’s recent talk with John Vervaeke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7MscQ3T_Rc   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Gregg Henriques ℹ️ - - - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx   - - - 🌳 The Unified Theory of Knowledge 🌳 - - - Homepage: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/ Medium: https://medium.com/unified-theory-of-knowledge Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_knowledge_system  

In Episode 56, Gregg welcomes Scott Jordan. Scott is currently the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois where he is also Director of the Institute for Prospective Cognition. In this episode, he recounts his theoretical work in Wild Systems Theory and how it moves scientific psychology toward an integrated framework that conceptualizes organisms as embodiments of the phylogenetic, cultural, social, and developmental contexts from they emerged and in which they sustain themselves. He and Gregg sync this up with UTOK’s vision and explore what a coherentist approach to nature, consciousness, and meaning looks like in the 21st Century.   - - - 📘 Resources mentioned in this episode 📘 - - - Sceptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as a Critic of the Enlightenment by Roy Tseng: https://www.amazon.com/Sceptical-Idealist-Michael-Oakeshott-Enlightenment/dp/0907845223 Consilience by E. O. Wilson: https://www.amazon.com/Consilience-Knowledge-Edward-Osborne-Wilson/dp/067976867X Princess Mononoke (written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119698/ Dark Loops Production YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5ddGv-AuqOj7iwdBxt_eQ   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Scott Jordan ℹ️ - - - Dark Loops Productions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5ddGv-AuqOj7iwdBxt_eQ Scott’s University Homepage: https://about.illinoisstate.edu/jsjorda/   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Gregg Henriques ℹ️ - - - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx

In Episode 55, Gregg welcomes Tyler Volk. Tyler is Professor Emeritus of Biology and Environmental Studies at New York University. He is the author of several books, including *Metapatterns Across Space, Time, and Mind*, and *From Quarks to Culture: How We Came to Be*. Across his professional life, he has developed a big picture view of the cosmos called "combogenesis" which maps 12 levels of complexity into three realms. In this episode, he and Gregg sync up this map with UTOK's Tree of Knowledge System, with the result being a clear synergy and a hopeful advance for how we might correspond the various Big History maps into a coherent integrated pluralism.   - - - 📘 Resources mentioned in this episode 📘 - - - Metapatterns, Across Space, Time, and Mind by Tyler Volk:* https://www.amazon.com/Metapatterns-Tyler-Volk/dp/023106750X From Quarks to Culture: How We Came to Be by Tyler Volk:* https://www.amazon.com/Quarks-Culture-How-We-Came/dp/023117960X The Design Way by Harold G. Nelson and Erik Stolterman:* https://www.amazon.com/Design-Way-Intentional-Change-Unpredictable/dp/0262018179 The Major Transitions in Evolution by John Maynard Smith:* https://www.amazon.com/Major-Transitions-Evolution-Maynard-Smith/dp/019850294X The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul: Learning and the Origins of Consciousness by Jablonka & Ginsburg:* https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Sensitive-Soul-Learning-Consciousness/dp/0262039303 Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny by Michael Tomasello:* https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Human-Ontogeny-Michael-Tomasello/dp/0674248287/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12NTMU47TAOYB&keywords=becoming+human+michael+tomasello&qid=1654533941&sprefix=becoming+human+michael+tomasello%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-1   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Tyler Volk ℹ️ - - - Homepage: https://tylervolk.wikidot.com/home:home Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2mkaUvkAAAAJ&hl=en YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCna248p-iI8EnE2QUbv001g   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Gregg Henriques ℹ️ - - - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx   - - - 🌳 The Unified Theory of Knowledge 🌳 - - - Homepage: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/ Medium: https://medium.com/unified-theory-of-knowledge Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_knowledge_system