In Episode 24, Gregg welcomes the scholar Zevi Slavin. Zevi grew up in an Orthodox, Jewish, Hasidic family and discovered that other religions had mystical traditions that he found to be amazingly similar to his tradition. He began to share his teachings on the YouTube Channel Seekers of Unity. Gregg first heard about him through John Vervaeke, and he joined Zevi for a conversation on his journey (here). Zevi returns the favor and the two demonstrate the remarkable correspondence between the mystical tradition as Zevi understands it and the knowledge into wisdom path that emerges via UTOK. Here is a 10 minute clip on the nature of mysticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGK8tU8guzY Here is the podcast on podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kdpa7-10c7ee5 Here is Zevi's YouTube channel, Seekers of Unity: https://www.youtube.com/seekersofunity   Gregg on Zevi's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq6-TyOZ0mI

In Episode 23, Gregg welcomes Professor Michael Kazanjian.  Michael M. Kazanjian teaches philosophy at Triton College in Illinois. He has published extensively, and his writing has appeared in numerous publications including the Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology Newsletter and Contemporary Philosophy. He is author of the book Unified Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Metaphysics, Cyberethics, and Liberal Arts, which offers a new vision of metaphysics that can potentially unify many different fields. In this exchange, he and Gregg discuss this work and its overlap with UTOK.

In Episode 22, Gregg welcomes Nicholas Maxell. He is a British philosopher who has devoted much of his working life to arguing that there is an urgent need to bring about a revolution in academia so that it seeks and promotes wisdom and does not just acquire knowledge. For nearly thirty years he taught philosophy of science at University College London, where he is now Emeritus Reader. In 2003 he founded Friends of Wisdom, an international group of people sympathetic to the idea that academic inquiry should help humanity acquire more wisdom by rational means. In this episode, he recounts his story and shares his vision for why science lost its way by ignoring metaphysics and why the academy should be grounded in an "aim-oriented empiricism" that is oriented toward the cultivation of wisdom. Here is his homepage https://www.ucl.ac.uk/from-knowled   and here is the Friends of Wisdom Homepage https://www.ucl.ac.uk/friends-of-wisdom/

In Episode 21, Gregg welcomes Marv Goldfried and Paul Wachtel. Both are Distinguished Professors of psychology and leading figures in the psychotherapy integration movement. In this episode, they share with Gregg the story of how they came together and co-founded the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, for which Gregg is the current President Elect. In addition, the three explore whether there is a "common core" that can define psychotherapy and what the future of the field looks like. Here is a clip where they discuss the founding of SEPI: https://youtu.be/dACXgGv2DM4 Here is Paul's home page: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/page-elements/academics-research-centers-initiatives/doctoral-programs/psychology/faculty-bios/paul-wachtel and here is Marv's: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/psychology/faculty/faculty_profiles/mgoldfried

In Episode 20, Gregg welcomes Alexander Elung. Alexander Elung is a screenwriter and composer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is currently writing a play about Carl Jung and composing music for a play based on Emilie Brontes novel Wuthering Heights. Alexander is a member of the philosophy forum IDW and have amongst other things been active in the development of transcendental emergentism, along with Alexander Bard. In this episode, he and Gregg explore the similarities and differences on the concept of emergence between his vision and that afforded by UTOK. As such, this episode gives listeners a deep dive into key metaphysical concepts.

In Episode 19, Gregg welcomes back John Vervaeke for a new kind of UTOKing episode. This "special edition" is the first of a three part dialogos with John about the iQuad Coin. The Coin is a crucial piece of the UTOK philosophy that represents a symbolic placeholder for the unique human person as a subjective agent. In Part I, we explore how the Coin is framed in terms of the "human identity function" and the way it represents human consciousness in the cosmos. Later episodes will elucidate that core subfunctions of the Coin and how it provides a logos path to wisdom energy. Per usual, John is an excellent interlocutor, and is able to see many important aspects of it, including how the Coin might function as a “talisman of transformation.” See here for the slide deck that was presented in this episode: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xX3ZchZXLOI8cNGUMB67AoRo5iVjOqUy/view?usp=sharing .google.com/file/d/1xX3ZchZXLOI8cNGUMB67AoRo5iVjOqUy/view?usp=sharing

In Episode 18, Gregg welcomes Waldemar Schmidt. Dr. Waldemar Schmidt is Professor Emeritus at Oregon Health and Science University. He is the author of multiple peer-reviewed articles and the founder and editor of Cytopathology Annual, and the author of Principles and Techniques in Surgical Pathology. After retiring from a career in academic medicine (Pathology) he has been exploring and writing on human psychology and psychiatry. He is a founding member of the Theory of Knowledge Society. In this episode, Waldemar shares his reflections on the human condition and the need for a new view to cultivate wisdom and understanding in the 21st Century.   Here is a clip where he and Gregg discuss how to think the human condition and its future: https://youtu.be/rJd_Npc-w-c

In Episode 17, Gregg welcomes Christopher Mastropietro, a scholar who joined Gregg and John Vervaeke on the Elusive "I" and explored the existential implications of the emerging model. He also co-authored with John the book, Zombies in Western Culture: A Twentieth Century Crisis. In this episode, Chris narrates his journey in existential philosophy and the nature of meaning, and then the discussion turns to the UTOK and the need for new sense making in the 21st Century.   Here is a clip where they explore how the UTOK is framed in relationship to "exo-naturalistic" claims and potential realities: https://youtu.be/e1IuTsBPW8g

In Episode 16, Gregg welcomes Andre Marquis. Andre is a professor, philosopher, author, and psychotherapist. He is an expert in applying Ken Wilber's Integral Theory to the field of psychotherapy. He is a member of the TOK Exec Committee, and he and Gregg have been long time friends and both leading members of the unified psychotherapy movement. In this episode, Andre shares his journey through various spiritual traditions and they explore the future of a unified view of psychotherapy from both Integral Theory and UTOK.  Here is a clip where Andre and Gregg discuss how to think about psychotherapy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRGqlBNTsQU Here is a link to Andre's recent book on Integral Psychotherapy: https://www.amazon.com/Integral-Psychotherapy-Andre-Marquis/dp/1138961523 and here is his home page: https://www.warner.rochester.edu/facultystaff/who/marquis

In Episode 15, Gregg welcomes Daniel Fraga and Owen Cox. Founders of the TechnoSocial Podcast, Owen and Daniel are on the leading edge of thought exploring how new technologies will reshape human societies and allow humans to redesign themselves. In this episode, they explore the concept of "the singularity" as a powerful symbol of the transition to the digital age, and note how it intersects with technology, social organization, and the 5th joint point on the ToK System.   Here is a clip where they explore the facets of the 21st Century singularity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijvyxQ22Ww0   Here is the link to the TechnoSocial podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYRBTiUc6InEiJJ6BLF6piw