Mourning Talk Show

Elan Barenholtz is an Associate Professor in the Psychology department of Florida Atlantic University. His interests are Perception and learning, Deep Learning, Embedded computational neural models. He has been advancing a novel theory on the linguistic systems of the human mind based on insights gained through the development of large language models. Elan's YouTube Channel:https://www.youtub...

Jordan Wood is and Assistant Professor of Theology at Belmont University and active online discussing the theology of Universal Salvation. Jordan's book:https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Mystery-Christ-Incarnation-Confessor/dp/0268203474Jordan's Substack:https://jordandanielwood.substack.com/

David Cayley is an author and broadcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. he has written extensively on Ivan Illich, including books based on their conversations together.https://www.davidcayley.com/

Mark Vernon is an author, psychotherapist and public intellectual. His books often focus on the work of luminary thinkers such as Owen Barfield and Dante. We discussed his new book Awake! about William Blake.https://www.markvernon.com/

Howard Bloom is a writer, scientist, famed music publicist (Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, and many more), and living theory of everything. Our conversation is in advance of his new book, The Case of the Sexual Cosmos: Everything You Know About Nature is Wrong.

Terry Marks-Tarlow is a psychologist, educator, author, illustrator and much more. We talked about her theory of Fractal Epistemology and her journey towards understanding its significance. Dr. Marks-Tarlow's website: https://www.markstarlow.com/ Dr. Marks-Tarlow's books: https://www.markstarlow.com/books/

Paul VanderKlay is a YouTuber and Christian thinker who has created a diverse community around Christian and existential themes. Nate Hile is also a YouTuber whose channel is called Grail Country. Nate tackles deep, theological issues with his own rotating cast of interesting and diverse people. He's also a member of Paul's "This Little Corner" community. Today's chat centres...

Matt Brough has a podcast called The Common Toad. It often feels like he and I are picking at the same seam with regards to spirituality and philosophy. I thought it would be nice to get my podcast brain going again by chatting with him about podcasting and our general shared interest in Christianity. The Common Toad Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@thecommontoad59

Steve Hill is a business owner, comedian, Satanist and much more. He is running for congress promoting peace, love and understanding. We talked about his life story and his insights from being in the military, corrections as well as being a black Satanist in Christian America.

Daniel Franzese is a comedian, actor and the host of the Yass Jesus Podcast. He is devoted to spreading light in the world with a message of radical acceptance. We talked about his personal history and what has formed him as well as how American culture has divided us from ourselves. We also talked about Gay Christianity's contribution to the world.

Malcolm Guite is a poet, author, academic, musician and more. We had a transcendent conversation rooted around the biblical story of the Transfiguration. Malcolm's website: https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/ Malcolm's books: https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/books/ Malcolm on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MalcolmGuitespell

Paul VanderKlay is a pastor in California as well as a YouTube Content creator and the focal point of a diverse online community. We talked about how it is possible to believe in impossible things such as the physical resurrection of Jesus.   Paul's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/PaulVanderKlay  Paul's Substack: https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/

Liam Kavanagh is the Director and Co-Founder of the Life Itself Institute, pragmatic utopians working on collaborative solutions to the cognitive and practical problems of the western mind. His book, Liams book, Collective Wisdom in the West: Beyond the shadows of the Enlightenment is available through Perspectiva Press.   Life itself's website: https://lifeitself.us/  Liams book, Collec...

Esther Lightcap Meek is an author, philosopher, and professor emeritus at Geneva College. She is known for her writing on Epistemology; Books such as A Little Manual for Knowing, Longing to Know, and Loving to know. We talked about her model of knowledge known as Covenant Epistemology and the seemingly countercultural idea that knowledge itself could point to God. This unusual take on knowledge ri...

This episode was films quite a while ago and, due to flakiness issues on my part, was not released until now. It consists of 2 separate interviews with the creators of viral auto-tuned videos. Details for both artists and their most well-known hits is listed below:   Evan Gregory is one of the masterminds behind the successful Shmoyoho YouTube Channel with auto-tuned hits such as Bed Intruder...

Becca Tarnas is a scholar, author, counselling astrologer and educator. She is studied in Archetypal Cosmology and the products of the imagination among many other things. She is an editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology. We talked about these topics and how they relate to our evolution. We also talked about the experience of being steeped in these things from an early age.   Becca'...

Smokey is a visual artist and musician. He and I have been friends and collaborators for years. We decided to commit one of our wide-ranging conversations to video. This episode focusses on art, music taste, and modern culture.   Smokey's website: https://smokeydraws.com/  Smokey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smokeydrawss/

Howard Bloom is a thinker, author, scientist, music publicist and much more. He has written on atheism, cultural history, and anthropology. He is very hard to pin down! In this, our second conversation, I wanted to begin to get a feel for his style of transcendent atheism and see how it has informed his life's path. I enjoyed this conversation as we each represented different perspectives on relig...

Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, writer, literary scholar and philosopher. His new book, The Matter with Things takes over from his previous book The Master and His Emissary, examining some of the most fundamental questions of human existence. We discuss The Matter with Things as well as the topic of longing as an entry point for personal growth.   Dr. McGilchrist's website: https://channe...

Donna Thomas is a writer, researcher and Research Fellow at the University of Central Lancashire. Her research is around consciousness and the self, especially as experienced by young children. Her website "A Children's Guide to the Unknown" examines what children can teach us about self and reality.   Donna's website: https://childrenselfandanomalousexperiences.co.uk/  Donna's Essentia...

Lewis Waller is the host and creator of the YouTube channel, Then & Now. He unpacks the life and work of diverse philosophers and historical movements to try to better understand human motivation. We focused on Epistemology (theories of knowledge) and how they are served by thought movements such as Modernism, Romanticism and Postmodernism.   Lewis's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.c...

Gary Lachman is a writer and musician who covers a broad range of topics to do with mysticism and the human condition. We talked about his career and how feeling the reality of death can awaken the desire for more life.   Gary's website: https://garylachman.co.uk/  Gary's biggest hit written for Blondie (Always Touched by Your Presence Dear): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JziVnT0d6tY

John Vervaeke teaches Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto and spends a lot of time modelling deep, constructive conversation (dialogos as he calls it) with collaborators on YouTube. He was a huge inspiration to this podcast and an early guest. We discussed dialogos and how the ideas of sacred and profane might translate into a secular philosophy.   John's YouTube series, Awakening...

Philosopher, psychotherapist and author Mark returns to Mourning Talk Show. We discuss moralism and spirituality. As usual, Mark gives further insights into his personal world of transcendent imagery and language with references to Dante and Blake; a spirituality that is ever-present and somehow non-religious.   Mark's website: https://www.markvernon.com/  Mark's books: https://www.markv...

Pádraig Ó Tuama is a Poet, activist, theologian and much more. He is a gentle, yet bold presence. His poetry podcast, Poetry Unbound is released through On Being and he also hosts the Corrymeela Podcast, a recent episode of which is a conversation with U2's the Edge. We discuss issues around poetry, prayer, social media.   Poetry Unbound: https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/  The C...