The Prosperos Podcast

Here is a woman with an incredible background spanning stories from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and the U.S.A. Her strength of character, will, charm, warmth, and independence have given her a unique sense of insight and wisdom for today’s space, time, and place continuum. Natacha is a reminder that today, new ideas and opportunities are everywhere for those who have the courage to seize them!...

Critical thinking is an essential tool for navigating the times we are in and the changes being wrought in the world around us. This is the second in HughJohn’s explorations of our changing world and the opportunities and challenges facing humanity at large. HughJohn Malanaphy, H.W., M., is a long-time student who serves as Vice President of The Prosperos. Show notes Take-aways and links * Look fo...

What insights might you gain by listening in on this interview with William Fennie ? This Conversation includes some fun highlights of William’s life journey touching on how a student finds a teacher, how a spiritual path may progress, and how other people provide important, often unlooked for, support and aid. This conversation took place on September 26, 2021, and runs about 49 minutes. Ben Gilb...

What insights might you gain by listening in on this interview with Dr. Mara Pennell? This Conversation will include some fun highlights of Mara’s life journey touching on career’s choices; Tidbits about Education, Having a Calling, Purpose, Goals, and a journey path from and to The Prosperos. This conversation took place on August 29, 2021, and runs about 40 minutes. Ben Gilberti does the introdu...

Eric’s Unique Perspective and example may be a tool you use to Maximize Your Life You can do more than you think you can. You alone are responsible to use your natural intelligence, talents, abilities, and what some would call your divine given gift to create a life of your choice. Expose yourself to your possibilities . This conversation took place on August 1, 2021, and runs about 34 minutes. Be...

A Unique Woman’s Insight into Maximizing Your Life There are opportunities everywhere for those who have the courage to seize them ! You have more than you think you have. You can do more than you think you can. You alone are responsible to use your natural intelligence, talents, abilities, and what some would call your Divine given gift to create a life of your choice. Expose yourself to your pos...

Navigating tumultuous times Regressive trends for the remainder of 2021 suggest retrenchments and continued turmoil, particularly in the United States. Finding trustworthy sources of information appears to be a challenge. In this presentation, William makes the case for navigating troublesome waters by relying on the excellent tools of Translation and Releasing the Hidden Splendour as taught by Th...

"The Future is moved by your advocacy for Life" A Sunday Meeting presentation with Calvin Harris, H.W., M. Behind every strong person is a story that gave them no choice My Guest this time will be Craig Cooley, a radio host, who is currently a Community Advocate for Cultural enrichment through a theater development project; who works and supports gender and aging community issues; whose vocation i...

What is Mythology and why is it important for me? Richard has been a student of myth his whole life and has written two books on the relevance of Greek mythology for modern society. Now, to introduce his next book, Return to Paradise , Richard will begin a series of talks about developing new perspectives on our Christian myths. Richard Hartnett, H.W., M., is a long-time student who serves on The...

“Our Future is found in this moment Now” Cheryl Charlesworth (aka - C. L. Charlesworth), is a fiction writer, published author, and blogger who has written on the subjects of color, child abuse, molestation, rape and, yes, redemption through self-empowerment. Cheryl writes so we can look at the narratives and, once they are revealed, we see how they can be changed. Cheryl will discuss tidbits abou...

Marni, the founder, and president of a thriving, multimillion-dollar marketing company is an international writer, who has survived molestation, rape, heroin addiction, prostitution, homelessness and even prison. She wrote her autobiography, “Crawling into the Light”, while in steel handcuffs. Marni’s second book, “The Iceberg Principles” a story of living in the Now, led her to true freedom, deep...

Tolerance has applications in the social and family sphere, psychology, and engineering, to name a few areas. Generally speaking, it applies to the number of disparate elements or conditions a given system can incorporate and manage before suffering from disequilibrium. Al and William chew over the implications of tolerance in a number of areas and the impact of “multiplication by infinity.” We we...

Our Future Journey is Now HughJohn is a 2nd generation Prosperos student, son of Livia Malanaphy, and seasoned in the Prosperos culture. He will share his unique blend of living skills that he employs within his daily activities gained from Prospersos teaching and volunteering and how he used this to springboard into various professional careers and teaching. We’ll talk about scientific and spirit...

In this episode we look at the word patient, as a noun and an adjective, and differentiate the sense of endurance from that of waiting. The following quote from the Nag Hammadi Library showed up the day after our conversation and captures the spirit of genuine patience very well : This is the manner of those who possess something of the immeasurable greatness from above as they wait for the One al...

We are hearing about variants of the COVID-19 virus. Al and William discuss the ramifications of such changes and, along the way, refer to an excellent (YouTube) presentation about 2021 potentials by Richard Tarnas of the California Institute of Integral Studies. We welcome your comments about this presentation on the Prosperos Podcast website.

We explore the many sides of criticism (or critique ) : How the word is lodged in our thinking and what is the essential nature of criticism. We look at how it applies to the second and third steps of Translation class and how this process of discernment enables us to “call down the fire.” We welcome your comments about this presentation on the Prosperos Podcast website.

This conversation is a bit of a throw-back. We spoke on January 3 but held back on releasing it to respond more immediately to the events of January 6 and January 20. The word exploitation has “positive” and “negative” connotations. We try to get to the essence of this difficult word. We welcome your comments about this presentation on the Prosperos Podcast website.

This conversation took place on the evening of the Inauguration of the new American President. Event planners had the insight and intelligence to preface the inauguration ceremony with a lighting ceremony on the national mall the previous evening to remember the over 400,000 Americans killed by the COVID pandemic. This got us to thinking about the nature of grief in its individual and collective e...

This conversation took place on the evening of a day Americans will remember for a long time. We open with a quotation from William's talk, " The Consciousness of Now ", given on September 20, 2020. This conversation may appear a bit disjointed as we work through our reactions to the events of the day and put things into as large a context as we can. We reference a talk on C.G. Jung's conception o...

On the cusp of the new year, Al and William take a moment to reflect on what we’ve learned - not just during the COVID pandemic but during the four years of the Trump administration. They look at the movement of Saturn and Jupiter into the sign of Aquarius and what that might portend in general terms. Correction : William says Jupiter doesn’t stay in Aquarius for a full year. Technically correct b...

Dean Alfred Haferkamp moderates a discussion on the subject of Christmas. The panel shares their views, including memories and other stories, shining new light into this ancient and modern tradition. We are going through a challenging holiday season, and we hope this coming together gives us hopeful energy to enjoy and share with friends and loved ones, no matter the distance between us. The music...

Anne Bollman, H.W., M., a long-time student and Prosperos Trustee, goes over Lewis Mumford’s classic text that explores the human dilemma through Freudian psychology and the characters of Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest .

It seems to be dawning on us, collectively, that the answer to the COVID crisis - and to other large scale challenges - has to come from all of us . We look at the spirit of the season, the benefits of simple gratitude, and a winning strategy from an old friend, Ken Wauchope.

Heart is seen as a COVID word because of the huge role it plays in navigating times like these. We talk about heart, about courage, and finally about bigness .

Mobility is crucial to our sense of freedom and power. We explore the frustration around feeling immobilized and some ways of getting beyond appearances to a different kind of patience - and the secret to calling forth a principle of freedom.