Islands of Coherence

Joining us on the show for this episode is the Australian academic, author, and Indigenous thinker, Tyson Yunkaporta. His work explores Indigenous knowledge systems and their relevance to contemporary global challenges, including sustainability, education, and systems thinking. In this conversation we explore the central themes of his book, ‘Right Story, Wrong Story: How to Have Fearless Conversations in Hell’.

If you want to plug into Tyson’s work, you can order his books wherever you typically shop! His newest work, ‘Snake Talk: How The World’s Ancient Serpent Stories Can Guide Us’ is now available on all platforms.

Show Topics
- What is the Importance of Storytelling?
- What Makes a Story Right or Wrong?
- Origins of Wrong Story
- Community Responses to Wrong Story
- Contrasting What’s Real with What’s True
- How to Connect With What’s Real
- The Pairing of Wellness Culture and Fascism
- The Commodification of Indigenous Thinking

This weeks episode of 21st Century Vitalism is with the one and only, David Nichtern!

David is a senior meditation teacher in the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, founder of online mindfulness education platform, Dharma Moon, and a Grammy nominated musician. For this conversation, we explore how to effectively make change in the world by investigating Buddhism’s Four Karmas teaching, navigating hopelessness, and the importance of maintaining a joyful heart.

To stay connected with David, check out dharmamoon.com to see their extensive list of upcoming mindfulness courses including their 100 hour Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training starting on October 10th. He also has the ‘Creativity, Spirituality, and Making a Buck Podcast’ available wherever you tune into your podcasts.

To support this show: head on over to Patreon.com/21stcenturyvitalism and consider becoming a member. Also subscribe over on YouTube, follow us on Instagram, or like us on Facebook.

Show Topics
- Bodhisattva Intention and Action
- Emptiness and Compassion
- The Four Karmas
- The Near Enemies of the Four Karmas
- Habituated Actions
- Do Countries Have Karmic Signatures?
- Turning Hopelessness into a Resource
- Maintaining a Joyful Heart

Joining us on the show this week is American composer, performer, and producer, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. In this conversation we explore the connections created from interacting with art, somatic listening, and discovering your own authentic voice. Kaitlyn is a classically trained creative force who uses an array of rare synthesizers to generate unique and immersive pieces that transport you to different spaces.

Kaitlyn’s new album ‘GUSH’ is set to be released on August 22nd and can be listened to on all streaming platforms. 

https://kaitlynaureliasmith.com/

Show Topics
- Music and Connection
- Exploring Unheard Sonic Territories
- Ambient Music as a Space
- Creating Live Shows
- Signs of Connecting with an Audience
- The Changing Meaning of Art
- Body Based Practice and Music
- Somatic Listening
- The Beauty of Musical Preference
- Listening More Deeply

New Episode of the 21st Century Vitalism Podcast is out now!

This week's offering is with the incredible American Visionary Artist and educator, Amanda Sage. In this conversation we explore the importance of visionary communities, teasing out our unique offerings to the world, and the notion that we’re all inherently creative.

Amanda is a lifelong artist who’s dedicated a majority of her career to creating works of transformation, interconnectedness, and regenerative practices. She spent over a decade living in Vienna studying with the founder of Fantastic Realism, Ernst Fuchs and is currently serving on the Board of Directors at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. Her global community, The Vision Train can be found over at visiontrain.org.

You can check out some of her work while listening to this episode over at amandasage.com

Show Topics

• Maintaining Connection to the Creative Impulse
• Celebrity and Its Shadow
• The Visionary Component of Festivals
• Importance of Community and Elders
• The Function of Visionary Art
• We’re All Uniquely Creative
• Bringing Festival Energy Into the Mundane 
• The Vision Train
• Shared Awe

 

Joining us on the show this week is musician and educator, Anthony Thogmartin (@earthcrymusic). Most known for his work in the American livetronic band, Papadosio, and his side project Earthcry. Anthony is also the founder of the online education platform Seed To Stage, where he teaches a global community how to produce music using the Ableton software. In this conversation, we explore the interconnected nature of the polycrisis that our shared world is facing. With topics ranging from A.I technology, world economic systems, and utilizing art to create lasting change; we delicately weave a thread through many of the day’s issues as well as their respective antidotes.

Oh yeah, and we talk about Papadosio and their impending hiatus.

If you want to stay plugged in with Anthony’s work moving forward, head on over to seedtostage.com.

Show Topics
- Is The World Too Dangerous for Our Children?
- Is A.I Good or Bad?
- Seeing Complexity as a Superpower
- Being Comfortable with Unsureness
- Moving Beyond Black and White Thinking
- The Main Issue of the U.S is an Economic One
- New Ways of Organizing
- Seed to Stage/ Earthcry
- Papadosio Hiatus
- Effects of Lacking Capital
- Getting Activated

This week's episode of the 21st Century Vitalism podcast is with the founding teacher of the Metta Group, George Haas. In this conversation we explore his work of combining Buddhist meditation practice with cutting edge attachment strategy repair protocols. Drawing on over 40 years of teaching this material, George’s approach to helping students heal from their attachment injuries has been clinically proven to be effective and deeply transformational. Outside of his full schedule of one on one sessions and weekly classes, he’s also the host of a podcast called, ‘I Love You, Keep Going’, which explores these topics in great detail.

If you want to study with George, head on over to mettagroup.org or consider checking out his show wherever you tune into your podcasts.

Show Topics
- What’s the Difference Between Attachment Styles and Strategies?
- Organized Attachment Vs. Disorganized
- What Determines Our Attachment Strategy?
- How Views Shape Our Reality
- Working With Our Strategies
- Intimacy and Communication
- Vipassana and Attachment
- How Emotions Change Perception
- What is Authenticity?
- Attachment and Spiritual Practice

Joining us on the show for this episode is one of the world’s leading pain researchers, Lorimer Moseley, PhD. Having spent thirty plus years in his pursuit of understanding pain through the studies of neuroscience, physiotherapy, and pain science, Lorimer is currently a Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and the Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia. He’s recently launched his non-profit grassroots movement called ‘Pain Revolution’ which is ensuring that all Australians have access to the knowledge, skills, and local support to prevent and overcome persistent pain.


For this conversation, we explore some of the key principles of his updated model of pain which draws from 50 years of research and data. It’s deeply transformational work that has the potential to dramatically shift our relationship to what makes us hurt.

If you wish to continue your journey into the world of pain science, head over to painrevolution.org or check out some of his lectures and Ted Talks over on YouTube.

Show Topics
- Lorimers Background
- Central Sensitization
- Pain Variability Between People
- Making the Case Against the Structural Explanations of Pain
- Pain is a Protective Mechanism, Not Injury Detection
- Four Essential Pain Facts
- Manual Therapy and Pain
- Pain Revolution and Community Building
- Challenging Modality Empires
- Evidence Based Practice
- The Social Element of Healing
- What Can Those In Pain Do Right Now?

Joining us on the 21st Century Vitalism podcast is former executive editor of Cracked.com and New York Times Bestselling author, Jason Pargin. In this conversation we explore the themes of his newest book, 'I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom'. Namely how the internet is changing the way we connect with other people, perceive reality, and process incoming information.

You can order 'I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box of Doom' wherever you get your books. You can also follow Jason on Tik Tok and Instagram to see his entertaining daily reels about culture, entertainment, and society over at @jasonkpargin.

Show Topics
- What Happens When A Culture Promotes The Need to Be Special?
- Needing To Be An Influencer To Maintain a Career
- The Psychological Implications of Algorithms
- Parasocial Relationships and the Need for Real Community
- Importance of Discomfort and Awkwardness
- The Illusory Nature of Division
- Choosing Our Media Diet
- Tech Companies Taking Advantage of Negativity Bias
- Technology and Developing Brains
- How The Internet Exaggerates Reality
- The Necessity of Pushing Boundaries

Joining us on the show this week is author, meditation teacher, and founder of the Open Heart Project, Susan Piver! For this conversation we explore the the most famous Sutra in Buddhism, The Heart Sutra. This is the focus of her newest book, 'Inexplicable Joy' in which she details how to turn this incredible and mysterious teaching into a workable practice that can transform your life. 

You can stay in touch with Susan's offerings by checking out openheartproject.com or following her on all of the social media channels. 

Show Topics
 - Brett's Reading of the Heart Sutra
 - What is the Heart Sutra?
 - Exploring the Setting of the Heart Sutra
 - The Practice of Buddhist Chanting
 - What are the Skandhas? 
 - The Mantra That Calms All Suffering
 - Trust and Devotion
 - Emptiness in Buddhism
 - Engaging With the World

Joining us on the show today are independent filmmakers, community builders, and fellow podcasters Sean Dunne and Cass Greener. In this conversation, we explore their recent film, Wild Magic as well as how we can best show up to the rapidly changing socio-political landscape of the United States. 

You can watch Sean and Cass's films over at veryape.tv and tune into their 'Very Ape' podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts. They also have a sweet online community you can join over on their website for just $2! 

Show Topics
- What is Wild Magic? 
- The Importance of Listening to Reality
- Unplugging from Media Narratives
- Dialing In On Your Offering
- Illumination and New Avenues of Resistance
- The Reallocation of Our Attention
- The Power of Attention and Attention Vampires
- Maintaining Your Own Frequency