The Examined Life
de Kenneth Primrose
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Lisa Miller - Mysticism, Synchronicity, and the Awakened Brain
Lisa Miller - Mysticism, Synchronicity, and the Awakened Brain
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The Examined Life podcast explores the questions we should be asking ourselves with a range of leading thinkers. Each episode features a different interview, and appeals to those interested in wisdom, personal development, and what it might mean to live a good life. Topics vary from discussing the role of dopamine mining and status anxiety, to exploring the science of awe and attention.
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- Lisa Miller - Mysticism, Synchronicity, and the Awakened Brain · 56 minThis week, Kenny Primrose re-releases an early Examined Life conversation with Dr. Lisa Miller, clinical psychologist at Columbia University and author of The Awakened Brain…
- Philip Goff - Rationality, evidence, and mystical experiences · 55 min · Episódio 45In this episode I sit down with philosopher Philip Goff to ask what makes a belief rational when your most vivid evidence is your own inner life. We explore how mystical…
- Michael Sacasas - What should you be doing for yourself, even if a machine can do it for you? · 54 minIn this episode Michael Sacasas explores what humans should keep doing even when machines can do it faster, cheaper, and “better,” and why convenience can quietly erode…
- Sherry Turkle - What Is The Endgame? · 57 minIn this episode I speak to Sherry Turkle about why generative AI feels intimate, why that intimacy is often a simulation, and what we lose when we outsource love, care, and…
- Meaning & Mortality - Reflections On Series 4 · 23 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 44We pull together the strongest takeaways from months of conversations on death, grief, and loss, and we share why these topics reach so many people despite how easy they are to…
- Douglas Davies - Death and the myth of the individual · 50 min · Temporada 4What does death reveal about who we really are? This week I'm joined by Professor Douglas Davies, Director of the Centre for Death and Life Studies at Durham University and one…
- Anthea Lawson - Should we be trying to save the world? · 52 minWhat does it mean to try to change the world — without losing yourself, or everyone else, in the process? This week I'm joined by Anthea Lawson: activist, writer, former…
- Gavin Francis - How should we live? · 54 minGavin Francis is a GP in Edinburgh, and also one of the best writers I know of on what it means to be a body moving through a life. In this conversation we got into territory I…
- Stephen Cave - How Long Should We Live? · 56 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 5Stephen Cave is a philosopher, writer, and Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge. His work sits at the intersection of…
- Kathryn Mannix - Is mortality a threat or a catalyst? · 1 h 0 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 4Mortality: Threat or Catalyst? A Conversation with Dr. Kathryn Mannix In this episode of The Examined Life, Kenny Primrose is in conversation with writer, speaker, and retired…
- Dr BJ Miller - How are you grieving? · 1 h 5 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 3BJ Miller on Loss, Meaning, and Learning to Feel In this conversation, Kenny Primrose speaks with palliative care physician BJ Miller, co-founder of Mettle Health, about…
- Dr Lucy Hone - What has loss taught you? · 51 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 2Learning from Loss with Dr. Lucy Hone How do you survive the unthinkable? When resilience researcher Dr. Lucy Hone lost her 12-year-old daughter in a tragic accident, she didn't…
- Season Trailer - Mortality & Meaning · 2 minA short trailer for the forthcoming season where we explore mortality, immortality, loss, grief and finding meaning in the wake of them. In the above clip you'll hear snippets…
- Flourishing in a Digital Age · 43 minWe explore what human flourishing means beyond quick hits of happiness and how attention, character, and community shape a life with depth. We offer practical ways to set tech…
- Surviving Hard Times: The Stockdale Paradox And Everyday Resilience - ft. Terry Waite and Lucy Hone · 8 minWe trace how realistic hope sustains people through captivity and crisis, from the Stockdale Paradox to Sir Terry Waite’s agency in confinement, and preview Dr. Lucy Hone's…
- Victor Strecher - Who am I? · 49 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 1Living With Purpose: Insights from Victor Strecher In this episode of The Examined Life Podcast, host Kenny Primrose explores the profound questions of life's purpose and values…
- Sir Anthony Seldon - What is the purpose of education? · 44 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 10Sir Anthony Seldon is one of the most influential voices in the UK on education. He has led three prominent independent school, and written or edited more than 40 books. In this…
- LM Sacasas on why life should not be delegated · 6 minIn this brief episode we explore a short soundbite from a previous episode with philosopher of technology LM Sacasas. In it we explore the way that efficiency and ease might give…
- Leaning into Pain with Anna Lembke · 8 minComfort is easy; appetite is sacred. We trace a surprising path to steadier happiness by leaning, gently but deliberately, into friction. Drawing on psychiatrist Anna Lembke’s…
- Dr Alex Curmi - how should we prepare for a technological future? · 1 h 8 minDr Alex Curmi is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who also hosts The Thinking Mind podcast, and is a gifted communicator on mental health and self-development. Alex's clinical…
