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        <itunes:author>Richard Emerson</itunes:author>
        <itunes:summary>Conversations about Dr. McGilchrist&#39;s work on the brain hemispheres, and the implications for arts, sciences, philosophy, the Sacred, and the potential for a new Renaissance of wisdom and beauty.</itunes:summary>
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                <itunes:title>#5 - Sean Eckmann. Greek and Roman Epics, and the Personal Journey.</itunes:title>
                <title>#5 - Sean Eckmann. Greek and Roman Epics, and the Personal Journey.</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>This is cross-posted with our Ancient World Podcast!</p><p>A new conversation with Sean Eckmann from Mythos &amp; Logos, where we&#39;re looking at the role of emotion, passion, and intervention of the metaphorical Gods in the Ancient Epics of the Illiad, Odyssey and Virgil&#39;s Aeneid.</p><p>Sean&#39;s youtube channel is here: <a href="http://mythosandlogos.net/" rel="nofollow">mythosandlogos.net</a> - and the first of his three videos on these great epics is coming out in a few weeks.</p><p>Enjoy!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;This is cross-posted with our Ancient World Podcast!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new conversation with Sean Eckmann from Mythos &amp;amp; Logos, where we&amp;#39;re looking at the role of emotion, passion, and intervention of the metaphorical Gods in the Ancient Epics of the Illiad, Odyssey and Virgil&amp;#39;s Aeneid.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sean&amp;#39;s youtube channel is here: &lt;a href=&#34;http://mythosandlogos.net/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;mythosandlogos.net&lt;/a&gt; - and the first of his three videos on these great epics is coming out in a few weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 09:55:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#4 - Chris Brown. The Infinite Universe, Gravity, Edwin Hubble and Jim Webb Telescope.</itunes:title>
                <title>#4 - Chris Brown. The Infinite Universe, Gravity, Edwin Hubble and Jim Webb Telescope.</title>

                
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Cross-posting from our Cosmology &amp; Science Podcast:</p><p>A new conversation with independent researcher and Cosmologist Chris Brown - about Surface Brightness on distant galaxies, Hubble&#39;s reservations about the redshift, the deeper nature of mass, space, time and gravity, and ideas about new discoveries in Cosmology and the recent launch of the Jim Webb Telescope.</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>Chris&#39; book is here: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Astrophysics-People-Think-Physicists-Shift/dp/1976891132" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Astrophysics..</a></p><p>And his website here: <a href="https://theuniverseisnotexpanding.com/" rel="nofollow">https://theuniverseisnotexpanding.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em>The sound quality unfortunately takes a dip around 46 mins, but mostly recovers from 53 minutes. Our apologies!</em></p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Cross-posting from our Cosmology &amp;amp; Science Podcast:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new conversation with independent researcher and Cosmologist Chris Brown - about Surface Brightness on distant galaxies, Hubble&amp;#39;s reservations about the redshift, the deeper nature of mass, space, time and gravity, and ideas about new discoveries in Cosmology and the recent launch of the Jim Webb Telescope.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chris&amp;#39; book is here: &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.com/Astrophysics-People-Think-Physicists-Shift/dp/1976891132&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://www.amazon.com/Astrophysics..&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And his website here: &lt;a href=&#34;https://theuniverseisnotexpanding.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://theuniverseisnotexpanding.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The sound quality unfortunately takes a dip around 46 mins, but mostly recovers from 53 minutes. Our apologies!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 09:45:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#3 - Ian Glendinning. Science and the Beyond.</itunes:title>
                <title>#3 - Ian Glendinning. Science and the Beyond.</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>In this episode we are looking at how Science is slowly changing.</p><p>We&#39;ll be talking with Cybernetics Expert and Philosopher Ian Glendinning about science, emergence, Robert Pirsig&#39;s &#34;Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance&#34;, combining arts &amp; sciences, the nature of the brain hemispheres, and Iain McGilchrist&#39;s &#34;The Matter with Things&#34;.</p><p>One of the main threads will be the balance between science and what lies beyond, and how this might be reflected in deep ontology and the architecture of our brains.</p><p>Ian Glendinning&#39;s blog/website is here: <a href="https://psybertron.org" rel="nofollow">psybertron.org</a></p><p>Music Credit: &#34;Piano Jazz&#34; from Bensound.com.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;In this episode we are looking at how Science is slowly changing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ll be talking with Cybernetics Expert and Philosopher Ian Glendinning about science, emergence, Robert Pirsig&amp;#39;s &amp;#34;Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance&amp;#34;, combining arts &amp;amp; sciences, the nature of the brain hemispheres, and Iain McGilchrist&amp;#39;s &amp;#34;The Matter with Things&amp;#34;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the main threads will be the balance between science and what lies beyond, and how this might be reflected in deep ontology and the architecture of our brains.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ian Glendinning&amp;#39;s blog/website is here: &lt;a href=&#34;https://psybertron.org&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;psybertron.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Music Credit: &amp;#34;Piano Jazz&amp;#34; from Bensound.com.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:45:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#2 - Adam Bishop. Mythology &amp; Languages.</itunes:title>
                <title>#2 - Adam Bishop. Mythology &amp; Languages.</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Our guest today is Adam Bishop, who recently started his Linguistics Studies at the Truman State University in Missouri, and who is the host of the podcast &#34;Unlimited Opinions&#34; with his dad, Mark Bishop.</p><p>We&#39;ll talk about mythology, philosophy, life at the University, the nature of languages, J.R.R. Tolkien&#39;s creation story in the Silmarillion, and how the Ancient World is present and relevant today.</p><p>Adam&#39;s Podcast is here: <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1505731" rel="nofollow">https://www.buzzsprout.com/1505731</a></p><p>Music Credit: &#34;Piano Jazz&#34; from Bensound.com.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Our guest today is Adam Bishop, who recently started his Linguistics Studies at the Truman State University in Missouri, and who is the host of the podcast &amp;#34;Unlimited Opinions&amp;#34; with his dad, Mark Bishop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ll talk about mythology, philosophy, life at the University, the nature of languages, J.R.R. Tolkien&amp;#39;s creation story in the Silmarillion, and how the Ancient World is present and relevant today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Adam&amp;#39;s Podcast is here: &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.buzzsprout.com/1505731&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://www.buzzsprout.com/1505731&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Music Credit: &amp;#34;Piano Jazz&amp;#34; from Bensound.com.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>The Sacred, and Richard Dawkins.</itunes:title>
                <title>The Sacred, and Richard Dawkins.</title>

                
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Thoughts on the Sacred vs. a purely mechanistic world view, and how Richard Dawkins has changed over the years.</p><p>This is a short excerpt from episode 1, with Dr. James Willis.</p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>On &#34;The Matter With Things&#34;, and Iain McGilchrist.</itunes:title>
                <title>On &#34;The Matter With Things&#34;, and Iain McGilchrist.</title>

                
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Thoughts on the structure of &#34;The Matter with Things&#34;, and how it uses the Left Hemisphere to show the boundaries and limitations of - the Left Hemisphere. </p><p>This is a short excerpt from episode 1, with Dr. James Willis.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Thoughts on the structure of &amp;#34;The Matter with Things&amp;#34;, and how it uses the Left Hemisphere to show the boundaries and limitations of - the Left Hemisphere. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a short excerpt from episode 1, with Dr. James Willis.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>#1 - James Willis. The Paradox of Progress.</itunes:title>
                <title>#1 - James Willis. The Paradox of Progress.</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>A wide-ranging conversation about how technology entered the National Health Service in Britain in the 1980s, and how this reflected a deeper trend in modern societies - with the perils of technology, an unbalanced society, but also the enormous potential if we can manage to rebalance the culture once again.</p><p>We&#39;ll also talk about how several aspects of James&#39; book &#34;The Paradox of Progress&#34; from 1995 have been confirmed by recent brain research and brain science in Iain McGilchrist&#39;s &#34;The Matter with Things&#34;.</p><p>James Willis&#39; book is available here: <a href="https://payhip.com/JamesARW" rel="nofollow">https://payhip.com/JamesARW</a></p><p>Music Credit: &#34;Piano Jazz&#34; from Bensound.com.</p>]]></description>
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