Life From Plato's Cave

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A course in interdisciplinarity by Mario Veen. In each episode I travel through Plato's Allegory of the Cave together with a guide. Together, we examine the question of what it means to learn, grow and develop in life on earth. We do so from a new perspective every time. You can use this course to study whatever interests you through the lens of philosophy, film, art, physics, spirituality and many more. All you need is the willingness to think things through and the openness to have your preconceived notions challenged. lifefromplatoscave.com

Episodes

Wednesday Aug 16, 2023

Episode 38A - How to Block a Freeway with Anne Kervers (Part 1)

Wednesday Aug 16, 2023

Anne Kervers is a PhD candidate in political theory at the University of Amsterdam. She researches the political dimensions of money creation in relation to the climate finance gap. Previously she worked at Triodos Bank and completed studies in sustainability, economics, applied ethics and cultural analysis. Anne practices civil disobedience with Extinction Rebellion.

https://twitter.com/unmutingmoney

https://twitter.com/anne_kervers

This is Part 1, stay tuned for Part 2 about Money Creation in Episode 38B

This is an independent educational podcast and I appreciate any support you can give me me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lifefromplatoscave) or in other ways.

I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/

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Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/

Sunday Oct 29, 2023

Episode 38B - Money Creation with Anne Kervers (Part 2)

Sunday Oct 29, 2023

https://twitter.com/unmutingmoney

https://twitter.com/anne_kervers

This is Part 2, but you can listen to it as a standalone episode.

This is an independent educational podcast and I appreciate any support you can give me me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lifefromplatoscave) or in other ways.

I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/

I'd love to hear your questions or comments:

Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/

Thursday Nov 09, 2023

Episode 39 - On Disinformation with Lee McIntyre

Thursday Nov 09, 2023

I interview Lee McIntyre about On Disinformation: How to fight for truth and protect democracy, available from MIT Press.

Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and a recent Lecturer in Ethics at Harvard Extension School. He holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Michigan. He has taught philosophy at Colgate University (where he won the Fraternity and Sorority Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Philosophy), Boston University, Tufts Experimental College, Simmons College, and Harvard Extension School (where he received the Dean’s Letter of Commendation for Distinguished Teaching). Formerly Executive Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University, he has also served as a policy advisor to the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard and as Associate Editor in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Sources:

This is the Covid graph Lee mentions: https://twitter.com/MarcRummy/status/1464178903224889345?lang=en

I wrote a piece on The Permanent Climate Disinformation Campaign and the Elections, incorporating insights from On Disinformation and the interview in this episode. Dutch version: https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/de-klimaatdesinformatieverkiezingen

I also ran it through Google Translate for the English version: https://www-bnnvara-nl.translate.goog/joop/artikelen/de-klimaatdesinformatieverkiezingen?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

This is an independent educational podcast and I appreciate any support you can give me me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lifefromplatoscave) or in other ways.

I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/

I'd love to hear your questions or comments:

Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/

Saturday Nov 25, 2023

Episode 40 - The Climate Health Crisis with Margarita Vossen

Saturday Nov 25, 2023

Margarita Vossen is a medical doctor who has worked in several areas in medicine, both in the Netherlands and abroad (Zambia, Lesvos and Moldova). Currently she is working as a general practitioner in the south of the Netherlands. She is an ambassador for the 'Dutch Green Healthcare Alliance' (Groene Zorg Alliantie) and member of 'The Green General Practitioner' (De Groene Huisarts). In this role she tries to build a more sustainable (primary) healthcare and to reduce its environmental impacts. She is also part of Extinction Rebellion, specifically in the 'Healthcare workers' circle.

Sources:

- Interview with Margarita (Dutch) on Lobke Faasen Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgVQM3PgeAA

- Article "Our Diffusion of Responsibility Problem: The climate crisis" : https://icenet.blog/2023/08/29/our-diffusion-of-responsibility-problem-the-climate-crisis/

- Article: De Activistische Zorgprofessional. Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde en Ethiek. https://www.tijdschrifttge.nl/art/50-7777_De-activistische-zorgprofessional-professionele-identiteit-in-tijden-van-klimaatcrisis

This is an independent educational podcast and I appreciate any support you can give me me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lifefromplatoscave) or in other ways.

I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/

I'd love to hear your questions or comments:

Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/

Wednesday Jan 24, 2024

Episode 41 - Climate Biology with Fabian Ercan

Wednesday Jan 24, 2024

Dr Fabian E.Z. Ercan is a broadly interested (climate) biologist who does not shy away from broader discussions concerning natural sciences, philosophy, engineering and history. The dimension of time plays an important role in biology, ecology and climate and in the resulting science of paleoecology. Fabian combines these disciplines in his field of climate biology, but also to philosophise about a changing environment and societal issues. With a lot of fieldwork experience in the arctic, he is an outgoing adventurer with a passion for teaching. Fabian obtained his PhD on ‘Growing Season Changes over the Past Millenium in Northern High Latitudes’ at Utrecht University.

Dutch interviews with Fabian:

Radio – Nacht van de Wetenschap NTR: https://www.nporadio1.nl/podcasts/de-nacht-van/72527/wat-zeggen-de-fossielen-van-plantencellen-over-ons-klimaat

Atlas/SchoolTV: https://schooltv.nl/item/wat-kunnen-eeuwenoude-blaadjes-ons-vertellen-over-het-weer-onderzoek-naar-berkenblaadjes-uit-de-v

Volkskrantartikel: https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/blaadjes-uit-de-vikingtijd-bieden-uniek-perspectief-op-noordpoolklimaat~bf544615/

My book about Plato's allegory of the cave is now available for pre-order: https://noordboek.nl/boek/hoe-plato-je-uit-je-grot-sleurt/

This is an independent educational podcast and I appreciate any support you can give me me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lifefromplatoscave) or in other ways.

I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/

I'd love to hear your questions or comments:

Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/

Thursday Mar 07, 2024

Episode 42 - The Soul's Task on Earth with Dorita Sleur

Thursday Mar 07, 2024

Dorita Sleur has been a spiritual teacher and guide for more than 20 years. She works with people tot become aware of the influence of Light in their lives. In her work, the Light creates balance in every area. If we learn to live from the light, the world will look different. We discuss Dorita's book The Soul's Task On Earth, which is available here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-souls-task-on-earth-dorita-sleur/1144279212 or here: https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/the-soul-s-task-on-earth/9300000165358394/?bltgh=iSgJPR1VtpWlTcBWl0hBLA.2_6.7.ProductTitle . Dorita's podcast The Soul's Light is available on spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/7esVlMVCxLinwx2qh0fJ3M). In this podcast, she talks about our life on earth as souls and the importance of its presence to shift the dual consciousness into oneness, the essence of our soul. The best way to connect to Dorita and her work is through her facebook page Light Consciousness: https://www.facebook.com/light.consciousness11

My book about Plato's allegory of the cave is now available for pre-order: https://noordboek.nl/boek/hoe-plato-je-uit-je-grot-sleurt/

This is an independent educational podcast and I appreciate any support you can give me me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lifefromplatoscave) or in other ways.

I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/

I'd love to hear your questions or comments:

Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/

Saturday Mar 23, 2024

Episode 43 - Intergenerational Trauma with Inez Schelfhout

Saturday Mar 23, 2024

My book about Plato's allegory of the cave is now available for pre-order: https://noordboek.nl/boek/hoe-plato-je-uit-je-grot-sleurt/

Inez Schelfhout is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist who specializes in the impact of war on next generations. So intergenerational effects and intergenerational trauma. Inez works at the ARQ Center '45 and the ARQ Knowledge Center for War, Persecution and Violence. The countless conversations in the therapy room made Inez aware that these conversations have to take place at a social level. Her mission is to to develop healthcare policy for descendants of war victims, while also promoting knowledge about intergenerational effects outside of healthcare and therapy.
As we will discuss, Inez herself is a descendent of two grandparents who were held captive as children in Japanese concentration camps during the second world war in the former Dutch East Indies, which is now Indonesia. As their oldest granddaughter, she had questions about this past and the effects it has on her and her family. She even travelled to Japan to find out more. This ultimately led her to specialize in intergenerational effects after war. This past is something that Inez and I share, since my grandmother and her family went through similar experiences.

Here is some of Inez' public work, mostly in Dutch:

Essay Splijting en Integratie: https://arq.org/publicaties/splijting-en-integratie

Docu's over intergenerationeel trauma: https://www.2doc.nl/kijktips/2023/intergenerationeel-trauma.html

Inez is featured in the documentary 'Voices of postwar generations' ('Stemmen van naoorlogse generaties) https://hoezoindo.nl/documentaire-data-stemmen-van-naoorlogse-generaties/

This is an independent educational podcast and I appreciate any support you can give me me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lifefromplatoscave) or in other ways.

I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/

I'd love to hear your questions or comments:

Wednesday Apr 10, 2024

Episode 44 - World-Changing Organisms with Stephen Porder

Wednesday Apr 10, 2024

Stephen Porder is the Associate Provost for Sustainability and Acacia Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology and Environment and Society at Brown University in the United States. His research publications explore tropical rainforest ecology, the impacts of intensive agriculture on people and the environment, and the potential for large-scale tropical forest restoration. He also steers Brown University's Sustainability efforts, first and foremost the elimination of fossil fuel use and transition to 100% emissions-free energy sources. In addition to his 70+ scientific publications, Dr. Porder's writing has appeared in the New York Times, Time Magazine, Folha de São Paulo and other popular outlets, and his book Elemental: How five elements changed Earth's past and will shape our future is available wherever you get your books. He is also the founder and scientific lead on the radioshow/podcast Possibly, a practical guide to the transition to a more sustainable future, which can be heard on public radio stations and is wherever you get your podcasts.

My book about Plato's allegory of the cave is now available for pre-order: https://noordboek.nl/boek/hoe-plato-je-uit-je-grot-sleurt/

This is an independent educational podcast and I appreciate any support you can give me me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lifefromplatoscave) or in other ways.

I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/

I'd love to hear your questions or comments:

Friday Apr 19, 2024

Hoe Plato je uit je grot sleurt boektrailer (Dutch)

Friday Apr 19, 2024

Bestel hier: https://noordboek.nl/boek/hoe-plato-je-uit-je-grot-sleurt/

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Tuesday Apr 30, 2024

Episode 45 - Value in the Metacrisis with Zak Stein

Tuesday Apr 30, 2024

Dr. Zachary Stein is a founding team member at the Civilizational Research Institute. He was trained at the interface of philosophy, psychology, and education, and now works in fields related to the mitigation of global catastrophic risk. He is a widely sought after and award winning speaker, and a leading authority on the future of education and contemporary issues in human development. Zak is the author of several books, such as Education in a Time Between Worlds. In this conversation we primarily discuss the new book he contributed to, together with Marc Gafni and Ken Wilber. It's called First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come. Find out more about Zak's work at https://www.zakstein.org/.

My book about Plato's allegory of the cave is now available for pre-order: https://noordboek.nl/boek/hoe-plato-je-uit-je-grot-sleurt/

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This is an independent educational podcast and I appreciate any support you can give me me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lifefromplatoscave) or in other ways.

I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/

I'd love to hear your questions or comments: