13.6K
Downloads
56
Episodes
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
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
dr.Petra Verdonk is an occupational and health psychologist and works as an associate professor at the department of Ethics, Justice and Humanities at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In her research and teaching she focuses on gender and diversity in health and care. She has long-term experience with research and projects in the field of gender (especially but not only women), labor and health (occupational health) of (health care) professionals. Petra has been active for Extinction Rebellion since 2019.
Petra's opinion piece on Shell (Dutch): https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-shell-gaat-de-klimaatcrisis-niet-verhelpen-trap-niet-langer-in-hun-pr~b5f5a2f7/
Petra's opinion piece of climate and education: https://www.trouw.nl/opinie/studenten-staken-hun-studie-als-die-opleidt-voor-de-markt~beaa7e6d/
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/
I'd love to hear your questions or comments:
Leave me a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeFromPlatosCave
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifeplatoscave
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lifefromplatoscave/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifefromplatoscave
Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Dominic Pettman is University Professor of Media and New Humanities at the New School, and the author of numerous books on technology, humans, and other animals. We discussed his books Infinite Distraction and Peak Libido in episode 10. His book Telling the Bees comes out later this year. In this episode, we discuss Sad Planets by Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker, which is available for order here: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Sad+Planets-p-9781509562374
Read my review of SAD PLANETS here: https://futurebased.org/climate-madness/sad-planets-makes-me-happy/
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/
I'd love to hear your questions or comments:
Leave me a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeFromPlatosCave
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifeplatoscave
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lifefromplatoscave/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifefromplatoscave
Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
We discuss Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks by Marcia Bjornerud. Marcia Bjornerud is a professor of Environmental Studies and Geosciences at Lawrence University. She is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times and the author of Reading the Rocks, Timefulness, and Geopedia. Turning to Stone is available from Macmillan Publishers: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250875891/turningtostone
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/
I'd love to hear your questions or comments:
Leave me a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeFromPlatosCave
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifeplatoscave
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lifefromplatoscave/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifefromplatoscave
Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Monday Aug 26, 2024
We discuss Chris Julien's new book Everyday Activism (Alledaags Activisme). Chris is an activist and researcher, he is a PhD candidate at Utrecht University, where he works on ecological governance with an emphasis on new materialisms and decolonial ecology.
He has an independent practice at the intersection of ecology and culture and is a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion in The Netherlands.
You can order Alledaags Activisme here: https://uitgeverijpodium.nl/producten/alledaags-activisme-9789463812672
English language publications of Chris Julien: https://valiz.nl/publicaties/worlding-ecologies
You can read the introduction of my new series Challenging Time: Reading Against Climate Madness here: https://futurebased.org/climate-madness/challenging-time-reading-against-climate-madness/
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/
I'd love to hear your questions or comments:
Leave me a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeFromPlatosCave
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifeplatoscave
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lifefromplatoscave/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifefromplatoscave
Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/
Saturday Sep 21, 2024
Saturday Sep 21, 2024
We discuss Ginie Servant-Miklos' new book Pedagogies of Collapse. This urgent, and radically honest, open access book looks collapse in the face, acknowledges the temptation for denial and despair, but chooses hope. Pedagogies of Collapse makes a dire, fact-packed case for the urgency of action, but resists the urge to fall into the usual categories of environmental discourses. The ebook version will be available as open access.
Ginie Servant-Miklos (https://www.clubofrome.org/member/miklos-ginie/) is an engaged environmental educator with fifteen years of experience in education practice, research, and advocacy. She currently holds an Assistant Professorship in behavioural sciences at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her research and education work focuses on developing innovative pedagogies for societal impact. She developed the Experimental Pedagogics educational design framework, co-founded the Bildung Climate School with Prof. Rutger Engels, and is the author of Pedagogies of Collapse: A Hopeful Education for the End of the World as We Know It. She is a Senior Fellow of the Comenius Network for educational innovators in the Netherlands. She is the founder and chair of the board of the FairFight Foundation, an organisation that provides girls and women from Zambia, Zimbabwe, and India with the mental and physical benefits of martial arts practice, as well as educational support. Ginie is a vocal activist for sustainability and gender equality, advocating for change through public engagements like TEDx talks, debates, podcasts, and other digital media outlets.
You can read the latest installment of my new series Challenging Time: Reading Against Climate Madness here: https://futurebased.org/climate-madness/sad-planets-makes-me-happy/
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/
I'd love to hear your questions or comments:
Leave me a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeFromPlatosCave
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifeplatoscave
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lifefromplatoscave/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifefromplatoscave
Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
We discuss Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson brought philosophy to the people - The first English-language biography of Henri Bergson, the French philosopher who defined individual creativity and transformed twentieth-century thought. Emily Herring is a writer based in Paris. She received her PhD in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Leeds, and her writing has appeared in Aeon and the Times Literary Supplement.
You can read the latest installment of my new series Challenging Time: Reading Against Climate Madness here: https://futurebased.org/climate-madness/turning-to-stone-what-is-it-like-to-be-a-planet/ - the installment about Herald of a Restless World will appear here when it's online
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/
I'd love to hear your questions or comments:
Leave me a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeFromPlatosCave
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifeplatoscave
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lifefromplatoscave/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifefromplatoscave
Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/