Altered States Of Conversation

The Voicecraft Project

Addressing fundamental questions for consciousness and civilisation today. Here we address fundamental questions for consciousness and civilisation today, with luminary voices across themes of cultural, philosophical, and existential importance. The pod is appreciated by listeners who value the artful relating of intellect and intuition, thinking and feeling, body and spirit. There are breadcrumbs to follow. Produced by Tim Adalin.

  1. E142| Are We Running Out Of Time as a Species? | Dave Snowden

    MAR 24

    E142| Are We Running Out Of Time as a Species? | Dave Snowden

    What is Anthro-complexity? What makes humans different? How can we respond with wisdom, at scale, to our entanglements? Welcoming polymathic thinker and renowned complexity practitioner Dave Snowden, in dialogue with Tim Adalin. Dave's previous conversations on Voicecraft / Altered States Of Conversation: "Civilisation, Science & Spirituality" https://youtu.be/uXvWQzGcNCo "Artificial Intelligence & Human Reasoning" | Metacrisis vs Polycrisis" https://youtu.be/TrMZL55Nzl0 Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e142-anthro-complexity-entanglement-wayshaping-and-addressing-existential-threat-w/-dave-snowden Learn more about Dave and Cynefin @ https://thecynefin.co/team/dave-snowden Find Dave's blog series on Anthro-complexity: https://thecynefin.co/anthro-complexity-1-3/ --- Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:10 What is anthro-complexity? 8:33 Entanglement, not relationship? 15:45 Orientation and the ancient debate that still structures how we think 23:05 Why workshops don't work (and what does) 34:30 You can't simplify a falcon into a pigeon (and have it still be a falcon) 45:25 Three dangers: appropriation, distraction, destruction 53:04 Who is this actually for? 57:30 Demes: the forgotten structure humans evolved to live in 1:04:55 Do we need new shamans? 1:42:50 Changing how decision-makers listen 1:55:00 The limits of dialogue and what comes next Listen to the full outro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

    2h 2m
  2. E141| The Dreaming Mysteries, Incubation, and Ancient Initiatory Rites w/ Sarah Janes

    12/20/2025

    E141| The Dreaming Mysteries, Incubation, and Ancient Initiatory Rites w/ Sarah Janes

    Sarah Janes is reviving the dreaming mysteries of Western civilisation, rooted in ancient Greece and Egypt. We dialogue on the esoteric history and culture of dreaming, consciousness, mysticism and sensemaking. Sarah is the author of Initiation Into Dream Mysteries, a psychomagic journey to awaken lucid dream consciousness. She is a researcher, curator, and retreat/workshop facilitator. --- Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e141-the-dreaming-mysteries-incubation-and-ancient-initiatory-rites-w/-sarah-janes Sarah's Links: Website: https://themysteries.org/ Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Initiation-into-Dream-Mysteries-Mnemosyne/dp/164411514X --- 00:00 Intro 01:44 What Are Dreams? 05:15 The Meaning of Mystery 09:31 Etymology and Magic of Language 17:01 Dreaming Consciousness as Response to Tech Enslavement 28:10 Creation, Songlines & Memory Palaces 33:40 Hieroglyphs as Holographic Writing 41:40 Prophecy, Truth & Healing 55:41 AI, Desire & Vitality 1:0:55 Receptivity and Context 1:07:30 Dying Before You Die 1:20:28 Magic, Sympathy & Serpent Symbolism --- Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

    1h 35m
  3. E140| Money, Power, Inequality and AI w/ Forrest Landry

    12/06/2025

    E140| Money, Power, Inequality and AI w/ Forrest Landry

    Welcoming master craftsman and philosopher Forrest Landry in dialogue on the deep structures underlying money, power, and inequality in modern civilization. Starting with fundamental questions about what money really is, we move through an analysis of why inequality has reached unprecedented levels, to urgent questions about artificial intelligence, the future of human choice-making, and a foundational orientation of response. --- Desire, Want and Need on Delicate Fire: https://youtu.be/rejVuh1Knn8 Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e140-money-power-inequality-and-ai-w/-forrest-landry-and-tim-adalin Chapters 0:00 Introduction: Money, Power & AI 0:55 Lenses for Understanding Money: Choice, Energy & Game Theory 06:12 Why Inequality Exploded: Technology as Extraction Amplifier 29:30 The Three Stages of Mastery: Change, Causation & Choice 41:05 Beyond Capitalism vs Socialism: Upgrading the Game 57:40 The Maker-Taker Inversion: When Extraction Became Valued Over Creation 1:16:08 Virtual vs Virtue: Humility and Being Rooted in Reality 1:26:38 Rewilding Ourselves: Embodiment and Collective Wisdom 1:38:31 Why Everyone's Investing in AI: The Loss of Trust in Ourselves 1:47:40 The Path Forward: Distributed, Embodied, Contextualized Choice-Making --- Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

    1h 53m
  4. E139| Cosmic Drives, Intuition, AI and the Soul w/ Iain McGilchrist

    11/21/2025

    E139| Cosmic Drives, Intuition, AI and the Soul w/ Iain McGilchrist

    Welcoming Dr Iain McGilchrist, renowned psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher and literary scholar, in dialogue with Tim Adalin for Voicecraft. We explore the relation between cosmic drives, the left and right hemispheres, attention, religion, power, good, evil, AI and the soul. Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e139-cosmic-drives-intuition-ai-and-the-soul-w/-iain-mcgilchrist-and-tim-adalin --- 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:04 What is Intuition? 0:02:28 Intuition and the Hemispheres 0:04:41 The Basis of Understanding 0:08:13 Left and Right Hemisphere Dynamics 0:11:49 Participation in Reality 0:18:29 Bundling and Unbundling: Economics and AI 0:23:11 Dividing and Uniting: When and Why 0:30:02 Understanding vs. Information 0:34:19 Animate and Inanimate: A Continuum 0:42:53 The Artificial Intelligence Predicament 0:54:26 Narcissism and Echo Chambers 1:00:43 Consciousness as Field 1:07:15 Cancer, Bureaucracy, and Runaway Systems 1:17:09 The Assault on Nature, Body, and Culture 1:25:00 Authority, Doubt, and Transformation 1:34:12 Religion, Certainty, and Common Truths 1:40:57 The Soul and Life as Pilgrimage --- Dr Iain McGilchrist is a renowned psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher and literary scholar. He is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and his influential work explores the relationship between the brain's hemispheres and the nature of human experience, reality, and culture. He is the author of The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World and the monumental two-volume work The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World. Find his YouTube channel @DrIainMcGilchrist --- Tim Adalin is a philosopher and the founder of The Voicecraft Project. Connect with Tim @ https://www.timadalin.xyz Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

    1h 49m
  5. E138| Presence & The Machine | w/ Andrea Hiott, Simon van der Els, Anna Gyllenklev, Tim Adalin

    10/23/2025

    E138| Presence & The Machine | w/ Andrea Hiott, Simon van der Els, Anna Gyllenklev, Tim Adalin

    What is presence? How can we inoculate against coercive programming? How does presence relate to the revolutionary subject? This dialogue welcomes philosopher, neuroscientist and host of Love and Philosophy, Andrea Hiott, microbiologist and shamanic practitioner Simon van der Els, and design ontologist Anna Gyllenklev, in dialogue with philosopher Tim Adalin. --- Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e138-presence-and-the-machine-w/-andrea-hiott-simon-van-der-els-anna-gyllenklev-tim-adalin Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

    1h 43m
  6. E137| Who or What is the Revolutionary Subject Today? w/ Benjamin Studebaker, Michel Bauwens, O.G. Rose and Tim Adalin

    10/10/2025

    E137| Who or What is the Revolutionary Subject Today? w/ Benjamin Studebaker, Michel Bauwens, O.G. Rose and Tim Adalin

    What are the prospects of social and political revolution? How can we understand revolutionary subjectivity today? Who, what, when, and where is the revolutionary subject? Inspired by a Philosophy Portal conversation between Cadell Last and Michel Bauwens, this dialogue welcomes political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, philosopher O.G. Rose, and Commons / Civilisation theorist Michel Bauwens in dialogue with Tim Adalin. Find the Philosophy Portal conversation with Michel here: https://youtu.be/9bR-bsvi0Nk?si=CDKv2TqLwWyjJZvS --- Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e137-who-or-what-is-the-revolutionary-subject-today-w/-benjamin-studebaker-michel-bauwens-og-rose-and-tim-adalin 00:00 Introduction to Revolutionary Subjectivity 03:53 Embedded Democracies and Revolutionary Prospects 08:30 Civilizational Inter-Cycles and New Contradictions 16:19 Constructive Networks and the Commons 26:20 Navigating Political and Social Dynamics 35:56 The Role of the Military in Revolution 53:37 Defining Revolutionary Subjectivity 01:10:58 Jurisdictional Alliances and Historical Contexts 01:15:02 The Crisis of Education and Intellectual Spaces 01:20:13 Emerging Alternatives to Traditional Education 01:27:11 Creating Indispensable Spaces for New Subjectivities 01:39:57 Navigating the Political Landscape for Change 01:52:43 The Role of Presence and Receptivity in Conversations Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

    2h 26m
  7. E136 | Hyperhuman Experiments In Philosophy & Psychedelic Sound | Carl Hayden Smith & Tim Adalin

    10/06/2025

    E136 | Hyperhuman Experiments In Philosophy & Psychedelic Sound | Carl Hayden Smith & Tim Adalin

    What are the challenges and prospects of integrating transformative sound with philosophy? Featuring hyperhuman theorist, psychonaut, and founder of The Museum of Consciousness Carl Hayden Smith and philosopher Tim Adalin, this dialogue reflects on the collaboration between The Museum of Consciousness and Underground Philosophy, live in Melbourne. --- Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e136-consciousness-hyperhumanism-experiments-in-sound-philosophy-carl-hayden-smith-tim-adalin Timestamps: 00:00 - Reflections on The Museum of Consciousness & Underground Philosophy 02:51 - Sound vs Language: What Gets Lost in Translation 06:35 - Can Philosophy Be as Free as Music? 12:43 - Using Sound to Process Trauma and Shadow Work 15:39 - Sacred Sound & Prototyping New Ontologies 22:30 - Beauty, Wonder, Thresholds, and What Happens When Interpretations Differ? 36:19 - Consciousness & The Golden Thread between The Museum, DMT, and Hyperhumanism 38:34 - Religion, Theology & Egregores 41:53 - The Paradox: Limiting Input While Maximizing Experience 45:43 - Deep Trust and Bracketing the Ordinary 53:50 - Notes of Wisdom for Participating In Intense Exploratory Experiences Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

    59 min
  8. E135| Are We Human Yet? The Museum of Consciousness & Underground Philosophy | Carl Hayden Smith & Tim Adalin

    09/26/2025

    E135| Are We Human Yet? The Museum of Consciousness & Underground Philosophy | Carl Hayden Smith & Tim Adalin

    Featuring hyperhuman theorist, psychonaut, and founder of The Museum of Consciousness Carl Hayden Smith, and philosopher Tim Adalin. Filmed at the start of an evening of transformative sonic experience with The Museum of Consciousness at Underground Philosophy, live in Melbourne. We explore the question: are we human yet? ---Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e135-are-we-human-yet-the-museum-of-consciousness-underground-philosophy-carl-hayden-smith-tim-adalin ABOUT CARLCarl Hayden Smith is the founder of the Museum of Consciousness at Oxford University and co-founder of the Cyberdelics Nexus. His research concentrates on the relationship between technology and the human condition and he is developing ‘Hyperhumanism’ which reframes technology as a catalyst for developing our own innate human abilities. Carl is also Associate Professor of Media in the School of Arts & Creative Industries at UEL and is the former Head of Research and Director of the Learning Technology Research Centre (LTRC) at the Institute for Creativity & Technology, Ravensbourne University London. His research focuses broadly on the relationship between technology and the human condition. He has also been very fortunate to be a participant of the nnDMT research at Imperial College London for the last six years and has been through all three phases, including i) EEG ii) EEG+FMRI and iii) nnDMTx. Carl was also the first person in the world to sustain the full 5 doses of DMTx during the pilot phase of the study.ABOUT TIM Tim Adalin is a philosopher and founder of The Voicecraft Project and Underground Philosophy. You can work with Tim individually @ https://www.timadalin.xyz/one-and-oneTimestamps00:00:00 Intro00:01:00 Are we human yet? The core question explored00:05:12 The sacred and connecting to what we share in common00:9:18 Sacredness, Context engineering and Hyperhumanism00:13:00 Hyperhumanism vs transhumanism: Enhancement vs escape00:19:06 Finding the right balance of friction in modern life00:21:30 Ancient sound healing and The Museum of ConsciousnessListen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

    28 min
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Addressing fundamental questions for consciousness and civilisation today. Here we address fundamental questions for consciousness and civilisation today, with luminary voices across themes of cultural, philosophical, and existential importance. The pod is appreciated by listeners who value the artful relating of intellect and intuition, thinking and feeling, body and spirit. There are breadcrumbs to follow. Produced by Tim Adalin.

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  • Creator
    The Voicecraft Project
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    127
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © The Voicecraft Project
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    Altered States Of Conversation

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