The Curious Case of Freedom

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The Curious Case of Freedom

This podcast promotes personal growth, empathic connections, critical thinking and freedom from both inner as well as from outer shackles.

  1. FEB 19

    026: The psychology of obedience

    This is the third instalment in the series on schooling vs. education. Delving further into the lesson of obedience, considering how families and communities are so much embedded in a culture of submission, that the belief in obedience becomes a presupposition, a world view that is held under the level of awareness, and like any other unchecked and unaware belief, it taints the lens through which we view the world around us, and continues to manifest and become our reality. Source reading: Education - Free and Compulsory by Murray N. Rothbard Compulsory Miseducation by Paul Goodman Drawing the Line Once Again by Paul Goodman Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto The Chained Elephant by Jorge Bucai

    24 min

  2. JAN 11

    025: The hidden lessons of school

    This episode is the second instalment of the series on Schooling vs. Education. In this episode I begin to explore the unspoken or implicit lessons of school: Obedience, conformity, apathy, class position, intellectual dependency and provisional self esteem, drawing from my personal experience and substantiated by the works of John Taylor Gatoo, I focus mainly on the first lesson - obedience. Source reading: Education - Free and Compulsory by Murray N. Rothbard Compulsory Miseducation by Paul Goodman Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto Republic by Plato Academy of ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyWFpsAnVuI&t=418s The school sucks podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4WrRuddFFzXMfEK96aQgKU?si=e0baef9c6fbd47c5

    21 min

  3. 08/27/2024

    024: Schooling vs. Education (part 1)

    In this episode I explore the implicit beliefs that must be held in order to advocate for compulsory schooling, how those become the field, the ground on which schooling takes place. I further explore the goals of a state compulsory school system and hope to show how real learning is self directed while state compulsory schooling is antithetical to learning and growth. Source reading: Anxiety by Fritz Riemann The Drama of Being a Child by Alice Miller Education - Free and Compulsory by Murray N. Rothbard Compulsory Miseducation by Paul Goodman Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto Freedom's Progress? by Gerard Casey

    23 min

  4. 06/15/2024

    023: My army days

    Having delved into the philosophy of Gestalt for the past few episodes, in this episode I chose to share something about my own personal story, in particular about my army days. I aim to integrate many of the things that I have discussed in the Gestalt series (episodes 11-22) in this episode and see how they apply in my own personal story. If you would like to contact me directly, please write me an email to thecuriouscaseoffreedom@gmail.com Presentation and production - Orí Harmelin Bumper music - The tallest of Orders by Simon MacHale Check out Simon's music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/71OkM6qFs6Xmc1hlOjXgIl?si=bFReoX_LSKS5EHXo4AJPlg On Bandcamp: https://simonmachale.bandcamp.com And on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVi-A_N20DbM-GIdw50THPQ A big thank you to Simon MacHale and Daniel Shafrir for their help and support in creating this content.

    19 min

  5. 05/13/2024

    022: Creative indifference

    In this final episode in our Gestalt series we take a close look at one of the central notions of Gestalt philosophy - creative indifference, exploring its relevance to the curious case of freedom. Sources reading: Gestalt therapy, excitement and growth in the human personality by Fritz Perls, Paul Goodman and Ralph Hefferline. When the body says no by Gabor Máté Creative process in Gestalt therapy by Joseph Zinker Tao te Ching by Lao-tzu I and thou by Martin Buber Schöpferische Indifferenz by Salomon Friedländer If you would like to contact me directly, please write me an email to thecuriouscaseoffreedom@gmail.com Presentation and production - Orí Harmelin Bumper music - The tallest of Orders by Simon MacHale Check out Simon's music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/71OkM6qFs6Xmc1hlOjXgIl?si=bFReoX_LSKS5EHXo4AJPlg On Bandcamp: https://simonmachale.bandcamp.com And on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVi-A_N20DbM-GIdw50THPQ A big thank you to Simon MacHale and Daniel Shafrir for their help and support in creating this content.

    19 min

  6. 04/25/2024

    021: The importance of boundaries

    In this episode continuing our gestalt series, we take a closer look at two contact interruptions, or rather contact moderations: Confluence and deflection. Both have to do with the permeability of our boundaries, both are forms of creative adjustments, and as such are vital to our being-in-the-world, and both, when they become fixed and rigid forms of behaviour stand in our way of living freely in the here and now. Sources reading: Gestalt therapy, excitement and growth in the human personality by Fritz Perls, Paul Goodman and Ralph Hefferline. When the body says no by Gabor Máté Gestalt and process by Peter Dreitzel If you would like to contact me directly, please write me an email to thecuriouscaseoffreedom@gmail.com Presentation and production - Orí Harmelin Bumper music - The tallest of Orders by Simon MacHale Check out Simon's music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/71OkM6qFs6Xmc1hlOjXgIl?si=bFReoX_LSKS5EHXo4AJPlg On Bandcamp: https://simonmachale.bandcamp.com And on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVi-A_N20DbM-GIdw50THPQ A big thank you to Simon MacHale and Daniel Shafrir for their help and support in creating this content.

    18 min

  7. 04/08/2024

    020: The body as the disowned self

    In this episode we continue our gestalt series, and delve further into the world of polarities, observing how we fracture ourselves into a mind and a body. The body then takes the role of the disowned self. Since freedom starts with the individual, I believe that healing the fractured self is a vital step that can help us pave the way to a free society. Sources reading: Gestalt therapy, excitement and growth in the human personality by Fritz Perls, Paul Goodman and Ralph Hefferline. Creative Process in Gestalt Therapy by Joseph Zinker Body Process by James I. Kepner If you would like to contact me directly, please write me an email to thecuriouscaseoffreedom@gmail.com Presentation and production - Orí Harmelin Bumper music - The tallest of Orders by Simon MacHale Check out Simon's music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/71OkM6qFs6Xmc1hlOjXgIl?si=bFReoX_LSKS5EHXo4AJPlg On Bandcamp: https://simonmachale.bandcamp.com And on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVi-A_N20DbM-GIdw50THPQ A big thank you to Simon MacHale and Daniel Shafrir for their help and support in creating this content.

    16 min

  8. 03/22/2024

    019: Polarities (part 2)

    We continue in our series on Gestalt therapy, using the Gestalt lens to look at the development of the individual and society and the relationship between the two. Today we focus on polarities: the yin and yang of our existence. Enjoy Sources reading: Gestalt therapy, excitement and growth in the human personality by Fritz Perls, Paul Goodman and Ralph Hefferline. Creative Process in Gestalt Therapy by Joseph Zinker Body Process by James I. Kepner If you would like to contact me directly, please write me an email to thecuriouscaseoffreedom@gmail.com Presentation and production - Orí Harmelin Bumper music - The tallest of Orders by Simon MacHale Check out Simon's music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/71OkM6qFs6Xmc1hlOjXgIl?si=bFReoX_LSKS5EHXo4AJPlg On Bandcamp: https://simonmachale.bandcamp.com And on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVi-A_N20DbM-GIdw50THPQ A big thank you to Simon MacHale and Daniel Shafrir for their help and support in creating this content.

    15 min
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    This podcast promotes personal growth, empathic connections, critical thinking and freedom from both inner as well as from outer shackles.

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    • Years Active
      2022 - 2025
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