The Lightfoot Podcast Joe Lightfoot

Bruce Parry is an explorer and documentary maker best known for his BBC series Tribe. He's also a really wise and lovely guy who in my opinion has one of the most interesting and inspiring messages out there. We trace his evolution from Christian military man to Rational Animist and explore the many lessons he learned from living with Indigenous peoples all over the world. We focus in on the key messages of his documentary Tawai, discuss the life changing impact of his encounter with the Penan people and and touch on how Bruce is attempting to embody such experiences in his life today.

https://www.bruceparry.com

Scoutleader Wiley and I discuss the psychological perks and deep healing possibilities of cultivating a practice of ritual art. We unpack what it means to foster an arcane intellect and delve into the hot topics of gender and race identity exploring Scout's broader philosophical framing in the process. I enjoyed this conversation immensely and hope you do too.   

https://www.facebook.com/the.arcaneintellect

Emil and I discuss some of the more nuanced critiques of Metamodernism and highlight the central importance of finding love in our lives. We explore the danger of cults forming around developmental theory and Emil shares an update on upcoming Hanzi publications. We dream of Metamodern monasteries and unpack the core ideas from the Hanzi article Obedience As Laughter: From The Great Dicator To The Great Spectator and Emil leaves us with some prescient words from David Foster Wallace. I really enjoyed spending this conversation and I hope you do too.

https://metamoderna.org/obedience-as-laughter-from-the-great-dictator-to-the-great-spectator/

Emil is now also offering online courses in Metamodernism - More information available here- https://dandelion.earth/events/611d47beb79408000ced75a3

A little update from me.

This week I’m joined by Justin Scott Campbell for a fascinating conversation about the connections between identity, social change, racial justice and the somatic experience. We explore some of the themes in Justins writings and trace his developmental arc from professor to diversity trainer to somatic coach. We also delve into the ideas of Octavia Butler, Ursula Le Guinn and Adrienne Maree Brown. Justin even coaches me in real time around how best to structure communities of practice that don’t crumble under the pressure and weight of looking more directly at uncomfortable truths. I hope you enjoy basking in Justins wisdom as much as I did.

https://linktr.ee/justinscottcampbell

This week I'm joined by Stephanie Lepp for a far reaching discussion around what it means to have a deep reckoning. We explore the ethics of apologising, the art of forgiveness and the fundamental importance of understanding how people can radically change their world views. Stephanie shares what it's like to be Alex Jones for a day and also speaks to the profoundly transformative power of ritualised days of atonement. I really enjoyed spending this time with Stephanie and hope you do too.

https://www.infinitelunchbox.com/

https://www.reckonings.show/