Undercurrents

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Undercurrents Podcast

A SPACE FOR GENERATING NEW PERSPECTIVES Undercurrents highlights a diversity of first-principle perspectives, and alternative ways of being and doing. In a globalised world, we recognise the necessity for an ecology of knowledge systems and inclusive moral frameworks, through which to make sense of, and reconstitute our world. We explore these perspectives with creative thinkers, visionaries and culture hackers from around the world.

  1. Buddhadharma Meets AI in the Classroom – a Holy Alliance?

    17 SEPT

    Buddhadharma Meets AI in the Classroom – a Holy Alliance?

    3rd Space sits down with innovative educator and long-term dharma practitioner, Amy Edelstein, to discuss her solo journey through the remote Himalayan valley of Zanskar in the 1980’s. We discuss the connection between an ancient culture steeped in Buddhist principles and the application of AI in education today, as a tool for transforming culture. Amy wrote about her journey in Adventure in Zanskar: A young woman’s solitary journey to reach physical and metaphysical heights.

    53 min
  2. How Language Binds and Frees Us - A Conversation with Kübra Gümüşay

    26 APR

    How Language Binds and Frees Us - A Conversation with Kübra Gümüşay

    We were fortunate to meet Kübra Gümüşay at the Realisation Festival in the UK in 2023, as one of the Festival's keynote speakers. We loved her presentation and managed to catch up with her in April 2024 to interview her for 3rd Space. Kübra is an award-winning author, journalist, and activist. She studied political science in Hamburg and at the London School of Oriental and African Studies. She has won awards for her writing and campaigns against racism and sexualised violence. She speaks on issues of social justice around the world and is involved in advocacy and feminist research for 'utopian' and 'desirable futures'. Her book Speaking and Being was one of the most successful non-fiction books in Germany in 2020. She is also a Mercator Senior Fellow at Cambridge University.

    1h 0m
  3. Working with Young Refugees in a World that Doesn’t Make Sense - a conversation with Renate Keller

    4 FEB

    Working with Young Refugees in a World that Doesn’t Make Sense - a conversation with Renate Keller

    Too often seen as mere statistics, the historical context for the dislocation and extreme trauma of young refugees, as well as their necessity for sanctuary and a liveable future, is often forgotten or ignored. Yet, we are the world, and it is a world where more and more refugees will be fleeing the results of war, climate change, and oppressive regimes. Based on her own work and life experience, Renate Keller brings a creative dimensionality and depth to teaching young refugees in Switzerland, and finds in their receptivity and desire to connect, a sensibility for the Heart. This is a rare and insightful glimpse into the challenges and inspiration of working intimately with refugees searching for a life in the West.

    57 min
  4. Radical Experiments in Unlearning with Manish Jain

    15/12/2023

    Radical Experiments in Unlearning with Manish Jain

    We interviewed Manish Jain at Shikshantar, The People's Institute for Re-thinking Education and Development in the ancient city of Udaipur in India. Although born and brought up in India, Manish worked in the US for Morgan Stanley, received a Master's at Harvard University, and worked for UNESCO. He returned to India twenty-five years ago to look after his illiterate grandmother, which began a deep process of Un-learning. In the interview we talk about his discovery of the gift culture in India, its abundance versus scarcity culture, forgiveness, how working with your hands is not extracurricular, and the significance of cow dung.

    54 min
  5. A Rare Perspective from the Gaza War - In Conversation with Yael Treidel

    22/10/2023

    A Rare Perspective from the Gaza War - In Conversation with Yael Treidel

    In the wake of the brutal attack by Hamas and the escalating violence in Gaza by Israeli forces, Mary Adams of 3rd-Space speaks with Yael Treidel from Hadera in Israel. Yael, an activist involved with Women Wage Peace since 2014, currently works for a medical charity, Road for Recovery, responsible for driving hundreds of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza for medical treatment in Israel on a daily basis. Working closely with Palestinian women, Yael and others in WWP, have long pushed for a just political settlement between the two nations.

    40 min
  6. This is Not America - Why Being Black and British Matters

    13/08/2023

    This is Not America - Why Being Black and British Matters

    In this episode, Steve Brett talks with the author Tomiwa Owolade, about his book This is Not America - Why Being Black and British Matters. Tom argues that racial identity is not an abstraction, but is contextual and based on different geographical and historical factors. He writes that many of the ideas we have about what it means to be black have been adopted from America, when in fact what it means to be black and British is different from what it means to be black and American.

    53 min
  7. At Work in The Ruins with Dougald Hine

    12/07/2023

    At Work in The Ruins with Dougald Hine

    Steve Brett interviews Dougald Hine on his new book, At Work in the Ruins - Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics & All the Other Emergencies. They discuss his remarkable journey from his focus on the Climate Crisis, to why he's not talking about the Climate Crisis anymore. They go on to talk about the impact of the Dark Mountain Project, the work of Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, and how "the end of the world as we know it is not the end of the world full stop. The end of the world as we know it is also the end of a way of knowing the world.” For further references recommended by Dougald, please note, The Myth of Modernity by Michael Greer, and A Small Farm Future by Chris Smaje.

    1h 0m
  8. The Value of Eldership

    25/06/2023

    The Value of Eldership

    Leadership Developer and social entrepreneur Dave Pendle, in conversation with Steve Brett about Eldership. They discuss the value of eldership, and if it is something that can be both restored and developed in modern culture.

    47 min
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A SPACE FOR GENERATING NEW PERSPECTIVES Undercurrents highlights a diversity of first-principle perspectives, and alternative ways of being and doing. In a globalised world, we recognise the necessity for an ecology of knowledge systems and inclusive moral frameworks, through which to make sense of, and reconstitute our world. We explore these perspectives with creative thinkers, visionaries and culture hackers from around the world.

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  • Creator
    Steve Brett
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Steve Brett
  • Show Website
    Undercurrents

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