#3 Stephen Jenkinson. Death phobia, grief and elderhood in a time of trouble

You can support this podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/curiousonearth Episode 3: Worker, author, musician, storyteller and culture activist Stephen Jenkinson This episode was recorded on May 25th, 2022 Video version: https://youtu.be/U8HOlrHffZs Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3TkhZRw RSS: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:879419647/sounds.rss 00:00:00 Foreword 00:04:04 A culture that doesn't believe in endings or limitations. Machines and tools. 00:09:06 Tere Vadén, syntytieto and addiction to progress. 00:13:21 Elders and the alchemy of crafting wine. 00:17:10 The rough start of Henry's parenthood and diminishment. 00:20:41 Wisdom and elderhood 00:24:50 Particularity, locality and farming. 00:28:55 Leisure, parenthood and priorities. 00:33:16 Parenting in a sane culture. 00:39:27 Children, temporarity and community 00:44:11 Health and meaning 00:47:20 A wake. Becoming an ancestor. 00:51:02 Embracing ambivalence and temporariness. 00:54:53 What in our behavior shows that we really know that we are dying? 01:02:42 Death avoidance. 01:08:57 Griefwalker and parents faced with the prospect of a dying child. 01:15:10 Grief illiteracy and death phobia. Loving when there's no forever. 01:26:38 Short final questions. 01:31:25 Afterword Other keywords: Hands Prejudice Parentling Village Clarity Humility Mastery Vagrancy Uncertainty Prayer Links: James W. Jesso's podcast Adventures Through the Mind https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast Stephen's book Die Wise https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22716546-die-wise Griefwalker, a documentary on Stephen's work https://www.nfb.ca/film/griefwalker Stephen's page Orphan Wisdom https://orphanwisdom.com/ Orphan Wisdom's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/orphanwisdom ----- Driven by a deep thirst for understanding, Curious on Earth is a slow enough podcast by Henry Soinnunmaa, Finnish musician, writer and amateur generalist. Some topics and keywords: deep time, cognition, creativity, mental health, technology, religion, play, ecology, sexuality, slowing down, AI, wisdom, cold swimming, reality tunnels, movement, stillness, psychedelics, antifragility, conscientiousness, beginner mindset, political polarization, pratītyasamutpāda, magic, music, game b, altered states of consciousness, commitment, BJJ, decentralization, energy policy, dance, language, adulting, drug policy, meditation, metamodernism, meaning crisis, neurodiversity, emergence, honesty, sensemaking, animalness, (post)rationality, media, death, love. Facebook: https://facebook.com/curiousonearth Twitter: https://twitter.com/curiousonearth Instagram: https://instagram.com/curiousonearth