Phenomenoumena

Phenomenoumena
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Thoughtful discussions of topics ranging from music and film to Eastern/Western philosophy, ecology, economics, physics, psychology, etc. to find a greater context for bringing forth a world with others, expanding the collective pool of perceiving, the lifeworld. Welcome to the Phenomenoumena community, and thank you for your contribution.

  1. 04/01/2022

    Dario Argento's Suspiria Decoded

    In this episode, we turn our eyes (and ears) to Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977) and present a number of groundbreaking interpretations that show a few levels of hidden depth to Argento's amazing film. People cited include, in alphabetical order, Edward Bernays, Bruno Bettelheim, Jacques Ellul, Sigmund Freud, Fulcanelli, Brothers Grimm, Carl Jung, Satoshi Kon, Otto Rank, José Saramago, Shakespeare, Denis Villeneuve, Ken Wilber, and Slavoj Zizek. Please visit our Twitter account @phenomenoumena to see some of the images discussed on the podcast.

    38 min

  2. 02/25/2022

    You Never Know What You Think You Know - Concluding Counterintuitives

    In this episode, we wrap up our talk about counterintuitive concepts with a lot of brain-twisting material. Thinkers cited: William Ian Beardmore Beveridge, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Immanuel Kant, Plato, Rudy Rucker, Erwin Schrodinger, Ken Wilber, and others.

    59 min

  3. 12/21/2021

    Special Guest - Ken Shamrock (sort of...) - Counterintuitives Part 1

    In this first of a two-part episode, we launch from a brief conversation with UFC, PRIDE and overall MMA legend Ken Shamrock into a deep exposition of counterintuitive ideas in fields ranging from the martial arts to mathematics. People discussed include, in random order, Daniel Kahneman, Wittgenstein, Brian Eno, Ken Shamrock, Royce Gracie, Rickson Gracie, Nobuhiko Takada, Ouspensky, Kathryn Schulz, Plato, and Socrates.

    1 hr

  4. 11/09/2021

    Special guest - Coby Michael - A poisonous, magical path through plant psychedelics

    In this episode, we have a fascinating conversation with our special guest Coby Michael on his book The Poison Path Herbal: Baneful Herbs, Medicinal Nightshades, and Ritual Entheogens. Coby Michael is a practitioner of the Poison Path of occult herbalism and a cultivator of entheogenic herbs. He contributes to the Pagan Archives at Valdosta University, writes regularly for The House of Twigs, and maintains a blog, Poisoner's Apothecary, on Patheos Pagan.

    52 min

  5. 10/16/2021

    Diving Into Satoshi Kon's Paprika - What is the ecstasy that blooms in synapses? (fixed)

    Sorry about the reverb issue! It's been fixed. In this episode, we analyze the 2006 film Paprika, one of Satoshi Kon's animated film masterpieces. Paprika was a main influence on Christopher Nolan's Inception, and here we look at Kon's film at great analytical depth. Artists and thinkers discussed include Dario Argento, Baudrillard, Freud, Habermas, Jung, Akira Kurosawa, John C Lilly, David Lynch, Nagarjuna, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Wlber, and Zizek.

    1h 15m

  6. 09/15/2021

    Decoding The Thirteenth Floor (1999) and Nick Bostrom's Simulation Theory

    This episode is a mindblowing mash-up of film analysis and philosophy as we discuss the 1999 film The Thirteenth Floor in connection with Nick Bostrom’s simulation theory. Other thinkers cited include, in alphabetical order, Baudrillard, Descartes, Philip K. Dick, Dostoyevsky, Gurdjieff, Kierkegaard, Lacan, Jaron Lanier, Leibniz, Ouspensky, Wilber, Zizek.

    1h 56m

  7. 07/30/2021

    Becoming the Superman (Part 3 of 3)

    This episode concludes our truly in-depth look at man and superman. People referenced during the episode include Nietzsche, Ken Wilber, Ouspensky, Gurdjieff, Jung, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Laibach, Freud, and Nagarjuna. Please also visit us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/phenomenoumena And Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/Phenomenoumena

    1h 37m

  8. 07/09/2021

    Becoming the Superman (Part 2 of 3)

    This episode is the second act of our truly in-depth look at man and superman. Thinkers referenced during the episode include Ouspensky, Gurdjieff, Nietzsche, Freud, Krishnamurti, Alan Watts and Ken Wilber.

    1h 13m
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Thoughtful discussions of topics ranging from music and film to Eastern/Western philosophy, ecology, economics, physics, psychology, etc. to find a greater context for bringing forth a world with others, expanding the collective pool of perceiving, the lifeworld. Welcome to the Phenomenoumena community, and thank you for your contribution.

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  • Creator
    Phenomenoumena
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Phenomenoumena
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