The Larger Us Podcast

Larger Us
The Larger Us Podcast

The show that's about how we can become a larger us rather than a them-and-us, by working at the places where our states of mind and the state of the world meet

  1. How to get a white supremacist to leave the KKK - with Daryl Davis

    NOV 13

    How to get a white supremacist to leave the KKK - with Daryl Davis

    What happens when an African American befriends members of the Ku Klux Klan? Our guest for this episode is Daryl Davis - a blues musician who's played with greats like Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and BB King, and who's also persuaded more than 200 white supremacists to leave groups like the KKK. We talk to Daryl about how his extraordinary journey began, what drives him to do this work, and what the rest of us can learn from his approach.Please be aware that this episode contains a descripti...

    53 min
  2. How to be fully alive - with Elizabeth Oldfield

    OCT 9

    How to be fully alive - with Elizabeth Oldfield

    What does it mean to be 'fully alive' during turbulent times? Our guest for this episode - who'll also be joining us as one of our rotating cast of co-hosts - is Elizabeth Oldfield, the author of Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times and Chair of Larger Us's board. Liz talks about how connection and belonging are at the heart of what she writes about in her book, what it's like to live in an intentional community, and how we fill the 'religion shaped hole' in modern life. Featur...

    44 min
  3. How to survive a culture war - with Professor Corinne Fowler

    SEP 10

    How to survive a culture war - with Professor Corinne Fowler

    What do you do when you find yourself at the centre of a culture war? Our guest for this episode is Professor Corinne Fowler who became a target for ‘anti-woke’ journalists and politicians due to her work exploring the colonial histories of National Trust properties. Corinne’s approach - to positively engage with her attackers - yielded some surprising results and she shares what she’s learned about taking on the culture warriors. We also had a wide-ranging discussion about her fascinating ne...

    40 min
  4. Are the riots Elon Musk's fault? - with Imran Ahmed

    AUG 12

    Are the riots Elon Musk's fault? - with Imran Ahmed

    Welcome to a new series of the Larger Us Podcast! This time we’re talking to Imran Ahmed, who is founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. We spoke to him in the immediate aftermath of the wave of far right riots that swept the UK in July after misinformation about the identity of the perpetrator of a mass stabbing targeting children spread rapidly and widely across social media.Imran is an authority on the social and psychological impacts of digital platforms and the bad act...

    44 min
  5. How social media undermines activism - with Hugh Knowles

    04/25/2023

    How social media undermines activism - with Hugh Knowles

    How do we achieve social buy-in for the huge, disruptive and sustained transformation entailed in making our societies sustainable? Why is it such a problem that social media has become the 'public square' where we have big conversations about the future - and how have campaigning and activism become embroiled?Hugh Knowles is Co-Executive Director of Friends of the Earth and was formerly Head of Innovation at Forum For The Future. He's speaking on this episode in a personal capacity.

    52 min
  6. How dopamine makes the world go round - with Daniel Lieberman

    12/01/2022

    How dopamine makes the world go round - with Daniel Lieberman

    How does a single chemical in our brains drive love, sex, consumerism and creativity? Why are some people more 'dopmaninergic' than others, why is that such a big deal for politics, and what does it mean for change-makers?Daniel Lieberman is a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at George Washington University, co-author of the international bestseller The Molecule of More, and author of Spellbound: Modern Science, Ancient Magic, and the Unconscious Mind.

    54 min
  7. How to build cultures of belonging - with Michelle Barsa

    11/22/2022

    How to build cultures of belonging - with Michelle Barsa

    How can we build inclusive belonging in conditions of acute polarisation - for example when members of a historically privileged group feel that more power and status for a historically marginalised group means less power and status for them? What do the recent US mid-terms mean for American democratic health, and what lessons do they offer for other countries?Michelle Barsa runs the Omidyar Network's programme on Building Cultures of Belonging, and is a former program director at Beyond Conf...

    53 min
  8. How the world is making our children mad - with Louis Weinstock

    09/19/2022

    How the world is making our children mad - with Louis Weinstock

    How can we raise children in a world that appears to have gone so wrong? How are our children’s minds affected by that world, and how can we as parents and caregivers help them through it in ways that give them agency and the power to make the world better without placing the weight of the world on their shoulders?Louis Weinstock is the author of How the world is making our children mad and what to do about it. He works as a psychotherapist, helping children and grown-ups alike through challe...

    1h 4m
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The show that's about how we can become a larger us rather than a them-and-us, by working at the places where our states of mind and the state of the world meet

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  • Creator
    Larger Us
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2024 The Larger Us Podcast
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