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February releases
No free-to-view videos were released during February 2025.
March releases
Conversation of Michael Levin with Iain McGilchrist #2
A conversation on the topic of a recent paper by Michael Levin on the Platonic Space forms ingressing into the physical world in biology, causation, evolution, and mind. Read about developmental and synthetic biologist Michael Levin on Wikipedia
Running time 1:11:56
Why Contemplation & Wonder Are Essential for the Future of Humanity
Iain McGilchrist in conversation with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens is the co-founder and director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future, an organisation concerned with preparing society for the coming cultural transition. Formerly in the finance industry at Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers, he now focuses on understanding the interrelationships between energy, environment and finance, and the implication this synthesis has for human futures. He is the host of The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens podcast.
Visit the website of The Great Simplification
“When looking at our global challenges, it can be easier to focus on the external factors that could be different. Yet a critical part of creating impactful change is turning the scope of reflection inward towards how our patterns of thinking influence the way we contribute to our surroundings. Is it possible that a path toward a better future begins in our own heads?”
Running time 1:59:15
April releases
This is what we were born for
Jawbone with Martin Shaw and Iain McGilchrist
Martin Shaw is a writer, mythographer and Christian thinker. Author of seventeen books, Dr Shaw is the director of the Westcountry School of Myth and founder of the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University.
Martin Shaw’s Substack, The House of Beasts & Vines
Running time 58:09
May releases
The Future of Humanity: The Sovereignty of Truth
Dr Iain McGilchrist
Part of the one-day symposium held on 26 October 2024 at the Royal Institution, London. The event was organised by Channel McGilchrist and The Scientific and Medical Network.
Running time 1:01:38
The Future of Humanity: The Triumph of the Machine
Dr Iain McGilchrist
Running time 38:38
Iain McGilchrist challenges Richard Dawkins on the value of truth in science
St Johns Timeline Theological Videos
Running time 7:18
June releases
Activism and the Divided Brain
A conversation between Iain McGilchrist and Anthea Lawson, author of The Entangled Activist, about the implications of McGilchrist’s thinking for our attempts to change the world
Running time 1:30:11
Attention, Self, and Meaning: Right and Left Brain Explained
Iain McGilchrist in conversation with Josh Richardson
Topics
00:00 Trailer
00:42 Introduction
02:09 Attention in Left & Right Brain
17:00 How the Left Brain Came to Dominate
19:08 Brain Hemispheres & Happiness
25:25 Why Right Brain is the True Master
34:30 Great Truths
35:19 Morality of Attention
41:44 Explaining Sacred
45:12 Shortcomings of Language
51:28 Distinct vs. Divided
56:20 Balancing Brain Hemispheres
1:06:31 Sense of Self & Relations
1:12:15 Mirror Neurons
1:14:32 Walking for Fluidity of Thought
1:23:34 Consciousness Theory
1:31:07 Water Analogy
1:35:52 Work with biologist Michael Levin
1:46:22 Where to Follow His Work
Running time 1:48:25
Does Science Tell Us The Truth?
Iain McGilchrist for St Johns Timeline Theological Videos
Running time 18:57
The mystery of the mind
Iain McGilchrist in conversation with Philip Goff
Philip Goff is a panpsychist philosopher and professor at Durham University | Wikipedia
Running time 44:21
Philosophy, Cultural Evolution, and the Hemisphere Hypothesis
Iain McGilchrist in conversation with Steve McIntosh
Steve McIntosh is a developmental philosopher who focuses on the evolution of consciousness and culture. He is the author of Developmental Politics (2020), The Presence of the Infinite (2015), Evolution’s Purpose (2012), and Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution (2007). He is also coauthor of Conscious Leadership (2020), with John Mackey and Carter Phipps. McIntosh is the cofounder and director of the nonprofit organisation Institute for Cultural Evolution. Before becoming a writer, he had a variety of other successful careers, including founding the consumer products company Now & Zen, and practicing law with one of America’s largest firms. McIntosh is a graduate of the University of Virginia Law School and the University of Southern California Business School. He grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in Boulder, Colorado with his family. His author website is stevemcintosh.com and you can follow him on X: @CultureDevelops.
This conversation delves into the intersection of philosophy, cultural evolution, and the Hemisphere Hypothesis, beginning with a lecture by pioneering neuroscientist and philosopher Iain McGilchrist, followed by a moderated dialogue with integral philosopher Steve McIntosh and audience Q&A.
Running time 01:51:15
July releases
William Blake: Imagination and Inspiration, Science and Soul
Iain McGilchrist in conversation with Mark Vernon
Iain McGilchrist calls William Blake “the least cosy of poets and one of the most insightful that ever lived.” Blake is cited more often than most figures in Iain’s great book, “The Matter With Things”.To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
William Blake
So what did Blake express that might much matter now? How did he understand key features of our humanity such as the imagination and inspiration, as well as the character of our day?
In this conversation, prompted by the publication of “Awake!“, Iain and Mark Vernon often land on wonderful quotes of Blake to unpack them. ”To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.” “As a man is, so he sees.” “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.”
They explore Blakean imagery such as the spiral shape of Jacob’s Ladder. Contemporary concerns are central too, from architecture to AI.
Above all, they celebrate Blake as a figure who can guide our desires, aid us with the contraries of modern life, and sustain our faith that life is good, for all the ills that surround us.
Topics
00:00 No one ‘has’ imagination
05:27 The narrowing of imagination
08:36 Fantasy and uncoupling
11:55 The misenchantment of the world
13:08 Place, space and architecture
16:26 Spiritually aware consumerism
19:43 The glowing presence of infinity
21:13 Cleansing the doors of perception
24:38 Speaking from the outside in
26:38 The failure of empathy and need for the sacred
31:24 Primary connection not separation
33:10 Blake’s orthodoxy
34:37 Jacob’s Ladder as a spiral
38:12 The good can hold the bad
39:55 Data, memory and AI
42:33 Memory that inspires
45:44 The enlivening of ritual
48:10 Blake on divine science
53:37 The character of things and insights
57:17 Distinctions without difference
59:28 Illuminating Blake and Dante
Running time 1:00:54
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Left Brain & Right Brain: 20 Brain Hemisphere Differences from “The Master and His Emissary” on Sloww.co website
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Iain McGilchrist and his theory of brain hemisphere differences
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