Beste Carter Phipps Podcasts (2024)

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Keith Thompson: How UFOs Challenge Our Worldview 1:42:22

12d ago1:42:22

1:42:22

On this episode of Thinking Ahead, we return to the fascinating subject of UFOs, or UAPs (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon) as they are sometimes called. I've already done a couple of podcasts on this topic (if you’d like a more introductory episode, I’d recommend listening to my interview with journalist Ross Coulthart). This conversation venture…

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Wayne Pacelle: The Campaign to Save Colorado's Big Cats 1:08:33

1M ago1:08:33

1:08:33

Regular listeners of this podcast may know that I have a special affinity for cats—house cats, certainly, but also the magnificent wild cats that still roam the American West. So when I learned recently that in my home state of Colorado, it’s still legal for trophy hunters to shoot hundreds of these beautiful creatures every year, I was horrified. …

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The Business and Spiritual Journey of John Mackey 2:07:37

2M ago2:07:37

2:07:37

John Mackey, cofounder of Whole Foods Market, is one of the great entrepreneurs of our time. But the story of how he built the iconic grocery store is just one thread in the tapestry of his rich and interesting life, which he discusses candidly in his recent memoir The Whole Story. This fascinating tale spans his remarkable life and career, from hi…

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Sean Lawlor: Navigating the Psychedelic Renaissance 1:54:45

2M ago1:54:45

1:54:45

Today, we are in the middle of a sea change in the perception and use of psychedelics unlike anything that has occurred in recent decades and probably going back many centuries, at least in Western history. In fact, one probably has to go back to the early Christian era to see psychedelics so commonly used and accessible. And while there are a lot …

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Bobby Azarian: The Beauty of Evolutionary Thinking 1:36:49

5M ago1:36:49

1:36:49

On this episode of Thinking Ahead, we’re discussing one of my favorite subjects, evolution. Bobby Azarian is a cognitive neuroscientist, a science journalist, and a true evolutionary. His book The Romance of Reality explores the evolution of the universe and life, purpose, complexity, and consciousness with rich vision that far transcends the all-t…

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Amiel Handelsman: Race and Maturity in the American Experience 1:19:04

1+ y ago1:19:04

1:19:04

The topic of race is never far from our lips when we are talking about the American experience. And yet, the complexities, confusions, minefields, and missteps that often confront those who work to overcome America’s racial legacy can make this a subject that people shy away from. That’s why my guest today is such a breath of fresh air. He’s taken …

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Brad DeLong: Are We Slouching Toward Utopia? 1:15:59

1+ y ago1:15:59

1:15:59

Too often, the questions that we ask about our own time-period reflect a limited understanding of history. For example, consider the question: why is there still poverty and inequality? It’s a worthy question, but an even better one might be: How did so many societies, against all odds and without historical precedent, escape poverty and become wea…

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Steve McIntosh: Does Human Nature Evolve? 1:15:06

2y ago1:15:06

1:15:06

Steve McIntosh is already a regular guest on this podcast, and that’s no accident. Steve and I have been collaborating for many years, and we even cofounded the Institute for Cultural Evolution almost a decade ago. Steve is the President of the think tank and continues to build it, even as he releases important intellectual content, including his w…

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Integral Conversations: Culture Wars and Human Progress with Jeff Salzman 1:37:12

2y ago1:37:12

1:37:12

As my regular listeners will know, I’m deeply influenced by the perspective known as Integral philosophy, and in particular, the insights it affords us into how human culture has evolved—and is still evolving today. This perspective informs the conversations I have on this podcast, to one degree or another. But every now and again, I get the opport…

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Edward Chancellor: Money, Financial Bubbles, and the Price of Time 1:15:16

2y ago1:15:16

1:15:16

Inflation. Recession. Bubbles. Interest rates. Sovereign debt crisis. Today, everyone’s financial portfolio is falling and that makes people upset about markets and economics. But being angry or frustrated about the market is easy, understanding how and why we arrived at this point is much more challenging. I was recently helped along in my journey…

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Tom Mustill: How to Speak Whale 1:21:29

2y ago1:21:29

1:21:29

What would you do if a whale landed on top of you—and you lived to tell the tale? That’s exactly what happened to wildlife biologist and filmmaker Tom Mustill in 2015, when a breaching humpback whale came crashing down on his kayak in California’s Monterey Bay—an event that was caught on video and quickly went viral. And what Tom did was to embark …

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Diana Pasulka: Religion, UFOs, and the Experience of the Uncanny 1:19:36

2y ago1:19:36

1:19:36

In the 2019 book American Cosmic, scholar Diana Pasulka offers a surprising and original perspective on one of my favorite topics: UFOs. She proposes that UFOs and the obsession with them has become a type of post-secular religion. She even shows that modern accounts of UFO encounters closely resemble religious visions of yesteryear. But one of the…

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Meredith Angwin: Energy, Carbon, and the Growing Fragility of our National Grid 1:11:11

2y ago1:11:11

1:11:11

When we think about energy, we often forget one critical element—the grid. Most of us depend every day on our national grid to supply the energy we need for our life and work. And our need for electricity continues to grow and is likely to increase further over the coming years with, among other things, the move to electric vehicles. So how do we b…

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Christopher Leonard: Did the Fed and Easy Money Break the American Economy? 1:29:40

2y ago1:29:40

1:29:40

If you’ve followed this podcast for a while, you’ll know that I’m something of an economics nerd, and occasionally I indulge this passion by choosing guests who can offer insight into our past, present, and future through a financial lens. I was particularly excited to speak with journalist and author Christopher Leonard because he speaks to issues…

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Darryl Jones: Roads, Wildlife, and the Future of Conservation 57:48

2+ y ago57:48

57:48

Why did the leopard cross the road? Well, because he had to. He might have been searching for food, or a mate, or a new territory. But if he made it safely to the other side, it just might be because someone built him a bridge. And today's guest on Thinking Ahead might have had a hand in that effort. One of the many great challenges of this century…

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Chris Bache: LSD and the Exploration of the Inner Cosmos 1:26:22

2+ y ago1:26:22

1:26:22

Psychedelics are having a moment. There’s never been a time in which we’ve seen more research into, experimentation with, and acceptance of the use of psychedelics—for therapy, for inner exploration, and for spiritual awakening. Of course, psychedelics themselves are anything but new (just ask Brian Muraresku, who shared with me on this podcast his…

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Steve McIntosh: Reconciling American Pride and Shame 1:14:02

2+ y ago1:14:02

1:14:02

Regular listeners of this podcast or those who have followed my work over the years will recognize the name Steve McIntosh. Steve and I have been collaborating for almost two decades, including as coauthors (with John Mackey) of Conscious Leadership and cofounders of the Institute for Cultural Evolution. He is also a regular guest on this show. In …

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Gary Lachman: The Esoteric Undercurrents of Putin's War on Ukraine 1:28:15

2+ y ago1:28:15

1:28:15

In our modern world, we often think of history as being mostly driven by international politics and economics and technology and demographics and the movement of money. Much of the time, that’s true. But every so often, events transpire that remind us that there are deeper undercurrents that also drive history—forces like religious passion, spiritu…

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Gregg Easterbrook: Promises and Perils of the Blue Age 1:00:22

2+ y ago1:00:22

1:00:22

When was the last time you remember a significant battle on the high seas? If you’re like me, such an event may well be hard to recall. I’m old enough to remember the Falklands war, but that’s about it. Today’s guest on Thinking Ahead, author Gregg Easterbrook, wants his readers to understand that that blank space in most of our memories is not an …

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Mariana Bozesan: Integral Investing in a World of Abundance 1:19:50

2+ y ago1:19:50

1:19:50

Mariana Bozesan, author of Integral Investing: From Profit to Prosperity, has lived her life in several distinct worlds—from a childhood of painful poverty in communist Romania, to the technological optimism of Stanford and Silicon Valley, to the progressive business world of Germany and Europe where she found great success as an entrepreneur and i…

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Greg Thomas: How Jazz Can Help Us Think About Race 1:11:51

3y ago1:11:51

1:11:51

How do we think about race in America today? This question continues to be core to the evolution of our national experiment. And it has come even further to the forefront in recent years, as the progressive social justice movement in American politics has gained more and more prominence. In this episode of the podcast, I was thrilled to be able to …

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Ross Coulthart: UFOs—Is the Truth in Plain Sight? 1:36:37

3y ago1:36:37

1:36:37

UFOs. Or to use the current in-vogue acronym, UAPs. It’s a topic rife with conspiracies and strange complexities. Many people just want to avoid it altogether. But it’s also an explosive story, with huge implications. And it’s gained enough legitimacy that we need to pursue it--to pursue the truths that still lay hidden, to follow the facts and the…

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Sergey Young: Are You Ready For Radical Longevity? 1:08:59

3y ago1:08:59

1:08:59

Would you like to live a bit longer, maybe a lot longer? Do you think it’s possible? Do you think it will be possible in the future? In this episode of Thinking Ahead, I want to introduce you to an individual who believes strongly in the potential for human longevity, in the near term and long term. His name is Sergey Young and his new book is call…

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Steve McIntosh: Building a Post-Progressive Movement 1:20:46

3y ago1:20:46

1:20:46

For this episode, I’m happy to welcome back one of the first guests on this podcast, my longtime collaborator and cofounder of the Institute for Cultural Evolution, Steve McIntosh. Since that earlier conversation (which you can check out here) Steve has continued his work to bring what he has called a “post-progressive” perspective to the political…

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Eric Wargo: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Precognitive Dreamwork 1:37:36

3+ y ago1:37:36

1:37:36

Last year, in episode 3 of this podcast, I interviewed Eric Wargo, author of Time Loops. I had gotten to know Eric at a conference a few years earlier at the Esalen Center for Theory and Research. I was impressed by him and his ideas, and spent many hours talking with him. I find his theories about precognition, retrocausation, the nature of the br…

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Carter's Rants and Reflections: Who Wants to Skip the Civil War? 16:50

3+ y ago16:50

16:50

What if the ethical challenge of our own time is not to have the courage to be a combatant for the last century's great causes, but to negotiate a much more complex set of moral issues, values, and worldviews? In this unique episode of Thinking Ahead, Carter reads his latest essay, written for The Post Progressive Post. Inspired by the recent movie…

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Avi Tuschman: Can Wikipedia Save Social Media? 1:26:45

3+ y ago1:26:45

1:26:45

Misinformation. Disinformation. Fake news. Conspiracy theories. These viruses of the information age proliferate with frightening speed on social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, sometimes with serious consequences. Over the past few years, as the scope of the problem has become unavoidable, there has been much debate over how to…

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Deepak Chopra: Inside the Mind of a Spiritual Pioneer 57:22

3+ y ago57:22

57:22

There are few people in the world of writers, musicians, artists, and celebrities who are instantly recognizable by just a single name. Oprah, Sting, Bruce, Beyonce—to name a few. Deepak falls into that rarefied category. Ever since he burst onto the progressive spiritual scene in the late eighties with his unique mix of health, wellness, science, …

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Bill Plotkin: The Mythopoetic Dreams of a Psychologist Gone Wild 1:17:50

3+ y ago1:17:50

1:17:50

There is something about the American Southwest—long home to the Navajo (Diné) and the Utes and many other Native American tribes over the years—that stirs the soul, evoking our deep, mythopoetic imagination. It is to this spiritually charged corner of the world that author Bill Plotkin, founder of the Animas Valley Institute, invites people to tra…

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Tisha Schuller: The Role of Oil & Gas in a Carbon-Neutral Future 1:19:37

3+ y ago1:19:37

1:19:37

Every day, Americans use oil and gas. We heat our homes, we drive our cars, we power our technology and our lives. And yet, due to climate concerns, we know we need to move toward carbon-free sources of energy as fast as possible. But changing our national infrastructure is a challenge, not to mention international infrastructure—even with the ongo…

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Jordan Gruber: Exploring the New Psychology of Multiple Selves 1:13:14

3+ y ago1:13:14

1:13:14

Are you one person? One self? A singular personality? Or, as the poet said, do you “contain multitudes”? In the new book Your Symphony of Selves, authors Jordan Gruber and James Fadiman argue that each one of us is composed of many distinct selves that make up the totality of who and what we are. They attempt to rescue this notion from the realm of…

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Justin Scheck: MBS, Power, and the Future of the Middle East 1:12:50

3+ y ago1:12:50

1:12:50

MBS. Those three letters may not mean much to many Americans, but in the Middle East, they are instantly recognizable. They are the initials of Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of the Royal House of Saud—the most powerful person in Saudi Arabia and one of the more influential figures in world politics at the moment. When Mohammed bin Salman became…

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Jeffrey Kripal: Mystics, Mutants, and the State of Progressive Spirituality 1:17:56

3+ y ago1:17:56

1:17:56

Jeffrey Kripal has carved out a unique place in American culture. He’s a professor of Religious Studies at Rice university, with an unparalleled range of knowledge in mysticism, philosophy, esoteric thought, gnosticicm, spirituality, human potential, and so much more. Kripal’s work extends beyond academia as well. He spent a number of years as chai…

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James Piereson: Political Polarization and the Future of a Divided Nation 1:09:00

3+ y ago1:09:00

1:09:00

America is more politically and culturally divided than it has been at any time since the Civil War. At least, that's what many political scientists tell us, and I see no reason to argue. Polarization is a truly “wicked problem” as some say, meaning a problem that involves so many interconnected and entangled issues—politically, culturally, economi…

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Craig Hamilton: Countercultures, Conspiracy Theories, and Everything in Between 1:36:37

3+ y ago1:36:37

1:36:37

QAnon. The hidden dangers of 5G. The nefarious secret plans of Bill Gates. The global cabal of pedophiles. Massive election fraud. Jewish space lasers. Conspiracy theories have grown like weeds during the pandemic and everyone, it seems, is trying to understand why. And this is not just a phenomenon on the Right. We also see it spreading widely in …

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Brian Muraresku: Psychedelic Sacraments and the Secret History of the Western Mind 1:25:27

4y ago1:25:27

1:25:27

When you think of psychedelics, what comes to mind? Probably not the ancient Greeks. Most people associate these mind-altering substances with the hippies of the sixties and seventies, or perhaps with some shamanic traditions. Yet new research suggests that psychedelics may be more deeply entwined in the roots of Western civilization than we realiz…

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Ed Freeman: Stakeholder Capitalism and the Opportunity Gap 1:21:41

4y ago1:21:41

1:21:41

What is the purpose of a corporation? In 2019, the Business Roundtable, which represents almost 200 of America’s leading CEOs, published an answer to this question, committing to lead their companies “for the benefit of all stakeholders,” by which they meant customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and shareholders. The media jumped on this id…

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Carter's Rants & Reflections, Inauguration Edition: Politics As Process 11:04

4y ago11:04

11:04

Following Joe Biden's inauguration, I reflect on the extraordinary but easy-to-miss significance of the peaceful transfer of power, and the evolutionary vision of American politics contained in poet Amanda Gorman's description of our country as "a nation that isn't broken but simply unfinished."

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Jimena Canales: Einstein, Bergson, and the Great Debate about Time 1:17:10

4y ago1:17:10

1:17:10

Once upon a time, Henri Bergson had the world at his feet. In the early part of the 20th century, he was the philosopher du jour—celebrated in popular culture, his advice trusted by powerful figures of the day, his lectures attended by thousands, and his writings studied in the salons for which Paris was famed. Yet today, people hardly remember him…

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Michael Lind: Populism and the New Class War 1:11:02

4y ago1:11:02

1:11:02

What are the causes of political populism? How and why has it manifested so strongly in America? This country is often considered a society in which class is less important, but is that really true? In this episode of Thinking Ahead, Carter speaks to Michael Lind, professor at The University of Texas, about his book The New Class War: Saving Democr…

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Carter's Rants and Reflections: The Social Dilemma 32:46

4y ago32:46

32:46

Netflix’s popular documentary The Social Dilemma is causing millions of viewers to rethink the influence of big tech on our society and ourselves. But does it go too far? In this inaugural "Rants & Reflections" episode of Thinking Ahead, Carter discusses the film and the provocative questions it raises. How do we develop a more conscious relationsh…

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Steve McIntosh Part 1: Cultural Intelligence and the Roots of Polarization 1:30:15

4y ago1:30:15

1:30:15

Why is America so polarized? Today everyone wants to know. Explanations abound—money in politics, gerrymandering, cronyism in Washington, the two-party system, the electoral college, the primary system, or even the structure of Constitution. While these issues are each worthy of real concern, many are effects rather than causes. In this episode of …

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Steve McIntosh Part 2: Toward a Post-Progressive Golden Age 1:07:53

4y ago1:07:53

1:07:53

In the second part of this two-part series with Steve McIntosh, author of Developmental Politics and co-founder of the Institute for Cultural Evolution, Carter and Steve discuss the conflicts between worldviews in American politics. Can we defend the strengths of one worldview without being shackled to its pathologies? How do we protect liberal val…

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Jeff Booth: Deflation, Cryptocurrency, and the Coming Reset 1:08:43

4y ago1:08:43

1:08:43

Deflation, inflation, debt, interest rates, QE, Federal Reserve policy—for many, words and ideas like these that come from the world of economics might as well be a foreign language. And sometimes, they seem like one. But they are important. In this episode of Thinking Ahead, Carter dives into technology and economics with Jeff Booth, author of The…

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Dr. Mark Forman: Trauma, Healing, and the Monster's Journey 1:27:33

4y ago1:27:33

1:27:33

Trauma. It’s a term we hear everywhere today, or so it seems. In our psychologically informed age, the idea that many of us—if not all of us—carry around some psychological and even physiological effects from troubled events in our history is commonplace. But what if all trauma was not the same? In this episode of Thinking Ahead, Carter interviews …

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Eric Wargo: Time, Precognition, and the Awakening of the Long Self 1:24:56

4y ago1:24:56

1:24:56

Have you ever had a dream that seemed to come true? You are not alone. Some of the most famous people in history have reported having precognitive dreams. Are they just imagining it? Or is there something more interesting going on? In this episode of Thinking Ahead, Carter interviews Eric Wargo, author of the book, Time Loops. Wargo has deeply stud…

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Marcia Bjornerud: Think Like A Geologist 54:38

4y ago54:38

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Have you ever looked at the world through the lens of “deep time”? Carter speaks to Marcia Bjornerud, author of Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World. They discuss why the title of her new book is a play on “mindfulness,” and the importance of being able to appreciate the perspective of geological time. Bjornerud sugges…

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Robert Bryce: How Electricity Explains the World 52:45

4y ago52:45

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Energy and power is fundamental to the information age, and few people bring as much insight and knowledge to the table as Robert Bryce, author of A Question of Power and creator of the new documentary Juice: How Electricity Explains the World. They discuss the future of energy, the role of new technology, Climate Change challenges, and the increas…

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