This episodes features Thomas Berry's The Twelve Principles lecture with a special guest appearance from Brian Thomas Swimme. Throughout this lecture you will hear Thomas identify and integrate the underlying principles of the universe that le

The New Story

Jan 26th, 2021 40m 24s

This episodes features Thomas Berry's The New Story, a landmark essay that identified the need for a new and functional cosmological story to heal and guide our planetary community. The following recording features Thomas Berry exploring the c

Radiance

Nov 19th, 2020 35m 28s

Today’s episode features the power of Radiance – the primary way that the universe communicates through the dynamics of emission, perception, resonance, and reverberation.In this podcast, Brian examines how radiance permeates the cosmos and sho

Interrelatedness

Oct 17th, 2020 29m 51s

Today’s episode features the power of Interrelatedness – the universal presence of relationship and care found between all beings throughout the many epochs of the cosmos. In this podcast, Brian explores how care is at work in the universe, inc

Transformation

Sep 9th, 2020 44m 4s

Today’s episode features the power of Transformation -- the process through which change is worked into the whole context by the individual. In this podcast, Brian discusses how the universe engages in space-time binding to create increasingly

Transmutation

Aug 6th, 2020 29m 7s

Today’s episode features the power of Transmutation -- the process through which the universe is compelled to move from one mode of being into another. In this podcast, Brian discusses how the universe utilizes the dynamics of constraint, disc

Synergy

Jul 9th, 2020 41m 8s

Today’s episode features Synergy -- a power of the universe that enables endurance and creativity through the strength and innovation of relationship.In this episode, Brian explores synergy as it shows up in the smallest scales of the universe

Cataclysm

Jun 19th, 2020 23m 46s

Today’s episode features Cataclysm -- a power of the universe that gives rise to catastrophe, destruction, and death. In this episode, Brian discusses our increased awareness of cataclysm both in the cycles of life on Earth and the Universe.

Homeostasis

May 12th, 2020 31m 9s

Today’s episode features Homeostasis -- a power of the universe centered around the discovery and maintenance of balance, integrity, and resonance with the community. Brian discusses how the balance of protons in our blood, the dynamics of un

Emergence

Apr 10th, 2020 26m 30s

This episode features Emergence -- a creative, epochal, and self-assembling power of the universe. In this episode, Brian discusses the radical dimension of our universe, described as emergence, that creates new forms of being as it evolves t

Allurement

Mar 6th, 2020 32m 58s

Today’s episode features Allurement -- a power of the universe that gives rise to attraction, intimacy, healing and growth. In this episode Brian discusses how responding to allurement transformed hydrogen atoms into stars and deepened the inti

Centration

Feb 7th, 2020 27m 10s

Today’s episode features Centration -- a power of the universe that leads to differentiation and complexification throughout the universe. In this episode Brian discusses how Centration helped give birth to galaxies, stars, cells, and consciou

Seamlessness

Jan 10th, 2020 11m 28s

Today’s episode features the fundamental power of the universe -- seamlessness. In this episode Brian discusses a shocking discovery on the nature of the quantum vacuum, ways to understand ourselves as pure generativity, and a viewpoint that s

Teaching Journey of the Universe

Dec 7th, 2019 35m 16s

This episode features a conversation on Teaching Journey of the Universe with Tom Collins and Bindhu Mohanty.Tom has taught secondary students in independent schools for over 20 years. He developed a yearlong interdisciplinary Universe Story c

Myths, Metaphors, and Identities

Nov 3rd, 2019 23m 27s

This episode features a conversation on Myths, Metaphors, and Identities with Nancy Abrams and Sachiko Kawaura.Nancy has a B.A. from the University of Chicago in the history and philosophy of science and a law degree from the University of Mich

Arts and Justice

Nov 3rd, 2019 31m 20s

This episode features a conversation on Arts and Justice with Marya Grathwohl and Drew Dellinger. Drew is a poet, teacher, writer and speaker who has inspired minds and hearts around the world, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, eco

Healing and Revisioning

Oct 8th, 2019 19m 53s

This episode features a conversation on Healing and Revisioning with Belvie Rooks. Belvie’s work weaves the worlds of spirituality, feminism, cosmology and social justice with a passion for dialogue. As an educator, she is the creator of the

Sustainable Energy

Oct 1st, 2019 25m 49s

This episode features a conversation on Sustainable Energy with Paula Gonzalez.Paula entered the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati in 1954. She earned her Ph.D in biology at the Catholic University in Washington, DC. Sister Paula worked for mo

Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Sep 6th, 2019 35m 34s

This episode features a conversation on Indigenous Ways of Knowing with David Begay and Nancy Maryboy. David is a member of the Navajo Nation. He received his Ph.D from the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, with a concent

Permaculture

Sep 1st, 2019 26m 34s

This episode features a conversation on Permaculture with Penny Livingston. Penny is an internationally recognized permaculture teacher, designer, and speaker. Penny holds a MS in Eco-Social Regeneration and 3 Diplomas in Permaculture Design.

Ecological Economics

Aug 5th, 2019 27m 44s

This episode features a conversation on Ecological Economics with Richard Norgaard. Richard is a Professor Emeritus of Ecological Economics in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley, the first chair and a conti

Eco-Cities

Jul 28th, 2019 29m 1s

This episode features a conversation on Eco-Cities with Richard Register. Richard is a theorist and author working in ecological city design and planning who has initiated physical projects and municipal policies in the San Francisco area. He

Breakthrough Communities

Jul 15th, 2019 29m 43s

This episode features a conversation on Breakthrough Communities with Carl Anthony. Carl is the founder of Breakthrough Communities, a Bay Area non-profit organization committed to building multi-racial, multicultural leadership for sustainabl

Becoming a Planetary Presence

Jul 5th, 2019 27m 39s

This episode features a conversation on Becoming a Planetary Presence with Cynthia Brown, Dominican University of California Professor Emerita. Cynthia was an American educator-historian. She authored the titles Refusing Racism: White Allies i

The Origin of the Human

Jun 15th, 2019 35m 12s

This episode features two conversations on The Origin of the Human with John Grim and Mellisa Nelson. John is the Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale University with appointments at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yal