In this appropriately seasonal episode, John Anderson joins me for a follow up conversation to explore the differences between the weird and the eerie, drawing from the late Mark Fisher's same-titled book, an animistic take on hauntology, befor

30. Animist Storms and the Five Shen ft. John Anderson

Oct 7th, 2022 1h 9m

Following Hurricane Ian, John Anderson joined me in St. Petersburg, Florida for an extended visit. We sat down one evening to (finally) record one the many longform conversations we've had the benefit of enjoying recently. Together, John and I

29. New Course: Fragments of an Integral Future - Re-Visioning Consciousness Unfoldment in a Time Between Worlds

Aug 1st, 2022 14m 52s

Course registration pageWriting about the classMutations community on PatreonMutations homepageMusic for Mutations podcast was composed by Pierre-Yves Martel--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mu

28. Three Theses on Liminality

Feb 17th, 2022 58m 35s

A midnight recording I've dubbed "three theses on liminality." What definition of "liminal" would be satisfactorily descriptive as to the conditions of the present? Isn't our epoch, by definition, a kind of civilizational liminality? Three thes

27. Hellametamodernism ft. Henry Andrews

Jan 19th, 2022 1h 32m

For this episode of Mutations, Henry Andrews joins me for a conversation on the emergence of "Hellametamodernism," the tensions between 'systems poets' and 'meta theory' in metamodern and Game B community discourse, and how Nora Bateson's "apha

26. Zak Stein on The Dawn of Everything, Development, and our Political Imagination

Dec 15th, 2021 1h 7m

Zachary Stein joins Mutations for a discussion on how The Dawn of Everything (Graeber & Wengrow) challenges and invites a re-envisioning of our developmental models, Stein's meta-psychology and how it approaches that challenge, and how renewing

25. Origins Panel: ft. Rudolf Hammerli, Aaron Cheak, Jeremy Johnson + Poetry Reading by Michael Love

Dec 8th, 2021 1h 33m

Please enjoy the audio from this year's Origins: A Cosmo-Local Gathering conference panel between Rudolf Hammerli (Swiss Gebser Society president, Novalis publisher), Aaron Cheak (former US Gebser Society president, Rubedo Press publisher), and

22. Stages & Development - ft. Nora Bateson, Maimunah Mosli, Jon Freeman

Dec 3rd, 2021 1h 36m

Nora Bateson joins us for a panel discussion on "The Great Stage Theory Debate." Panelists include Maimunah Mosli, a Muslim family psychotherapist from Singapore who brings a much needed non-Western voice to this discussion, and Jon Freeman, an

24. Mutations, Imagination, Futurability - A Reading + Q&A

Nov 24th, 2021 1h 7m

Presented at the 50th annual Jean Gebser Society Conference, "Origins: A Cosmo-Local Gathering." St. Petersburg, FL chapter. "Mutations, Imagination, Futurability" is my introductory essay featured in the forthcoming Mutations - Issue Zero (Feb

23. The Web of Meaning with Jeremy Lent

Nov 16th, 2021 55m 38s

In episode 23 of Mutations, I talk with Jeremy Lent about his new book: The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe. Lent's newest work proposes an integrated worldview very much in the philo

21. The Acid Left w/ Adam Ray Adkins

Jan 12th, 2021 1h 17m

Mutations speaks with Adam Ray Adkins of The Acid Left project on Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism, the felt sense of time and consciousness in our cultural phenomenology, and the role of creativity, art, and even spirituality on the Left for i

20. The Aperspectival Body ft. Barbara Karlsen and Brandt Stickley

Nov 28th, 2020 1h 48m

November 24, Barbara Karlsen and Brandt Stickley return to Mutations for a community call on embodying integral consciousness and exploring what they mean by the "aperspectival body." |Barbara Karlsen: http://www.barbarakarlsen.com, |Brandt

19. Democratization of Time

Nov 19th, 2020 1h 29m

Solo stream on Wednesday, Nov. 18 with Q&A. Talking about how we can make our way from globalization to planetization, my question for Noam Chomsky on the recent Stoa talk, reflections on P2P Theory, Gebser and decolonization, and generally exp

18. Cultural Evolution and the Commons ft. Michel Bauwens

Nov 10th, 2020 1h 20m

In this episode of Mutations, I speak with Michel Bauwens about the role of the commons for cultural evolution, the resurgence of P2P (Peer-to-Peer) networks during the global pandemic, and glimpses of integral, post-capitalist futures.Michel

17. Talking with Ben Burgis on Canceling Comedians, the Future of the Left, and Democratizing Work

Oct 22nd, 2020 1h 28m

In this episode (cross-published with Growing Down) I talked with Ben Burgis. Ben is a philosophy instructor at Georgia State University Perimeter College, a Jacobin columnist, and the host of the “Give Them An Argument” podcast and YouTube sho

16. Going Planetary - A Reading

Sep 30th, 2020 39m 14s

A riff on the meaning of "planetary" culture, thinking, and ontology. This week I riffed on the nomenclature starting first with Eugene Thacker's via negativa and cosmological approach in In the Dust of this Planet and Lynn Margulis's biologica

#05 Michael Brooks on Jordan Peterson, James Hillman, Integral Theory and Building Planetary Meshworks

Sep 19th, 2020 1h 18m

For the fifth episode of MUTATIONS, I am pleased to bring you Michael Brooks. Michael is a political journalist, integral thinker, and host of The Michael Brooks show. Together we explore the Intellectual Dark Web (the subject of his upcoming

15. Transcending Cancel Culture Critique [Stoa Talk]

Aug 28th, 2020 1h 4m

This talk, “Transcending Cancel Culture Critique: An Integral Left with Jeremy Johnson,” was presented at The Stoa on 8.25.20. Watch the video here. Thanks again to Peter Limberg for inviting me to present this talk and for permission to cross

14. Mutations, Temps, Pandemic

Aug 4th, 2020 1h 26m

Livestreamed episode of Mutations Salon podcast on August 4, 2020. Riffing notes on my book writing process (Fragments of an Integral Futurism), review of literature (Byung-Chul Han’s The Scent of Time, Andreas Malm’s The Progress of this Storm

13. Michael Brooks Tribute - Towards an Integral Cosmopolitan Future [Crosspost]

Aug 3rd, 2020 2h 5m

[Crossposted from Growing Down podcast] Jeremy Johnson is joined by Ryan Nakade, Brent Cooper, Matthew T. Segall, Brad Kershner and Layman Pascal to honor the memory Michael Brooks (1983-2020) and discuss his contributions to integrative thinki

#12. Entangled Myths for Planetary Flourishing ft. Gordon White

May 25th, 2020 1h 8m

In this episode, I am joined by Gordon White, host of Rune Soup podcast, a show about magic, culture and the paranormal. Gordon is the author of The Chaos Protocols, Star.Ships, and Pieces of Eight: Chaos Magic Essays and Enchantment. Note that

#11. The Meta-Crisis and Transitioning to a “Steady State” Civilization - Q&A [Friday Solo Show]

Apr 3rd, 2020 1h 15m

Mutations truly go on! As we wade further into the murky complexities of the meta-crisis, I bring you an update from COVID-19 quarantine. This is a recording from 4/2/20. Part riff, part Q&A discussion with viewers as we explore how to navigate

10. Talking Owen Barfield and the Evolution of Christianity with Mark Vernon

Jan 6th, 2020 1h 26m

An episode for the Epiphany.I spoke with author, philosopher, and psychotherapist Mark Vernon about his 2019 book: A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness.You may have already listened on

9. The Way of the Living Ghost with John Anderson, Brandt Stickley [Kitchen Sessions]

Sep 26th, 2019 26m 13s

Greetings, mutants! During the Texts and Traditions colloquium in Seattle, WA, I stole away with John Anderson (author) and Brandt Stickley (foreword) to talk about The Way of the Living Ghost. About the book: "This enigmatic work by Dr Anders

#8 Building a Case for an "Integral Futurism" [Solo Show]

Aug 26th, 2019 26m 36s

In this solo episode, Jeremy briefly reflects on his research for the upcoming publication, Fragments of an Integral Futurism (2019), and what that might mean for creating an integral culture.SHOW NOTES: David Graeber, "How to Change the Cour