Best Indigenous Methodologies Podcasts (2025)

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Inuit Sovereignties and the Global Arctic 2:12:40

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Patricia Johnson-Castle, Nunatsiavut Inuk, as well as of British and German descent, is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. In this wide-ranging discussion, Patricia more about her scholarly trajectory (spanning from Canada and the United States to South Africa), her work with Inuit communities …

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Indigenous Quechua Governance, Impact of Mining and Resistance, Migration and Migrants, and Indigenous Methodologies w/ Yojana Miraya Oscco 1:39:10

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This is our second episode continuing our conversation with Yojana Miraya Oscco, a Quechua scholar, activist, co-founder of a non-profit organization Kuskalla Abya Yala, co-founder and a co-host of the Kuskalla Podcast. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on Ande…

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“Truth is a Pathless Land”: Krishnamurti and Revolutionary Spirituality with Connie Jones 1:41:12

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In this episode, “Truth is a Pathless Land,” we speak with Transformative Inquiry Program faculty member Connie Jones to explore the micropolitical stakes of revolutionary spirituality through Krishnamurti’s challenge to religious prescription, psychological conditioning, and egoic identification. We discuss techniqueless meditation, the primacy of…

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A Search for Wholeness – Integral Aspirations, Reflections, and Intersections of the Scholar-Practitioner 1:35:58

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In this 50th episode, your hosts, Jonathan Kay and Stephen Julich, reflect on the intersections that shape the evolving path of the scholar-practitioner. This episode traces a search for wholeness through three vital crossings: • the intersection of thinking and doing, where lived practice challenges the silos of classical knowledge production; the…

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Refusing NATO in the Indigenous Arctic 1:19:34

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Masha and Sardana do a deep dive into an article from 2023 on "Indigenizing NATO" for a wider conversation on the militarization of the Arctic, the NATO expansion into the Indigenous Arctic spaces, racism and white supremacist attitudes towards Arctic Indigenous communities by academics based in the West, disregard for Indigenous self-determination…

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Decolonizing Film-Making and Indigenous Self-Representation in West Papua with Wensislaus Fatubun 1:45:30

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Wensislaus Fatubun is a PhD candidate at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), focusing on media and Pacific studies. Since 2003, he has worked as a video maker, photographer, journalist, and human rights defender with Indigenous communities in West Papua, Kalimantan, Flores Islands, and North Sulawesi. From 2008 to 2012, he served as a progr…

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How Activists are Made: Indigenous Quechua Lives and Politics w/ Yojana Miraya Oscco 1:40:48

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Yojana Miraya Oscco is a Quechua scholar from the Andes of Peru and currently a Ph.D. student in political science at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on Andean politics, resource extraction, environmental justice, and rural livelihoods. Yojana is a Quechua language activist who has taught her native language at the University of Tor…

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Aboriginal Media and Politics of Representation in Australia w/ Amy McQuire 58:55

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Dr Amy McQuire is a Darumbal and South Sea Islander scholar from Rockhampton in Central Queensland. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Carumba Institute and has worked as a journalist in Aboriginal and independent media. Dr. McQuire's work focuses on the representation of Aboriginal communities and violence against Aboriginal women, men and children i…

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Indigenous knowledges and climate change in the Sakha Republic w/ Lena Popova 1:34:59

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Lena Popova is a Sakha scholar from the Churapcha Uluus (district) of the Sakha Republic and a PhD Candidate at the Department of Geosciences, the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. She studies traditional economies, the impact of climate change on Indigenous livelihoods, and Indigenous knowledges. Our conversation with Lena explores her experi…

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Food sovereignty, environment, and Indigenous politics w/ Jessica Penney 1:28:28

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Jessica Penney is a Nunatsiavut Inuk scholar from Iqaluit, Nunavut. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University and an Associate at the Yellowhead Institute in Canada. Dr. Penney's scholarly and activist work centers on the intersection of Inuit health, well-being, food sovereignty, and environmen…

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Welcome to TYMSYY! Нөрүөн нөргүй! Всем здравствуйте! 1:42:22

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Sardana Nikolaeva, a Sakha scholar, is a graduate of the University of Manitoba's Department of Anthropology and currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship position at the University of Toronto. Masha Kardashevskaya, a Sakha scholar, is a graduate of the University of Manitoba's Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and currently serves as an ind…

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Tantra, Religious Studies, Methodology and the Practitioner-Scholar Turn 1:35:08

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In this podcast we meet CIIS faculty member Sundari Johansen and speak about how her academic background in religious studies informs the critical perspective and frameworks she brings into her course on Hindu Tantra. We discuss research as deep listening and self-transformation, and get into the problems of traditional western ethnographic methodo…

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Spiritual Activism, Liberation Magic, and the Great Mystery with Lou Florez 1:18:43

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Today we speak with Lou Florez about his life as a diviner and metaphysical reader who facilitates spiritual connectivity and transformational empowerment throughout his myriad roles as a Priest, lecturer, author, medicine maker, and activist. We speak about afro-carribean diasporic magical traditions and the problems of their systemic exclusion in…

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Liminal Objects of Attraction 1:25:14

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In this episode we meet Krysti Keener, a student in the East-West Psychology/MFA Masters Program, and hear of how she came to cultivate a transformative and healing artistic practice through opening to the liminal power of found objects. We discuss the problem of how we conventionally frame artistic practice and identity in relation to the culture …

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Consciousness Studies Beyond Disciplines: The Metaphysics of Transdisciplinarity 1:30:23

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In this podcast we meet Matt Segall, core faculty in the Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness Program at CIIS. We discuss the need for new methods of research beyond the limits of siloed disciplines producing interdisciplinary knowledge. In research, Matt speaks of the importance of disclosing one’s own metaphysical groundings and epistemologica…

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Final Reflections of Can You Hear Us?: A Conversation with Madiera and Mónica 53:13

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In the final episode of Can You Hear Us?, the CYHU team hosts Madiera and Mónica in discussing the evolution of the podcast and their final reflections on the field of international development, both as an area of study and as portrayed through the podcast; their experiences with mentorship and community building; and the camaraderie they've develo…

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Earth-bound Spirituality, the Ethics of Care, and Indigenous Song as Medicine 1:23:58

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Today we speak to East-West Psychology adjunct faculty Susana Bustos, about growing up in Chile and how her roots in music and psychology lead her to study music therapy. We then discuss how South American Indigenous healing practices can be considered as a forms of earth-bound spirituality, and how that gives rise to alternative notions of relatio…

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Soumya Dabriwal: Menstrual Hygiene, Social Impact and Entrepreneurship 1:05:54

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In today’s episode Can You Hear Us?, is joined by Soumya Dabriwal; menstrual hygiene advocate, social entrepreneur and Founder of Project Baala - a menstrual health solutions provider with the sole aim of ending period poverty and illiteracy. Since 2018, Baala has provided 2.4 million reusable pads, conducted over 6,500 awareness workshops benefiti…

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Polyphonic Becoming: Creative Spirituality, the Arts, and the Essence of Freedom in Education 1:25:16

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In this podcast we meet CIIS student Lucian Dante Lazar to discuss his research at the intersections of spirituality and the arts, aiming towards the cultivation of a holistic science of creative becoming inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy. We discuss esoteric approaches towards a pedagogy of creative education based upon experimental metho…

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So We Heard: Renushi on Gender, Education and International Development 31:38

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Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and wo…

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Andrea Ho a discussion on: US modern histographies, the carceral state and Indigenous Self-Determination 1:20:10

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In today’s episode of Can You Hear Us?, sits down with Andrea Ho, a PhD student specialising in Modern U.S. history at Yale University, a Canadian Fellow at the Organisation of American States, and an activist both on and off campus. She focuses her research on ‘building upon existing community partnership with Indigenous communities and local advo…

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So We Heard: Noura Discusses Food Maps as a Decolonial Feminist Research Methodology 26:54

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Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and wo…

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Bodies of Culture: Introducing the Center for Black and Indigenous Praxis with Preston Vargas and Deanna Jimenez 1:03:14

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In this episode we meet Preston Vargas, the director of the Center for Black and Indigenous Praxis, and Deanna Jimenez, Assistant Professor in the Somatic Psychology Department and head of the Emerging Black Clinician Fellowship. We discuss strategies of navigating white academic space as a black scholar, the notion of bodies of culture, the import…

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African Cosmologies with Dr. Butterfly 1:18:33

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In this episode we speak with EWP adjunct professor Dr. Butterfly, along with students, Tayina Fenelus and Cameron Rice, who both took his class on African Cosmologies last semester. We speak of intergenerational transfer of knowledge in African traditions, and other important ideas in African cosmologies such as consubstantiation, ritual, story an…

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Art Practice as Research, Creative Pathways and New Directions between East-WestPsychology and the MFA at CIIS 1:06:03

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In this episode, we speak to Cindy Shearer, head of the MFA, and Debashish Banerji, chair of East-West Psychology about how their ideas on the vision of interdisciplinary education and creative scholarship lead them to create joint EWP and MFA degrees, as well as creative pathway dissertation track. We speak about transdisciplinary methods of arts-…

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So We Heard: Doris Discusses Social Policy and China's Three-Child Policy (Part 2) 17:41

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Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and wo…

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So We Heard: Doris Discusses Social Policy and China's Three-Child Policy (Part 1) 22:49

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Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and wo…

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The Humanitarian Development Nexus, Urban revitalization and Life in Academia: A Conversation with Lama Tawakkol 1:17:25

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In season 4’s debut episode Can You Hear Us?, sits down with Dr. Lama Tawakkol, Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics at the University of Manchester to talk about everything from her research on the Humanitarian Development Nexus in Jordan and Lebanon to her appreciation for definitions and Cairo’s urban revitalization!…

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Order and Disorder in South Asia with Christopher Chapple and Debashish Banerji 1:13:56

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This episode is dedicated to introducing the South Asian Studies Association (SASA) and their annual academic conference being co-hosted by the Asian Contemplative and Transcultural Studies Concentration (ACTS) being held at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) on March 1st-3rd, 2024. We are joined by Chris Chapple, the president of …

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So We Heard: Monica Discusses Mentorship 25:24

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Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and wo…

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Cultivating Contemplative Civilization and a New Civilization of Love and Ahimsa (Non-Violence) 59:56

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This episode we speak with Dr. Ananta Giri Kumar, a professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies, who was recently a guest speaker at the conference hosted at CIIS called Sustainability and Contemplative Civilization: The Integral Vision of Sri Aurobindo. We will be joined by Hemalatha Swaminathan, an EWP Phd student, to discuss with An…

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So We Heard: Madiera and Ragini Discuss Gender-Based Violence 28:13

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Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and wo…

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So We Heard: Sanjana Discusses Children’s Welfare and Child-centric Development, part 2 16:48

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In the second part of our two-part discussion on children’s welfare and child-centric development, host Ragin Puri (CYHU Assistant Producer) and Sanjana Sunder (CYHU Assistant Producer) explore the intersections between child-centric development and gender. They dive into how poverty can be passed from generation to generation, leading to intergene…

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The Emergence of Integral Consciousness and Sustainability and Contemplative Civilization 1:18:51

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This is a special podcast to introduce two upcoming sister conferences at California Institute of Integral Studies this September, to celebrate 150 Years of Sri Aurobindo, the pioneer of Integral Consciousness. The first conference is organized by the East-West Psychology Department (EWP) and the Asian Contemplative and Transcultural Studies concen…

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The Philosophy of Music and the Attunement of the Soul 1:22:27

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In this episode we speak with Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness core faculty, Jack Bagby about his engagement with the philosophy of music, from Socrates, to Schopenhauer, and Bergson. We discuss Jack’s recent PCC class called The Philosophy of Music and the Attunement of the Soul and dive into the complex ideas of these thinkers regarding th…

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Icons, success and BIWOC a candid conversation with Shrayana Battacharya 1:30:53

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On this week’s episode of Can You Hear Us?, Monica and Ragini are joined by development economist and author Shrayana Bhattacharya. After completing her training from Delhi University and the Harvard Kennedy School, Shrayana worked on research projects with the Institute of Social Studies Trust, SEWA and Centre for Policy Research. At present, she …

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So We Heard: Sanjana explores children's welfare and child-centric development, part 1 19:11

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Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and wo…

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So We Heard: Dana Dives into Commodification and Gendered Labour Practices 13:22

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The Can You Hear Us Team is excited to Introduce So We Heard — an informal coffee chat series that, like Can You Hear Us, creates a space for black, indigenous women and femmes of color to discuss and understand anything related to international development without the pressure of having to sound intelligent while doing it. In the first episode, ho…

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Contemplative Psychotherapy: Intersections of Science, Spirituality and Buddhism 1:06:35

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In this episode we meet Joseph Loizzo, MD, PhD, who is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar with over forty years’ experience studying the beneficial effects of contemplative practices on healing, learning and development. Joe shares his story of founding the Nalanda Institute, in NYC, as an intersection between cont…

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Inside the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Integral Education, and the Politics of Spiritual Anarchy (Part 2) 1:11:51

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This episode is a continuation of our conversation with ACTS student Devdip Ganguli. We discuss principals and politics of spiritual anarchy and Devdip speaks about Peter Heehs’ controversial book “The Lives of Sri Aurobindo”. Devdip discusses a new book he edited called “Reading Sri Aurobindo”, and also shares his academic projects related to Sri …

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Inside the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Integral Education, and the Politics of Spiritual Anarchy (Part 1) 1:05:21

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In this episode, we meet ACTS student Devdip Ganguli and learn about his upbringing in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Devdip discusses his experiences growing up in an intentional yogic community and shares his perspectives on integral education, as both a student growing up in the ashram school, and as a teacher in the school for over a decade . This e…

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How to Manifest a Posthuman Existence not only in Theory, but in Practice? 1:19:51

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This episode is a continuation from our previous reading of Francesca Ferrando’s new text Existential Posthumanism: A Manifesto. We will take a deep dive into unpacking this text section by section, discussing it’s the main questions: When did existential posthumanism arise? What is existential posthumanism? How to enact existential posthumanism? W…

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Arts-Based Collective Reading of Existential Posthumanism: A Manifesto with Francesca Ferrando 38:05

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Today’s podcast features a collective reading of Francesca Ferrando’s new text Existential Posthumanism: A Manifesto. It is set to a drone instrument called a sound bed, made up on a hundred strings, with live musical interludes played on the esraj by myself. The podcast ends with my own transcultural re-imagination of the jazz standard Nature Boy.…

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Dualities in International Development a Conversation with Emonie Ayiwe 54:05

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“Duality is a useful lens to have for International Development because if we are not aware of these dualities, how can we work on improving the system and eliminating them?” - Emonie This week on Can You Hear Us, Monica and Madeira discuss dualities in International Development alongside Emonie Ayiwe; a Finnish-Nigerian Luxembourger with a master'…

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The Supramental Ship and Mothership Earth Conference 1:17:23

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In episode 27, we met Dr. Sangeeta Sahi and discussed her innovative approaches to integrative health and wholeness, focusing on the individual. In this episode we extend the scope of the conversation to social, cultural and cosmic perspectives of integral evolution and spirituality. Sangeeta shares a visionary yogic experience by Mirra Alfassa, kn…

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Towards the Integral Pluralism of Vijnana Vedanta through the lineage of Ramakrishna, Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo 1:37:35

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In this episode we meet Swami Medhananda, ordained monk in the order of Sri Ramakrishna and Vivekananda. He is also an extremely well respected scholar working in the fields of cross-cultural philosophy and religious studies. Medhananda shares about his background as a cultural Indian born in the USA, and the journey which led him to become a monk …

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Meet the Team: A Conversation with Ragini, Sanjana and Doris 52:39

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“International development encourages us to view the world as a ‘bigger picture’.” -Doris Huang “When we are talking about international development, we do need to be mindful of the fact that the reason inequalities exist is because they were created. If the west is prosperous, they did so at the cost of someone else not being prosperous.” - Ragini…

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ID: Identity Dialogues with Debashish Banerji and Leslie Combs 1:40:07

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Understanding theories and notions of identity, self-making, personhood, transpersonal relationality between self and other, self and cosmos, are questions of central importance to the East-West Psychology department. Throughout history, cultures have come to define themselves through unique approaches to cultivating subjective knowledge as well as…

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Postcolonial and Posthuman World-Making: Introducing Asian Contemplative and Transcultural Studies (ACTS) 1:38:36

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In this episode we speak with East-West Psychology chair Debashish Banerji to discuss the foundations of a new concentration in the EWP department titled Asian Contemplative and Transcultural Studies (ACTS). Debashish shares his vision of a postcolonial pedagogy in which to ground this discourse, and we discuss how this concentration can situate ac…

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Sri Aurobindo, the Psychic Being, and Integrative Medicine 1:21:39

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In this episode we meet Dr. Sangeeta Sahi, who during her medical training found that “scientifically unexplainable healing instances” lead her to formulate a framework called Integrative Medicine. Sangeeta shares how she arrived at the intersection of modern medicine and Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga to formulate alternative and holistic healing m…