UPDATE: Reckonings is on indefinite hiatus. To pick up where the show left off, follow Stephanie Lepp on Twitter: @stephlepp ABOUT THE SHOW How do we change our hearts and minds? What moves us to shift our political worldviews, transcend extremism, and make other kinds of transformative change? Reckonings is an exploration of how we look in the mirror, and grow from what we see. Stories have included that of a tough-on-crime prosecutor who revolutionized his understanding of our criminal j ...
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When I was in second grade, I had a lunchbox with Bert and Ernie on it. On the lunchbox, Bert was carrying a lunchbox, with Bert and Ernie on it. On that lunchbox, Bert was carrying a lunchbox...and I wondered: how far do the lunchboxes go? Am I in a lunchbox too?? You're opening the Infinite Lunchbox, for a fresh take on what's going on. I'm Stephanie Lepp, your monochromatic host. If you're new here, start with DEEP RECKONINGS, How to Transcend Post-Truth, and How to Agree on Science. If y ...
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How might we envision a society that is more equitable, caring, and regenerative? And if we could envision such a future, how might we transition from where we are today? The Denizen podcast explores these big questions. Our conversations span six themes: economics, politics, technology, culture, justice, and consciousness.
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A nonlinear, irregular podcast about art, life, weirdness and connection. Hosted by Colin Frangicetto.
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Eclectic Spacewalk presents "Conversations" : a podcast about the uniqueness of the human condition & value systems construction - through conversation. The goal of this podcast is to have conversations with unique humans. Eclectic Spacewalk means: "a broad & diverse range of Earth philosophies viewed from outer space." You can subscribe to our newsletter here: https://eclecticspacewalk.substack.com/ Everyone has a subjective awe-inspiring viewpoint on this reality! We want to talk with anyo ...
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Scaling a Progressive Economy with Chelsea Robinson and Jay Standish
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If you’re wondering how we might reform capitalism to be less extractive and more regenerative, this conversation is for you. Our guests Chelsea Robinson and Jay Standish have just published a book, Assets in Common, sharing recent research on what is happening in the most progressive corners of the current economic landscape. We discuss shared and…
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Over the last few episodes we’ve been exploring work that we can do on ourselves and in intimate relationships. This conversation builds on those by extending that individual work into the group and organizational level. We explore power and examine the patterns that show up at all organizational levels, from teams to organizations to coalitions to…
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Trauma and The Nervous System with Danielle Rubio
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In this episode we’re discussing healing trauma, specifically what is required to address trauma at the root: in our nervous systems. This topic is critical because what most of us don’t realize is how many people live in a perpetually dysregulated state due to unresolved trauma. This leaves us with an ongoing baseline of reactivity, hypervigilance…
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Transforming Relational Conflict with David Cooley
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In this episode we’re discussing conflict resolution, in particular, the distinction between an adversarial paradigm, that all of us unwittingly hold, and a restorative paradigm, that gets us what we ultimately want: healthy, thriving relationships with those closest to us . The difference between the two is quite literally life changing. In the fo…
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In this episode we delve deep into how we can live more authentic lives, in alignment with our true selves. Our guest is Maria Camara Serrano, co-director of the Hoffman Institute's international division. In addition to her work leading the Hoffman Institute internationally, Maria is trained in Gestalt Therapy, Mindfulness, and Emotion-Focused T…
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Advancing Modern Families with Alexander Chen and Health Schechinger
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In this episode we build on the two part series on consensual non-monogamy by discussing modern family structures and the work underway to support them. Our guests, Alexander Chen and Health Schechinger are both doing remarkable work in this field. In this conversation we discuss: The relationship between consensual non-monogamy and the LGBTQ+ move…
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In this episode Jenny and Jessica discuss: The neurochemisty of lust, attraction, and love Consensual non-monogamy (CNM) and social justice: punitive vs. restorative vs. transformational models How CNM helps us surface and heal trauma and attachment issues How CNM teaches us to change dominant paradigms and stories within us Why CNM leads to a chan…
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In this conversation Jenny and Robert discuss: What the optimal zone is and how it relates to our nervous system What the defensive zone is and how it relates to our nervous system How our triggers are amplified by past trauma, agitation from other events of the day, and chronic stress How we can break the cycle of reflexive response when we are tr…
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Consensual Non-Monogamy Part I with Jessica Fern
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In this episode Jenny and Jessica cover: The prevalence of infidelity and divorce Issues with the modern love story and codependency What is love? Ideas from bell hooks and Daniel Schmachtenberger What consensual non monogamy (CNM) is Different variations CNM can take depending on emotional and physical exclusivity Why people practice CNM Best prac…
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How might we move beyond polarization and integrate the truths held in opposing points of view? Storyteller and producer Stephanie Lepp shares with us her tools and strategies to, in her words, "leave no insight behind" -- a skill essential to address the challenges of our time.저자 Jenny Stefanotti
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In this essential episode, Jenny discusses stakeholder capitalism with Jasper van Brakel, CEO of RSF Social Finance. This is one of the most important topics of the Denizen inquiry, as it tees up true economic reform where profit is put in service of purpose. In this conversation Jenny and Jasper cover stakeholder capitalism comprehensively: Defini…
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How can art contribute to systemic change? Design Science Studio co-founder Roxi Shohadaee shares her insights from working with hundreds of artists across myriad disciplines.저자 Jenny Stefanotti
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The regenerative story starts with single core idea: we can use the universal principles underlying stable, healthy, and sustainable living and nonliving systems throughout the real world as a model for economic-system design. After 20 years on Wall Street, John Fullerton embarked on an intellectual journey that led him to formulate his ideas aro…
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Post Growth Institute's Donnie Maclurcan returns to the Denizen podcast with an important follow up to one of our most popular episodes, Post Growth Economics. Here Donnie reiterates on why capitalism is fundamentally flawed, outlines what is working around the world today, and explains his theory of change for how we evolve to an economy that is r…
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Taming the Outrage Machine with Tobias Rose-Stockwell
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This episode comes along side of the launch of Tobias Rose-Stockwell's book Taming The Outrage Machine: How Technology Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy -- And What We Can Do About It. Tobias is an author, designer, and media researcher who has been working at the forefront of this topic for many years. By investigating media's role in infor…
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How might we design our organizations and institutions to align incentives for all stakeholders? Taking inspiration from small, kin-based groups, Joon Yun asks how we can scale such dynamics globally.저자 Denizen
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How might we inspire humans to think on the time scale of civilization? What can we learn about long term thinking from the world's most enduring organizations? Long Now Foundation's Executive Director reflects on his learnings from 25 years in his role.저자 Jenny Stefanotti
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Scientific and Fictional Imaginings are Reflections of Ourselves | Jaime Green | Conversations 28
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Author of The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos, Jaime Green-- Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 01:51 - Jaime's beginnings 04:48 - Jaime's pop culture influences 12:30 - Jaime's Journey to Editing 21:07 - The writing process 30:50 - Jaime's experience as the series editor of Best American Science and Nature…
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Sociocracy is a form of governance that utilizes content-based decision making in small groups. By delegating authority to the handful of people who are responsible for executing on the related work, power is distributed more broadly throughout organizations. In a consent based model, everyone takes responsibility for decisions made by the group. T…
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Long-term capitalism is one of our most foundational topics. We investigate how we might instantiate a variation of capitalism that optimizes over longer time horizons that a quarter, which is the form of capitalism that dominates the public market. Michelle Green, founding employee, President Emeritus, Board member and Interim CEO of the Long Term…
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Aligning Big Tech with Rob Reich and Jeremy Weinstein
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On the heels of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's testimony before Congress, we are releasing this important conversation from 2021. Jenny sits down with Stanford political science professors Rob Reich, Jeremy Weinstein, and Nate Persily to interrogate big tech's role in society. How did we get to where we are today? What interventions in the near term, from…
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In this episode Jenny sits down with Jim Rutt and Jordan Hall, founders of the Game B movement, to understand it's history and main tenets. Jim and Jordan have thought deeply about many facets of the Denizen inquiry, this conversation dives into many core concepts related to social and institutional redesign. The genesis of Game B [3:05] Defining…
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New Narratives with John Fullerton, Hunter Lovins, and Joon Yun
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In this episode Jenny sits down with three leaders in the regenerative movement: John Fullerton, Founder of the Capital Institute and champion of Regenerative Capitalism; Hunter Lovins, pioneer in the sustainability movement and author of Natural Capitalism; and Joon Yun, philanthropist and advocate of inclusive stakeholding. Each have been guests …
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Epistemology and knowledge manifests through design at different scales | Shannon Mattern | Conversations 27
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Author and Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Shannon Mattern— Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 01:55 - Shannon's Earliest Curiosities 03:49 - How Shannon got started in her academic career 10:13 - How do materiality and other lenses ground your research? 12:49 - The Importance of Archival Studies 18:31 - Green Screens and 8 Channels Project 21:…
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Donnie Maclurcan returns in this episode to discuss the radical, embodied practices he employs as Executive Director of the Post Growth Institute. Learn how PGI uses an asset-based approach, sociocratic governance, and lean processes to create trust, safety, and virtuous cycles. Recorded live in San Francisco, Donnie and Jenny discuss PGI's cutting…
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This episode is a little different than most, we’re not exploring a single topic. Instead we discuss Elena’s expansive work as it relates to our inquiry. This conversation ties to so many episodes to date: Change from Within with Bobby Klein, Nonviolent Communication, Beyond the Enlightenment, Liberatory Technology, and Parenting, just to name a fe…
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Our guests for this episode are Aden Van Noppen, Davion Ziere, and Sará King, the team behind Mobius. With historical and current advisors such as Jack Kornfield, Dr. Angel Acosta, and Krista Tippet, Mobius's mission is to activate a tech ecosystem focused on healing and well being. Mobius' work prioritizes support for Black, Brown, Indigenous, que…
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Focus On What You Want To See More Of | Visakan Veerasamy | Conversations 26
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The ‘Godfather of Twitter’ and Author of Friendly Ambitious Nerd & Introspect, Visakan Veerasamy—Substack: https://eclecticspacewalk.substack.com/p/conversations-26-visakan-veerasamyTimestamps:00:00 - Start01:44 Visa's curiosity journey.06:44 How does Visa deal with the reality of understanding who he is as a person, within society, within history,…
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In this episode we're exploring a foundational topic: trust. Our guest Davion Ziere, known as Zi, has been thinking deeply about this topic for years. He's even written a yet to be published book on it. Davion is co-director of Mobius, founder of an online community marketplace called Origyn, a recording artist, and student of many indigenous tradi…
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In this episode we discuss the importance of service, the value of community, finding one’s purpose, the need for ceremony and ritual, how to really listen, and much more.저자 Jenny Stefanotti
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Our guest for this episode is Carla Fernandez, co-founder of The Dinner Party, a platform for young adults who have lost someone close to them. The Dinner Party now operates in over 100 cities around the world and has been featured in media outlets such as NPR, CNN, and the New York Times. Carla is also a designer, facilitator, and strategist whose…
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This conversation investigates the fundamental challenges of a capitalism and outlines a vision for a post-growth economy that better achieves a just, sustainable society. Our guest, Donnie MacLurcan, is the founder and Executive Director of the Post Growth Institute. He's one of the most brilliant thinkers we've met on new economics. In this episo…
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Steward ownership is one of the single most important concepts to understand for those interested in reforming capitalism. Whereas all other models of corporate governance that seek to integrate purpose co-ops, public benefit corporations, B Corps, and PBLLCs leave intact a fundamental tension between purpose and profit, steward ownership instantia…
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Space Technology's 'Original Sin' and The Politics of Outer Space | Bleddyn Bowen | Conversations 25
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A conversation with Author and Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Leicester, Bleddyn Bowen Bleddyn Bowen is the author of two books: “War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics” and “Original Sin: Power, Technology, and War in Outer Space.” He is an associate professor of International Relations at the Universi…
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This episode covers an important corporate governance form: the cooperative, also known as a co-ops. There are many types of co-ops which makes it challenging to fully understand what distinguishes them from other corporate forms. This is an essential topic, as it is within the incentives of corporate governance that alternative economic outcomes c…
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Our guest for this episode is Robert Gilman, founder of the Context Institute. Robert is a pioneer in the sustainability movement and an elder in our midst. His career began with 30 years in astrophysics, so he is deeply versed in the mindsets of scientific thinking. Robert is particularly interested culture and cultural change. He sees us in a mom…
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This conversation connects systemic change and big paradigm shifts to our everyday behaviors. The dominant way that we think about and speak to one another reflects a story of separation and has us regularly in a state of fight or flight. It lends itself to right/wrong thinking, extracting from one another and keeping score. The principles and prac…
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“Spaces make cultures and cultures make spaces.” | Fred Scharmen | Conversations #24
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A conversation with Author, Co-Founder of Brick Moon Space, and Program Director of Graduate Architecture at Morgan State University, Fred Scharmen Fred Scharmen is a designer and researcher in the history and theory of space architecture. Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 01:30 - What were you first curious about? 10: 25 - Epistemic Activism 15:15 - Direc…
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Social Media Governance with Sudhir Venkatesh and Tracey Meares
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In this episode we discuss governance on social media platforms, an important topic given the enormous social consequences of our reliance on them. Our guests are Columbia sociology professor Sudhir Venkatesh and Yale legal professor Tracey Meares. Sudhir and Tracy co-direct Yale's Social Media Governance Initiative, which is leading research in th…
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In this episode we address a foundational topic: governance. Governance refers to how we make decisions and act in groups, whether that be within a nation-state, a corporation, a community group, or a household. Today's challenges require collective action at a global scale. What factors should we keep in mind as we architect governance processes i…
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Who are the great thinkers of the past and what can we learn from them? In this episode we cover the life and work of Buckminster Fuller, who was an architect, inventor, futurist, and prolific writer. Our guest is Amanda Joy Ravehill, former Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. The conversation explores: Who was Buckminster Fulle…
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In this episode we do a deep dive on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). MMT stems from an alternative story of money which has significant implications for governments in countries that have sovereignty over the currency it issues. Under MMT, spending does not face financial constraints, taxes and bonds do not fund government budgets, federal deficits a…
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In this episode, Jenny and Jordan Hall discuss their experiences and systemic perspectives as parents in modern society. This conversation covers: Unraveling the meaningfulness of becoming a parent [3:01] Exploring interrelationships between parents, kids, extended family, and community [7:15] "Stewarding the soul of another human being" [9:55] Som…
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In this episode, Marta Ceroni joins us to discuss systems thinking. The focus of our conversation is the life and work of Donella Meadows, a distinguished systems and environmental thinker in the mid-late 20th century. Ceroni stewards Meadows' archives and furthers her work as co-director at the Academy for Systems Change. In our conversation, Mart…
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In this episode, we look at the role of art in activism and social change. Our guest, Aaron Huey, has created visuals for many of the most important movements of our time, from climate change to indigenous rights to economic justice. We talk about Huey's background as a National Geographic photojournalist, his 2010 TED Talk about indigenous rights,…
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Atonement and Reparations with Denise Hamilton, Sam Lewis, and Zaheer Ali
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In this episode we explore and parse apart three distinct elements of atonement: telling the truth, acknowledging and apologizing for harms, and taking direct action to repair. As this conversation underscores, atonement represents just one element of a more complex set of reforms necessary to address systemic oppression. Absent a broader effort, t…
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Partnerism is both a social and economic system. Based on the principles of equitable partnership, it reaches across the spectrum of society — gender studies, family systems, organizations, cultures, and political systems — as a movement towards a more just and caring society. Overall, it shifts paradigms from hierarchies of domination to hierarchi…
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Decentralized Social Media with Evan Henshaw-Plath
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We all know about all the things that are wrong with social media as we know it. It's a model where everything is centralized and the market dynamics foster very few competitors who just get bigger and have more power. Who builds? Who governs? Who owns? Where are the servers? Where do the applications sit? Where does the data live? It's largely in …
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Charles is the author of several books, including The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible and Sacred Economics. His work spans multiple pillars of the Denizen Inquiry, including economics, culture, and consciousness. In this episode, Charles and Jenny discuss gift economics, a very different model of exchange than capitalism. In a gift…
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Guaranteed Income with Natalie Foster and Dorian Warren
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Universal basic income has gotten a lot of attention in the past five years. What is universal basic income, and why might it be a compelling component of a just society? How did the pandemic accelerate the possibility to adopting cash assistance in various forms? Our guests for this episode are Natalie Foster and Dorian Warren, co-founders of the …
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