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Fractal Friends
by Duncan Autrey
An exploration of self-similarity across diversity. Diving in to themes of conflict transformation, cultural evolution, transcending political polarization, racial healing, music, art, history, the future, science and spirituality. Host, Duncan Autrey, interviews with interesting people with unique perspectives on the world and seeing what we can learn from each other, because “we all have a role to play in the whole.” Duncan Autrey is a conflict transformation catalyst and educator. We all have a role to play in the whole. This is a podcast by Duncan Autrey that is an exploration of self-similarity of humanity across its diversity. Themes include: conflict transformation, political polarization, healing democracy, science & spirituality, race, social change, art, music and creativity.
Episodes
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Introducing the Omni-Win Project Podcast
Hi Fractal Friends. Sorry, it’s been a while. I have some bittersweet news for you… After wrapping up the last series of episodes coming into the beginning of 2021, I found myself really wanting to find a way to put together my love for podcasting, my passion for conflict transformation and my…
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"Healing the Political Divide" with Bill Shireman
Bill Shireman is a republican environmentalist and activist dedicated to supporting solution-based politics. He is the co-author of In This Together: How Republicans, Democrats, Capitalists and Activists are Uniting to Tackle Climate Change and More and the Founder and CEO of Future 500. We talk...
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"Mission Focus, Stewardship & Sensemaking" with Jim Uhlmann
Major Jim Uhlmann is a former green beret commando, father, neighbor, gardener, citizen and libertarian. He is a stewardship consultant and a full stack human system(s) engineer. In this conversation we talk about facing the fact that we are humans who are living in a biological reality, with a...
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"A Prayer for Peace, Reconciliation & Grace" with Michael Brodeur
This is part of series of episodes where I interview forward-thinking people from the conservative side of the political spectrum in the spirit of cultural healing. Michael Brodeur is a minister and proud follower of Jesus. Michael was raised in the heart of 1960s counterculture in San francisco,...
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"Solutionary Love in America (and the World)" with Alixa Garcia
In this episode I talk with Alixa Garcia, a musician, poet, visual artist, filmmaker, activist, and educator. She is a visionary and radical solutionary of our time. Along with Naima Penniman, Alixa co-created the amazing duo Climbing Poetree. For 17 years, Alixa and Naima have dedicated…
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"Response Ability & Doing No Harm" with Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood is a conflict transformation colleague of mine. She's one of the co-founders of The Karuna Center for Mindful Engagement, the co-author of the book Do No Harm: Mindful Engagement for a World in Crisis, and a founding member of the Democracy Politics and Conflict Engagement (DPACE)...
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"Thinking Globally and Legislating Locally" with Cheryl Davila
Cheryl Davila is an elected member of the Berkeley City Council. Councilmember Davila is currently up for reelection and this conversation provides an intimate window into the experience of an elected representative who is working at the local level to address global and national issues while…
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"Building Bridges with Music" with Austin Willacy
Austin Willacy is a musician, producer and musical mentor. Austin is a member of the Thrive Choir of Thrive East Bay, and The House Jacks. In this conversation we talk about finding your passion and then doing the work of growing into your best self. We talk about the role of mentorship and...
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"Using Dialogue to Heal Local & Global Ruptures" with Pablo Lumerman
Pablo Lumerman is a conflict transformation colleague from Argentina. In this conversation we talk about the power of living in the present moment, the importance of remembering deep history and enacting our visions for the future. We discuss a comparative history of colonialism, race and racism...
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"Designing Workplaces of Safety & Trust" with Alla Weinberg
In this episode I talk with Alla Weinberg. Alla is my business partner, and we are the co-founders of Spoke & Wheel the workplace relationship experts. In this conversation we talk about our vision of a future of work, where people are excited about the work they get to do and nourished by the...
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"Honoring Dignity & Leading in Polarization" with David Brubaker
David Brubaker is a Professor of Sociology, and Author of a new book called When the Center Does Not Hold: Leading in an Age of Polarization In this conversation we talk about polarization and what happens when conflict reaches its highest levels: people stop caring about the issues and the...
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"Intersectional & Authentic Transformation" with Sunshine Michelle Coleman
Sunshine Michelle is a spiritual leader, a visionary, an academic and a poet who is deep into her doctoral dissertation about Authentic Self-Expression of Black and Brown Women.Her academic inquiry is based on a sacred sister circle that she has been conducting over the last year in Berkeley,...
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"Growing & Healing Through Conflict" with AddieRose Mayer & Ei Ei Samai
In this episode I talk with AddieRose Mayer and Ei Ei Samai. AddieRose is the Executive Director at SEEDS Community Resolution Center. Ei Ei is a Culture Designer at Samai Group. This conversation is grounded in reality-based optimism that’s rooted in our lived-experiences that show that not only...
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"Evolving Democracy with Cultural Intelligence" with Steve McIntosh
Steve McIntosh is a political philosopher and an author. His most recent book is called Developmental Politics: How America Can Grow into a Better Version of Itself. Steve is the founder of the think tank Institute for Cultural Evolution. Steve was on Fractal Friends in 2016. That conversation…
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"Relating Deeply and Facing Reality" with Ashok Panikkar
The guest in this episode is Ashok Panikkar. Ashok is committed to helping develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions that are vital to strengthening the culture of democracy in the face if the eroding of confidence in liberal democracies and the rise of illiberal and authoritarian regimes....
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"Integrating Wisdom & Finding Meaning" with Jeremy Lent
Jeremy Lent is an author and an integrator. He is the author of The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning. His work is to weave together knowledge from across disciplines, cultures and time. The conversation offers a vision for the future of humanity while also...
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"Power, Love and Nonviolence" with Kazu Haga (Re-Release)
Welcome to Season three of Fractal Friends. Kazu Haga is a teacher of Kingian Nonviolence, and in this episode he offers up the wisdom of the great leader of nonviolence, Dr. Martin Luther King. The wisdom here is as important today as it was back in MLK's time, and this episode gives us a real...
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Announcing Season Three of Fractal Friends
I'm excited to be bringing you a new season of Fractal Friends. Website: Fractalfriends.us The line up of upcoming guests for Fractal friends is amazing. They will offer us perspectives for understanding our interdependence, discovering paths to transformation, while preserving what's best of the...
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"Decriminalizing Nature " with Carlos Plazola (DNO) and Larry Norris (ERIE)
Decriminalizing Nature Oakland (DNO) is a grassroots organization in Oakland, California with the mission to improve human health and well-being by decriminalizing and expanding access to entheogenic plants and fungi through political and community organizing, education and advocacy. In 2019 they...
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“Friendships for a Peaceful Future” with Jane and Monica Kinyua
Jane and Monica Kinyua are Program Manager and Deputy Director for Children’s Peace Initiative in Nariobi, Kenya. I met Jane at the Mediators Beyond Borders International Peace Congress, and was able to connect with the Kinyua sisters about overcoming the history of conflict that shadow Kenya....
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"Letting Life Show Up" with Barbara Bash (Re-Release)
The conversation takes us on a deep exploration of both art and spiritual practice and the intersection points between the two. One of the recurring themes here is about finding the courage to slow down and let life show up and the various things that we discover when we do that. When we listen…
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“Grassroots Women Leaders Building Webs” with Joan Goldsmith
Joan Goldsmith is an educator, facilitator, coach, mediator and organizational consultant who as worked in the private and public sectors. She specializes in leadership development, organizational change, team building, strategic planning, collaborative negotiation and conflict resolution. Joan…
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“Living in Flow” with Sky Nelson-Isaacs
Sky Isaacs-Nelson is a musician, author and physics educator who is building a foundation for a scientific understanding of synchronicity in our modern world. He recently wrote a book called Living in Flow: The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices Shape Your World. In this book he...
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“Increasing Our Transformative Potential” with Gregory Kennedy
Gregory Kennedy is the Director of Operations at W(e)IRD World (Wild Idea Research & Development at weirdworld.xyz). They support global charitable initiatives focused on some of society’s most urgent challenges such as food insecurity, sustainable development, and climate change. Gregory and…
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“Revealing our Hidden Humanity” with Ashanti Branch
Ashanti Branch is the Founder and Executive Director of The Ever Forward Club - Siempre Adelante. The Ever Forward Club serves young men and women and is a globally recognized non-profit organization. The Ever Forward Club has helped 100% of its members graduate high school and 93% of them have...
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"The Emergence of Wise Democracy" with Tom Atlee
The goal of the Co-Intelligence Institute is the conscious evolution of culture in harmony with nature and with the highest human potentials. Tom’s newly released Wise Democracy Pattern Deck is for anyone seeking to better address the complexity of our time, this tool provides insightful…
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"Discovering Authentic Presence" with Ash Adamson
Ash Adamson is a Senior Product Designer, serial entrepreneur, and transformational life coach. She is a brilliant and thoughtful being, who applies her wisdom and life experience to help us all reflect on how we each get to design our own lives. You can find out more information about Ash on her...
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"Transforming Workplace Cultures" with Alla Weinberg
Alla Weinberg is an Executive Leadership Coach at a large tech company here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her life passion is to fundamentally change how we work by shifting the organizational focus from "getting things done at any cost" to cultures that nurture collaborative relationships…
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"World Peace, One Family at a Time" with Katharina Dress
Meet Katharina Dress. She is a mediator, facilitator, coach and trainer. Her business is Aging in Harmony. Katharina specializes in supporting families that are struggling with issues related to aging parents. In this episode we talk about the power of compassionate communication and the wisdom...
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"Transforming Political Engagement" with J Manuel Herrera
J. Manuel Herrera is an elected official in San Jose/Silicon Valley who envisions the transformation of the public square in our communities and emerging 21st Century politics that is whole, generative, and personally transformative. In this episode we talk about his experiences and observations...
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"Transforming the World with an Open Heart" with Abdul Mujeeb Khan
Meet Abdul Mujeeb Khan, who I know as Abdullah. He is a facilitator and consultant working in India. Abdullah's mission and life’s work is to transform the world through the transformation of human heart and opening to love as a guiding force in the world. In our conversation he shares the...
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"The Urgency of Citizen Participation" with Ashok Panikkar
Meet Ashok Panikkar. He is founder of Meta-Culture and a diversity and conflict management consultant - who also teaches Critical and Creative Thinking. Today most of his energies are focused on strengthening our democracies by working with communities to help build a culture of democracy. This...
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"Talking about Racism: Unmasking the Elephant in the Room" with Ann-Ellice Parker
Ann-Ellice Parker is an anti-racist educator, dear friend and elder in the Bay Area. In this episode we talk about race in America and take a deeper look at the systemic nature of racism machine. What is at the heart of dehumanization? We acknowledge the trauma that lives in our bodies and how we...
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“Religion, Medicine and Warriorship” with Wahid Azal
Meet N. Wahid Azal. He is Founder and Grand Sheik of the Fatimiya order of Sufi Islam. In this conversation we hear about Wahid incorporates plant medicine as sacrament his religion, and the official decree from the the Grand Ayatollah Rohani stating that Ayahuasca is approved in Shia Islam. We...
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“Leading and Healing with Pride” with Nathan Radabaugh
Nathan Radabaugh is an Iraq veteran with a conservative background, who now lives and works in the cannabis industry in northern California. He is a friend and this conversation allows me to have a refreshing conversation with some one who is living a balance between progressive and conservative...
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“Embodying the Rhythms of Life” with Milagros Galli
Milagros Galli, an Argentinian artist, dancer and instrument maker. In this short and sweet episode we talk about the creative process and Milagros’s insight on all of us being creative beings. Milagros shares a wealth of wisdom on being a vibration in this universe. Lastly, we touch on…
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“Rediscovering & Healing Our Ancestors” with Lyla June
Lyla June is a musician, poet, anthropologist, educator, community organizer and public speaker. More than anything though she is a true warrior of love. Lyla descends from both Diné (commonly known as Navajo) and European ancestors. Her story is one of deep healing from her own trauma and that…
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"Understanding our Shared Liberation" with David Dean
David Dean is an anti-racism educator. He specializes in helping white people understand how their liberation is bound up with undoing racism. We explore the history of whiteness and race in the U.S. and across human history. The stories of racism, classism and patriarchy are connected and they...
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"Power, Love and Nonviolence" with Kazu Haga
here is a lot of opportunity for healing in our country these days, It’s hard to see how we can effectively make change in our lives, our countries and the world. If you’re struggling to understand how we can heal our world, this episode may be the perfect medicine for you. Kazu Haga is a teacher...
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"Let's Make Everything Organic" with Armando Davila
What if we tried to make our society, spirit and lives organic and free of poison?
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"Freeing our Voices" with Amber Field
Amber Field Amber Field is a musician, performer and master teacher. They use music and expressive arts as practices for healing and liberation for both individuals and communities. For them music and art are tools for activism, for personal and social change. They have amazing workshops the…
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“Bridging Indigenous and Modern Wisdom & Music” with Daniel "El Suchi" Garcia
El Suchi was born in Guatemala he is a living bridge between his indigenous and European roots. In this episode we discuss healing trauma across generations. We open up about the importance and difficulty of uplifting people voices of indigenous and traditional peoples without co-opting them or...
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"Transforming Conflict and Co-Creating the Future of Democracy" with Kenneth Cloke
Kenneth Cloke is one of the leading mediators in the world. This is a very special episode. Kenneth Cloke is a mediator, author, conflict resolution expert, and someone I have looked up to for years. The Fractal Friends podcast is Heavily inspired by the work Kenneth has done with conflict...
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"Demanding Justice in the Prison System" with Amani Sawari
Learn more about the Nationwide Prison Strike at www.prisonstrike.com. Visit Amani Sawari's website at www.sawarimi.org for ongoing information, resources and details about the prison strike. Sign up here to join or support the Millions for Prisoners’ Human Rights Coalition: The Daily Kos has a...
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Prison Strike & "Something Else" with Duncan Autrey
In this episode I use my personal story to bring attention to the millions of men and women who continue to be trapped in the criminal-justice system. I list out the demands of the Nationwide Prison Strike that happened from August 21 - September 9th, 2018. I then tell a detailed story of my...
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"Creating Space for Self-Healing" with Ryan Beauregard
This episode is an interview with Ryan Beauregard. Ryan is the founder of We Share Earth, an organization committed to transforming grief & garbage into growth & gardens. He's also the manager of The Zendo Project. In this conversation we learn about his passion to support the creation of a...
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"Cultivating Radical Gratitude" with Barbara Ford
On this episode Barbara shares what to do during The Great Turning. In these times of injustice, ecological crisis, and cultural dissociation, we talk about the tools to help us re-connect- to our hearts, our creative capacities, our communities, and our planet. Barbara explains what it means to...
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"El rol constructivo de la música" con El Tipo Este
En español - Una conversación profunda sobre la historia de hiphop cubano y su impacto en la cultura cubana. Hablamos de racismo, el poder de la música y del encuentro entre Harry Belafonte y Fidel Castro para hablar sobre el peligro y la oportunidad de la llegada de hiphop en Cuba.
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"Embracing Life's Journey" with Dr. Virginia Savage
A conversation with the coach, professor and sports psychologist Dr. Virginia Savage. This is beautiful exploration about how to live life fully in the face of death, danger and all the mistakes we've made. We talk of our hero's journeys, finding purpose in life and the beauty of aging with...
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"Re-Humanizing Ourselves" with Aryeh Shell
Aryeh Shell shares the power of story telling and how we can learn from the natural world to better understand our social and political systems.
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An exploration of self-similarity across diversity. Diving in to themes of conflict transformation, cultural evolution, transcending political polarization, racial healing, music, art, history, the future, science and spirituality.
Host, Duncan Autrey, interviews with interesting people with unique perspectives on the world and seeing what we can learn from each other, because “we all have a role to play in the whole.”
Duncan Autrey is a conflict transformation catalyst and educator.
We all have a role to play in the whole. This is a podcast by Duncan Autrey that is an exploration of self-similarity of humanity across its diversity. Themes include: conflict transformation, political polarization, healing democracy, science & spirituality, race, social change, art, music and creativity.
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