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Mutations
by Jeremy D Johnson
Mutations is a podcast exploring latent futures in the radical present. We inhabit a time between times, between worlds—what are the emergent potentials, articulated visions, or, in a word, ‘mutations’ that can help us to pathfind our way into the future? What forms of integrative thinking and being are required for this leap? Author (Seeing Through the World), show host, and integral philosopher Jeremy D Johnson explores these questions through solo podcasts, readings, and with featured guests.
Episodes
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Episode 34: The Machine of Progress
In this episode, Jeremy offers an inspired monologue on recent discussions concerning whether one should be "against the machine," that is, against progress. "We can't just be against the worldview of progress," Jeremy wrote on a recent Mutations post. Rather, we ought to "stand firmly from…
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Episode 33: Folding Time with Deleuze
In this episode Jeremy contemplates the 'shape' of time with the help of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. If reclaiming time from the catastrophe of progress requires that we invent new forms of temporality, then perhaps the fold, a concept developed by Deleuze, can help us develop better...
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Episode 32: Integral Futuring
Mutations podcast returns in this short, off-the-cuff episode as Jeremy offers an update on the manuscript (spoiler alert: it is now complete!), introduces a new online class happening in December, and gives listeners a rough sketch of where the show is headed next. "Integral Futuring: Reclaiming...
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31. Weird or Eerie? Animist Stories to Tell in the Dark ft. John Anderson
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, before wrapping up our conversation with a few spooky...
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30. Animist Storms and the Five Shen ft. John Anderson
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 explore the intersection of Chinese Medicine, Daoist...
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29. New Course: Fragments of an Integral Future - Re-Visioning Consciousness Unfoldment in a Time Between Worlds
Course registration page Writing about the class Mutations community on Patreon Mutations homepage Music for Mutations podcast was composed by Pierre-Yves Martel
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28. Three Theses on Liminality
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 theses came together for me in this playful exercise....
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27. Hellametamodernism ft. Henry Andrews
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 "aphanipoiesis" offers a different approach to "going…
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26. Zak Stein on The Dawn of Everything, Development, and our Political Imagination
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 our political imagination is more important than…
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25. Origins Panel: ft. Rudolf Hammerli, Aaron Cheak, Jeremy Johnson + Poetry Reading by Michael Love
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 myself. During the panel, Rudolf Hammerli shares his...
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22. Stages & Development - ft. Nora Bateson, Maimunah Mosli, Jon Freeman
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 author and Spiral Dynamics expert who is advocating...
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24. Mutations, Imagination, Futurability - A Reading + Q&A
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. 2022). Published by Integral Imprint. Gebser...
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23. The Web of Meaning with Jeremy Lent
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 philosophical spirit of the scholars and teachers we…
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21. The Acid Left w/ Adam Ray Adkins
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 imagining a better world. The Acid Left on FB:...
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20. The Aperspectival Body ft. Barbara Karlsen and Brandt Stickley
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 Stickley: https://www.brandtstickley.com | Stay up to...
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19. Democratization of Time
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 exploring the "integral futurism" in next year's book...
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18. Cultural Evolution and the Commons ft. Michel Bauwens
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 Bauwens is the founder and Vision Coordinator of the...
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17. Talking with Ben Burgis on Canceling Comedians, the Future of the Left, and Democratizing Work
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 show. He is also the author of Give Them an Argument:...
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16. Going Planetary - A Reading
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 biological approach in Symbiotic Planet. Next week we'll…
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#05 Michael Brooks on Jordan Peterson, James Hillman, Integral Theory and Building Planetary Meshworks
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 book from Zero Books) and Jordan Peterson. We also...
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15. Transcending Cancel Culture Critique [Stoa Talk]
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-publish on Mutations podcast. Please check out my...
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14. Mutations, Temps, Pandemic
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, and James C. Scott’s Against the Grain…
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13. Michael Brooks Tribute - Towards an Integral Cosmopolitan Future [Crosspost]
[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 thinking in politics, "cosmopolitan socialism," and where…
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#12. Entangled Myths for Planetary Flourishing ft. Gordon White
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 I recorded this before the new year, in December…
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#11. The Meta-Crisis and Transitioning to a “Steady State” Civilization - Q&A [Friday Solo Show]
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 the “meta-crisis,” including helpful ways of looking...
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10. Talking Owen Barfield and the Evolution of Christianity with Mark Vernon
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 Mark's YouTube channel. Great, but also be sure to…
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9. The Way of the Living Ghost with John Anderson, Brandt Stickley [Kitchen Sessions]
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 Anderson combs through the Daodejing, line by line, in new...
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#8 Building a Case for an "Integral Futurism" [Solo Show]
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 Course of Human History" Thomas Moore, Utopia, Verso Books...
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#7 Hyperilluminated Dark Ages with Michael Garfield
In episode 7 of Mutations podcast, I am joined by paleontologist-futurist Michael Garfield. Michael is an artist, podcast host (Future Fossils), musician, painter, philosopher--am I missing anything? Like me, Michael wears many hats. We recorded a back-to-back episode. This is part one. You can...
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[Bonus] The Bison at the End of History - A Reading from William Gibson
A reading from the chapter, "Dead Man Sings," from William Gibson's essay anthology, Distrust that Particular Flavor. EPISODE CREDITS Featured artwork by Archan Nair Featured music by Lightbath Intro, “Guardian Suite” Outro, "The Magic Light of Tomorrow" Lightbath offers bonuses like patch notes,...
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#06 Solo Show: Sauron's Mythopoeic Eye and Perspectivalism
The inaugural solo show is finally live! I recorded this not long after my talk with Dr Becca Tarnas (episode 4). Glad it’s finally out there. CONSTELLATING “FIGURATIONS” OF MEANING Illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien In this episode, I’m linking Gebser’s insights on the phenomenology of awakening...
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#04 Dr Becca Segall Tarnas - Recovering the Imaginal with J.R.R. Tolkien and C.G. Jung
Becca is a scholar, artist, counseling astrologer, and editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology. Her dissertation, which is the subject of our podcast this episode, is titled “The Back of Beyond: The Red Books of C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien.”
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#03 J.F. Martel on Thinking Virtual with Deleuze and Past Presence with Bergson
Mutations interviews J.F. Martel, author, filmmaker, philosopher and Weird Studies podcast co-host. Together we discuss technology, mediation, Deleuze and the virtual (and virtual reality), puppets, and much more.
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#02 Matthew T. Segall of CIIS on Consciousness, Cultural Evolution and Cosmic Celebration
Matt T. Segall, PhD is a longtime friend, philosopher, and professor over at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where he teaches in the Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness graduate program online. Together we discuss the evolution of consciousness through New Media, the…
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MUTATIONS - Episode 1: Le Guin, Fragments of Utopias, Deleuzian Flows, Teilhard
Cultural ecologies and the evolution of consciousness; Deleuze and DeLanda's geographical flows and Teilhardian super-organisms; political fragmentation in the Left and the Right and the push beyond cultural romanticism.
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Mutations is a podcast exploring latent futures in the radical present. We inhabit a time between times, between worlds—what are the emergent potentials, articulated visions, or, in a word, ‘mutations’ that can help us to pathfind our way into the future? What forms of integrative thinking and being are required for this leap? Author (Seeing Through the World), show host, and integral philosopher Jeremy D Johnson explores these questions through solo podcasts, readings, and with featured guests.
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