In this episode, Jason Shen and Ravi Joseph about Jason's new book, Weirdly Brilliant, and his upcoming salon series. We discuss Jason's journey from tech entrepreneur to executive coach, what it means to be an outlier, fostering your own sense of ambition, and how to find your place in the modern world.

Jason's salon series: https://interintellect.com/series/the-outlier-series-with-jason-shen/

Find Jason on X: https://x.com/JasonShen

Find Ravi on X: https://x.com/rjkarmayogi

In this episode, philosopher Ryan Miller and host Ravi Joseph discuss philosophical themes in the movie Barbie. The conversation covers philosophers from Aristotle to Nietzsche to Haslanger, as well as Ryan's journey from being a curious child to becoming a professional philosopher.

Ryan's salon series on Interintellect: https://interintellect.com/series/philosophy-of-barbie-exploring-western-philosophy-through-cinema/

Find Ryan on X: https://x.com/rmm4pi8

Find Ravi on X: https://x.com/rjkarmayogi

Host Linus Lu chats with two of Interintellect's inaugural recipients of the Public Minds Fellowship: Vidhika Bansal and Zelda Poem. Vidhika is doing her fellowship on the art of friendship, and Zelda is helping dropouts and hackers figure out alternative education paths. You can find out more about their fellowships here:

https://interintellect.substack.com/p/friendship-and-unschooling-new-winners

Vidhika Bansal: twitter.com/vidhster
Zelda Poem: www.zeldapoem.com/
Linus Lu: www.linuslu.com/

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to professor and writer Vaughn Tan about his ongoing salon series about not-knowing, and in particular, about risk, the different ways that the concept of risk is misapplied, and how to think more clearly about the things we don’t know.

Vaughn's next salon on April 20th: https://interintellect.com/salon/thinking-about-not-knowing-misnaming-the-beasts/

Vaughn Tan: https://vaughntan.org/

Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this special episode, we have a three-way conversation with the first three recipients of the inaugural Interintellect Public Minds fellowship: Bryan Kam, Mary Bajorek, and Linus Lu. The Interintellect fellowship was created to support Interintellect members for 6 months on a focused project, and enable the sharing of their ideas both on and off the Interintellect platform. And in this episode, the fellows share the inspirations for their respective work and their mutual curiosities about each other’s projects.

More about the Interintellect fellowship and the recipient projects: https://interintellect.substack.com/p/interintellect-fellowship-awardees?publication_id=860330&post_id=98744602

Bryan Kam: https://twitter.com/bryankam

Mary Bajorek: https://twitter.com/mary_bajorek

Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Helena Roth about her salon series diving deep into her philosophy of "doing gentle with an edge."

The next installment in Helena's salon series: https://interintellect.com/salon/awareness-how-does-awareness-help-me-do-gentle/

Helena's full series info: https://interintellect.com/series/doing-gentle-with-an-edge-an-exploration/

Helena's book: https://www.amazon.com/Doing-Gentle-edge-Helena-Roth-ebook/dp/B08WTD5W66

Cover art: Nat Sharpe (https://twitter.com/nat_sharpe_)

James Harris will lead a workshop salon on March 10th about dealing with rejection and failure, drawing from experiences as a writer and comedian for more than 20 years. 

Salon details: https://interintellect.com/salon/how-to-fail-coping-with-professional-rejection/

James Harris: https://twitter.com/JamesHarrisNow

Gabi Weinberg of StartUpRabbi hosts his debut salon on February 27, which explores the historical grandparent-grandchild relationship along with our present-day grandparent-grandchild relationships.

Salon details: https://interintellect.com/salon/in-celebration-of-grandparents/

Gabi Weinberg: https://twitter.com/StartUpRabbi

Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Nolan Yuma about his upcoming salon series about creating a borderless world starting on February 5th. 

Link to Nolan's salon series: https://interintellect.com/series/without-borders-a-salon-series/

More on Nolan: https://www.withoutborders.fyi/about/

In anticipation of Kevin Zhai’s debut salon on 1/26, host Linus Lu sits down with Kevin to talk about what makes for great storytelling, how everyone can improve their storytelling, and more.

Kevin’s salon: https://interintellect.com/salon/storytelling-and-you-lowering-the-stakes-on-creativity/

Kevin Zhai: https://twitter.com/heykzhai

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Jessie Mannisto,  Editor in Chief of Third Factor Magazine, about her upcoming salon on the paradox of weirdness and neurodivergence.

Link to Jessie's salon: https://interintellect.com/salon/the-paradox-of-weirdness-an-exploration-of-labeling-normality-and-othering/

Jessie Mannisto: https://twitter.com/jlmannisto

Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

Productivity is a crucial aspect of our lives. But how can we combine productiveness and good life? And what is good life? Is it happiness? If so, what is happiness? We've explored this and more topics with Jacob Huber, founder or Revolutionary Character. Listen and dive in!

Jacob Huber: https://twitter.com/rev_character

Arkadiusz Synowczyk: https://twitter.com/Epagogist

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Celeste Marcus about her upcoming salon on Chaïm Soutine and how to separate the artist as an individual from his mythology. Celeste is the Managing Editor of the Liberties Journal, and is currently writing the first English-language biography of the painter Chaïm Soutine.

Celeste's upcoming salon: https://interintellect.com/salon/excavating-man-from-myth-chaim-soutine/

Celeste: https://twitter.com/Celestemarcus3

Linus: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Crystal Duan about her upcoming salon on “main character energy”: what it is, what it means for our culture, and how to leverage it for good.

An Investigation into Main Character Energy: https://interintellect.com/salon/an-investigation-into-main-character-energy/

Crystal Duan: https://twitter.com/crystalxduan

Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Arkadiusz Synowczyk about his upcoming salon about the relationship between science, religion, and philosophy.

Arkadiusz's salon: https://interintellect.com/salon/science-and-religion-strangers-friends-or-foes

Arkadiusz Synowczyk: https://twitter.com/Epagogist

Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks with Judit Petho about her upcoming salon about finding opportunities in uncertain times. We dig into how leaders handle ambiguity, thow to develop these crucial soft skills, how to make difficult decisions, and more.

Judit's salon on 10/12, "Finding Opportunities in Uncertain Times": https://interintellect.com/salon/finding-opportunities-in-uncertain-times/

Judit Petho: https://twitter.com/JuditPetho

Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks with Lori Dunlap, a homeschool advocate and author of the ReThinking Wisdom newsletter, about homeschooling, how traditional education systems can improve, the role of technology in education, and more.

To purchase tickets to Lori's salon on Rethinking K-12 Education on October 2nd, click here: https://interintellect.com/salon/rethinking-k-12-education/

Lori's book, "From Home Education to Higher Education": https://www.amazon.com/Home-Education-Higher-Recruiting-Homeschooled/dp/0692902597

Lori Dunlap: https://twitter.com/NWDunlap

Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Henry Oliver, the writer of The Common Reader newsletter. We chat about his upcoming salon series on How to Read a Novel, the value of the English department, the advantages of film over writing, and about Henry’s current project on late bloomers.

Link to Henry's salon series, "How to Read a Novel": interintellect.com/series/how-to-read-a-novel/

Henry Oliver: twitter.com/HenryEOliver
Linus Lu: twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks with Jay Colbert, a music librarian and co-host of the librarypunk podcast, about his upcoming salon on cyborgs and assemblages.

Link to Jay's upcoming salon: https://interintellect.com/salon/more-human-than-human-an-exploration-of-cyborgs-and-assemblages/

Jay Colbert: https://twitter.com/_WildeAtHeart

Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks with Étienne Fortier-Dubois about whether or not art is subjective or objective, how AI art might change how we perceive artistic merit, how aesthetics contribute to politics and social movements, and more.

Étienne: twitter.com/etiennefd
Linus: twitter.com/Linus_Lu
Interintellect: twitter.com/interintellect_

In this very special episode, Interintellect host Max Cantor serves as our guest host, where he interviews novelist and journalist Ashley Rindsberg about his new book, The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History.

They cover topics such as Ashley’s motivations for writing the book, the structural incentives that have led to misreporting at the Times, the rise of the celebrity journalist, and more.

The Gray Lady Winked: www.amazon.com/Gray-Lady-Winked-…ook/dp/B0922WP4VQ
Ashley Rindsberg: ashleyrindsberg.com/
Max Cantor: twitter.com/maxcan

In this episode, podcast host Linus Lu talks with Colin Gorrie about what a linguist does, how language reconstruction works, what dead languages can teach us about history and society, as well as about Colin’s upcoming salon series titled Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners.

Colin's salon series tickets: https://interintellect.com/salon/baby-steps-to-beowulf-old-english-for-beginners/2022-07-09/

Learn more about Colin:

Website: https://www.colingorrie.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/colingorrie

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/colingorrie

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to poet and writer Grace Bialecki about her upcoming in-person salon in New York City about holiday traditions, and about her work as a poet.

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Grace's NYC Holiday gathering: https://interintellect.com/salon/new-york-irl-expansive-conversations-a-holiday-gathering/

"What it Takes to be a TikTok Poet": https://themillions.com/2023/09/what-it-takes-to-be-a-tiktok-poet.html

Grace Bialecki: https://www.graciebialecki.com/

Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to writer and researcher Robert Nemeth and Interintellect Founder Anna Gát about how to understand social movements, how to navigate the media landscape, and about imagining the future of social movements.

Robert's upcoming salon series, "Ideas Shape the World": https://interintellect.com/series/ideas-shape-the-world/

Robert Nemeth: https://twitter.com/nrobert

Anna Gát: https://twitter.com/TheAnnaGat

Amanda Ripley, "Complicating the Narrative": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q80LgRgZKiA

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks with Tanya Raj about death, contemplating mortality, and how death can inform how to live one's life.

Tanya's upcoming series on poetic exploration: https://interintellect.com/series/poetic-explorations/

Tanya's links:

https://twitter.com/wanderuminating

tanyaraj.com

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks with Katrina Dela Cruz about education and ways to foster and build curiosity.

Special thanks to Miriam Gerber for editing and production.

Links:

The Academy of Thought and Industry: https://thoughtandindustry.com/

Erin Gruwell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Gruwell

The Freedom Writers: http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org/

PBS documentary on Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers: https://www.pbs.org/show/freedom-writers-stories-heart/#:~:text=%22Freedom%20Writers%3A%20Stories%20from%20the,drugs%2C%20gang%20warfare%20and%20homicides

Katrina's website: https://katrinadelacruz.com/

Katrina's twitter: @katrinadlc

In this episode, host Linus Lu chats with Brian Gallagher about his own personal religious journey, what differentiates religion from cults, how to make society more rational, and more.

Special thanks to Miriam Gerber for editing and production.

Find out more about Brian Gallagher at https://twitter.com/bsgallagher. 

Podcast host Linus Lu chats with Maria Górska-Piszek and Malcolm Ocean about human agency, how to raise independent children, goal setting, and more.

Maria: https://twitter.com/made_in_cosmos, https://madeincosmos.net/

Malcolm: https://twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean, https://malcolmocean.com/

nterintellect host Linus Lu interviews Visakan Veerasamy on his new book, Introspect, covering the book’s origins, introspection as a hero's journey, the importance of a dynamic self-image, and overcoming cringe.

Buy the book: https://visakanv.gumroad.com/l/introspect

twitter.com/interintellect_
twitter.com/visakanv

Interintellect hosts Alaka Halder and Linus Lu talk about the difference and similarities between online and offline bonding, how cities complicate connection, and how one can embark on building one's personal tribe.

Find more about Alaka Halder:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HalderAlaka

Website: https://www.alakahalder.xyz/

Fellow Interintellect and salon host Linus Lu sits down with Taylor Pullinger - biomedical scientist and researcher - to talk about how resilience manifests in biology and ecology, how to introduce resilience-building stressors into one's life, the differences between individual and systemic resilience, and more.  

Find us on Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/interintellect_ 

https://twitter.com/TKPullinger 

https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

Fellow Interintellect and salon host Linus Lu sits down with Dr. Isabela Granic - developmental psychologist, psychology professor and researcher - to talk about the role that stories we tell each other and ourselves play in creating more resilient selves.

Check out all Interintellect events:
interintellect.com/salons

Find us on Twitter:
twitter.com/interintellect_
twitter.com/PlayNiceInst
twitter.com/Linus_Lu

Fellow Interintellect and salon host Linus Lu sits down with Suzan Bond - a writer, Interintellect host, former startup COO and current leadership coach - to talk about the ancient art of resilience and how it can be applied to our contemporary lives and businesses.

Check out all Interintellect events: interintellect.com/events

Find us on Twitter:
twitter.com/interintellect_
twitter.com/suzanbond
twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Elaine Wang about her inspirations and processes for writing and about living life as a writer.

Elaine's Substack: https://elainewrites.substack.com/

Linus' Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

https://interintellect.com/community/

Interintellect's Evaric Weicksel talks with writer, marketing professional, and ii Salon Host Helena Ng about why curiosity is like quantum mechanics (or perhaps a monstrous hydra), how to find a curiosity buddy, and how to tend your digital garden.

Check out all Interintellect events: https://www.interintellect.com/

Find us on Twitter:

Helena: https://twitter.com/herrowna

Evaric: https://twitter.com/evaricweicksel

The ii: https://twitter.com/interintellect_

Come to Helena's next Salon:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/down-the-rabbit-hole-uncovering-the-obscure-curiosity-workshop-ii-salon-tickets-133606549787

Mentioned this episode:

https://navel-gazing.xyz/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Forking_Paths

https://letterboxd.com/film/coherence/

Interintellect's Evaric Weicksel talks with ii Salon Host, writer and entrepreneur Daniel Golliher about living a prestigious professional life, creating an independent artistic life, and transitioning from one to the other.

Check out all Interintellect events: www.interintellect.com/

Find us on Twitter:

Daniel: twitter.com/danielgolliher

Evaric: twitter.com/evaricweicksel

The ii: twitter.com/interintellect_

Come to Daniel's next Salon:

www.eventbrite.com/e/its-a-trap-be…ts-130817050319

Mentioned this episode:

danielgolliher.com/

danielgolliher.com/2020/10/25/happ…other-heresies/

content.time.com/time/magazine/ar…1,970634,00.html

rolfpotts.com/time-twentysomething-1990/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_Voice,_and_Loyalty

Interintellect's Evaric Weicksel talks with flâneuse and ii Salon Host Patricia Hurducas about finding yourself while traveling, allowing serendipity into your life, learning from negative experiences, and getting out of your comfort zone.

Check out all Interintellect events: www.interintellect.com/

Find us on Twitter:
Patricia: twitter.com/PHurducas
Evaric: twitter.com/evaricweicksel
The ii: twitter.com/interintellect_

Come to Patricia's next Salon:
www.eventbrite.com/e/wine-rituals-…ts-129352515857

Mentioned this episode:
www.ted.com/speakers/amy_herman
www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674008021
www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/books/…lauren-elkin.html
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/10/…-the-flaneur/

Interintellect's Evaric Weicksel talks with popular ii Salon Host and leading community member Bryan Kam about the nature of consciousness, the narratives that define us, balancing asceticism and hedonism, pursuing eudaimonia, living with practical philosophy, delineating depression, and fasting in all its forms.

Check out all Interintellect events: interintellect.com

Find us on Twitter:
Bryan: twitter.com/bryankam
Evaric: twitter.com/evaricweicksel
The ii: twitter.com/interintellect_

Come to Bryan's next Salon:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hedonism-ingress-to-inspiration-or-road-to-ruin-interintellect-salon-tickets-129755437005

Read about Bryan’s five-day fast:
clerestory.netlify.app/fast/

Check out Bryan’s Substack:
bryankam.substack.com/

Patricia Hurducas's Salon that gets a mention:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wine-rituals…s-129352515857

In the launch episode of the brand new ii Hostcast, Evaric Weicksel goes meta: he interviews fellow Interintellect and Host Visakan Veerasamy and Interintellect founder Anna Gát about conversations and talent, world peace and nerds, friends and the internet, philosophy and freedom, and how to find your intellectual tribe with the Interintellect.

Check out all Interintellect events: interintellect.com

Find us on Twitter:
Visa: twitter.com/visakanv
Anna: twitter.com/TheAnnaGat
Evaric: twitter.com/evaricweicksel
The ii: twitter.com/interintellect_

Read about how an Interintellect Salon feels:
interintellect.medium.com/my-first-int…1fa52c386f27

Come to Visa’s next Salon:
www.eventbrite.com/e/it-takes-a-vi…ts-127550245217

Come to Anna's next Salon:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-jealousy-…s-128322677583

Read 'Complicating the Narratives' by Amanda Ripley which is mentioned in the episode:
thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/compli…6ddf63

This is an audio recording of a salon held on October 19th, 2023, with Arash Azizi about socialism, liberalism, and the Israeli Palestinian conflict.

Arash Azizi, a specialist on Iran, and Celeste Marcus, a liberal Zionist, discussed how Arash’s socialism and Celeste's liberalism inform their views of the current paroxysms. Both of their ideologies are universalist, and that universalism is in tension with their respective tribalisms.

Arash: https://twitter.com/arash_tehran?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Celeste: https://twitter.com/Celestemarcus3

Interintellect: https://twitter.com/interintellect_

Check out Alex's upcoming salon series on "Breakthroughs in Human History" starting on October 12th. Learn more here: https://interintellect.com/series/breakthroughs-in-human-history/

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Alex Criddle about different traditions of mysticism, definitions of the divine, and more.

Alex's Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexkcriddle

Alex's website: https://alexcriddle.com/

Linus' Twitter: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

Interintellect founder Anna Gát talks to philosophy professor Helen De Cruz about hearts, minds, books, and freedoms --- as well as Helen's upcoming Interintellect salon series titled "Social Media and Free Thought – A philosophical guide for tech developers and entrepreneurs."

Helen's series will feature renowned philosophers who will help us explore how social media can facilitate freedom of thought and freedom of expression, as a guide to entrepreneurs and tech developers.

Helen's salon series on free thought: interintellect.com/series/social-m…-entrepreneurs/

Helen De Cruz: twitter.com/Helenreflects

Helen's Substack: helendecruz.substack.com/

Anna Gát: twitter.com/TheAnnaGat

Interintellect: twitter.com/interintellect_

Host Linus Lu talks to Sandra Sobanska about life transitions: how to think about them, and how to deal with them effectively. 

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Sandra’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandra_sobanska

Sandra’s Substack: https://intotheliminal.substack.com/ 

Tasshin and Mary Bajorek, “Give your Gift” https://tasshin.com/give-your-gift/

Coaching with Peter Limberg - optimizing for aliveness Peter’s Substack: https://lessfoolish.substack.com/

Stoa: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStoa

Microsolidarity: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/

Love your rage movie (https://www.gofundme.com/f/short-film-women-anger-roar) and workshop (https://dandelion.events/e/m70dz)

Interintellect Founder and guest host Anna Gat talks to Dan Lowe in a wide ranging conversation about Wilhelm Reich, the main topic of Dan's upcoming salon on June 24th.

Salon details: interintellect.com/salon/pulsation…-wilhelm-reich/

Dan Lowe: twitter.com/orgone1?lang=en

Join our community: http://interintellect.com/joinhttp://interintellect.com/join

In this episode, host Ravi Joseph speaks with journalist, author, and educator Madison Margolin. They discuss Madison's journey of exploring Judaism through psychedelic consciousness, healing generational trauma through psychedelics, and the cultural changes of recent years leading to psychedelic mainstreaming.

Madison's salon series: https://interintellect.com/series/judaism-is-psychedelic-salon-series/

Find Madison on X: https://x.com/margolinmadison

Find Ravi on X: https://x.com/rjkarmayogi

In this episode, host Ravi Joseph speaks with writer and philosophy professor Stephen Adubato. They discuss the vibes-based nature of contemporary political campaigns, the influence of Nietzsche in online cultural movements, the need for local organizing, and more.

Stephen's Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Find Stephen on X: https://x.com/stephengadubato

Find Ravi on X: https://x.com/rjkarmayogi

In this episode, host Ravi Joseph speaks with philosopher Christophe Porot about the philosophy of religion. They talk about suffering as a path to philosophy, authenticity as a way out of suffering, the possibility of religion after Immanuel Kant’s critique, and more.

Christophe’s first God and Humanity salon on May 9: https://interintellect.com/salons/episode-1-an-introduction-to-philosophy-of-religion

Find Christophe on X: https://x.com/porotchristophe

Find Ravi on X: https://x.com/rjkarmayogi

In this episode, host Ravi Joseph speaks with entrepreneur and engineer Vatsal Kaushik about his upcoming salon on Will Durant’s history books. They talk about why to read about ancient history, the importance of agriculture as a turning point in civilization, his entrepreneurial work building an X curation app with AI, and more. 

Vatsal’s Interintellect Salon on March 15: https://interintellect.com/salons/our-oriental-heritage-exploring-the-foundations-of-civilization⁠

Vatsal’s New Book with Jim O'Shaughnessy: https://www.infinitebooks.com/books/products/two-thoughts

Find Vatsal on X: https://x.com/vtslkshk

Find Ravi on X: https://x.com/rjkarmayogi

In this episode, host Ravi Joseph speaks with author Ian Leslie. First, they talk about his new book John & Paul, the continued relevance of the Beatles, and the need for a new narrative to understand them. Later in the podcast, they discuss recent developments in politics such as the rightward “vibe shift” in the US and worldwide, and Trump’s unconventional communication strategies. 

Ian’s Interintellect Salon on February 26: https://interintellect.com/salons/unraveling-the-creative-process-a-conversation-with-ian-leslie

Ian’s Newsletter: https://ianleslie.substack.com/

Find Ian on X: https://x.com/mrianleslie

Find Ravi on X: https://x.com/rjkarmayogi

In this episode, host Ravi Joseph speaks with scientist and author Samuel Arbesman about his new book, the Magic of Code. They discuss computing as a universal field, the overlaps between computing and biology, the role of wonder in scientific investigation, and more.

Samuel’s Interintellect Salon on February 13:https://interintellect.com/salons/the-magic-of-code

Samuel’s Website:https://arbesman.net/

Find Samuel on X:https://x.com/arbesman

Find Ravi on X:https://x.com/rjkarmayogi