This week’s guest is the journalist and author of the award-winning book ‘Fishing in Utopia’. He writes a regular column in the Guardian on themes concerned with religion and this is the topic of the conversation today.
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In the first of a series of regular dialogues with thinkers on various subjects, the chair of the society Robert M. Ellis discusses dogma and the brain with psychiatrist , author and patron of the Middle Way Society Iain McGilchrist.
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In this latest member profile, Ed Catmull, president of Pixar and Disney Animation talks about his new book Creativity Inc., the finding of the ‘Middle’ and how one sets up the conditions in a work environment so that creativity might flourish. He goes on to explain how he tries to maintain a work/life balance and why he decided to join the Middle Way Society.
If you’d like to read a review of ‘Creativity Inc’ by the chair of the society Robert M. Ellis, then click here.
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Continuing on from last week, this is the second compilation of podcast interviewee’s responses to the above question, they are: Paul Gilbert, Mark Vernon, Jim O’Driscoll, Claire Kelly, Vishvapani Blomfield, Rich Flanagan, Viryanaya, Peter Worley, Don Cupitt and Kristin Neff. If you would like to hear the full interviews, you can find them here.
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I normally pose the above question or something similar to people I interview for the podcasts. I thought it might be interesting to create a regular compilation of their responses. This first ‘batch’ include Vidyamala Burch, Julian Adkins, Iain McGilchrist, Stephen Batchelor, Peter Goble, John Bolwell, Emilie Åberg and Norma Smith. If you would like to hear the full interviews, you can find them here.
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