The Emerald explores the human experience through a vibrant lens of myth, story, and imagination. Brought to life through the wise, wild, and humorous vision of Joshua Michael Schrei — a teacher and lifelong student of the cosmologies and mythologies of the world — the podcast draws from a deep well of poetry, lore, and mythos to challenge conventional narratives on politics and public discourse, meditation and mindfulness, art, science, literature, and more. At the heart of the podcast is the premise that the imaginative, poetic, animate heart of human experience — elucidated by so many cultures over so many thousands of years — is missing in modern discourse and is urgently needed at a time when humanity is facing unprecedented problems. The Emerald advocates for an imaginative vision of human life and human discourse as it questions deep underlying assumptions about societal progress.
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Neck Hairs of the Shapeshifter (w/ Simon Thakur)
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2022-03-09
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For the Divine Mother of the Universe (w/ Nivedita Gunturi)
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2022-02-07
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Snail Juice & Bear Fat & Werewolf Moons (w/ Leah Song of Rising Appalachia)
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2022-01-10
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The Body is the Metaverse
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2021-12-03
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Festivals! Initiation and the Brilliance of Eternity
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2021-11-18
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On Resonance: Caves, Hooves, Hearts, Harps... and the Birth of Culture
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2021-10-12
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Becoming a Ruin: Decomposing and Regrowing the Mythic with Sophie Strand
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2021-09-16
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Mapping The Mystic: Geographies of Ecstasy in Consciousness and Culture
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2021-08-31
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The Shape of Stories: How Myths Move Through Bodies and Worlds
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2021-08-05
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TRA is for Trance: On the Linguistics of Crossing Over
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2021-07-15
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On Trauma and Vegetation Gods
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2021-06-22
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The Emerald Turns Two
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2021-06-01
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Tyson Yunkaporta on Pattern, Kinship, and Story in a World of Decontextualized Minds
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2021-05-26
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Semele, Kuṇḍalinī, and the Path of Interiorized Lightning
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2021-05-08
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Trickster Jumps Sides: Disruption and the Anatomy of Culture
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2021-04-21
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The Many Voices of Water, Part 2: Imagining Water Beyond Lines
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2021-04-02
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How Trance States Shape the World
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2021-03-12
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The Many Voices of Water, Part 1: Oceans of Melancholy and Bliss
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2021-02-04
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Give the Drummer Some: Trance, Danger, and Rapture in the Oldest Instrument of All
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2021-01-19
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When Exactly Was the Age of Reason?
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2020-12-30
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