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The Two Tongues Podcast explores the most interesting topics that aren't "fit" for popular consumption (or polite dinner conversation). Here you will find honest, unfiltered and unedited conversation between two life-long friends on the state of the world as we see it; politics, religion, mind-altering substances, psychology and philosophy are fair game. Let the fun begin!
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Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
In this episode Chris attempts a psychological interpretation of the symbols in the great painting by Salvador Dali entitled: Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man. This was an exercise in the same type of free-association the depth psychologists like Freud and Jung engaged in. In it Chris tries to understanding what meaning is and where it comes from. He begins and ends with the same overarching question: Can there be valid meaning interpreted in symbols/art beyond what the artist intended? If so, what does this say about meaning in general?
I've provided the link to the Wiki below as a reference to the image:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopoliticus_Child_Watching_the_Birth_of_the_New_Man
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
In this episode Chris and Kyle discuss the culture war, Tolkien vs. Rowling, and then highlight a series of recent news stories that seem to show the cultural tide turning. Oh, and we added web cams to the Two Tongues studio so you all can see our shining faces. Check us out on YouTube...as soon as we figure out how to get the video feed working.
Enjoy :)
YouTube: https://youtu.be/_54DwJWcOjA
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
In this episode we begin our exploration of Alfred North Whitehead's magnum opus "Process and Reality." This one serves as an introduction to the novel conceptualization of God and conscious experience that Whitehead introduced to the philosophic world, with emphasis on his speculative technique in generating a new model of reality. Whitehead defends imagination as a valid faculty to exploring the world and achieving knowledge. He also envisions reality as a "Process" generated by interaction between and within the One substance that makes up the cosmos.
Enjoy :)
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
In this episode we return to Erich Neumann's Origin and History of Consciousness to try and make sense of the Oedipus complex as described by Freud. We take on the strange motifs of incest and patricide and explain how and why they aren't as taboo as you might think. We also explore the connections between our most ancient myths and our experience of being conscious. Here goes...
Enjoy :)
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
In this episode Chris and Kyle share stories about disgusting things they've encountered over the course of their working life. Talking of disgust and interest, we ponder where such feelings come from and whether or not they constitute some form of communication from God (or our deepest Self). We talk "divine revelation" and in what ways man may actually commune with the spiritual domain. Oh, and we ask Satan to lend us a dollar.
Enjoy :)
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
In this episode we explore the ancient Greek fables of Aesop. I hoped to find psychologically significant parallels to myths and fairytales, but I found something entirely unexpected. In Aesop we find parallels to the Bible, we find the origins of many common expressions still in use today, but more than that, we get a glimpse into the social and cultural life of ordinary Ancient Greeks. He get to see what they valued, what they criticized and all their prejudices laid bare. Surprising. Entertaining.
Enjoy :)
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
In this episode Kyle and Chris get the ancient Greek perspective on totalitarianism from, of all places, the fables of Aesop. We discuss the role fungi might be placing in cancer and Chris tells us about having a strangely mystical experience in the moments just before falling asleep the other night. All this and more on the Two Tongues Podcast!
Enjoy :)
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
This one is for the ladies... In this episode we round out our psychological exploration of Jung's Archetypes as seen through the personalities and stories of the Ancient Greek gods. This episode hones in on the goddesses of Olympus and attempts to outline the journey of womanhood through the various personalities exemplified by Hera, Artemis, Athena, Hestia and Aphrodite. We see represented the girly-girl who uses her beauty as a tool, the fierce feminist who proves herself the equal of any man, the matriarch who rules and the preserver of family, clan and identity itself.
Enjoy :)
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
In this episode Kyle and Chris discuss the British Monarchy and speculate as to when having a King may actually come in handy. Derogatory things were said about the French and English (but mostly in jest...mostly). We talk delicious steak and things Chris can no longer eat. Great fun was had by all.
Enjoy :)
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
In this episode we dive deeper into Ed Edinger's "The Eternal Drama." We are presented with the heavenly realm of Olympus as a projection of the unconscious and with the 12 Olympian Gods as projections of our own in-born psychological forces. Edinger describes a "Zeus personality," an "Apollo personality," a "Hermes personality," and so on. He tells us their stories and helps us to see ourselves in them and to experience the gods within.
Enjoy :)