Who is The Poetry Peddler? An Interview with Alexandra Barylski
Release Date: 09/05/2025
Who is The Poetry Peddler? An Interview with Alexandra Barylski
Becoming Human
Who is the Poetry Peddler, and why is poetry so important today? Alexandra Barylski is an award winning poet, editor, and entrepreneur, and longtime producer for the Becoming Human Project. She is launching the Poetry Peddler Podcast, journal, and press, and sat down with me to discuss why editing is a critical skill today, how poetry touches the uncanny dimension of existence, how poetry and philosophy connect, and how practicing poetry as a way of life deepens our receptivity and openness to Living Language, the spiritual wellspring of consolation and joy. Join the Peddler! ...
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D.W. Pasulka, Christopher Bledsoe, and the Study of Religion
Becoming Human
This is a fifteen minute excerpt from my live Becoming Human Academy course, "The Sacred World: An introduction to Religion." In the lecture, I explain why the academic study of religion is important, how it gives us a deep understanding of inclusiveness and ways of interpreting difference that give us compassion, sympathy, and insight. These are some of the great values of the academic study of religion, especially the way it gives us a new scientific approach to context. We need different understandings of the human, particularly of human context and meaning, which is what the scholarly...
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How to Make Time Sacred: Mircea Eliade's The Sacred and Profane | Explorations
Becoming Human
What are rituals, and what makes something sacred? Mircea Eliade was a historian of religion, philosopher, and author widely regarded as one of the most influential scholars of religion in the 20th century. His book, The Sacred and the Profane, is a classic introduction to religion that answers these questions. Eliade is known for his scholarly work on Yoga, comparative religion, initiation rituals, hierophanies (sacred appearences), and the sacred logic manifest in our experience of space and time. In this Explorations episode, I explain how we can make time sacred by introducing Eliade's...
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How a Celebrity Philosopher Changed History & Why He Was Forgotten: Emily Herring on Henri Bergson
Becoming Human
How did the most famous philosopher of his time, a darling of the Parisian salons and an internationally renowned philosopher of science, disappear from memory? Dr. Emily Herring, author of Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People, explains the brilliant insights and legacy of Bergson in this wide-ranging Becoming Human Conversation with Samuel Loncar. The French philosopher Henri Bergson wrote brilliantly about the brain, biology, memory, time, and creativity, exploring the relationship of science, philosophy, and mysticism, yet he has been largely...
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Kabbalistic Wisdom and the Modern Self-Help Movement: A Conversation with Reb Adam
Becoming Human
Rabbi Adam Yitzchak Polinovskiy is a well-established coach, specializing in the art of personal and professional transformation. His expertise spans a wide range of areas, including mindset mastery, Kabbalistic wisdom, alignment strategies, and leadership development. In our conversation, we discuss the Kabbalistic background to the modern self-help and personal coaching movement, including figures like Tony Robbins, Reb Adam's personal journey of spiritual transformation, and how to overcome blocks in your business and personal life. Learn more about Reb Adam and join the latest Tree...
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The Age of Spiritual Awakening: Rabbi Simon Jacobson in Conversation | Explorations
Becoming Human
According to Rabbi Simon Jacobson of The Meaningful Life Center, technology is catalyzing a spiritual awakening, making spiritual knowledge the “key commodity of the future.” Rabbi Jacobson is a best-selling author of Towards a More Meaningful Life and reaches hundreds of thousands daily through his YouTube channel. In this far-reaching Becoming Human Conversation, we explore anxiety and “healthy angst,” why religion is declining and spirituality is growing, what the spirit is, why the “messianic age” is about the elevation of human consciousness, and how he would respond if he was...
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How AGI and Superintelligence Enhance Consciousness | Apocalypse, A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 7
Becoming Human
Has AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) already arrived? As the race for Superintelligent machines changes the world, how can humans prepare to thrive? Ancient spiritual traditions reveal surprising insights into how philosophy as a spiritual technology can teach us where AI is heading, and what to do about it. Instructor: Dr. Samuel Loncar | Yale University
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Education for the AI Age: Why Can't People Read and Does it Matter? | Explorations
Becoming Human
How do we reimagine education for a world of AI? What skills do people need, and why? How can philosophy as a way of life create a shared vision of human flourishing? Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University
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Can We Change Our Fate? An Existential Vision for Immortality | Explorations
Becoming Human
Fate is the power of the unchosen to determine your life. It is real and we all know it, or we would never be frustrated. The key question is: can we overcome our fate? Is fate compatible with freedom? An existential strategy is the only way to overcome the power of fate and avoid being a pawn of your environment and history. To conquer fate, we must pursue a scientific understanding of reality, and overcome our limitations. The result is a life ready for immortality. Long-term planning in short-sighted Western corporations is 10 years, 30 at most. China has a 100 year + strategy for its space...
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Will Superintelligence Complete Science? The Future of Physics
Becoming Human
What happens when AGI, Artificial General Intelligence, appears and solves all the problems in science? Can we know the future of science? Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Chapter 6, suggests we can predict future scientific developments based on a deep understanding of the current anomalies in our ideas. Our philosophical ideas of nature can provide an orientation towards future research, giving us a window into the future. What do we see if we look? Series: Notes on Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Ep. 7. Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D | Yale...
info_outlineWho is the Poetry Peddler, and why is poetry so important today?
Alexandra Barylski is an award winning poet, editor, and entrepreneur, and longtime producer for the Becoming Human Project. She is launching the Poetry Peddler Podcast, journal, and press, and sat down with me to discuss why editing is a critical skill today, how poetry touches the uncanny dimension of existence, how poetry and philosophy connect, and how practicing poetry as a way of life deepens our receptivity and openness to Living Language, the spiritual wellspring of consolation and joy.
Join the Peddler!
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