Beste Beautiful World podcasts (2024)

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A Beautiful Baffled Mind 2:26

3d ago2:26

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Thanks so much to each of you who have been on this poetry-based journey during 2024. In case you're in need of a collection of essays that hitches up some amazing poems with those traits that are most needed by leaders, here it is. The book is a few years old, but the poems and leadership qualities featured are timeless. Stay tuned for 2025 and a …

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This Beauty Inside The House of Injustice 14:56

10d ago14:56

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"The world is not made of atoms but of stories," said poet Muriel Rukeyser. This means good, beautiful, pro-social stories (which are often poems!) can help overcome the most unjust, anti-social, and destructive stories. Here's a poem that does just that...Door Dale Biron

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The West Was Never Won 9:58

17d ago9:58

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Perhaps we need to be a bit more humble, more careful, before we declare that we've won or lost. In this cast, the west. Turns out winning and losing may have everything to do with our timeframe, and that these binary categories we so often use, may not be up to the task. Here's a poem that muses on this very subject...…

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What Is Your True Story? 8:52

24d ago8:52

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Your true story is important. I don’t know its contents and contours, but I’m certain it exists. It reflects the world, and your uniquely entangled and wondrous place within it. Your true story lies deep within your body, at a kind of soul level, we might say. It has something to do with what gives you joy, satisfaction, and clarity, combined parad…

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At The Heart of Politics 9:04

1M ago9:04

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Let's start a small, but significant political revolution with poetry. When someone asks you for your money and support, first give your heartfelt ideas, feelings, and opinions about what is right and wrong with politics. If they listen and respond well, then consider your support and money.Door Dale Biron

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Declaration To Mother Earth & Your Own Heart 5:19

1M ago5:19

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Write your own special declaration to Mother Earth and to the sanctity of your own interior self, meaning your heart and imagination...Door Dale Biron

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An Exhausted, Down and Dirty, Bruised Hope 7:45

2M ago7:45

7:45

For all those who are hurting, upset, and dismayed after the election...Door Dale Biron

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I Am Tired, Even of Hope 5:34

2M ago5:34

5:34

A Paradox After the Election It is 7:27 PM, Wednesday, November 6th, and I am tired, even of hope. Or maybe it is hope, that’s grown old, and now helplessly tired of me. I long for a place of equanimity, where nothing can easily attach itself to what feels like permanently me. Choosing “now,” is likely all there is. And suspecting that at least hal…

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Trust In A Time of Profound Mistrust 7:27

2M ago7:27

7:27

Could it be we do not trust some things that we should, and do trust other things that we should not?

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"It's Them!" The Demagogue's Dangerous Cry 6:55

2M ago6:55

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To scapegoat. To play fast and loose with the truth and especially with blame. To add insult to injury. To ignore any and all logical and systemic connections between cause and effect. To refuse any chance for deep, just, and real solutions. These are the dangerous moves of the demagogue...Door Dale Biron

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There’s Wisdom In Feeling More Fully 6:03

2M ago6:03

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To "know about" something is largely an intelectual endevor. It's helpful, but incomplete. To actually "know" something deep in our bones, we must "feel" it more fully, which invites both the head and the heart to the party. This merging of our intellect with our emotions provides the possibility of wisdom. Poetry can help.…

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The Secret To Reinventing Yourself 4:26

3M ago4:26

4:26

The world is made of stories. You are a story. Everyone you know and love is a story. Let's not accept stories about ourselves, others, or the world that are old, tattered, and no longer work...Door Dale Biron

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Does Mother Earth Need A Restraining Order? 6:17

3M ago6:17

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Does Mother Earth need a restraining order? This is one of several questions we tackle in this edition of the Dale Biron On Poetry Podcast. We also want to know the relationship between probability and possibility? Hint, living in possibility is pretty important...Door Dale Biron

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Your Mishaps, Mistakes & Misfortunes 4:57

3M ago4:57

4:57

Once you've extracted as much learning as you can from your past mishaps, mistakes, and misfortunes, it’s best to simply let it all go…Door Dale Biron

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Finding Courage In Difficult Times 7:26

3M ago7:26

7:26

Courage is to "know" our heart, and to "follow" it. In times of great turmoil and difficulty, it becomes even more important to do so. As in these times...Door Dale Biron

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The Universal Club of Kindness 7:31

4M ago7:31

7:31

Once we are part of this mysterious, unfathomable, undefinable, condition we call life, we are in (and within) the universal club of kindness.Door Dale Biron

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Righteous Anger 5:14

4M ago5:14

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Can a poem explain the power of anger? Yes, the right poem, and the right kind of anger... Righteous anger.Door Dale Biron

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When Your Soul Needs Nature 3:58

4M ago3:58

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There will be times when you can place your body into the natural world, to walk, see, feel, hear and touch. And there will be times when you can’t. But you can still seek healing solace.Door Dale Biron

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Can A Critter Help Cure Our Sadness 7:27

4M ago7:27

7:27

Might there be a poem equal to a cat video? Can a critter help cure our sadness, even our subtle but irreversible sadness?Door Dale Biron

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The Secret To Reading Poems Out Loud 5:46

5M ago5:46

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Here's how to read poems for optimum inspiration, joy, and impact. (Relax. Renew. Repeat...)Door Dale Biron

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Decolonizing Our Minds (and Hearts) 7:24

5M ago7:24

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War is necessary, needed, and natural… Wait, is this actually so? Powerful poems can help us push up against our cultural beliefs and expectations, especially the ones that are no longer serving us. This is one of my favorites mind and heart decolonization tools. A poem by Pablo Neruda, that says let’s just be quiet for a time...…

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Giving Up Your Worst Grudge 7:35

5M ago7:35

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Our worst grudge is the one we hold, often unwittingly, against ourselves. It's the one that does the greatest damage. Time for forgiveness...Door Dale Biron

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A Poem Encouraging Peace of Mind 3:38

5M ago3:38

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Sometimes increasing our peace of mind becomes our highest priority. This poem may help...Door Dale Biron

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Traveling Through This Darkness 5:24

5M ago5:24

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How might a poem help us with difficult decisions in these dark times?Door Dale Biron

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“With Fear for our Democracy, I Dissent" 6:56

6M ago6:56

6:56

A simple poem about a beautiful, flawed, and precious thing...Door Dale Biron

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How Humans Change… A Pickle Juice Story 8:03

6M ago8:03

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New stories, powerful metaphors, and compelling images, are arriving now daily. And not a moment too soon, because the old narratives have lost virtually all of their credibility, and certainly all of their magic. It's new cultural "pickle juice" we need, now more than ever...Door Dale Biron

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We Are Each Other's Changes 10:08

6M ago10:08

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We are social beings. We make, consume and live by the stories we share with others. Stories that help us see and feel, think and navigate the world and our place in it. Stories that eventually define what passes for what we call our common sense....Door Dale Biron

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You Can't Get There From Here 7:52

7M ago7:52

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As the extraordinary teacher and public intellectual, Bayo Akomolafe once put it, “The times are urgent: Let’s slow down...” In this episode we contemplate what it would be like to start again, to start fresh, to start small and go slow...Door Dale Biron

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Good Friendship... Plain and Simple 11:39

7M ago11:39

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If we really want to have greater "agency" in this world (and at the same time, joy) we're going to need our dear friends by our side. In this episode we'll look at poetry that celebrates those we call our friends.Door Dale Biron

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Ursula Goodenough: Science and the Sacred 53:24

7M ago53:24

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"Cultural understandings can be very rapid, they can also be sometimes very resistant to change, which is part of the problem, but the evolution of culture is something we can and should think about in a very different way from biological evolution, which takes a long time--and the fact that cultural evolution can turn on a dime can be very encoura…

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Intro For My New Fall 2024 Course at The Fromm Institute San Francisco, CA 4:36

7M ago4:36

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Resistance, Resilience, Renewal: Poetry’s Power in Turbulent Times... In this course, we’ll take a journey through the tumultuous landscapes of contemporary society, guided by the bright beacon of poetry. Through readings, discussions, and provocative inquiries, we will uncover the ways in which poetry serves as a practical and potent force for res…

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Stingy With Our Happiness 5:51

7M ago5:51

5:51

"Look. The poppies they are at it again exploding on the hills with their deep yellow flames and / supple hearts..." Excerpt from "Sun Trail" by Dale BironDoor Dale Biron

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No One Chooses To Love Poetry 9:21

8M ago9:21

9:21

If you actually love poetry, it’s not because you chose to do so in any traditional sense. We choose poetry because something mysterious and deep in our body chooses for us.Door Dale Biron

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Honoring Both Pain and Joy 15:31

8M ago15:31

15:31

Some mornings, despite the catastrophes, we wake up shining...Door Dale Biron

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Just Me: The Spring Creek Project lecture 35:42

8M ago35:42

35:42

This week I have something a little different. I was asked to take part in the Collective Climate Action lecture series for the Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University. These are the same folks who asked me to do a keynote five years ago, which turned into the essay that’s in the wonderful book All We Can Save. I struggled with this one, as…

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Ode To A Hungry Raccoon 8:39

8M ago8:39

8:39

If you want to simultaneous enjoy your life, have better relationships, and get more things done, then you'll need to spend more time in your personal optimal zone. That includes having more fun. This week is all about that...Door Dale Biron

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Michael Eliason: What Our Cities Could Look Like 1:12:06

8M ago1:12:06

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"If we had a climate leader like Anne Hidalgo, the Pike/Pine network itself, going from Capitol Hill, which is dense enough to support its own pedestrian zone and car-free streets, could be car-free or mostly car-free down to the water, there'd be this wonderful green interchange between Capitol Hill and downtown and there's really wonderful opport…

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What Is Your Deeper Why? 10:00

8M ago10:00

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We all want to fulfill the "why" of our lives. Therefore, how we "pickle" ourselves matters. Or said another way, the "context" we create for ourselves and others will determine how successful we are at creating the vision and world that is most important to us.Door Dale Biron

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In Defense of Unsuccessful Art 16:19

9M ago16:19

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The simple, basic, foundational fact we must understand to be successful in any creative (especially artistic) endeavor...Door Dale Biron

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Our Beautiful, Battered, Broken World 19:24

9M ago19:24

19:24

When we create stories about human nature, based upon observing traumatized humans, we get a picture that is both predictable and wrong. –Musings of a PoetDoor Dale Biron

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The More Than Human World 11:20

9M ago11:20

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A Post-Humanist world would be one that fully embraced a "more than human world..." This week's episode continues to explore this theme, and features a powerful and poetic quote by David Abram, who coined the phrase used in the title. Plus one of the most famous poems written by the brilliant poet, Robinson Jeffers.…

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A New PostHumanist Manifesto 14:21

9M ago14:21

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"...We must un-humanize our view of the world just a little, make being of service, as needed and as sacred as sunlight. Invite both head and heart, home, to a welcomed wholeness. Declare joy and having "enough" the newest kind of envy..." –Dale BironDoor Dale Biron

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Arranging For Our Own Disappearance 17:46

9M ago17:46

17:46

What if we are up to our collective axels in mud? What if our political and ecological ideas, beliefs, and actions are getting us nowhere? What if we've got to get lost (on purpose) to actually move forward. What if a condition for sane progress is to first arrange for our own disappearance? What if philosopher-poet, Bayo Akomolafe is right when he…

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Solving Your 37th Problem 14:49

10M ago14:49

14:49

In these times of political, social, and ecological challenge and disruption, to what should we pay attention? Well certainly the ability to come back to our "center" is critical. In other words, having the ability to make our personal "optimal zone" a place where we spend more and more of our time. Solving your 37th problem is at the core of it al…

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What If We Have Hope All Wrong? 14:15

10M ago14:15

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Let's reimagine both hope and despair. Truth is, hope and despair make uneasy friends. Our categorical, binary culture, insists on our choosing one or the other. But what if both despair and hope live deep in our hearts and minds at this time? What if to be skillful and resilient in our lives, we must acknowledge and embrace both?…

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Burn This Poem – A Primer on Forgiveness 11:59

10M ago11:59

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Forgiveness? It can become your super power. Start with others. Slowly. Pace yourself. It’s no cakewalk, but forgiving others can often be a tad easier. A way to get started. Eventually, as your powers increase you can do the really heavy lifting of forgiving yourself.Door Dale Biron

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The Meta Crisis... It's Too Late For Anything But Art 21:36

10M ago21:36

21:36

Real hope, meaning decent odds for passing through the coming political, social, and ecological bottlenecks we face throughout the world, will require a deep partnership between our minds and hearts. That is to say, our many civilization-threatening meta-crisis predicaments are too big, too mature, too complex for anything short of "artful" respons…

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3 Simple Reasons To Love A Poem 24:28

11M ago24:28

24:28

Of course, there's no algorithm or "set of rules" for writing (or for that matter, discovering) beautiful, stunning, memorable poems. But after working with thousands of people and the poems they fell in love with, I've discovered a simple set of characteristics that can help. Three essential qualities that can point us toward the poetry we are muc…

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Lauren Regan: They're Doing This Because We're Winning 1:18:27

11M ago1:18:27

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"Because the one thing they will never have that we have is numbers, and moral high ground. Most of us are doing this because we care, it's coming from a place of love, often we're doing it in our volunteer time--and the government and corporations will never match that." ____ Lauren Regan is the legendary founder, executive director, and staff att…

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To The Other 99.9% of Earthlings 16:39

11M ago16:39

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WANTED: HUMANS TO CREATE AND SPREAD NEW, HELPFUL STORIES... When it comes to the META-CRISIS we face, we not only have an old story, it's a bad story. The kind that's leading us off a very high cliff. Replacing our own story is the first step, and is more critical than ever.Door Dale Biron

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