Dr. John Vervaeke and Greg Thomas engage in a nuanced conversation that spans the realms of philosophy, music, and culture. With an emphasis on the blues, jazz, and democracy, they examine how to be a "radical moderate" in today's polarized society. They explore the rich interplay between music and philosophy, delving into topics such as the sacredness of music, the musicality of being, and the role of music in democracy. Their collaborative spirit is a testament to the transformative power of cross-disciplinary dialogue. As they tackle topics like race, culture, and cosmic responsibility, they bring fresh insights into how we can harmonize disparate elements of human experience. Resources Greg Thomas Website: https://www.jazzleadershipproject.com/ X: https://twitter.com/gregthomas22?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StraightAhead-TheOmni-Am-fc4hd/videos John Vervaeke: Website: https://johnvervaeke.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VervaekeJohn/ X: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john The Vervaeke Foundation Jazz Leadership Project Jazz Leadership Project Blog Hemingway, Politics, and Wisdom Charlie Parker’s Higher Octave Can Civic Jazz Resolve Our American Dilemma? Greg Thomas — YouTube Greg Thomas: “The Ralph Ellison-Albert Murray Continuum” Voices with Vervaeke — YouTube Aletheia Coaching - profound self-unfoldment rather than self-improvement w/ Steve March John Vervaeke & Greg Thomas Series: Jazz as Embodied Art and an Ecology of Practice | Deep Dive: Race, Culture, Jazz, and Democracy #1 Democracy as Antagonistic Cooperation for E Pluribus Unum Race Versus Cultural Intelligence: The Agent Arena Relationship Transcendent Naturalism Series: The Cognitive Science Show Towards a Metapsychology that is true to Transformation w/ Gregg Henriques and Zachary Stein Podcasts The Integral Stage - Bruce Alderman / Layman Pascal Straight Ahead - The Omni-American Podcast Deep Transformation Podcast Books A Spirit of Trust: A Reading of Hegel’s Phenomenology - Robert B. Brandom Danielle Allen Books: Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality Justice by Means of Democracy Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education Why Plato Wrote Bearing Witness to Epiphany: Persons, Things, and the Nature of Erotic Life - John Russon Amazon.com: Heidegger, Neoplatonism, and the History of Being: Relation as Ontological Ground - James Filler Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That's Lost Its Mind - Jamie Wheal The Republic by Plato - The Internet Classics Archive Civic Jazz: American Music and Kenneth Burke on the Art of Getting Along - Gregory Clark Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling - James Hillman A Pluralistic Universe - William James Habits of Whiteness: A Pragmatist Reconstruction - Terrance MacMullan The Omni-Americans: Some Alternatives to the Folklore of White Supremacy - Albert Murray Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds - Thomas Hübl My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies - Resmaa Menakem The Monster's Journey: From Trauma to Connection - Mark Forman PhD Publications Dan Chiappe & John Vervaeke, The enactment of shared agency in teams exploring Mars through rovers - PhilPapers Music Kind Of Blue | Miles Davis Miscellaneous Blue Sky Leaders Certificate Program | CIIS Beyond Nihilism | Halkyon Academy Aletheia Coach “Body and Soul”--Coleman Hawkins (1939) Theory of collective mind: Trends in Cognitive Sciences Rooted Cosmopolitans - Kwame Anthony Appiah People Thomas Mann Andre Malraux Lester Young Quincy Jones Nadia Boulanger Charlie Parker Timecodes