Productivity is a crucial aspect of our lives. But how can we combine productiveness and good life? And what is good life? Is it happiness? If so, what is happiness? We've explored this and more topics with Jacob Huber, founder or Revolutionary Character. Listen and dive in! Jacob Huber: https://twitter.com/rev_character Arkadiusz Synowczyk: https://twitter.com/Epagogist

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to poet and writer Grace Bialecki about her upcoming in-person salon in New York City about holiday traditions, and about her work as a poet. *** Grace's NYC Holiday gathering: https://interintellect.com/salon/new-york-irl-expansive-conversations-a-holiday-gathering/ "What it Takes to be a TikTok Poet": https://themillions.com/2023/09/what-it-takes-to-be-a-tiktok-poet.html Grace Bialecki: https://www.graciebialecki.com/ Linus...

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Elaine Wang about her inspirations and processes for writing and about living life as a writer. Elaine's Substack: https://elainewrites.substack.com/ Linus' Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu https://interintellect.com/community/

This is an audio recording of a salon held on October 19th, 2023, with Arash Azizi about socialism, liberalism, and the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Arash Azizi, a specialist on Iran, and Celeste Marcus, a liberal Zionist, discussed how Arash’s socialism and Celeste's liberalism inform their views of the current paroxysms. Both of their ideologies are universalist, and that universalism is in tension with their respective tribalisms. Arash:...

Check out Alex's upcoming salon series on "Breakthroughs in Human History" starting on October 12th. Learn more here: https://interintellect.com/series/breakthroughs-in-human-history/ In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Alex Criddle about different traditions of mysticism, definitions of the divine, and more. Alex's Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexkcriddle Alex's website: https://alexcriddle.com/ Linus' Twitter: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

Interintellect founder Anna Gát talks to philosophy professor Helen De Cruz about hearts, minds, books, and freedoms --- as well as Helen's upcoming Interintellect salon series titled "Social Media and Free Thought – A philosophical guide for tech developers and entrepreneurs." Helen's series will feature renowned philosophers who will help us explore how social media can facilitate freedom of thought and freedom of expression, as a guide to entrepreneurs and tech developers. Helen's...

Host Linus Lu talks to Sandra Sobanska about life transitions: how to think about them, and how to deal with them effectively.  *** Sandra’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandra_sobanska Sandra’s Substack: https://intotheliminal.substack.com/  Tasshin and Mary Bajorek, “Give your Gift” https://tasshin.com/give-your-gift/ Coaching with Peter Limberg - optimizing for aliveness Peter’s...

Interintellect Founder and guest host Anna Gat talks to Dan Lowe in a wide ranging conversation about Wilhelm Reich, the main topic of Dan's upcoming salon on June 24th. Salon details: interintellect.com/salon/pulsation…-wilhelm-reich/ Dan Lowe: twitter.com/orgone1?lang=en Join our community: http://interintellect.com/joinhttp://interintellect.com/join

Host Linus Lu chats with two of Interintellect's inaugural recipients of the Public Minds Fellowship: Vidhika Bansal and Zelda Poem. Vidhika is doing her fellowship on the art of friendship, and Zelda is helping dropouts and hackers figure out alternative education paths. You can find out more about their fellowships here: https://interintellect.substack.com/p/friendship-and-unschooling-new-winners Vidhika Bansal: twitter.com/vidhsterZelda Poem: www.zeldapoem.com/Linus Lu: www.linuslu.com/

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to professor and writer Vaughn Tan about his ongoing salon series about not-knowing, and in particular, about risk, the different ways that the concept of risk is misapplied, and how to think more clearly about the things we don’t know. Vaughn's next salon on April 20th: https://interintellect.com/salon/thinking-about-not-knowing-misnaming-the-beasts/ Vaughn Tan: https://vaughntan.org/ Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this special episode, we have a three-way conversation with the first three recipients of the inaugural Interintellect Public Minds fellowship: Bryan Kam, Mary Bajorek, and Linus Lu. The Interintellect fellowship was created to support Interintellect members for 6 months on a focused project, and enable the sharing of their ideas both on and off the Interintellect platform. And in this episode, the fellows share the inspirations for their respective work and their mutual curiosities about...

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Helena Roth about her salon series diving deep into her philosophy of "doing gentle with an edge." The next installment in Helena's salon series: https://interintellect.com/salon/awareness-how-does-awareness-help-me-do-gentle/ Helena's full series info: https://interintellect.com/series/doing-gentle-with-an-edge-an-exploration/ Helena's book: https://www.amazon.com/Doing-Gentle-edge-Helena-Roth-ebook/dp/B08WTD5W66 Cover art: Nat Sharpe...

James Harris will lead a workshop salon on March 10th about dealing with rejection and failure, drawing from experiences as a writer and comedian for more than 20 years.  Salon details: https://interintellect.com/salon/how-to-fail-coping-with-professional-rejection/ James Harris: https://twitter.com/JamesHarrisNow

Gabi Weinberg of StartUpRabbi hosts his debut salon on February 27, which explores the historical grandparent-grandchild relationship along with our present-day grandparent-grandchild relationships. Salon details: https://interintellect.com/salon/in-celebration-of-grandparents/ Gabi Weinberg: https://twitter.com/StartUpRabbi Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Nolan Yuma about his upcoming salon series about creating a borderless world starting on February 5th.  Link to Nolan's salon series: https://interintellect.com/series/without-borders-a-salon-series/ More on Nolan: https://www.withoutborders.fyi/about/

In anticipation of Kevin Zhai’s debut salon on 1/26, host Linus Lu sits down with Kevin to talk about what makes for great storytelling, how everyone can improve their storytelling, and more. Kevin’s salon: https://interintellect.com/salon/storytelling-and-you-lowering-the-stakes-on-creativity/ Kevin Zhai: https://twitter.com/heykzhai

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Lee Ngo about his ongoing salon series on polyamory. We discuss the ethical considerations of polyamory, what its evolving relationship to mainstream society is, and more. Lee's salon series: https://interintellect.com/series/intro-to-polyamory/ Lee Ngo: https://about.me/leengo Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Jessie Mannisto,  Editor in Chief of Third Factor Magazine, about her upcoming salon on the paradox of weirdness and neurodivergence. Link to Jessie's salon: https://interintellect.com/salon/the-paradox-of-weirdness-an-exploration-of-labeling-normality-and-othering/ Jessie Mannisto: https://twitter.com/jlmannisto Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Celeste Marcus about her upcoming salon on Chaïm Soutine and how to separate the artist as an individual from his mythology. Celeste is the Managing Editor of the Liberties Journal, and is currently writing the first English-language biography of the painter Chaïm Soutine. Celeste's upcoming salon: https://interintellect.com/salon/excavating-man-from-myth-chaim-soutine/ Celeste: https://twitter.com/Celestemarcus3 Linus: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Crystal Duan about her upcoming salon on “main character energy”: what it is, what it means for our culture, and how to leverage it for good. An Investigation into Main Character Energy: https://interintellect.com/salon/an-investigation-into-main-character-energy/ Crystal Duan: https://twitter.com/crystalxduan Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Arkadiusz Synowczyk about his upcoming salon about the relationship between science, religion, and philosophy. Arkadiusz's salon: https://interintellect.com/salon/science-and-religion-strangers-friends-or-foes Arkadiusz Synowczyk: https://twitter.com/Epagogist Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks with Judit Petho about her upcoming salon about finding opportunities in uncertain times. We dig into how leaders handle ambiguity, thow to develop these crucial soft skills, how to make difficult decisions, and more. Judit's salon on 10/12, "Finding Opportunities in Uncertain Times": https://interintellect.com/salon/finding-opportunities-in-uncertain-times/ Judit Petho: https://twitter.com/JuditPetho Linus Lu: https://twitter.com/Linus_Lu

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks with Lori Dunlap, a homeschool advocate and author of the ReThinking Wisdom newsletter, about homeschooling, how traditional education systems can improve, the role of technology in education, and more. To purchase tickets to Lori's salon on Rethinking K-12 Education on October 2nd, click here: https://interintellect.com/salon/rethinking-k-12-education/ Lori's book, "From Home Education to Higher...

In this episode, host Linus Lu talks to Henry Oliver, the writer of The Common Reader newsletter. We chat about his upcoming salon series on How to Read a Novel, the value of the English department, the advantages of film over writing, and about Henry’s current project on late bloomers. Link to Henry's salon series, "How to Read a Novel": interintellect.com/series/how-to-read-a-novel/ Henry Oliver: twitter.com/HenryEOliver Linus Lu: twitter.com/Linus_Lu