Some like It and Dreamcatcher are genuinely memorable but have a number of flaws that prevent them from being classed as outstanding. And some, like Thinner and Tommyknockers that border on unwatchable. In conclusion Shawshank is a brilliant film that is worthy of the credit it has been denied for so-long. 10/10 of course. .

Cops, How Can You Tell Genuinely Suspicious People from Self-Conscious Idiots Acting Weird?

In this episode, I interview Andy Miller, the Co-founder, and CEO at Heaps Normal, an independent non-alcohol beer company based in Canberra, Australia, changing the drinking culture to a new drink standard. Heaps Normal was co-founded by four mates, each with their reasons for wanting to reduce their alcohol consumption. 

Aged 39 in 2020, Andy and his mates started the company. With some investigations, they were able to create and brew beer that tasted so good. The brewing process was completely redesigned and developed their approach based on biological methods so there’s no trace amount of alcohol in the beer. In just a year after launching their first brand, they got approximately 1,500 customers nationally and progressed into exporting their products to some other countries. This year alone, revenue grew by almost 200% and is currently going through the process of becoming a B Corp.

Andy sees marketing as an opportunity to tell authentic stories that are real so businesses can make a difference and have a positive impact in the world. He says, “It’s really easy to market something that you genuinely believe in.”

This Cast Covers:

 

• A non-alcoholic beer company, changing the drinking culture to a new drink standard.
• Backing everyone to create their own normal when it comes to mindful drinking.
• Started after meeting a friend who’s also fond of beer and wanted to reduce alcohol consumption.
• With some investigations, create and brew something reflecting on what works on people which is now their products and available in the market.
• Developed their approach based on biological methods so there’s no trace amount of alcohol in the beer.
• Define success as making a difference in the world and not wanting to be anywhere else.
• Running a business that allows getting out of bed and makes a product that they truly enjoy at the same time.
• Creating a product that has a positive impact on Australian drinking culture.
• Learning that should be normal for all businesses to contribute back to the community.
• Growing volume and revenue by almost 200% in a year, having approximately 1,500 customers nationally and started exporting to some other countries.
• Contributing 2% of their revenue to the community, breaking it up into 1% for the planet and 1% for the people.

 

 

Additional Resources:

• Heaps Normal
• Legacy By James Kerr
• Influence By Robert B. Cialdini 
• Eleven Rings By Phil Jackson

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Quotes: 

“It’s more about reflecting on what’s working for you.” —Andy Miller

“Success is not wanting to be anywhere else but making a difference in the world.” —Andy Miller

“It’s easy to market something that you genuinely believe in.” —Andy Miller

“The clearer you are in your audience, the better you are at connecting with them.” —Andy Miller

“I feel grateful to have that opportunity to do something that contributes back to our community.” —Andy Miller

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Music from https://filmmusic.io “Cold Funk” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Daniel’s podcast EMERGE is an inquiry into the emerging paradigms shaping the next phase of the human experiment. We have a great conversation about conversations and the nature of recording them for public release, soulcrafting, metamodernism, adapting to the idea of climate change, and what it’s like deciding to move to a monastery.

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A podcast episode of Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next - with guest “Rob Burbea - A Spiritual Paradigm for The Infinite Game”t

 

READ: An Invitation to Emerge by Daniel Thorson

Dharma Ocean - Dharma Ocean is a non-monastic, householder based lineage, a community of householder yogins and yoginis, who prioritize the practice of Somatic Meditation in their lives.

The Monastic Academy is a full-time residential program designed to create wise, powerful, and loving leaders who are an unstoppable force for social and environmental peace on Earth.

Metamodernism - Notes on Metamodernism aims to bring together scholars and critics from across the world and from a great variety of disciplines. Most of our contributors are academics, but we also publish the writing of critics, curators, artists and students.

Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy The approach of the paper is to analyse recent studies on climate change and its implications for our ecosystems, economies and societies, as provided by academic journals and publications direct from research institutes

 

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Musicians Justin Favell and Abe Vandenberg recorded this “luxurious” episode on Maui. In Part 1 we catch up, discuss moving one’s life for another person, our musical influences from Branford Marsalis, the greater purposes of music in different cultures, revisionist Tesla history, science and spirituality/faith moving towards the communion of religion and science...

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Documentary | Ayurveda - Art of Being

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Book | The Science Delusion / Science Set Free

[Scientific and Medical Network Book of the Year Award Winner]

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Johnny A and I used to play inline hockey near the ocean, shoot paintballs at each other in a valley on Maui, and collaborate on custom theme music for his radio show. In this episode, we drink coffee and talk in Johnny's mostly empty house with his cats, right before he moves to Vancouver.

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Shannon Wianecki is a writer and editor based on the island of Maui. She covers travel, science, culture, and food for numerous publications including  BBC Travel, Smithsonian, and Hana Hou! – The Hawaiian Airlines Magazine.

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We talk about:

Toward a Deliberately Developmental Civilization by Dustin DiPerna and Ken Wilber

 

An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization

 

Hōkūleʻa - The Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage is taking Hōkūleʻa 47,000 nautical miles to 85 ports & 26 nations, to grow a global movement toward a sustainable world

 

John Ka'imikaua

 

Hō’ike o Haleakalā curriculum

 

Al-Anon

 

Concussion Protocol

 

South of the South Pacific - Tiki, taro and tupuna —finding Polynesia in Tahiti’s Austral Islands. Story by Shannon Wianecki. Photos by Elyse Butler.

 

Introduction to The Wind Gourd of La‘amaomao

 

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Paperback – by Erik Larson

 

Episode Webpage: We're All Threads of the Fabric - Shannon Wianecki

 

Shannon Wianecki’s Website

 

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Darin and I met in the Amazon; the jungle one, not the online one. This episode we talk about dealing with noise during a retreat, Lion's Mane, and Edward Bernays (among many other musings).

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Darin Basile has a BS in mechanical engineering and has worked as a paperboy, busboy, bike messenger, filmmaker, photographer, and currently video director/engineer for large corporate and music events. He hopes to imbue people with a sense of wonder and empathy.

Darin is the co-creator/technical director for a fully immersive theater of paper and illustration, and Particle, an adorable, two-dimensional light being. #AugmentedReality

Heartcorps: Riders of the Storyboard

WATCH a live, immersive installation at Sundance New Frontier 2017

Projection-mapped Immersive Theater Shows the Future of Live AR Performances

 

Tim and I sit on beach chairs in a coconut palm grove and talk freely about flying helicopters, conservation, climate from a place of curiosity and thoughtful exploration. Close your eyes and hear the rustling of the palm leaves…

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Jayson and I catch up after our recent journey to the Amazon. We tell travel stories, talk about our ceremonial experiences at SpiritQuest, and reflect on the last few years since beginning the medicine work near Iquitos, Peru.

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Abe Vandenberg talks with Jeremy & Heather Nova about having had an ultra-competitive mindset while also pursuing a spiritual path that eventually lead to becoming parents.

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Former US bike cross country national champions:

Jeremy Nova

20 years of competitive riding

17 World Championship team appearances, and a visit to the Olympics & Creative Director at Studio Shed.

"...the most important thing you can do is to start cultivating a practice where‍‍‍ you really cultivate a lot of stillness, cause that's what it takes to hook in to that ceremony..."

Heather Nova

Career professional athlete for over 10 years.

"...but if you see the fact that there's something else going on here, and you decide to honor that, and then you're like, 'gonna dedicate my life to the fact that I understand that there's something else going on here'..."

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In Peru at SpiritQuest Sanctuary, Tony and I spoke for this podcast in the Huachuma maloca (pictured in the episode artwork)

Tony Moenich is a former USMC scout sniper and is now the host of TFCO, a podcast talking about military experiences, healing, and life

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• Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2010 G 1h 30m This fascinating documentary offers an unprecedented look at France's Chauvet Cave, which contains the oldest human-painted images found on Earth. Director: Werner Herzog

• Supernatural by Graham Hancock

• SpiritQuest shamanic retreats are intense, accelerated, highly charged courses in the principles and practices of authentic archaic shamanism of the Amazon, Andes and northern coast of Peru.

• Don Rober Acho Jarama Maestro Banco Ayahuasquero

• Don Howard Lawler Principal Maestro of Shamanic Programs and Banco Maestro of the Chavin Mesada
• • Podcast: don Howard Lawler on Voices in the Dark by Jon & Dre
  • Podcast: don Howard Lawler on Vancouver Real with Mike Zaremba
  • Podcast: don Howard Lawler on Reset with Amber Lyon
• Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery Sep 3, 2013 by Rupert Sheldrake

• Jocko podcast 98: w/ Dr. Jordan Peterson. Facing Your Inner Darkness. Breaking Your Wretched Loop. The Ultimate Hero Is Dangerous But Disciplined

• Noumenautics: Metaphysics - Meta-Ethics - Psychedelics Paperback – November 10, 2015 by Peter Sjostedt-H (Author)

• Apps by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers - generative music

• Hot Digital Shaman: New App Wavepaths Guides Users Through Therapeutic Trips: Brian Eno teamed up with neuroscientist Mendel Kaelen to create an app for therapeutic music – and it ended up expanding both their minds

• Inner Game of Music, by Barry Green

• Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity  by Christopher Ryan

• Invasion! Little Fire Ants in Hawaii (2014)

• Fire! Little Fire Ants in Hawaii (2016)

 

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The best way to get where you want to go in life is by tapping into your unique internal guidance system, according to this week's CHI FOR YOURSELF guest. Zen DeBrucke says that too often, we ignore the life-directional system we were each born with, what she calls our Internal Guidance System (IGS).  Zen says calling on this system makes sense because it wants us to be happy, successful, and stress-free. Zen DeBrucke is the author of YOUR INNER GPS: Follow Your Internal Guidance to Optimal Health, Happiness, and Satisfaction

John’s guest on this show is an internationally renowned thought leader and visionary author who has shared the stage with Gregg Braden, Panache Desai, and Dr. Eric Pearl. Marlise Karlin has been interviewed on NBC and Fox News about her pioneering mind-body research. The emotional and physical trauma of her past, and the illnesses it caused, ignited her search to discover new solutions. Converging 25 years of study in Eastern holistic traditions and modern science, including Epigenetics and Neuroplasticity, Marlise developed The Simplicity of Stillness®, SOS Method. Marlise Karlin is the author of "The Simplicity of Stillness Method: 3 Steps to Rewire Your Brain and Access Your Highest Potential."