Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan
Origins are conversations with thought-leaders across an eclectic mix of disciplines (science, engineering, art, and design), crafted specifically for the category-defying society that we live in. We explore the thoughts, passions, and stories that defined these pioneers’ fascinating trajectories, arriving at the origins of the pivotal moments across their lives. Draw inspiration for your own trajectory from the intellectual and spiritual electricity of these eclectic conversations.
Podcasting since 2019 • 86 episodes
Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan
Latest Episodes
Dennis Snower and David Sloan Wilson - Rethinking economics for flourishing people and planet
The fundamental challenges confronting humanity are not the failure of particular nations or institutions or businesses or civil organizations, but rather the disconnect between our economic, political, and social systems. Dennis Snower and Dav...
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Guru Madhavan - Systems consciousness, repairing what is worn, and life-instilling creations
Guru Madhavan reverences the world and all that is in it. Guru is an engineer, but his conception of engineering is more vast than we typically assign to the role. To it he brings a systems consciousness that widens the field in recognition of ...
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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Francesca Samsel - Vulnerability, making a new language, and pursuing the irrational
Francesca Samsel is crafting a new language for our world. That is, she crosses art, science, and visualization to open new ways of understanding and engaging with the natural world, not just visually but across the sensorial spectrum. She reco...
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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58:44
Malka Older - Worldbuilding creativity
Malka Older makes a life at the crossroads of our existing and future worlds. Between research into the sociology of organizations, on-the-ground work in humanitarian aid and disaster risk reduction, and acclaimed writing of speculative and sci...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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1:13:20
Mette Miriam Böll - Insisting on compassion
Biologist, philosopher, educator, facilitator, and historian of science Mette Miriam Böll is embodiment of the kind of life that emerges when we accept, recognize, and revere our profound interconnectedness. Her scholarship as her life are nour...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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