Being in the World

Being in the World Podcast 088: Patrick House on Convivium, Quonset, & Hypnotherapy

In this spirited reunion, Tao Ruspoli welcomes back neuroscientist and writer Patrick House for a discursive meander through memory, addiction, architecture, mind control

Being in the World Podcast 087: Dulcinée DeGuere on Bombay Beach, Acéphale, and the Leaderless Crowd

In this evocative and wide-ranging conversation, Tao Ruspoli is joined by artist, filmmaker, and systems architect Dulcinée DeGuere to unravel the conceptual fabric of Bo

Being in the World 086: B. Scot Rousse

B. Scot Rousse ("B") is a philosopher focused on existential phenomenology and its applications to AI. He holds a PhD from Northwestern University and is currently a visi

Tao gives the 2024 UC Berkeley Commencement Speech

I had the incredible honor of delivering the commencement address to UC Berkeley Philosophy department's graduating class of 2024 during this time of momentous social uph

Being in the World Podcast 085: 40 Days & 40 Nights with Patrick House

"Filmmaker Tao Ruspoli and neuroscientist Dr. Patrick House engage in a wide-ranging discussion that explores the nature of truth, myth, and meaning. The conversation beg

Being in the World Podcast 077: Dennis Gassner

A tour of legendary, academy award winning production designer Dennis Gassner's home in the Hollywood hills. Dennis Gassner (born October 22, 1948) is an American-Canadi

Being in the World 076: The Sacred Trickster

A both very intimate and very expansive conversation with Dulcinee about creativity, addiction, mental health, technology, "artificial" "intelligence", politics, relation

d/T: The Boundaries of Your Bias (live performance)

Poetry & Beats by Dulcinee DeGuere Piano and Synths by Tao Ruspoli The boundaries of your bias Trickle, trembling With a shudder that you deny Though it wraps you in

Being in The World Podcast 075 On being a couple and trying to improve yourselves and each other

Tao and Dulcinee discuss the deals they've made with each other to successfully quit smoking, meditate, and drastically reduce phone time. They also discuss the nature of

Being in the World Podcast 074: What makes a good story

Tao takes a walk with his friend Eric Kaplan, a TV writer (Futurama, Big Bang Theory, etc.) with a PhD in philosophy. They try to get to the bottom of what makes a good s

Being in the World 073: Riccardo Manzotti

Riccardo Manzotti is a philosopher, psychologist, and AI expert and the author of The Spread Mind: Why Consciousness and the World Are One. Born in Parma, Italy, in 1969

Being in the World 072: Dulcinée DeGuere on Mental Health, Vulnerability & Systems of Care

Dulcinée is a filmmaker, conceptual/performance artist, & Systems Architect for the Bombay Beach Biennale. Tao and Dulcinée have a frank and vulnerable conversation about

Being in the World 071: Interview with ChatGPT 2/2

Tao talks to chatGPT4 about its philosophical, political, and creative implications. Part 2 of 2

Being in The World 070: an interview with ChatGPT part 1/2

Tao talks to chatGPT 4 about its philosophical, political, and creative implications.

Being in the World 069: Eric Kaplan

Eric Kaplan is an American television writer and producer. His work has included shows such as Late Show with David Letterman, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Malcolm

Being in the World Podcast 068: Chris Ryan

Chris and Anya visit Tao in desert after an around the world trip. 

Being in the World podcast 067: Anya Kaats--Astrology for Rationalists

Tao and Anya, host of A Millennial's guide to Saving The World, discuss astrology and whether it's possible to find meaning in it in a similar way we find meaning in fict

Being in the World Podcast 066: 19 Ways of Looking at Everything

Patrick House's new book 19 Ways of Looking at Consciousness now available everywhere books are sold...Get it, read it, give it, talk about it, post about it, and let us

Being in the World podcast 065: James Fox

Tao sits down with his old friend James Fox, a British journalist best known for his book White Mischief, and for co-authoring Life, the best-selling memoir of Rolling St

Being in the World Podcast 064 James Ostrer part 2

We go deeper.