Meaning Making Machines
Simone Leon
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Composing with Soul in the Age of AI | JoAnne Harris | Episode 7
Welcome to my conversation with composer JoAnne Harris. JoAnne has conducted and recorded film scores at Abbey Road, East West, The Village, and Avatar with artists such as grammy winning Kurt Elling…
An Autobiography by the Trees
I knew things as a child that are hidden to me now. I knew them, but I didn’t have the intellectual skills to speak of them. I simply lived them.Read full essay here: https://simoneleon.substack.com…
The Hypocrisy of Political Certainty
Cultures and people trade one type of conformity for another and rarely think for themselves without being told what to think. An essay on how we can learn to free ourselves from hypocrisy.Read full…
The Cross, the Womb, and the Crown: The Paradoxes of Medieval Christianity | Grace Hamman | Episode 6
Welcome to my episode with medieval scholar, writer, and speaker Dr. Grace Hamman. She is the author of the book Jesus through Medieval Eyes, a fascinating and accessible introduction to the bizarre,…
Digital Spirituality
It is becoming increasingly obvious to me that the role of the unseen in our lives is undeniable and essential. These “things” that are nonmaterial – things like God, love, courage, morality, truth,…
The Meaning of Where You Live | Alissa Hessler of Urban Exodus | Episode 5
Alissa Hessler is a writer and photographer, most well-known for her now decade old project, Urban Exodus. Through countless podcasts, stunning atmospheric photography, and candid interviews, Alissa…
Womanhood and Reproductive Technologies | Sylvia Linsteadt | Episode 4
Welcome to part 2 of my conversation with Sylvia Linsteadt! If you haven’t seen part 1 of our conversation, you can do so HERE.If you don’t know her work already, Sylvia is an author, a scholar of…
How to be Human in the Age of AI | Kyle T. | Episode 3
Kyle is a crypto millionaire and a futurist. As a young adult, he was a part of the punk/anarchist scene in New Orleans. He squatted in a communal house, dumpster-dived, and made his best efforts to…
Miserable Gods
Death limits life, disease limits health, loss limits love, and scarcity limits abundance. And as any economist will tell you, limitation drives value. The gods had none. And so, with every whim…
Healing the Motherline | Sylvia Linsteadt | Episode 2
Sylvia Victor Linsteadt is an author, a scholar of ancient history and myth, and a certified wildlife tracker. Her work - both fiction & non-fiction is rooted in myth, ecology, feminism, and…
Divine Terror and Demonic Pleasure
This past Christmas night I dreamt of divine terror. The night after Christmas, I dreamt of demonic pleasure. An essay about my own Christmas Carol.Read full piece here:…
There are Two Worlds Within This One | Episode 1
Connecting the deep past with the imminent future through art, religion, and technology. Subscribe on simoneleon.substack.com or wherever you get your podcasts! This is a public episode. If you would…
Christianity is a Nature Religion
Despite not being Catholic, or raised any sort of Christian, recently I have begun praying the rosary. I find the circularity of it, the repetition, the endlessness of the practice soothing. I feel…
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Meaning Making Machines has published 13 episodes since January 2025, covering topics in Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality.
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