Negotiating Reality Podcast
Hosted by Eric Hekler
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S1 Episode 4C. Interview with Said Dawlabani
We need a level of consciousness we don't yet have to solve problems our current consciousness created. So where do we start?We’ll be exploring that today in this episode. Key Books from Said…
S1 Episode 3b. Connected to Place with Matt Biggar
NOTE: I mistakenly attributed a quote to Thomas Merton that was actually from Bruno Barnhart! Here’s a reference to the actual…
S1 Episode 4B. Interview with John Kesler
Episode SummaryIn today’s episode I interviewed John Kesler. John brings together decades of contemplative wisdom and leadership experience across multiple sectors in this deeply personal…
S1 4A. Explorations with Rob Dunn
IntroductionWelcome back to Negotiating Reality, where we explore how we understand our world and reckon with the possibility that many of our deeply held truths just might be delusions. I'm your…
S1E4 Episode 4. Beings Adapt
IntroductionHello, and welcome back to the Negotiating Reality Podcast. I'm your host, Eric Hekler.We've been on a three-part journey exploring the fundamental assumptions we make about the nature of…
S1 Episode 3a. - How Urban planning is shaped and shapes us: a discussion with Mai Nguyen & Keith Pezzoli
Episode SummaryReckoning & Reimagining Urban PlanningIn this rich conversation, Drs. Mai Nguyen and Keith Pezzoli join me to explore how urban planning shapes our communities - and how…
S1 Episode 2c. Thinking in Deep Time - A Conversation with Dr. Marcia Bjornerud
SummaryIn this mind-bending conversation, geoscientist Dr. Marcia Bjornerud (author of Timefulness and Turning to Stone) and I explore the radical implications of thinking in geological time—and why…
S1E3 Episode 3. Islands Sculpt
IntroductionWelcome to the Negotiating Reality podcast, where we explore how we understand our world and reckon with the possibility that many of our deeply held truths just might be delusions. I'm…
S1 Episode 2b. Negotiation with Reverend Dr. Christopher Carter
I'm excited to welcome Reverend Dr. Christopher Carter—someone who's been both teacher and guide for me in learning how to breathe into spiritual formation. I met Christopher in late 2019 at a Racial…
S1E2 Episode 2. Life Breathes
Part 1 of a 3 Part Series about Metaphysics: Explorations into the fundamental structure and nature of reality"Life Breathes."If history has a rhythm, what happens when we zoom way out—past…
S1 Episode 2a. Life Breathes Together – A Breathing Meditation
If you haven’t yet listened to the Life Breathes episode, I invite you to do so when the time feels right.This meditation is offered as a companion to that story—something you can return to whenever…
S1 Episode 1a. Negotiating with Dr. Donna Spruijt-Metz
What happens when spiritual wisdom, poetic insight, and systems thinking walk into a podcast studio?This first negotiation episode features a rich, unscripted conversation me, Eric Hekler, and my…
S1E1 Episode 1. Introduction
An Introduction[intro music, first variation of Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition]Hello, and welcome to Negotiating Reality! I’m your host, Eric Hekler. If you’ve ever had that nagging sense…
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Negotiating Reality Podcast has published 13 episodes since March 2025, covering topics in Philosophy, Society & Culture.
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