Rethinking Humanity

By Modern culture values the dead. And it's making us sick.

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The Rethinking Humanity Podcast dives into social philosopher Eric Fromm’s writings on society and culture from the 1950s and reveals their relevance to the current day. It connects modern writers and thinkers ideas to those of Fromm.

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Episode Date
Next up on Rethinking Humanity
Feb 14, 2023
Travel Chronicles Spain: The First Two Months
Dec 12, 2022
53: Our Deep Need for Autonomy
Nov 10, 2022
52: Autonomy & Narcissism
Sep 24, 2022
Lacey's Spain Process: No Challenge, No Fun
Sep 17, 2022
51: Our Thoughts on the Metaverse
Sep 10, 2022
50: Civilized to Death?
Aug 27, 2022
49: The Handbag Analogy
Aug 12, 2022
48: Property, Profit & Power
Jul 30, 2022
47: The Domination of Man by Things
Jun 07, 2022
46: How to Care Less About Work
Apr 29, 2022
45: Is Work Working for Us?
Jan 22, 2022
44: Post-Work and Anti-Work
Jan 14, 2022
43: Can Work Fulfill Us?
Jan 07, 2022
42: Is Life Worth Living?
Dec 31, 2021
41: Alienation, Bureaucracy & Consumption
Oct 26, 2021
40: False Choices-The Use of Man by Man (19th Century Capitalism Part 2)
Aug 29, 2021
39: 19th Century Capitalism, Part 1: Competition & Profit Take Precedence
Aug 18, 2021
38: How Does Capitalism Affect Our Way of Life?
Aug 12, 2021
37: What is Maturity? And Who Was Erich Fromm?
Aug 05, 2021
36: Society & Mental Health: Does One Impact the Other?
Jul 29, 2021
35: What Gives Meaning to Your Existence? The Need for a Frame of Orientation & Object of Devotion
Jul 22, 2021
34: The Challenges of American Motherhood: Freud, Fromm & The Oedipus Complex
Jul 19, 2021
33: Our Need for Identity
Jul 10, 2021
32: The Need for Rootedness: Incest or Brotherliness?
Jun 26, 2021
Melissa Bernstein: The Power of Knowing Yourself
Jun 19, 2021
31: New Logo & Website Reveal! And Two Afghanistan War Stories
Jun 10, 2021
30: Create or Destroy? How We Fulfill the Need to Transcend
Jun 05, 2021
29: Narcissim and the Need to Relate
May 29, 2021
28: Working Ourselves to Death (Literally), The Post Pandemic "Labor Shortage" & The Human Situation
May 22, 2021
Tom Krumins: Sexual Trauma & Masculinity Navigating Boy Scouts of America's Sexual Abuse Bankruptcy
May 14, 2021
27: What is the "Problem" of Human Existence? And What Does it Really Mean to Be Born?
May 08, 2021
26: Can a Society Be Sick?
Apr 30, 2021
25: What do Pro Soccer and End of Life Care Have in Common?
Apr 23, 2021
24: Are We Sane?
Apr 16, 2021
BONUS: Season 2 Begins & Other BIG News!
Apr 09, 2021
23: Building a Being Mode Based Society, Part 7: Is it REALLY Possible?
Apr 06, 2021
Sherry Turkle: The Podcast's One Year Anniversary Episode!
Apr 04, 2021
22: Building a Being Mode Based Society, Part 6: Ending Misinformation (Fake News & More) Nuclear Disarmament, Humanistic Application of Scientific Research
Mar 27, 2021
21: Building a Being Mode Based Society, Part 5: Ending the Patriarchy - Liberating Women from Patriarchal Domination
Mar 20, 2021
BONUS: Word on the Street - Self Love & Self Care and Universal Basic Income
Mar 16, 2021
Amelia Pang: The Hidden Cost of our Consumption
Mar 13, 2021
20: Building A Being Mode Based Society, Part 4: Ending Brainwashing, Giving a Guaranteed Yearly Income & Closing the Poverty Gap
Mar 10, 2021
19: LOVE THEMED FEBRUARY: Self Love & Self Care - It's not Selfish and its SUPER Important
Mar 04, 2021
18: LOVE THEMED FEBRUARY- Do We Have a Shared Definition of Love? And other themes from Bell Hooks' Book All About Love
Feb 27, 2021
Travel Chronicles 3: The Unexpected Return from Guatemala, Things Brought Back to the US
Feb 24, 2021
Dr. Logan Levkoff: Uplifting Sex in Society
Feb 19, 2021
Vivica Volt: A Different Approach to Relationships
Feb 15, 2021
Bonus: Love, Self Love & Love's Role in the Brand with Troy Lynch of the Decide Brand
Feb 13, 2021
Travel Chronicles 2: Guatemala: The Passport Miracle, Cheap Food in The Open Air Markets, and the Dark Side of Guatemala
Feb 10, 2021
17: LOVE THEMED FEBRUARY: What is Love? Is Love an Art? And Six Different Types of Love
Feb 06, 2021
Travel Chronicles 1: Traveling to Guatemala
Feb 03, 2021
16: Building a Being Mode Based Society, Part 3: Decentralization & Ending Bureaucracy
Feb 01, 2021
Andrew Philip, PhD: Integrated Care
Jan 24, 2021
15: Building A Being-Mode Based Society - How We Get There Part 2: Sane Consumption Cont'd And A Fully Participatory Industry & Democracy
Jan 21, 2021
14: Building A Being-Mode Based Society - How We Get There Part 1: Sane Consumption
Jan 16, 2021
Dr. Kerry Malawista: The Coming 'Category 5' Mental Health Storm
Jan 07, 2021
13: New Years Episode! :) - Reflecting on 2020 - Looking ahead to 2021. And, What is life all about? Some of Fromm's Top Quotes & What We Think About Them
Jan 01, 2021
12: How We Overcome Our Societal Ill-Being: A Shift in Individual Values
Dec 24, 2020
11: Further Aspects of Having & Being III - Joy vs Pleasure, Sin & Forgiveness
Nov 03, 2020
Kateri Ransom and Meghin Brooks of YG Book Club: How Books Can Aid us In Rethinking Humanity
Oct 26, 2020
10: Further Aspects of Having & Being II - Fear of Dying vs Affirmation of Living, Solidarity vs Antagonism
Oct 21, 2020
BONUS: Origin Story of the Podcast - Victor Ho's Important Role
Oct 14, 2020
9: Further Aspects of Having & Being - Security vs Insecurity, Here & Now vs Past &Future
Oct 05, 2020
8: What is the Being Mode of Existence? Part II - Being vs Appearing
Sep 29, 2020
BONUS: Discussion - The Social Dilemma Documentary
Sep 21, 2020
7: What is the Being Mode of Existence? Part I - Being vs Having
Sep 14, 2020
Replacement of John Lewis' Congressional Seat- How it Works & Why We Need to Make Some Noise
Jul 29, 2020
6: What is the Having Mode of Existence? The Passing of John Lewis, COVID-19 Worsens
Jul 22, 2020
James Treakle: Workism- It's Roots and Why it's So Toxic
Jul 10, 2020
5: Having & Being Modes in the Old & New Testaments
Jul 05, 2020
Rethinking Humanity: Interviews - Raman Frey
Jul 04, 2020
4: Examples of Orienting from the Having & Being Modes of Existence
Jun 03, 2020
BONUS: George Floyd Murder, Minneapolis Riots & Looting
May 30, 2020
3: Having and Being: Two Different Modes of Existence
May 07, 2020
BONUS: Inside Sonya & Lacey's Whatsapp Convos & Two Eerily Similar COVID-19 Stories
Apr 21, 2020
2: More Rona Realness, The Great Promise & Failure from 'To Have or To Be'
Apr 17, 2020
BONUS: Premiere Episode Response & Thank you! 🙏🏻
Apr 09, 2020
1: Introduction, To Have or To Be and the COVID-19 Global Crisis
Apr 03, 2020