
NSP044 - 9/11 and the Value of Story
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Life happens. We're just the storytellers.

We all value different things, right? Some people say they value money and success, others love and connection, while others still might cla...

A companion for podcast episode "NSP042 – COVID-19 was just a story", I spoke to Andrew Roberts, a veteran Melbourne comedian of 15 years wh...

The COVID-19 pandemic majorly affected the entire world. But now that the data is in, and the pandemic is seemingly in it's final phase; wit...

Quarantine shaming and mask shaming are new concepts that have risen out of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, but cancel culture in general was...

Harv talks about a few positive stories from the COVID-19 lock-down in the final episode of Narratively Speaking, at least for a little whil...

There has been a string of news stories lately that may give one the impression the world is falling apart. But is it the world, or just the...

Can you use alter-egos to achieve states of high performance? Todd Herman thinks you can, and his ideas seem to cross over with a lot of top...

Despite most people thinking they have a pretty good one, science tells us that people are pretty bad at detecting lies. But the very fact t...

Louis CK was the comedian's comedian, considered a true auteur amongst his peers and comedy connoisseurs alike. And then... that THING happe...

You hear all sorts of stories regarding the shady dealings of the music industry -- not least of all the idea that artist must "sell their s...

Doug Wilson, author of "Kundalini Running", joins me on the podcast to celebrate the final upload of his audiobook and to talk about the phy...

On previous episodes we've talked about narrative therapy and telling stories through character. This episode we investigate the intersectio...

We've all heard of the New Age religion. But what does it mean and what, exactly are we signing up for when we throw our hat in that ring? T...

Indeed, with the Jeffrey Epstein suicide (or was he #suicided), the question of "fairness" and "justice" have been on everybody's mind. Will...

In this 30th episode of Narratively Speaking, we travel from the cramped interior of an office elevator to the infinite expanse of the entir...

Not particularly notable as a Hollywood superstar, Brand burst into the mainstream media pushing political a message of revolution and polit...

Today we talk to Joel Pearse; mental health support provider, rapper and aspiring comedian, who, unbeknownst to him, was actually a major ca...

Today I have a discussion with Alex Snarsky, an old friend whom I hadn't seen for 13 years but happened to bump into while shopping for audi...

It seems everyone I respect and listen to meditates. They say, Harvey, have you tried mindfulness and meditation? It changed my life, it'll...

It's often tempting to assume that the worst part of trauma is the tangible, physical experience. But the core element of any trauma that st...

Do you believe in aliens? I don't know your answer, but I bet you have one ready! Our culture is steeped in stories about off-planet entitie...

We all know about body language, but are there other ways our bodies betray our private internal world? Humans are subject to a wide assortm...

Angus McAlpine recently ran as a Greens candidate for the seat of Footscray, using the campaign slogan "Put a Plumber in Parliament". His ca...

Adem Koci is host of the Podasta Non Grata podcast, which got my attention when he did an entire episode in the style of an elaborate old fa...

Doug Wilson is an international marathon runner, Kundalini Yoga practitioner, brain tumour survivor, and now author of the book "Kundalini R...

Jay Ridley joins Harv in the studio to discuss music -- why it attracts us, why we create it, how it affects the brain, and how it might jus...

Christmas can be a difficult time for many. In this bonus Christmas Holiday episode we put our eggnog glasses down for a moment (seriously,...

The intention of this episode was to review and reflect upon the topics we've discussed on Narratively Speaking, and perhaps revisit our cen...

Jim Carrey has been in the media in the past few years seemingly wavering between depressed, confused and completely insane. But is he crazy...

Years ago conspiracy theorists told us we were being watched, monitored and spied on, with all our communication being catalogued into a mas...

Western civilisation exhibits many characteristics of your average, garden variety evil empire. But how did we get here? And what stories ke...

The younger we are, the more the stories we are told affect us. So the stories we are told as children are the ones we'll repeat and propaga...

Diet and nutrition are important to everybody, but when you make an earnest attempt to improve your knowledge in this area, it's often confu...

Elon Musk looks like he's never toked on a doobie before, and yet he's telling us, completely sober, that we're probably living within multi...

Oooh, Mind Control! It's one of those stories that is pretty hard to believe, so much so that most don't give it much consideration. But is...

The only thing worse than having a job is not having one. But what happens when robots and AI take all our jobs? Is there a way to survive i...

The only thing worse than having a job is not having one. Why does it seem such a rarity that people are employed doing something they enjoy...

The Illuminati, an all powerful, mysterious group of anonymous shadowy figures with designs on full spectrum dominance of the entire planet....

Fame seems to be an almost irresistible attraction for many people. But why do we place value on the attention and adoration of large number...

Death is one of the fundamental things any self-aware sentient human has to come to grips with. But how do we do that, when all evidence see...

Sometimes we protect our stories against all reason and evidence. But do we really need the stories that originally inspired positive ideas...

We've talked about the stories we consume, the stories we tell others, and how that contributes to the collective consciousness. But what ab...

What responsibility does a storyteller have to put out positive messages? And beyond that, do we as humans have a responsibility to share ou...

Does a story need to be true to affect your consciousness? And if positive thinking can be used to improve focus and performance, what about...

Today we talk about the narratives surrounding Putin and Russian hacking, Roseanne's show cancellation and consider the possibility that sto...