# Fritjof Capra
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fritjof capra (born February 1, 1939) is an Austrian-born American physicist, systems theorist and deep ecologist. In 1995, he became a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California. He is on the faculty of Schumacher College.
The Bull, the Bear and the Dance of Shiva
Walk through Bowling Green at the southern tip of Manhattan and you will find the Charging Bull — 3.5 tonnes of bronze installed in the dark of night in December 1989 by Sicilian sculptor Arturo Di Modica, without permission, as a personal gift to a city shaken by the 1987 crash. It was removed by …
Fritjof Capra on finding balance and connection in a turbulent world
When the Tao of Physics was first published in 1975, few people knew its author, the Austrian-born physicist Fritjof Capra. That would quickly change. What began as Capra’s passion project to explore the connection between Eastern mysticism and Western science became a global phenomenon. The book s…
John Spangenberger – Creative Writing, Engineering, and the Patent Law Career He Didn't Know Existed
John Spangenberger is a patent attorney at Lando & Anastasi in Boston — and he got there entirely by accident. A kid who loved creative writing, peaked in fifth grade with a trophy for a story about warring grocery store vegetables, discovered physics in high school, studied electrical engineering …
A New Lens with Balaji Reddie (Part 4)
What if better management starts with seeing connections that were there all along? In this conversation, Balaji Reddie and Andrew Stotz unpack one of the most powerful and overlooked ideas in management: that everything is connected. Drawing on Dr. W. Edwards Deming's systems thinking, he explains…
A New Lens with Balaji Reddie (Part 4)
What if better management starts with seeing connections that were there all along? In this conversation, Balaji Reddie and Andrew Stotz unpack one of the most powerful and overlooked ideas in management: that everything is connected. Drawing on Dr. W. Edwards Deming's systems thinking, he explains…
Perennial (Part 3): The Mystic Gospel | Jake Haber (8.2.26)
In Part 3 of our Perennial series, we explore the heart of the mystical traditions found across Christianity, Sufism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and beyond.
Rather than beginning with doctrine, the mystics begin with direct experience - an encounter with ultimate reality that transcends langu…
#21 - The Subtle Way - Chapter 21 of Daodejing
What happens when reality refuses to fit the categories we use to understand it?
In Chapter 21 of the Daodejing, Laozi tries to describe Dao “as a thing” and finds something that flickers: unclear, misty, containing image, substance, vital essence, and evidence.
In this episode, I explore The Subtl…
25 Sarah Woods on being a playwright and systems activist, and how story changes the world
We’re in a flower-rich meadow in Warwickshire to hear from award-winning playwright Sarah Woods. Sarah works on story across a range of media. She says, story is a way of being. It’s always co-created, including in our minds as we read or listen, changing the “dappled light of the now.” She has wri…
The Fork in the Road: The Future of Animal Protection.
In this episode, I’m joined by Anita Krajnc. Anita is the co-founder of the Plant Based Treaty and the founder and executive director of The Save Movement. She is currently leading the “Beyond Cage-Free” initiative, an open letter that, and I quote, is “calling on Effective Altruists to pivot their…
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