In Context

About In Context

Podcast that aims to provide a deeper context to various topics than what TV news provides. Topics include subjects in the news and topics that Gregor Thomson believes should be in the news. Includes conversations with experts on each subject such as journalists, comedians, academics, activists and many more interesting people.

Publisher

Gregor Thomson

Category

government · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 May 2020

Latest episode

14 Oct 2022

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2022

   Episode 28 - Gender Dysphoria/Trans Issues with Aaron Kimberly

   For this episode, I spoke with Aaron Kimberley who is the founder and executive director of the Gender Dysphoria Alliance in Canada and has been a mental health clinician since 2008. We discussed Aaron’s medical transition 16 years ago, gender dysphoria, being transgender and all of the issues, policies and possible consequences, positive and negative, that may come with them. This is episode is sponsored by The Struggle For Meaning Newsletter, a weekly newsletter in which I send out every Sunday a short article concerning embracing struggle and how to be more productive, healthy and motivated long term. I also provide tips strategies and recommendations to help along the way. To sign up for free, go to gregorthomson.com, confirm your subscription and make sure you check your spam folder for your welcome newsletter, and add me to your contacts to continue to receive it in your inbox and that’s it, you’re on your way to struggling more and being more productive, healthy and motivated. I own the rights to this content and for anyone to redistribute or use any part of the content, permission is required. This is the work of Gregor Thomson, all content spoken about belong to their respective owners. Any use of this content for commercial purposes must be approved by the owner and other fair use must credit the author (Gregor Thomson). For all references made throughout the episode, see below: gregorthomson.com https://www.instagram.com/gregorsthomson/ https://m.facebook.com/gregorthomsonblog/?locale=en_GB&_rdr https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-context/id1522216068 https://open.spotify.com/show/0JtRJtesglyiOA5lV5ZwEt?si=lAPF0ekTRa-mUgvPSKLZDw http://genderdysphoriaalliance.com https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth-Zucker/publication/296700032_The_DSM-5_Diagnostic_Criteria_for_Gender_Dysphoria/links/56d91d2908aebe4638b94032/The-DSM-5-Diagnostic-Criteria-for-Gender-Dysphoria.pdf https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Zucker https://youtu.be/ebYPkLbs4Ww https://areomagazine.com https://www.genderhq.org/increase-trans-females-nonbinary-dysphoria https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/sexuality/bulletins/sexualidentityuk/2020 https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2015/10/01/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-teens/ https://transstudent.org/gender/ https://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2019/the-barbie-gi-joe-scale/ https://get.dailywire.com/wiaw/subscribe?utm_campaign=wiaw&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=googlesearch&utm_content=na_subscriptions&mid=g&cid=wiaw&xid=0&utm_term=what%20is%20a%20woman&utm_campaign=dw_conversions_subscriptions_wiaw_na&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=6411461344&hsa_cam=17385826288&hsa_grp=144059750874&hsa_ad=620759228157&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-316948161071&hsa_kw=what%20is%20a%20woman&hsa_mt=e&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhY-aBhCUARIsALNIC05xgqCP5juhQD6Affp7Ps6w3aJGKru8NnMSTGlDqgi3SfOiswwyB2AaAtBuEALw_wcB

2. 

   28 Sept 2022

   Episode 27 - Carl Jung & Analytical Psychology with Dr Murray Stein

   For this episode, I had a conversation with Dr Murray Stein, who “…is a training analyst at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. His most recent publications include The Principle of Individuation, Jung’s Map of the Soul and Jungian Psychoanalysis (editor). He lectures internationally on topics related to Analytical Psychology and its applications in the contemporary world.” We spoke about Carl Jung, his relationship with Sigmund Freud, religion, symbolism, meaning, spirituality and much more. I own the rights to this content and for anyone to redistribute or use any part of the content, permission is required. This is the work of Gregor Thomson, all content spoken about belong to their respective owners. Any use of this content for commercial purposes must be approved by the owner and other fair use must credit the author (Gregor Thomson). All references made throughout the episode can be found below: gregorthomson.com instagram.com/gregorsthomson https://m.facebook.com/gregorthomsonblog/ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-context/id1522216068 https://open.spotify.com/show/0JtRJtesglyiOA5lV5ZwEt https://youtube.com/channel/UCH0QCAArKZM_RAL1IkeKSOg https://junginstitut.ch/en/ https://www.routledge.com/Collected-Works-of-C-G-Jung/book-series/SE0027 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Book-Liber-Novus-Philemon/dp/0393065677 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6656.The_Divine_Comedy https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/murray-stein/bible-as-dream/9781630516680?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI84jWseGt-gIVQuztCh0KBw-gEAQYAiABEgK9ePD_BwE#NLS9781630516680 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Answer-Routledge-Classics-Carl-Gustav/dp/0415289971/ref=asc_df_0415289971/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241001341149&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18337832198309630827&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046885&hvtargid=pla-717655685188&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 https://jungchicago.org/blog/murray-stein-symbols-and-the-transformation-of-the-psyche/ murraystein.com https://uk.bookshop.org/books/jung-s-map-of-the-soul-an-introduction/9780812693768 https://uk.bookshop.org/books/memories-dreams-reflections-an-autobiography/9780006540274

3. 

   20 Aug 2022

   Episode 26 - Stopping to Notice with Miranda Keeling

   For this episode, I had a conversation with British writer, actor, voice-over artist and trainer Miranda Keeling. Her book is The Year I Stopped To Notice, “inspired by her popular Twitter account, The Year I Stopped to Notice brings together Miranda Keeling's observations of the magic, humour, strangeness and beauty in ordinary life.” We spoke about noticing the magic and beauty of ordinary life, finding the positive, mindfulness, empathy and much more. This is the work of Gregor Thomson, all the videos, songs, images and graphics that were used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel do not claim ownership of them. Any use of this work for commercial purposes must be approved by the owner and other fair use must credit the author (Gregor Thomson). All references made throughout the episode can be found below: https://gregorthomson.com https://www.instagram.com/gregorsthomson/ https://m.facebook.com/100063469361167/ https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-year-i-stopped-to-notice/9781785787966 https://uk.bookshop.org/books/man-s-search-for-meaning-classic-editions/9781846046384 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dlnmQbPGuls https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pIwkVJV3fxY https://mobile.twitter.com/MirandaKeeling?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://www.lucipower.com Quick Fire Questions - Inside The Actors Studio (James Lipton) + The Tim Ferriss Show Oscar Wilde - “If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what you want to be, if you live what some might call the dynamic life but what I will call the artistic life, if each day you are unsure of who you are and what you know you will never become anything, and that is your reward.” https://uk.bookshop.org/books/rebecca/9780349006574 https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-scapegoat/9781844080977 The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth - Muhammad Ali https://www.mirandakeeling.com

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