Welcome to Interintellect on Spotify! Just like our global community, this is a place of deep conversations and big ideas. Here, our hosts dive into the stories and ideas behind their salons, as well as the writings and further discussions they lead to. From science to art, we've got something for every curious mind. Hit follow and join the conversation!
Megan Gafford - Architecture, Ornaments and Steinbeck
In this episode we host Megan Gafford, who tells us how she moved from painting into architectural drawing and freelancing writing. Megan shares her grant-funded project to design a new ornamental architecture and we talk about why ornament is fundamental to human nature, her theory that modernist architects won over peers through seductive drawings rather than buildings, and why she works slowly, spending up to 20 hours per drawing.
We also talk about her Book Salon series on East of Eden, her reflections on Steinbeck's portrayal of evil, and what people can expect for her next sessions.
You can join the next session of her salon here:
https://interintellect.com/series/book-club-east-of-eden
And follow her Substack here:
https://www.fashionablylatetakes.com/
22 Jul 2026
DJ Scruggs - Resilience, AI and Humanities
In this episode, we talk with our host, DJ Scruggs. DJ is a serial entrepreneur and programmer who has run multiple businesses, has a passion for reading and learning, and hosts the monthly series "Claude Code for Humanities," where he helps non-technical people start their journey with AI.
We discuss his journey learning to code on his own, his path as an entrepreneur, and how to best think about AI in this current moment.
You can follow DJ on his website: https://djscruggs.com (https://djscruggs.com/)
And sign up for his next Claude Code for Humanities session here: https://interintellect.com/salons/claude-code-for-the-humanities-august-2026 (https://interintellect.com/salons/claude-code-for-the-humanities-august-2026)
13 Jun 2026
Liv Li & Stephanie Louie - Campbell, Myths and Masks
In this episode of Hostcast, João sits down with Liv Li and Stephanie, co-hosts of a four-part salon series on Joseph Campbell hosted on Interintellect.
Together they explore why Campbell remains both a philosopher and a provocateur in the postmodern world, unpacking the durability of the hero's journey across cultures, the lesser-known heroine's journey developed by Dr. Maureen Murdoch, and the tension between ancient myth-making and a fragmented, algorithm-driven society searching for new meaning.
From the role of masks as tools for authentic self-discovery to the question of whether a "third model" beyond Campbell and Murdoch is possible, this conversation weaves together psychology, mythology, pop culture, and philosophy.
The fourth and final salon in their Campbell series is still open to join here:
https://interintellect.com/salons/the-eternal-story-joseph-campbell-in-a-postmodern-world-episode-4
Follow our Hosts here:
https://substack.com/@notesbysl
https://archetypica.substack.com/
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