- 101
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- 2
- Transcribed
- 3,879
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About The Emerald
The Emerald explores the human experience through a vibrant lens of myth, story, and imagination. Brought to life through the wise, wild, and humorous vision of Joshua Michael Schrei — a teacher and lifelong student of the cosmologies and mythologies of the world — the podcast draws from a deep well of poetry, lore, and mythos to challenge conventional narratives on politics and public discourse, meditation and mindfulness, art, science, literature, and more. At the heart of the podcast is the premise that the imaginative, poetic, animate heart of human experience — elucidated by so many cultures over so many thousands of years — is missing in modern discourse and is urgently needed at a time when humanity is facing unprecedented problems. The Emerald advocates for an imaginative vision of human life and human discourse as it questions deep underlying assumptions about societal progress.
- Publisher
- Joshua Schrei
- Category
- arts · religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 May 2019
- Latest episode
- 10 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
2 of 101 episodes have a transcript.
10 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bronze Age Reset: De- and Re-Mythologizing the Manosphere
13 Jun 2026
Space Hex! (The Curse of Restlessness, Revisited)
8 Jun 2026
Seven
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Bronze Age Reset: De- and Re-Mythologizing the Manosphere
Published 10 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It functions through gentleness far more than it functions through rage. Which is why the Kaluli expect male tears at funerals. And soft speech is valued among Tuareg men. Soft speech and bearing oneself beautifully under pressure, remaining gentle and composed while passing through 120 degree heat, passing through thirst. There are traditions in which composure is the highest male ideal. There are a whole lot of ways to express and channel vital energy. Violence is one of the things it is used for. To deny that is to deny the wheel of life and death itself. But get too caught in the whirlwind of aggressive pent-up rage, and then the cultural center doesn't hold, and you're in a world of rogues. […]
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- Peia Luzzi
- Scout Rainer Wiley
- Tyson Yunkaporta
- Skye Mandozay
- Bayo Akomolafe
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 1,114 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2,765 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100
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- 56
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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