June 16, 2026
The Voice Beneath the Noise
<p>In this conversation with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lidialins.com/">Lidia Lins</a>, the discussion begins with movement between places, cultures, and identities. The conversation then moves into Lidia’s unusual path from deep sea biology to music. She reflects on her years as a scientist studying life in extreme ocean environments, and on the parallel presence of music in her life since childhood. </p><p>This becomes a wider discussion about art, the body, the voice, and the tension between making a living and making something humanly meaningful. The episode explores the economic fragility of artistic work, the traps of visibility, the limits of platforms such as <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/5SkSyoxByWevXqJNW6FRJP">Spotify</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF2bRtOrZG7qar59bResSDQ">YouTube</a>, and the need to rethink support for artists not as donation, but as a form of payment, care, and cultural responsibility.</p><p>The second half of the conversation moves through voice activation, AI, plant medicine, healing culture, and the search for something more grounded than performance. Lidia explains how voice can become a doorway into the body, memory, fear, and self-expression. </p><p>The dialogue also questions modern promises of healing, redemption, and salvation, whether they appear in religion, spirituality, self-development, or psychedelic culture. </p><p></p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbcearth.com/shows/blue-planet">The Blue Planet</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.boomfestival.org/">Boom Festival</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.patreon.com/home">Patreon</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://ko-fi.com/">Ko-fi</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/">Substack</a></p><p></p><p>Key terms in this episode:</p><p>* Voice activation: A body-based practice in which the voice is used as a way to explore tension, fear, expression, memory, and self-alignment.</p><p>* Healing culture: A modern field of practices, workshops, ceremonies, and narratives that often promise transformation, relief, or self-discovery, but can also become a form of escape or commercialization.</p><p>* Plant medicine: A term often used for psychoactive substances used in ritual, therapeutic, or spiritual contexts, especially in relation to ceremonies connected to Indigenous or neo-spiritual practices.</p><p>* Embodiment: The idea that experience, emotion, memory, and self-expression are not only mental but also deeply rooted in the body.</p><p>* Coping mechanisms: Coping mechanisms are the conscious and unconscious thoughts or behaviors you use to manage stress, anxiety, and difficult emotions. They fall into two main categories: adaptive strategies (which promote well-being) and maladaptive strategies (which can provide temporary relief but cause long-term harm).</p><p>* Ready-to-hand and present-at-hand: <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger">Heidegger’s </a>distinction between things we use without noticing and things that become visible to us when they break, disappear, or stop functioning smoothly.</p><p>* Following mode: In Martin Heidegger’s philosophy, a “following mode” relates to how humans interact with the world. It typically describes either the passive, thoughtless following of societal norms, or the active following (repetition) of history and possibilities that make authentic living possible.</p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://wisdorise.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">wisdorise.substack.com/subscribe</a>
