Included (in order of being spoiled): Barbie (movie) Oppenheimer (movie) 2001: A Space Odyssey (movie) Doctor Strangelove (movie) XX - Rian Hughes (book) Loki (show) Loki (comics) Suprised by Hope - NT Wright (book) -breathe in and out - okay, ready. I'm Mira. Welcome to a grand reflection Intro: Quick disclaimer, : This episode set is going over m…

[And now we enter the realm of the uncanny. This is both me, and not at all me. Definitively my voice, but stripped of all it's animate power. A doppelganger for your ears. An imposter gone the way of ones and zeros instead of real lived experience. Strangely, because I'm giving a prompt from my own words, some of me is retained here in this audio.…

We take a good look at the intersections of the crucifixion narrative and the trans experience. (don’t let that stop you! it’s messy but encouraging)By Mira Akbar

Just a look back at the last year before moving forward, as well as some notes on the inherit difficulties of trying to eff the ineffable.By Mira, Aaron Akbar, a Grand Reflection

A bonus session of storytelling to cap off season two :)By Mira, Aaron Akbar, a Grand Reflection

Reflecting on the past nine months of episodes, and attempting to find some semblance of closure without ending the infinite game.By Aaron Akbar, a Grand Reflection

Finishing up my personal story, and talking about covid implications. Bonus appearance by my dead grandmother!By Aaron Akbar

Continuing the contamination of my story and really getting into deconstructing faith, finding new tribes, and finding new gender identities.By Aaron Akbar, a Grand Reflection

A necessary diversion that's not actually off track.By Aaron Akbar, a Grand Reflection

We're gonna round up all that we've gone over already, and see what happens when I use it to recontextualize my history.By Aaron Akbar, a Grand Reflection

Getting deep into the last tail ends of information and exploration. Contianed within are weird Christmas traditions, drugs, mushrooms, modes of contamination, spirits. and modern states of thanksgiving.By Aaron Akbar, a Grand Reflection

A continuation of the exploration of the intersections of cycles and seasons, old gods, witches, drugs, and now the pitfalls of capitalism! (part 3 coming soon)By Aaron Akbar, a Grand Reflection

Part 1 A look at a lot of the weird overlaps of Halloween and Thanksgiving.By Aaron Akbar

What is creativity? Who has it? How do we harness it? Why should we create in the first place? Hopefully, I'll be able to answer all this and more by the end of this thing. Listen and find out. Sources: The Act of Creation - Arthur Koestler Big Magic - Elizabeth Gilbert The Artisan Soul - Erwin McManus Art & Fear - David Bayles, Ted Orland Arcs and…

By Aaron Akbar

This is an idea starter conversation with my good friend Liam. An early bright star to begin lighting up the creativity constellation A lot of good conversation is had here on creativity that should get the juices flowing for all of us so that we’re ready for the full constellation episode on the same topic (coming very soon!)…

What’s going on with Gamestop Stock? (little rough, but i’ll polish it a bit and re-upload soon.)By Aaron Akbar

Continuing off from the truth episode, We're diving deep into what it means to love as an enchanted self. SOURCES (These are all links to bookshop, and online bookstore who sends the profits to local booksellers. You can change it to any local bookstore you like. ) The Art of Loving - Erich Fromm for more on love as an action rather than a feeling …

Join in as I try to get to the bottom of why we like superheroes so damn much, and if there’s anything worthy in all these movies and shows about them. I get into the difference between soul and spirit, myth making, gender, and all sorts of other interesting things.By A grand Reflection

(0:00) Intro Hello, welcome to a Grand Reflection. A podcast where we attempt to dive deep into new ideas in order to understand more about the world and more about ourselves. Today’s episode in on truth. I know, this is such a huge topic to go over, and I doubt we'll reach the end of it in just one episode. But I do hope that this will at least cr…

This is my fourth episode and from now I am going to post facts about various countries. In this episode, I am going to share a lot of unknown facts about germany.

We are pushing back talking about truth today so that we can explore the wonder of comet NEOWISE.By Aaron Akbar

In this episode, I am going to share the life story of Akbar and I am also going to tell you Why he is called Akbar The Great.

In this episode, I have shared about the special abilities of five animals. They are: 1) Dolphins 2) Axolotl 3) Platypus 4) Peregrine Falcons 5) Mimic octopus

Hello listeners, this is my first episode and I have shared a story of a brave rifleman who saved Arunachal Pradesh from Chinese by leading a suicide mission.Please do share my posts and follow me for more updates on facts. Now, knowledge is in your hands

This first episode is a mess... and that's more than okay. Listen in to hear a bit about the hopes for a Grand Reflection, and how the heck I got here.By a Grand Reflection