The Santiago Boys is a nine-part podcast about a group of radical utopians around Salvador Allende, Chile's socialist president. Undeterred by the Cold War and machinations of their enemies and aided by an eccentric British consultant, they try to wrestle control over technology from multinationals and intelligence agencies and use it to create a more egalitarian economy. As their dream gets crushed by Pinochet's bloody coup, the Santiago Boys find an unexpected afterlife - and in Silicon Va ...
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As Fernando conquers Silicon Valley, Stafford seeks refuge in the tranquil Welsh wilderness. Ironically, Pinochet's journey to the origins of Cybersyn culminates in his arrest. With the dawn of democracy in Chile, vestiges of the past persist. But what has happened to Cybersyn's Ops Room? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic…
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Fernando defies Pinochet's labor camps, resurfacing in sunny California. In a stunning twist, Stafford mingles with rockstars. In Chile, Pinochet's spymaster weaves a nefarious plot, the rhythm of his ambition matched only by the hum of computers and telexes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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The day of reckoning arrives with a rain of missiles on La Moneda, spelling a tragic end for Allende's revolution. With Fernando arrested and others in exile, Cybersyn's future hangs in balance. A world away, a distraught Stafford Beer races against time to aid his imperiled Chilean comrades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc…
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Allende's troubles escalate: miners down tools and disgruntled soldiers mount an unsuccessful coup attempt. A wave of unrelenting terrorist attacks keeps Santiago on edge. Stafford, fed up with bureaucracy, retreats to the seaside, while Fernando learns of a cunning plot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Ep 5: The super-technocrat of them all
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Stafford Beer suddenly faces stinging accusations from radical British leftists. Is he engineering a cybernetic Big Brother? Meanwhile, Allende battles a political whirlwind, abandoned by the Kremlin and unable to fully overcome Washington's invisible blockade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Allende stares down the barrel of his gravest crisis yet, as middle classes desert him. As cybernetic strategies bring a glimmer of hope, Fernando Flores is thrust into the limelight. Meanwhile, Stafford walks a perilous line, his reputation now tied to Allende's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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A surprising Allende ally emerges from the shadows of Washington, throwing Nixon into a fury. As the nefarious ties between ITT and the CIA are revealed, the Santiago Boys master tech geopolitics. With Allende on borrowed time, the military's allegiance hangs in the balance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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With wealthy tycoons and far-right militants lurking in the shadows, poised to strike, Allende charges at a towering tech giant. The Santiago Boys welcome Stafford Beer to Chile, inaugurating a daring cybernetic revolution. Could their audacious plan toss Allende a lifeline? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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As Allende's victory sends shockwaves through the world, giants of industry and government plot his downfall. From the unlikely quarters of Britain's corporate world, an unexpected saviour emerges. Can this enigmatic maverick turn the tides in Allende's favor? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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The Santiago Boys is a nine-part podcast about a group of radical utopians around Salvador Allende, Chile's socialist president. Undeterred by the Cold War and machinations of their enemies and aided by an eccentric British consultant, they try to wrestle control over technology from multinationals and intelligence agencies and use it to create a m…
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In this premiere episode I talk about Digital Currencies, what are they - their future - fiat implications - some predictions and very interesting conversation with my guest S. Musheer Ahmed of FinStep Asia. | PodCast website - Singapore Leo PodCast • A podcast on Anchor SingaporeLeo's Twitter - Manan "Leo" Q (@singaporeleo) / Twitter Guest - S. Mu…
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Season 3 of our podcast is here - we are excited for the great conversations we have lined up for you. So stay tuned and hold on to your seats. See you on the other side! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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S02E16 - Human Societies & Meat Consumption
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In this episode - i share my thoughts on meat consumption - it's ethical implications and the impact on the earth.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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02E15 - Turkey, Kemalism and The Chora Church
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In today's episode, I talk about Turkey, It's History, Kemalisim, and Erdogan's move to convert another ancient orthodox church into a moque.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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S02E14 - Turkey, Kemalism and The Hagia Sophia
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In today's episode, I talk about Turkey, It's History, Kemalisim, and Erdogan's move to convert The Hagia Sophia to a Mosque.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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Short episode on the demonstrations in the US--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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S02E12 - Deforestation & Exacerbated Climate Change
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In this session of the podcast, we talk about exacerbated Man-Made Climate change - especially deforestation and how it affects us all. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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Recap of March Events Worldwide --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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Talking about antibodies - vaccine research going on in the US --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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S02E09 - Containing the Pandemic - Singapore escalates action
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Singapore took escalated measures to contain the Corona Virus - a brief commentary.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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Discussing the state of the Pandemic as of today 2 April 2020.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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S02E07 - COVID19 - WW Contagion - Fundamentals of Containment - Contagion Protocol -Update 7
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WW Contagion - and an SME's perspective on "Contagion Protocol" and what geographies are doing right and wrong!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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WHO declares the COVID19 outbreak to be a global Pandemic. My thoughts.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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WW Contagion - myths about COVID19--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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Todays; bonus excerpt we talk about where we are as of today in the progression of the COVID19 Virus, Controversies about its DNA sequencing and other details.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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2019-nCoV CoronaVirus Update --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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Discussing the Novel Corona Virus Outbreak in Asia --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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The dramatic escape of Ghosn from Japanese Territory. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singaporeleo/message
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Hey everyone! In case you missed it, this podcast has migrated off of Soundcloud and is now called "THE NUMBERS STATION with Alexander Price." Here are links to iTunes and Stitcher or the direct RSS:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-numbers-station-with-alexander-price/id1458247638https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/practical-neoplatonism/the-…
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005 - Intelligence, Espionage, and Knowledge of the Unseen
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Alex returns with a new episode about the mystical aspects of espionage in the Hebrew Bible and world history, as well as an update about the future of the showBy Practical Neoplatonism
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001 - The Chora of the Timaeus and Iamblichean Theurgy
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Greg, Isabel, and Alex talk about Greg's paper "The Chora of the Timaeus and Iamblichean Theology." What did it mean for the Neoplatonists for a human to embody the Divine? Similarities between Plato's Chora and Buddhist concepts of "shunyata" or emptiness as the matrix or mother of being. A memorable moment in Jean Paul Sartre's Nausea. Socrates a…
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020 - Spiritual Ascent in Plato's Timaeus & Sor Juana's First Dream w/ Greg Shaw and Isabel Farias
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Greg Shaw from Stonehill College continues the conversation with Isabel and myself about spiritual ascent in Plato's Timaeus and what that would look like to someone wishing to undertake it today. Isabel also told us about a poem by a 17th century Latin American poet named Sor Juana, who in her "First Dream" described a sort of shamanic Night Journ…
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019 - The Chora in Plato's Timaeus - with Greg Shaw and Isabel Farias
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Gregory Shaw from Stonehill College and my friend and fellow Classicist Isabel Farias join me this week to discuss the concept of the chora in Plato's Timaeus. Isabel wrote her thesis at Barnard about the Timaeus. Greg authored a paper about the concept titled "The Chora in the Timaeus and Iamblichean Theurgy." In the abstract to this paper, he off…
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