Tyson Yunkaporta

Jim talks with Tyson Yunkaporta—indigenous Australian scholar and author of Sand Talk, one of Jim's top ten favorite books—about his metaphysics and worldview, the ecology of sex and creation, and how to wear rationalist and traditional knowledge frameworks simultaneously. They discuss: Jim's editorial endorsement of Sand Talk—"one of the top 10 best books I have ever read" Tyson's trilogy of books Humans as a custodial species—sacred carers embedded in nature Who Tyson is when he wakes from deep sleep Tyson's experience under general anesthesia—ten thousand years of deep dark oblivion How Jim shifted Tyson toward rationality and evidence-based thinking Tyson's reassessment of peer review and collective scientific inquiry as similar to Indigenous processes of collective knowledge-building Tyson's late initiation into the Apalech clan The distinction between "knowledge systems" and "knowledge of systems" Color blindness as a biological advantage in traditional systems knowledge What's missing in people who haven't gone through full initiation Men's "belly spirit" (nenwi) and "spirit womb" in the Apalech tradition Images and ghosts—the shadow spirit as ego, and how infinite self-replication on social media drains the spirit Tyson's cousin Eric becoming a viral meme and TikTok phenomenon Forager social operating systems and mechanisms to prevent dominant individuals Aboriginal law's three core rights Sex as the center of everything Tyson's response to Plato's Cave Dreamtime and songlines as mistranslations Dreamtime as not an altered state but a continuous orientation The irony of mutual influence—Tyson becoming a rationalist skeptic partly through Jim; Jim becoming more open to spirit partly through Tyson The 3D glasses metaphor for wearing Indigenous and rationalist-materialist lenses simultaneously … and much more. Links Episode Transcript Snake Talk: How the World’s Ancient Serpent Stories Can Guide Us, by Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kelleher Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, by Tyson Yunkaporta Right Story, Wrong Story, by Tyson Yunkaporta JRS EP 282 - Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Law, Lore, and Learning JRS Currents 032 - Tyson Yunkaporta on Spirits, GameB & Protopias JRS EP 65 - Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Complexity JRS EP 66 - Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Knowledge JRS Currents 010 - Tyson Yunkaporta on Humans As Custodial Species "A Minimum Viable Metaphysics," by Jim Rutt Bio Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk; Right Story, Wrong Story; and Snake Talk. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/161094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Right Story, Wrong Story Author: Tyson Yunkaporta Narrator: Tyson Yunkaporta Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins Release date: 02-04-25 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 19 ratings Genres: Consciousness & Thought Publisher's Summary: Continuing the work of the award-winning Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta casts an Indigenous lens on contemporary society, challenging us to face conflict and embrace conversation to find our way onto the right track. With Right Story, Wrong Story, Apalech Clan member Tyson Yunkaporta, from far north Queensland, tackles the divisions that prevent us from talking to one another. Yunkaporta invites us to confront life’s biggest questions and arms us with the tools we need to really listen, and to open our minds to change based upon our connections with others.

Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta joins Raghu to discuss our shared evolution of consciousness and navigating a post-truth world. This week on Mindrolling, Tyson and Raghu have a conversation about: Living in a post-truth world where objective facts lose to emotional/personal appeal How coronavirus nudged us closer to fascism Cultural feedback routes and how America affects Australia Working with Indigenous medicine to connect to the spirit Navigating the grieving process Revolutions of consciousness through the eras Our universal connection and sharing of space with each other Disinformation and the build-up to our recent election Right story versus wrong story and how the truth gets blurred All of our relations, human and non-human About Tyson Yunkaporta: Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk and Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking . His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises. Preorder Tyson’s book, Right Story, Wrong Story: How to Have Fearless Conversations in Hell “People are really suffering, and this feels true. This story reflects our feelings of terror and the need to preserve our cultures and communities and resources exclusively.” – Tyson Yunkaporta See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Embracing different perspectives and understanding the long-term impacts of our actions, particularly in terms of cultural shifts and societal evolution, can give us valuable insights to navigate our present and future more effectively. Author Dougald Hine rejoins Ben to discuss a new book by Tyson Yunkaporta, who suggested that the best thing to do is maybe not to read a book, but to discuss it with someone else. In their conversation, they explore how deep time diligence impacts cultural changes, the role of violence in human societies, and what imposing limitations can mean to those around us. Links At Work in the Ruins – Episode 18 Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking , by Tyson Yunkaporta Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World , by Tyson Yunkaporta A School Called Home The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness , by Jonathan Haidt Further Adventures in Regrowing a Living Culture – Dougald’s spring 2024 series

What beckons us, calls to us from beyond? Tuning into a magic that flows from the universe, not from an individualized self, Tyson Yunkaporta offers lucid insight into the current state of the world in this week’s episode. In maddening times of dissonance and disconnection, Tyson speaks to the need for the Right Story, for LORE. As he dives into his new book Right Story, Wrong Story , Tyson discusses rampant disinformation, the stories that prop up empire, and the need for lore that cuts through such propagandistic drivel. This convivial and expansive conversation is a brilliant exploration and critique of the current cultural fabric, and it invites crucial questions of how we can disrupt cycles of violence, power, and greed. Throughout the conversation, Tyson contemplates how we may open ourselves up to being beckoned outside of the ego, and how we may resist the individualizing neoliberal urge. Decolonization is not just about poetry, or word, or aesthetics, and Tyson strikes at the heart of how we (the collective we) must be materially and fiscally decolonial for the real work to be done. Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk and Right Story, Wrong Story . His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises. Music by Leo James generously provided by Patience Records. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points. Support the show

Disinformation webinar hosted by the Grata Fund 29 November 2023, with Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, Victoria Fielding, Jackie Turner, and the prick amongst the roses, Tyson Yunkaporta. https://www.gratafund.org.au/misinformation_webinar

Ep. 103 (Part 2 of 2) | “What if I lean into the pain and come out the other side and survive it—and what if I take you with me, as the reader, and together we deal with our pain?” asks Tyson Yunkaporta , author, senior research fellow, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab. Tyson embodies this era of metacrisis, actively working with the global issues of our time in his work and in his personal life. His books are paradigm rattling and his whole life is a contribution—bringing forth ways in which Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge can help us, stating the need to find a collective narrative we can all agree on in order to survive, expressing himself with utter authenticity, and pointing out emphatically that each one of us is a web of relations, and that’s what matters most. In his own uniquely raw, unguarded, authentic (and funny) way, Tyson describes his personal challenges with mental health and bipolar disorder and the states of mind he was in when he wrote his two books. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World , was written in just weeks while manic. In dramatic contrast, Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking was written while wrestling with depression. Tyson talks about disinformation and how we collectively need to get to the “right story;” about Aboriginal culture and what it means to be living in a colony; the amazing psycho-technologies Aboriginals have to deal with grief; the radicalization and polarization exacerbated by COVID lockdowns in Australia; the similarity between Indigenous knowledge and the scientific method; the sacredness of magic and how this cannot be scaled. Tyson is a window into Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge and a brilliant translator of that wisdom for the rest of us. Recorded September 21, 2023. “Everything you are is a web of relations – you are a relational net.” (For Apple Podcast users, click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page. ) Topics & Time Stamps – Part 1 Introducing artist, academic, author, podcast host, and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab, Tyson Yunkaporta (01:21) Aboriginal & white Australia is really just one world, with Australia squatting on top: living in the overlap space of the Venn diagram (02:50) How we survive: Aboriginal culture has amazing psychotechnologies of mourning and excels at cultivating humor to effectively heal the grief from facing death so often (05:45) How the Aboriginals were indirectly responsible for the first corporation after spearing Dutchmen 500 years ago (06:57) Tyson’s new book, Right Story, Wrong Story spends a lot of time refuting his first book, Sand Talk (09:20) Sand Talk was written in a bipolar/manic episode in 2 weeks flat—it includes a lot of solid Indigenous wisdom as well as propaganda about Western institutions (09:51) Right Story/Wrong Story was written in a state of suicidal depression modeled on Dante’s Inferno (13:14) The effects of COVID and the harshest lockdowns on the planet on Aboriginal Australia & on Tyson (14:11) Right Story/Wrong Story looks at disinformation: how can we collectively get to the right story? (16:10) Tyson explains his mental health challenges and the paradox of being dependent on Western medicine and other Western institutions (17:55) The capacity to laugh is what gets you through (22:16) The neurological capacity of an echidna (22:58) How secular gurus, influencers, are nudging people in horrible directions like fascism, autocracy, exclusionary politics (24:31) People get very depressed reading Sand Talk to where Tyson has to

Ep. 102 (Part 1 of 2) | “What if I lean into the pain and come out the other side and survive it—and what if I take you with me, as the reader, and together we deal with our pain?” asks Tyson Yunkaporta , author, senior research fellow, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab . Tyson embodies this era of metacrisis, actively working with the global issues of our time in his work and in his personal life. His books are paradigm rattling and his whole life is a contribution—bringing forth ways in which Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge can help us, stating the need to find a collective narrative we can all agree on in order to survive, expressing himself with utter authenticity, and pointing out emphatically that each one of us is a web of relations, and that’s what matters most. In his own uniquely raw, unguarded, authentic (and funny) way, Tyson describes his personal challenges with mental health and bipolar disorder and the states of mind he was in when he wrote his two books. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World , was written in just weeks while manic. In dramatic contrast, Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking was written while wrestling with depression. Tyson talks about disinformation and how we collectively need to get to the “right story;” about Aboriginal culture and what it means to be living in a colony; the amazing psycho-technologies Aboriginals have to deal with grief; the radicalization and polarization exacerbated by COVID lockdowns in Australia; the similarity between Indigenous knowledge and the scientific method; the sacredness of magic and how this cannot be scaled. Tyson is a window into Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge and a brilliant translator of that wisdom for the rest of us. Recorded September 21, 2023. “If you can get a fellow like me to line up and share a narrative with everybody else and an agreement on what is real and what is not in the world, then I guess there’s going to be hope for everybody.” (For Apple Podcast users, click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page. ) Topics & Time Stamps – Part 1 Introducing artist, academic, author, podcast host, and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab, Tyson Yunkaporta (01:21) Aboriginal & white Australia is really just one world, with Australia squatting on top: living in the overlap space of the Venn diagram (02:50) How we survive: Aboriginal culture has amazing psychotechnologies of mourning and excels at cultivating humor to effectively heal the grief from facing death so often (05:45) How the Aboriginals were indirectly responsible for the first corporation after spearing Dutchmen 500 years ago (06:57) Tyson’s new book, Right Story, Wrong Story spends a lot of time refuting his first book, Sand Talk (09:20) Sand Talk was written in a bipolar/manic episode in 2 weeks flat—it includes a lot of solid Indigenous wisdom as well as propaganda about Western institutions (09:51) Right Story/Wrong Story was written in a state of suicidal depression modeled on Dante’s Inferno (13:14) The effects of COVID and the harshest lockdowns on the planet on Aboriginal Australia & on Tyson (14:11) Right Story/Wrong Story looks at disinformation: how can we collectively get to the right story? (16:10) Tyson explains his mental health challenges and the paradox of being dependent on Western medicine and other Western institutions (17:55)</str

Are you ready for a thought-provoking conversation that delves into ancient wisdom and self-help guru dynamics? In this episode, "Sand Talk Author Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta reveals what he has learned from his studies of the Pitfalls of Self-Helpy Gurus . It is a wild ride and not your standard conversation. In this episode, Tyson discusses his book, Sand Talk, which explores ancient wisdom and the potentially destructive aspects of cult dynamics. Get ready to dive deep into the idea of being a guru-like figure without resorting to manipulative tactics. Lorraine, our host, emphasizes the importance of being honest and making conscious decisions in life. But that's not all! Tyson shares his insights on the success that comes from avoiding influencer tricks and manipulative tactics. Lorraine, on the other hand, opens up about the value of true exploration and learning, rather than relying on sales-boosting strategies. Throughout the episode, Tyson warns against falling into the trap of becoming addicted to popular beliefs. He also discusses using frameworks and indigenous methodology to analyze information without sidelining native voices. Prepare to gain valuable insights on what growth confusion, and cognitive dissonance, can bring. Lorraine brings up the concept of creating narratives and excuses that align with our beliefs, highlighting the need to get real and honest with ourselves and the world. Tyson adds that having a metaphysical understanding helps us ground ourselves in reality and trust others and their knowledge. The conversation then delves into the mythos of exploration, shedding light on how explorers were often guided by established paths or faced danger when going astray. Discover how understanding oneself involves navigating indoctrinated belief systems and finding resonance within them. As the episode progresses, we explore the importance of authenticity in relationships and the danger of fake connections. Tyson and Lorraine discuss how quickly people turn on each other without listening or engaging in meaningful discussions. But wait, there's more! In this episode, you'll uncover the impact of abuse stories and the exploitation of vulnerable individuals by certain self-help gurus. We challenge the popular belief that truth is the enemy and emphasize the need for ego-less understanding. So, whether you're fascinated by ancient wisdom, interested in self-help dynamics, or simply looking for a thought-provoking conversation, this episode is for you. DR TYSON YUNKAPORTA'S BOOK: Sand Talk https://geni.us/sandtalk Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to expand your spiritual horizons and gain a deeper understanding of yourself and the world around you. 💐 Connect with Lorraine 💐 Australian Author Lorraine Nilon - Soul Intuitive® - An Emotional and Spiritual Mentor. Facebook Lorraine Nilon: https://lorrainenilon.com.au/ 💐 FREE RESOURSES: 12 day Self-reflection course - https://lorrainenilon.com.au/ Book a Session with Lorraine : Learn to use the past as an evolutionary learning curve ( to be self-reflective) and walk freely to emotional peace and heightened spiritual awareness: https://calendly.com/lorrainenilon/60min 7 Essential Keys for Honest Self-Reflection online course https://lorrainenilon.com.au/books-courses-podcast/courses/ Enjoying the content and want to show appreciation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LorraineNilon Lorraine's Book: https://books2read.com/Spirituality-E.. Spirituality, Evolution and Awakened Consciousness (amazon) https://geni.us/vEhN Breaking Free from the Chains of Silence (book for abuse victims and advocates.) (amazon) https:

Tyson Yunkaporta is a man that walks between worlds. He is a member of the Apalech Clan of Western Cape York, a renowned academic, and a senior lecturer on Indigenous knowledges. Tyson's book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, has provoked all kinds of conversations and collaborations around the world. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45449501-sand-talk ... https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/tyson-yunkaporta:-looking-at-the-world-through-an-indigneous-le/13168756 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWXlBIK89rg ... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tyson-yunkaporta-on-pattern-kinship-and-story-in/ ... https://www.aurukun.qld.gov.au/ ... https://www.cosmiclabyrinth.world/ Want to join an element based game integrating element-based science, self care & empowerment, volunteerism, cultural intelligence and more?!?

This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Tyson Yunkaporta originally aired in May of 2021. Struggling to change actual conditions, many have settled for changing the perceptions of the world around us. Tyson Yunkaporta begins by sharing the connections between perception, the branding of our identities, and the many forms of capital that become available and valuable in a perception-obsessed society. As we welcome the call to change our conditions and participate in the great “thousand-year clean-up”, we explore hybridized insight, the ramifications of clinging to dichotomous identities, and how genuine diversity is tangible preparedness and emotional resilience in motion. With this in mind, it becomes our task to figure out how we can sustain genuine diversity in our lives so we may work alongside folks with different capacities, worldviews, solutions, and thought processes in devotion to dismantling a system that necessitates abuse. Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. Music by 40 Million Feet, Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra, and Violet Bell. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points. Support the show

The Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab team in our third yarn about impact investing in land-based systems of bio-cultural integrity. We're still struggling with this, but we know this is far more useful than struggling against it. John Davis sings us in - Chels Marshall, Josh Waters, Jack Manning Bancroft and Tyson Yunkaporta.