Land and Belonging: Josh Schrei and Alexander Beiner in Conversation

Join Josh Schrei and Alexander Beiner for an evening exploring immigration, land and belonging through a mythic lens

Josh Schrei is the host of **The Emerald Podcast** and a leading voice in re-enchanting the world by reviving and reframing animism. Alexander Beiner is the founder of **Kainos**, author of ‘ The Bigger Picture ’ and a leading voice in cultural sensemaking.

Toghether they'll be exploring some of the most complex questions in politics today.

Who belongs to what land?

What is the nature of belonging in a multicultural world?

What does it mean to reconnect to the land, and respect movement and diversity?

Join us for a new kind of conversation that goes deeper than ideology and back through our shared history.

Hosted in the Hideout Space within Number 90 in Hackney Wick, we’ll have a private area for drinks and socialising after the talk and Q&A.

SPEAKERS

Josh Schrei

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Joshua Michael Schrei is a podcaster, mythteller, teacher, and a lifelong student of the cosmologies and mythologies of the world — in particular the Indian subcontinent. Throughout a lifetime of teaching, study, meditation and yogic practice, wilderness immersion, art, music, and public speaking, Josh has sought to navigate the living, animate space of the imagination and advocate for a world that prioritizes imaginative vision. Josh has taught intensive courses in mythology and somatic disciplines for over 20 years. He is the founder of The Emerald Podcast, which combines evocative narrative, soul-stirring music, and interviews with award-winning authors and luminaries to explore the human experience through a vibrant lens of myth, story, and imagination.

Less a traditional podcast and more a multi-layered sonic journey, The Emerald aims to reawaken the lost promise of oral storytelling tradition — the transmission of the direct felt experience of wonder and awe, and the rekindling of our relationship with spirit.

Alexander Beiner

Alexander Beiner is an author and journalist. He's the founder of Kainos, a media platform that tells stories that help people make sense of the world and imagine new futures. He's the author of The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics can help us make sense of the world and one of the executive directors of Breaking Convention, Europe's largest conference on psychedelic science and culture. You can follow him on Instagram @alexander_beiner and find out more about Kainos on studiokainos.com.