The Ten Thousand (10,000) Heroes Show
by Ankur Shah Delight10,000 Heroes is a show about Purpose. We interview people we admire about their journey with Purpose. Which is a journey we’re all on – whether we like it, or acknowledge it, or not. And then we share their insights, tools, and struggles with you. 10,000 Heroes (10kh) provides inspiration, intimacy, and maybe even a little bit of guidance, as to what it means to live a truly purposeful life, and how we each can get there in our own unique way. In my mind, it’s not just a podcast, it’s a hero generation machine. Because a World on Fire needs People with Purpose.
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Episodes
#00120 The Six Dimensions of Conflict Transformation
24m · PublishedThe concept I want to present today is the Six Dimensions of Conflict, which comes up in Chapters 2 and 3 of The Crossroads of Conflict by Ken Cloke.
Ken has a model where he breaks down conflict and how we approach it into six areas, and then looks at that sextet from 4 different angles:
- Orders of Resolution
- Math/Geometry
- Location in the body
- Mediation style
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#00122 The Third Side
27m · PublishedIn this episode I present what I learned from William Ury's The Third Side.
The basic idea is that our communities and societies are the most important element in developing an effective conflict management system, and that the essence of being effect is to exert peer pressure on resolving the conflict instead of taking the "side" of any of the parties.
Hence, the 3rd side...
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#00121 Civic Engineering V1 Plan (How to Prevent a Civil War)
21m · PublishedFor the last few months I've been reflecting on How to Prevent a Civil War.
Here's why I think we need to act:
- It is in the avowed interests of multiple powerful actors -- both inside and outside of the US -- to foment widespread discord, confusion, and animosity.
- The logical conclusion of widespread discord, confusion, and animosity is civil war.
- The people working on this have lots of resources and effective technology (ie AI chatbots) at their disposal.
Basically, in absence of our concerted actions, things are going to get worse.
The most effective tool I have come to so far is conversation.
Honest, deep, vulnerable, heart-opening conversation.
This podcast is V1 of a model I'm playing with that I'd like to try out.
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#00119 Three examples of slow dialogue
19m · PublishedAs part of my journey towards understanding what brings us together and what keeps us apart, today I want to share three examples of social dialogue I learned about in the past couple of weeks. I will resist the temptation to draw conclusions prematurely, but just let us all ruminate together with these three examples.
The first is from Nelson Mandela's autobiography -- Long Walk to Freedom (PDF) -- which I'm currently reading.
The second is a description of traditional dispute resolution in pre-partition Punjab from a recent interview I did with Somia Sadiq.
(From: http://10kh.show/00117-every-conflict-hides-a-story-with-somia-sadiq
28:30 - 31:30)
And the third is from a listener who called me yesterday and shared his experiences with a facilitator named Bob Chadwick. I'll share a little bit of what I learned in the call and then read a passage from Chadwick that I found online.
(From: Bob Chadwick, https://managingwholes.com/chadwick.htm/)
So, I don't know how you see yourself in this moment, but I see you as someone, like me, who is interested in and capable of preventing a civil war. Someone whose actions or inaction will have a lot of consequences where you live, not just this year or this election cycle, but for the next generation and the next phase in our social development.
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#00118 A Sober Roadmap to Nuclear Disarmament (with Ward Hayes Wilson)
1h 3m · PublishedAs Lao Tzu used to say:
"Do the hard thing while it is still easy."
According to my guest, Ward Hayes Wilson, it's a pretty good time to work on nuclear disarmament.
This is precisely the opposite of all my reflections on the issues, which usually end in hopeless shrugging and attempts to resign myself towards guaranteed nuclear annihilation.
(Much harder when you have kids!)
Ward has a very different take, which is rooted in 30 years of obsessive study of the issue and the fundamental premise -- which he has confirmed will military leaders around the world -- that nuclear weapons are simply not useful for warfare.
Bonus: He's also smart, hilarious, and does great accents.
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#00117 Every Conflict Hides a Story, with Somia Sadiq
1h 8m · Published#00116 Atheism, Spirituality, and Civil War with Casper ter Kuile
1h 10m · PublishedCasper ter Kuile is like a better version of myself.
He's on a mission to rescue spiritual truths from religious dogma to fill the voids in modern life.
We talk about what atheism and spirituality mean to us, gain inspiration from a John O'Donahue essay on "The Priestliness of the Human Heart," discuss the current struggles in El Salvador (and how to handle it), and finally, I broach the topic of:
How To Prevent A Civil War.
If you're concerned about the divisiveness in our culture and want to do something about it, I suggest you tune in ;)
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#00115 A meditation on Pain, Drugs, and Gratitude with Wolf Sherman
57m · PublishedWolf Sherman has dealt with excruciating pain 24/7 since being hit by a car a couple of years ago.
The relationships he has developed between pain, drugs, and gratitude struck me as something every single one of us can learn from.
We also get into modern masculinity and communication with whales.
Yeah, You heard me right.
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#00114 John Giuliano on Justice, Revenge, and the situation in El Salvador
56m · PublishedIn this episode, I talk with one of my greatest mentors, John Giuliano, about how the Régimen de excepción is affecting his small community. Specifically, we discuss the situation of the co-director of the Tamarindo Foundation, Santos, who was arrested 54 days ago (as of March 6, 2024).
The second half of the show (@ 16:02) covers John's response to the arrests, the difference between revenge and justice, and the unhealed wounds from the Salvadoran civil war.
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#00113 Thanksgiving Sourdough Bread Recipe (Depth-First Search)
12m · PublishedHere’s a gratitude-forward recipe for Sourdough Bread. I go through the 4 main ingredients that go into the bread, and then go into the ingredients that go into those, and then the ingredients that go into those…
It’s a gratitude practice. Try it out on literally anything in your life and see where you end up.
If you’re actually looking for my recipe for sourdough bread, it’s here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w12kQ54EpnQ&t=0s
*** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show ***
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Why are you here?
What is this short and fragile life about?
These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along.
But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive.
Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning.
But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose.
The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose.
We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery.
And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success.
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The Ten Thousand (10,000) Heroes Show has 153 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 106:51:49. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 27th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 3rd, 2024 11:43.
