In today’s episode, I speak with Vanessa Dylyn. Vanessa is a documentary producer and writer. Here, we discuss her documentary “The Divided Brain” released in 2018, which is based on the Dr. Iain McGilchrist book titled, “The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World”. In the book, McGilchrist uses psychology, neuroscience and reflections on society and culture to make the case that the Western World has become overly reliant on the left hemisphere of the brain. Why does that matter? Well, in short, the left hemisphere is considered the more analytical and detail-oriented side of our brains. It helps us narrow our focus. The right hemisphere is responsible for allowing us to view the bigger picture. McGilchrist argues that because western societies have placed so much emphasis on the left hemisphere to construct our world, we now face crises such as climate change, extreme political divisiveness and economic inequality. In Vanessa Dylyn's documentary "The Divided Brain," these ideas are examined.

“The Divided Brain": https://thedividedbrain.com
“The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World”: www.amazon.com/Master-His-Emissary-Divided-Western/dp/0300245920/
Matter of Fact Media: www.matteroffactmedia.com
RSA Animate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFs9WO2B8uI
ABC interview: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/the-divided-brain/8895804
Iain McGilchrist interview with Jonathan Rowson: www.thersa.org/globalassets/pdfs/blogs/rsa-divided-brain-divided-world.pdf
theEWpodcast: http://theewpodcast.com/podcast-027-vanessa-dylyn-and-the-divided-brain-documentary/

027: Vanessa Dylyn and "The Divided Brain Documentary"

In today’s episode, I sit down with Jay Wick. Jay is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and host of the Coming Into Focus podcast. This is actually Jay’s second appearance on theEWpodcast and I was very happy to have him back. In this episode, Jay and I start off by discussing the new Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, and examine some of the ways social media affects each of us individually. We also discuss the political polarization of today and Jay puts on his therapist hat to talk about how to improve disagreements. This conversation was a ton of fun for me and I hope you find something useful out of it. I’ve got a lot of love for Jay and I think his quality as both a therapist and a friend shine brightly in this conversation. 

Jay Wick: www.comingintofocus.org
Jay Wick Instagram: www.instagram.com/comingintofocus
The Social Dilemma Documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11464826/
The Still Face Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzXGEbZht0
Hidden Tribes: www.hiddentribes.us
Articles of Unity: www.articlesofunity.org
UnityNow! Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0BMZ1QJUsuSLgzKKnlJbUr?si=vl6Ef9METPSgyzbpAHOAxg
theEWpodcast: www.theEWpodcast.com

028: Jay Wick and "The Social Dilemma"

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