The Socratic Method vs The Merchants of Hate w/ Richard Grannon

WTF is on my Mind?!

Mark Vicente

True Crime, Film, Society & Culture, Documentary, Nxivm, Cult, Philosophy, Narcissistic Abuse, Tv & Film, Psychology, Television, Narcissism, Coercion, Coercive Control

4.8 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In this episode: I sit down with Richard Grannon to dive deep into the power and relevance of the Socratic Method in today's polarized world. Building on themes from my previous episode "The Rage of the Empath" we explore how critical thinking, open dialogue, and intellectual humility can help us navigate complex issues and conflicting viewpoints. Socratic Method: We unpack the ancient Greek approach to dialogue, where both parties must first fully understand each other's positions before en...

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0:00.0	My name is Mark Vesente. I'm a director, producer, writer, and troublemaker. I'm most known as the director of the film What the Bleep Do We Know, and as one of the next-team whistleblowers featured in the HBO series, Aval. Let's just say, I know a thing or two about cults. I don't consider myself a cult expert, but I'm definitely an expert in being screwed over, waking up, and
0:21.7	knowing how to spot them.
0:23.4	And let me tell you, they're everywhere.
0:26.2	My mission is to help people see patterns of abuse across multiple contexts.
0:30.5	From personal to family, to group, to societal.
0:33.7	It's all the same pattern at every scale.
0:36.5	As you'll hear, I have a pretty salty approach to most things.
0:39.8	So there might be some blasphemy.
0:41.6	One or two sacred cows might get knocked over, and there'll likely be some foul language.
0:46.5	You never quite know what you're going to get, because it really does depend on what the
0:51.3	fuck is on my mind.
0:52.6	Welcome back, everybody.
0:54.3	Those of you that listened to the last podcast episode,
0:57.4	which was entitled The Rage of Empaths, quote unquote, empaths,
1:02.9	you might remember I mentioned that I was going to chat with Richard Grannon
1:06.6	about the Socratic Method.
1:09.3	Richard, in the meantime, I think you listened to the podcast episode yesterday, right?
1:13.6	I would love your thoughts on my ramblings if you have any.
1:20.7	What identify, so obviously there was an incident that you experienced where you stepped outside of the
1:28.9	Overton window of acceptable thinking and speech.
1:32.5	You engaged in wrong think.
1:35.0	The person who got upset, why are they identified as an empath?
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