Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast
Episodes
29. The God-Shaped Hole in Your Mind: Julian Jaynes’s Groundbreaking Ideas Explained in Just 16 Minutes
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The God-Shaped Hole in Your Mind: Julian Jaynes’s Groundbreaking Ideas on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind Explained in Just 16 MinutesWhat if h...
28. Bicameral Mentality in Ancient Mesopotamia: A Deep Dive Discussion
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bicameral Mentality in Ancient Mesopotamia: A Deep Dive DiscussionA deep dive discussion delving into the evidence for bicameral mentality in ancient ...
27. Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: A Deep Dive Book Discussion
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: A Deep Dive Book DiscussionA deep dive discussion delving into the book "Conversations on ...
26. Consciousness and Bicameral Mentality: A Deep Dive Discussion Exploring Nearly Every Aspect of Julian Jaynes's Theory
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Consciousness and Bicameral Mentality: A Deep Dive Discussion Exploring Nearly Every Aspect of Julian Jaynes's TheoryA fascinating, deep dive disc...
25. Consciousness and Dreams
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Consciousness and Dreams By Marcel Kuijsten“In The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Julian Jaynes discusses a variet...
24. Julian Jaynes' Theory of the Origin of Consciousness | Interview with Marcel Kuijsten & Brian McVeigh
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Julian Jaynes Society Founder and Executive Director Marcel Kuijsten and Julian Jaynes Society Senior Researcher and author Brian J....
23. Falling between the Cracks: Julian Jaynes’ Defiance of Scholarly Conventions Challenges Assumptions
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Falling between the Cracks: Julian Jaynes’s Defiance of Scholarly Conventions Challenged Cherished Methodological Assumptions — This Is What Makes...
22. The Myth of “Pure Consciousness”
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Myth of “Pure Consciousness” - The Belief in a Fundamental Psychic Process Hinders Progress in PsychologyBy Brian J. McVeighProduced by Marcel...
21. A Resurgence of Julian Jaynes’ Theory of Consciousness
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Resurgence of Julian Jaynes’ Theory of ConsciousnessBy Peter SellickProduced by Marcel Kuijsten. Read by Michael R. Jacobs (...
20. Julian Jaynes Is Not for the Intellectually Fainthearted
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Jaynes Is Not for the Intellectually Fainthearted — But Breaking Jaynesian Psychology Down into Four Hypotheses Makes Things EasierBy Brian J...
19. The Need to Acknowledge Bicameral Vestiges: Jaynesian Psychology Finds Support not just from the Ancient World
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Need to Acknowledge Bicameral Vestiges: Jaynesian Psychology Finds Support not just from the Ancient WorldBy Brian J. McVeighProduced by Marcel Ku...
18. Disentangling Inner Speech, Self-dialogue, and Auditory Hallucinations: The Mind Is a Machine for Sociopsychological Communication
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Disentangling Inner Speech, Self-dialogue, and Auditory Hallucinations: The Mind Is a Machine for Sociopsychological CommunicationBy Brian J. McVeighP...
17. Consciousness, Cognition, and Free Will: A Jaynesian Perspective
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Consciousness, Cognition, and Free Will: A Jaynesian PerspectiveAn Interview by Vinay Kolhatkar with Julian Jaynes Society Founder and Executive Direc...
16. History, Not Evolution, Is the Key Variable for Understanding Consciousness
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
History, Not Evolution, Is the Key Variable for Understanding Consciousness: The Temporal Extension Thesis and the Adaptive PsycheBy Brian J. McVeighP...
15. Has Human Mentality Changed? Part 2: Cognitive Relativism and Jaynesian Psychology
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Has Human Mentality Changed?Part 2: Cognitive Relativism and Jaynesian PsychologyBy Brian J. McVeighProduced by Marcel Kuijsten. Read by Michael R. Ja...
14. Has Human Mentality Changed? Part 1: Neuroplasticity and Jaynesian Psychology
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Has Human Mentality Changed?Part 1: Neuroplasticity and Jaynesian PsychologyBy Brian J. McVeighProduced by Marcel Kuijsten. Read by Michael R. Jacobs ...
13. Putting Julian Jaynes’s Theory to the Test
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Putting Julian Jaynes’s Theory to the TestJaynes’s Theorizings, Like All Great Systems of Thought, Require Hypotheses-testing and Experimentation ...
12. Fact Checking Scott Alexander’s Discussion of Julian Jaynes’s Theory on “Slate Star Codex”
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fact Checking Scott Alexander’s Discussion of Julian Jaynes’s Theory on “Slate Star Codex”By Marcel KuijstenProduced by Marcel Kuijsten. Read ...
11. Conscious Interiority Is a Constellation of Processes
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Conscious Interiority Is a Constellation of ProcessesBut Attention-grabbing Headlines in the Scientific Literature Mistakenly Suggest that Consciousne...
10. Conscious Interiority and the Language Trap
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Conscious Interiority and the Language TrapWhy We Struggle to Explain ConsciousnessBy Brian J. McVeighProduced by Marcel Kuijsten. Read by Michael R. ...
09. A Relay-Race Model of Conscious Interiority
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Relay-Race Model of Conscious InteriorityA Cultural Invention, Consciousness Needs to Be Relearned with Each GenerationBy Brian J. McVeighProduced b...
08. Consciousness Is a Cultural Add-on
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Consciousness Is a Cultural Add-onA Product of History Not Reducible to Neurology, Conscious Interiority Is Like MathematicsBy Brian J. McVeighProduce...
07. Jaynesian Therapeutics and the Self-healing Mind: Part 2
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jaynesian Therapeutics and the Self-healing Mind: Part 2Lessons from Hallucinations, Hypnosis, and MeditationBy Brian J. McVeighProduced by Marcel Kui...
06. Jaynesian Therapeutics and the Self-healing Mind: Part 1
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jaynesian Therapeutics and the Self-healing Mind: Part 1Harnessing the Active Ingredients of PsychotherapyBy Brian J. McVeighProduced by Marcel Kuijst...
05. Appreciating Other Facets of Jaynesian Psychology: Part 2
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Appreciating Other Facets of Jaynesian Psychology: Part 2By Brian J. McVeighProduced by Marcel Kuijsten. In Part 1 of “Appreciating Other Facets of ...
04. Appreciating Other Facets of Jaynesian Psychology: Part 1
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Appreciating Other Facets of Jaynesian Psychology: Part 1By Brian J. McVeighProduced by Marcel Kuijsten. Jaynesian psychology can be distilled down to...
03. Fact Checking Erik Hoel’s Comments on Julian Jaynes's Theory in "The World Behind The World"
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fact Checking Erik Hoel’s Comments on Julian Jaynes's Theory in "The World Behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Sc...
02. Julian Jaynes, the Bicameral Mind, and the Origin of Consciousness | An Interview with Marcel Kuijsten
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Includes discussion of the problem of consciousness, what is consciousness is and is not according to Julian Jaynes, the importance of metaphorical la...
01. Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory Explained | An Interview with JJS Founder Marcel Kuijsten
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Julian Jaynes and the Bicameral Mind Theory," an interview with Marcel Kuijsten by Dustin Eirdosh. Includes an introduction to Julian Jayne...