Interview: Stephen Jenkinson and Àlex Gómez Marin in conversation about Never Land
Stephen Jenkinson and Àlex Gómez Marin in conversation about Never Land and his event in May 2023 at The Pari Center, Tuscany.
Never Land - May 12 - 15 - at The Pari Center, Tuscany.
People half our age will someday soon confront us with two questions: when you were my age, did you know what was happening (or what could happen)? And so, what did you do?
The most bearable answer: we had no idea. The state of the world would then seem more tolerable if failure by naive ignorance was actually the case. But was it? If it wasn’t, this...
Interview: Artem Zen – Elevating Consciousness: Stephen Jenkinson – Master Storyteller
Stephen Jenkinson is a former palliative care worker, cultural activist, and master storyteller. He is the author of countless books including “Reckoning”, “A Generation’s worth”, and the award-winning “Die Wise”. He is also the co-founder of the “Nights of Grief and Mystery” a musical storytelling ceremony along with Canadian singer/songwriter Gregory Hoskins. What started as an improvisational collaboration has led to an international tour and the release of several records with the two most recent being “Dark Roads” & “Rough Gods”. In this episode, we explore the origins of Stephen’s storytelling ability, how “Nights of Grief & Mystery” came...
Interview: Kimberly Ann Johnson: Grief, Heartbreak and Elderhood with Stephen Jenkinson
Celebrating the release of their new book Reckoning, Kimberly Ann Johnson and Stephen Jenkinson grapple with the key themes of their convergence: grief, heartbreak, culture work, elderhood, and the prevalent myth of individualism in this Me First era we find ourselves in.
Three times as many people listened to their 2021 conversations (Episodes 135 and 136) than any other talk, which led to a five conversations series, an exchange of letters, and now Reckoning.
Orphan Wisdom · 2022 August - Kimberly Ann Johnson: Grief, Heartbreak and Elderhood with Stephen Jenkinson
A Hand in the Dark
Dear Ones,
Last year Stephen Jenkinson and I recorded two podcasts that were the most listened to of anything I have ever recorded.
In their wake, even though I knew he was stepping back, I gathered the courage to invite him to share five Sundays together- a kind of retrospective of his major works.
There are so many one-offs these days. One hour podcasts. One hour interview summits. One hour “master” classes.
What happens if we dare to spend more time together? What happens if we dare to circle back? What happens if we sit next to someone and their body of work...
Interviews: Kimberly Ann Johnson interviews Stephen Jenkinson on Spirit Work, Conspiracies, Elderhood and Grief
In this two part interview, Kimberly and Stephen look at what happens when we normalize these uniquely troubled times, as well as how we got here. Together they wonder about grief, parenting, elderhood, me-first culture and conspiracies in times of crisis. Stephen places emphasis on how relationship to history informs our present circumstance and meaning making. What do we gain by normalizing times such as these? Where does health come from? How do we reckon with our me-first world in a time so desperate for community and culture?
Starting Nov. 7th, we will have a live 5 part continuation of...
2021 October – The End of Tourism – Chris Christou interviews Stephen Jenkinson on Trauma Intelligence, The Stranger, and Radical Hospitality
Orphan Wisdom · 2021 October - The End of Tourism - Trauma Intelligence, The Stranger, and Radical Hospitality
On this episode of The End of Tourism, our guest is Stephen Jenkinson, activist, teacher, author, and farmer. In the second part of our conversation, we explore the themes of tourism as the trauma of homeless people. Rights are discussed in contrast to responsibilities. Stephen takes us on a deep dive into how the idea of the stranger or foreigner came to be, principally through travel and trade and what this all might offer us in our time. Finally, we contend with...
Interview: The Pandemic Is A Prism with Stephen Jenkinson
A Gathering of Stories hosts Ian MacKenzie and Zamir Dhanji interview Stephen Jenkinson in their The Pandemic Is A Prism series.
https://youtu.be/fgZyd4QE_yU
2021 September – The End of Tourism – Chris Christou interviews Stephen Jenkinson | Immigration and Cultural Homelessness
Orphan Wisdom · 2021 September - The End of Tourism - Immigration and Cultural Homelessness
On this episode of The End of Tourism, our guest today is Stephen Jenkinson, activist, teacher, author, and farmer. In this conversation, we explore the themes of weekend warrior tourism, the so-called freedom to travel, and the abandonment of place that tourist towns endure. Tourism has a particular history, and we discuss the idea of modern tourism as a cultural grandchild of European immigration to the Americas. Stephen explains what it means to be indigenous, what tourism does to that capacity, and what we might...
Interviews: Campfire Stories
I've submitted to a lot of interviews. Willingly. Like any serial experience in life, some are memorable in their particulars, and they linger long after they and their serviceability are done.
Mattias Olsson has granted me a handful of memorable interviews. To serve the assembling of them into a file of their own I did something I seldom do. I listened to myself. Very quickly I remembered again why whenever he calls I sign up for an encounter. What most compels me is the quality, the articulateness, the sound of his listening. He is very prepared, but clearly he, in...
Interviews: The Stoa
Peter Limberg from The Stoa interviews with Stephen Jenkinson, including the 3-part Philosopher in Residence Series: "1. Dying and death, 2. love and matrimony, 3. money and soul, aging and elderhood, all drawn through the eye of a pestilential needle.
Finding the Elders w/ Stephen Jenkinson
A Generation’s Worth Part 1: Die Wise w/ Stephen Jenkinson
A Generation’s Worth Part 2: Matrimony w/ Stephen Jenkinson
A Generation’s Worth Part 3: Money/Soul w/ Stephen Jenkinson
Interview: 2021 June – What does it mean to die wise? Dr. Jeremy Goldberg interviews Stephen Jenkinson
Orphan Wisdom · 2021 June - What does it mean to die wise? Dr. Jeremy Goldberg interviews Stephen Jenkinson
Culture activist, teacher, author ~ Stephen Jenkinson teaches internationally and is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School, co-founded with Nathalie Roy in 2010, convening semi-annually in Deacon, Ontario, and in northern Europe. He has Master’s degrees from Harvard University (Theology) and the University of Toronto (Social Work). Apprenticed to a master storyteller when a young man, he has worked extensively with dying people and their families, is a former program director in a major Canadian hospital, former...
Interview: How To Live Full & Die Wise – Sylvester McNutt Interviews Stephen Jenkinson
Culture activist, worker, author ~ Stephen teaches internationally and is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School, co-founded the school with his wife Nathalie Roy in 2010, convening semi-annually in Deacon, Ontario, and in northern Europe.
He has Master’s degrees from Harvard University (Theology) and the University of Toronto (Social Work).
Apprenticed to a master storyteller when a young man, he has worked extensively with dying people and their families, is former programme director in a major Canadian hospital, former assistant professor in a prominent Canadian medical school.
He is also a sculptor, traditional canoe builder whose house won...
Interview: Overwhelming Beauty — and Being OK, Dying – Terry Patten Interviews Stephen Jenkinson
Spontaneous poet, culture activist, and shamanic bard Stephen Jenkinson joins Terry to explore the totally disarming ordeal of bearing witness to death up close — both our individual mortality and our collective mortality. They also drop into felt contact with Terry’s present, uncertain situation — recently on his 70th birthday, Terry was suddenly informed that there was probably metastatic cancer in his lungs and he spent five nights in the hospital undergoing a series of tests. Now, almost a month later, there is still no clarifying diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment plan, so he’s learning to be in radical not-knowing,...
Interview: 2021 April – Basak Kutlu Atay, Turkish translator of DIE WISE interviews Stephen
Basak Kutlu Atay recently translated Stephen Jenkinson’s book DIE WISE into Turkish. The first of these two videos is a conversation between author and translator, the 2nd is a Q&A between both Stephen, Basak and a series of guests.
DIE WISE: Translator's Interview with Stephen Jenkinson
DIE WISE: Q&A with Basak Kutlu Atay and Stephen Jenkinson
https://youtu.be/Zvub73XxaIk
Interview: 2021 April – What Matters Most Podcast, Paul Samuel Dolman interviews Stephen Jenkinson
Stephen returns for a deep talk around the pandemic, his musical tour, living and dying, the mystery of the muse, the grief of being, and a whole lot more. This man embodies so much wisdom and has a poetic elegance that truly touches the heart and soul.
Stephen teaches internationally and is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School, founded in 2010. With Master’s degrees from Harvard University (Theology) and the University of Toronto (Social Work), he is revolutionizing grief and dying in North America.
Stephen is redefining what it means to live, and die well. Apprenticed to...
Interview: 2021 April – A Tranquil Passage Podcast, Michael Brooke interviews Stephen Jenkinson
Michael Brooke recently discovered the work of Stephen Jenkinson and reached out to him to ask if he’d like to be part of this podcast. He graciously accepted. Stephen has worked extensively with dying people and their families. He is also a sculptor and traditional canoe builder. He teamed up Gregory Hoskins in 2015, and created the Nights of Grief and Mystery. Two records - Dark Roads (recorded live in Los Angeles) and Rough Gods (studio recordings) were recently released and I highly recommend you give them a listen. Stephen is also the author of Come of Age: The...
Interview: 2021 April – Medicine Path Podcast, Brian James interviews Stephen Jenkinson
Stephen Jenkinson is an activist, author and farmer who now prefers the term practitioner rather than teacher. In this, our third conversation, he explains why the distinction is important and why he quit being a teacher.
We also talk about a question he posed to me a number of years ago when I attended his Orphan Wisdom school that has stuck with me ever since, and continues to provoke new insights into the mysterious ways that our unknown ancestors might be guiding us on our quest for meaning and purpose.
In the second half of the episode we touch on the...
Interview: 2021 April – What the hell happened to elderhood? Ned Buskirk & Scott Ferreter interview Stephen Jenkinson
Join host Ned Buskirk & Scott Ferreter, in conversation with Stephen Jenkinson while they talk about death etiquette & the case for elderhood in a time of trouble.
Orphan Wisdom · What the Hell Happened to Elderhood? Ned Buskirk and Scott Ferreter with Stephen Jenkinson
Interview: ‘Last Born in the Wilderness’ Patrick Farnsworth with Stephen Jenkinson
Stephen was interviewed in February 2021 by Patrick Farnsworth for his podcast 'Last Born in the Wilderness'.
Orphan Wisdom · Stephen Jenkinson on Last Born in The Wilderness
Interview: To Bear Witness Stephen Jenkinson on BBC Radio
This piece originally aired on BBC radio in December 2020. Produced by Phil Smith.
Contributors (in order of appearance): Stephen Jenkinson, Kofi Mawuli Klu, Andreas Weber, Esther Stanford-Xosei and Anita Barrows
Voice of the chorus: Niamh O’Brien.
Cello improvisations: Lucy Railton
Additional words and music: Phil Smith
Produced by Phil Smith.
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 3.
Orphan Wisdom · To Bear Witness - Stephen Jenkinson on BBC radio
Interview: The Rough Road of Rising Up | Stephen Jenkinson, Roger Hallam & Elana Azrai
What happens when a revolutionary activist meets a spiritual activist to speak about living in the time of the Anthropocene? In this captivating discussion we navigate the topics of truth, integrity, death, hope, and the action required to respond to the urgency of these times. How can we become ancestors worth claiming, and how can we support and mobilise our young people who are fighting for their futures on a dying planet?
“Activism is saturated with the cult of hope… what happens over and over again is…burnout...rooted in this occultic attachment to hope in our culture. We are looking...
Audio and podcast interviews with Stephen Jenkinson.
https://youtu.be/8zBgBJdEdCk