{"podcast":{"title":"On Humans","slug":"on-humans-5714769","podcast_index_feed_id":5714769,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/b6269808/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://onhumans.substack.com/about","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/30459826/30459826-1759510527619-3882a9600a0e7.jpg","author":"Ilari Mäkelä","episode_count":111,"summary":"Where do we come from? How did we get here? And what kinds of creatures are we? On Humans features conversations with leading scholars about the human story, making new research about humanity more accessible to everyone and more meaningful to the big questions about who we are. In addition to regular episodes, the show now includes longer series on some of the greatest arcs in the journey of our species, covering everything from the evolution of apes to the making of the modern economy. https://onhumans.substack.com/about","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T20:17:23.337618+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-humans-5714769"},"episode":{"title":"What Can Shamans Teach Us About Religion? | Many Minds with Manvir Singh","slug":"what-can-shamans-teach-us-about-religion-many-minds-with-manvir-singh","published_at":"2026-01-21T03:17:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-humans-5714769/what-can-shamans-teach-us-about-religion-many-minds-with-manvir-singh","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-humans-5714769","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ilari-makela/episodes/What-Can-Shamans-Teach-Us-About-Religion---Many-Minds-with-Manvir-Singh-e3du3mq","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/b6269808/podcast/play/114281626/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-21%2F5de52017-b246-a221-36f3-43e893a0effd.mp3","summary":"The world is full of religions, but none as timeless as shamanism. And whilst many modern religions have shed their shamanic skins, the shaman is rarely as far away as we have been told. Or so argues anthropologist Manvir Singh in his book, Shamanism: The Timeless Religion. Singh’s work is fascinating in its capacity to link the exocit with the familiar, showing how rainforest rituals are not so far removed from urban modernity as we might think. Today, I will have the rare chance to enjoy Singh's insights together with you, as a listener. The hard work will be done by Kensy Cooperider, the host of the Many Minds Podcast . Many Minds is one of my own go-to shows and has a lot to recommend for it. Just like On Humans, it breaks down complex scientific concepts about humanity into easy-to-follow yet in-depth conversations. Yet unlike On Humans, it has insanely well-referenced show notes! Just check this one out . Kensy and I had a beachside chat this November and decided it would be good to introduce ourselves to each other's audiences. So here we go! LINKS Many Minds: https://disi.org/manyminds/ Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute: https://disi.org/ Episode page: https://disi.org/the-shaman-with-a-thousand-faces/ Manvir Singh: https://www.manvir.org/ KEYWORDS Anthropology | Psychology | Religion | Cross-cultural study | Abrahamic religions | Neo-shamanism | Human universals |","meta_description":"The world is full of religions, but none as timeless as shamanism. And whilst many modern religions have shed their shamanic skins, the shaman is rarely a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4791,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-humans-5714769/episodes/what-can-shamans-teach-us-about-religion-many-minds-with-manvir-singh/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-humans-5714769/what-can-shamans-teach-us-about-religion-many-minds-with-manvir-singh.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}