{"podcast":{"title":"The Great Updraft","slug":"the-great-updraft-7045130","podcast_index_feed_id":7045130,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5980454/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-great-updraft","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4f8e5969403b6f409d6caa604b09ef1d.jpg","author":"Ross Edwards","episode_count":280,"summary":"The Great Updraft means sweeping upward growth. The name is a metaphor for the journey towards our greatest expression. My goal is to help you live a full life. I’ll help you become satisfied on all levels: psychological, social, financial, spiritual, professional, and more, integrating the many threads into a sublime whole. The GU is the set of tools you need to unlock your full potential. Visit my site","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T08:21:09.971535+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-updraft-7045130"},"episode":{"title":"Your Brain Is Not the Source of Fear","slug":"your-brain-is-not-the-source-of-fear","published_at":"2026-04-09T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-updraft-7045130/your-brain-is-not-the-source-of-fear","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-updraft-7045130","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-brain-is-not-the-source-of-fear--71216521","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71216521/7f03bb15_7f45_4802_bcb1_5e7a9221c82f.mp3","summary":"Our usual thinking is to pin the cause of the fear on the brain.So we say “we feel fear because x area of the brain activates. If it didn’t activate, we wouldn’t feel fear. It’s because of my brain”How can your brain “cause” fear? How can a squidgy lump of flesh cause fear?This is a snippet from my Wednesday 8th April episode, The Limits of Brain Science.Episode category: https://player.captivate.fm/collection/41de4d4f-0232-4c5d-bb84-436add43f6f9 Explore my 200-episode podcast library: https://deep-psychology.com/#pod-cats Newsletter & books: https://deep-psychology.com/my-links","meta_description":"Our usual thinking is to pin the cause of the fear on the brain.So we say “we feel fear because x area of the brain activates. If it didn’t activate, we w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":351,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-great-updraft-7045130/episodes/your-brain-is-not-the-source-of-fear/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-updraft-7045130/your-brain-is-not-the-source-of-fear.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}