This Episode is FIRE

About this episode

This episode explores the profound impact of fire on human evolution and consciousness.

In the deepest, oldest caverns of human memory, a fire burns... and that fire has been with human beings since the very beginning. Scientists now say that the human relationship with fire goes back over 1.5 million years. And so — fire has played a profound role in shaping human bodies and human consciousness in ways we're often unaware of. For fire... changed everything. It took us out of the immediacy of the animal experience and gave us a focal point, a place to gather and tell stories, to...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Schrei

Topics covered

• fire
• human history
• consciousness
• storytelling
• cultural significance

Keywords

• fire
• human evolution
• caverns
• memory
• storytelling
• cultural impact

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