E462 John Vervaeke

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Theo Von

Comedy

4.8 • 24.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 213 minutes

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John Vervaeke is a philosopher and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. He currently teaches courses on thinking and reasoning with an emphasis on cognitive development, intelligence, rationality, mindfulness, and the psychology of wisdom. He is known for his 50-part YouTube lecture series, “Awakening From The Meaning Crisis” John Vervaeke joins This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von to talk about why so many people are struggling to find meaning in today’s world. They also talk about ways to find wisdom in life, what we can learn from the Stoics, whether we’re living or just impersonating, his relationship with colleague Jordan Peterson, and much more. John Vervaeke: https://www.youtube.com/@johnvervaeke https://johnvervaeke.com/ ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ Morgan & Morgan: If you’re ever injured, visit https://forthepeople.com/thispastweekend or dial Pound LAW (#529). Their fee is free unless they win. BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com/theo to get 10% off your first month. ShipStation: Go to http://shipstation.com and use code THEO to sign up for a free 60-day trial. Keeps: Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Head to https://keeps.com/THEO to get a special offer. DraftKings: Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app now and use code THEO to sign up. New customers that bet just $5 can take home 200 in bonus beats instantly. ------------------------------------------------- Music: "Shine" by Bishop Gunn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3A_coTcUek&ab_channel=BishopGunn ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: [email protected] Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach Powers https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers/ Producer: Ben Becker https://www.instagram.com/benbeckermusic/?hl=en Producer: Colin Reiner https://www.instagram.com/colin_reiner/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, I have some new tour dates to let you know about I'll be in Norfolk VA Virginia on November 9
0:07.4	I'll be Rowan Oak VA November 10 huntington West Virginia November 11th
0:14.0	Over there at the mountain health arena formerly known as the Big Sandy
0:18.5	I'll be in Evansville, Indiana on November 1-5 at the Ford Center
0:23.9	and Winston Salam North Carolina November 17th as well as New Orleans, Louisiana on November 24th at the
0:32.4	UNO Lakefront Arena all tickets are available at theovon.com slash T-O-U-R
0:42.4	We have been moving into some bigger venues really grateful for it
0:47.3	And we'll do a mix of bigger and smaller ones at the time and
0:52.7	Just because we don't want to be on tour forever. You know, we want to be on tour for a while. We just don't want to be on
0:58.9	You know until
1:00.9	We're deceased or whatever. So thank you guys for your support theovon.com slash T-O-U-R
1:07.9	And if tickets are too high price just wait. We'll come back through sometime gang
1:13.2	Dr. John Vervecki is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto
1:18.9	He currently teaches courses on thinking and reasoning
1:23.2	With a focus on cognitive development intelligence
1:27.3	mindfulness and the psychology of wisdom
1:30.8	He is a smarter guy. He's an information man, you know
1:35.4	He's also an expert in Buddhist psychology
1:38.7	He has a 50-part lecture series on YouTube called Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
1:45.6	I've personally been thinking a lot about meaning and would it what
1:50.1	Just meaning of life meaning of self
1:53.9	Things like that, you know, we had a call about it on the last solo episode and and that's one of the things that
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