Episode 49 - Tara Isabella Burton- Self-Made
I am really excited about the conversation I had with Tara Isabella Burton – who is a novelist, essayist and scholar of religion and spiritu...
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The Mindful Cranks broadly explores the cultural translation of Buddhism in the West, various facets of Buddhist modernism, and the mainstreaming of mindfulness in secular contexts. The podc...
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Episode 48 - Derek Beres - Conspirituality
It would appear that Lululemon-wearing Yoga teachers are worlds apart from gun-toting, far-right Trumper conspiracists. Yet, during the Covi...
Episode 47 - Peter Hershock: Buddhism & AI
Since the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT earlier this year, there has been a media frenzy – with AI suddenly becoming of mainstream interest an...
Episode 46 - Martin Parker: Shut Down the Business School
I really enjoyed speaking with Martin Parker about his bold book, Shut Down the Business School: What's Wrong with Management Education , pu...
Episode 45 - Alissa Quart: Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream
Has the American Dream been built on a fundamental delusion – that we are all independent and autonomous individuals – that whether we becom...
Curtis White - Transcendent: Art and Dharma in a Time of Collapse
Could it be the case that the Western Buddhists have lost touch with the radical questioning and the transformative power of transcendence?...
Episode 43 - Steve Hagen: The Grand Delusion
Our way of knowing seems seduced into seeing things – including ourselves as the self as the knower – as substantial. We believe and take fo...
Episode 42- Graham Parkes: How to Think About the Climate Crisis
Is the climate crisis a reflection of our lack of understanding of our true nature as human beings in the cosmos? Could our inability to ask...
Episode 41 - Rina Raphael: The Gospel of Wellness
Why is everything now about wellness and "self-care"? And it's not just about Goop – the global wellness industry – from leech therapy, MCT...
Episode 40 - Gail Stearns: Liberating Mindfulness
In Episode 40, I spoke with Gail Stearns about her new book, Liberating Mindfulness: From Billion-dollar Industry to Engaged Spirituality (O...
Episode 39 - Pierce Salguero: Buddhish
In this episode, I spoke with Pierce Salguero, Ph.D. , about his new book Buddhish: A Guide to the 20 Most Important Buddhist Ideas for the...
Episode 38 - Johann Hari - Stolen Focus
I spoke with Johann Hari – whose new book, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again – is already a New York...
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Episode 37 - Kathleen Gregory: Mindfulness as Psychological Redemption
In Episode 37, I spoke with Kathleen Gregory about her chapter "The Modern Mindfulness Movement and the Search for Psychological Redemption"...
Episode 36 - Richard Payne: Secularizing Buddhism
Richard Payne is the Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California and th...
Episode 35 - Sarah Shaw: The Varieties of Mindfulness
In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Sarah Shaw , who is an Honorary fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies; an...
Episode 34 - Gregory Kramer: A Whole-Life Path
In this episode, I was fortunate to speak to Gregory Kramer who is the founding teacher of the Insight Dialogue Community. Back in 2015, I i...
Episode 33 - Daniel Simpson: The Truth of Yoga
In this episode, I spoke with Daniel Simpson about his wonderful new book, The Truth of Yoga: A Comprehensive Guide to Yoga's History, Texts...
Episode 32 - Andrea Jain: Yoga and the Politics of Global Spirituality
In this episode I spoke with Andrea R. Jain , Associate professor of religious studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis about her new boo...
Episode 31 - Michal Pagis: The Sociology of Vipassana and Mindfulness
In this episode I spoke with Michal Pagis who is an associate professor of sociology at Bar Ilan University, Israel about her new book Inwar...