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Tricycle Talks: Listen to Buddhist teachers, writers, and thinkers on life's big questions. Hosted by James Shaheen, editor in chief of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, the leading Buddhist magazine in the West. Life As It Is: Join James Shaheen with co-host Sharon Salzberg and learn how to bring Buddhist practice into your everyday life. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review creates award-winning editorial, podcasts, events, and video courses. Unlock access to all this Buddhist knowledge by subscribing to the magazine at tricycle.org/join

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209 episodes
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January 14 · 56 min
The Afterlife of Japanese American Wartime Incarceration
Poet Brandon Shimoda explores the ongoing legacies of the US government’s mass incarceration of Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans during World War II.
Dec 17, 2025 · 50 min
Choosing Kindness with Sarah Ruhl and Sharon Salzberg
Playwright Sarah Ruhl and meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg discuss their new children’s books.
Dec 10, 2025 · 54 min
Being a 'Bad' Buddhist with Sharon A. Suh
Sharon A. Suh discusses her new book, Emergent Dharma.
Nov 26, 2025 · 39 min
Sitting in the Fire with Ralph Steele
Dharma teacher Ralph Steele discusses how he integrates meditation and somatic practice into his work with veterans with PTSD.
Nov 19, 2025 · 1 hr
Coming Home to Ourselves with Brother Pháp Hữu
Brother Pháp Hữu discusses methods for cultivating greater stability and presence as we meet the challenges of our time.
Nov 12, 2025 · 44 min
Naturalistic Buddhism with Gil Fronsdal
Dharma teacher Gil Fronsdal discusses what it means to take a naturalistic approach to Buddhist teachings and practices.
Oct 22, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min
Liberation Through Non-Clinging Across Buddhist Traditions with Joseph Goldstein
How different paths to non-clinging can complement and support each other rather than be in conflict
Oct 15, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
Remembering Joanna Macy with Jess Serrante
Remembering the late environmental activist and spiritual leader
Oct 8, 2025 · 58 min
US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze on Translating Loss and Renewal
Arthur Sze’s translations illustrate the vitality and versatility of the Chinese poetic tradition across nearly two millennia.
Sep 24, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
US Poet Laureate Ada Limón on the Practice of Startlement
Poet Ada Limón discusses how poetry can help us decenter ourselves and foster curiosity and connection.
Sep 17, 2025 · 57 min
Revisiting the Story of the Buddha’s Life with Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Scholar Donald S. Lopez Jr. lays out a “remythologized” account of the story of the Buddha, highlighting the supernatural elements of his life.
Sep 10, 2025 · 57 min
Traveling in Bardo with Ann Tashi Slater
How the Tibetan Book of the Dead can help us live more fully
Aug 27, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min
Ethical Living in Uncertain Times with Stephen Batchelor
What the Buddha and Socrates can teach us about leading just and dignified lives in an unstable, contingent world
Aug 20, 2025 · 55 min
Learning to Live Fully with Serious Illness with Susan Bauer-Wu
Susan Bauer-Wu discusses how the quality of each moment can determine the quality of our lives.
Aug 13, 2025 · 1 hr
Writing in Exile with Bhuchung D. Sonam
Writer and translator Bhuchung D. Sonam discusses why he views writing as an act of resistance—and how literature can help hold and build the idea of Tibet.
Jul 23, 2025 · 57 min
The Work of Not Knowing with Marie Howe
Pulitzer Prize winner Marie Howe discusses how poetry can help us cultivate attention and devotion to the ordinary.
Jul 16, 2025 · 1 hr 11 min
A Fearless Heart with Thupten Jinpa
How the courage to be compassionate can transform our lives and our world
Jul 9, 2025 · 53 min
Forever a Student with Sarah Ruhl
Playwright Sarah Ruhl discusses what her teachers have taught her from preschool to the present.
Jun 25, 2025 · 35 min
Personal Liturgy with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
Experimental musician Jefre Cantu-Ledesma discusses how rituals can help us mark time and make meaning.
Jun 18, 2025 · 1 hr 11 min
How Compassion Works with John Makransky
Lama John Makransky discusses why compassion is essential to our survival.

Tricycle Talks

The Afterlife of Japanese American Wartime Incarceration

Choosing Kindness with Sarah Ruhl and Sharon Salzberg

Being a 'Bad' Buddhist with Sharon A. Suh

Sitting in the Fire with Ralph Steele

Coming Home to Ourselves with Brother Pháp Hữu

Naturalistic Buddhism with Gil Fronsdal

Liberation Through Non-Clinging Across Buddhist Traditions with Joseph Goldstein

Remembering Joanna Macy with Jess Serrante

US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze on Translating Loss and Renewal

US Poet Laureate Ada Limón on the Practice of Startlement

Revisiting the Story of the Buddha’s Life with Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Traveling in Bardo with Ann Tashi Slater

Ethical Living in Uncertain Times with Stephen Batchelor

Learning to Live Fully with Serious Illness with Susan Bauer-Wu

Writing in Exile with Bhuchung D. Sonam

The Work of Not Knowing with Marie Howe

A Fearless Heart with Thupten Jinpa

Forever a Student with Sarah Ruhl

Personal Liturgy with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

How Compassion Works with John Makransky