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209 episodes
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Oct 23, 2024 · 53 min
Picking Up the Pieces in a Postapocalyptic World with Vajra Chandrasekera
Vajra Chandrasekera’s new novel follows two characters as they’re reincarnated across histories and worlds through endless epicycles of love, violence, and betrayal.
Oct 16, 2024 · 52 min
A Safe Place to Fall Apart with BJ Miller
Palliative care physician BJ Miller explores how studying Buddhism and art history has radically shifted how he thinks about disability and death.
Oct 9, 2024 · 41 min
Becoming Thay with Adrienne Minh-Châu Lê
Scholar Adrienne Minh-Châu Lê discusses the religious, cultural, and political movements that shaped Thich Nhat Hanh.
Sep 25, 2024 · 1 hr 18 min
A Meditator's Guide to Buddhism with Cortland Dahl
Meditation teacher Cortland Dahl offers an accessible introduction to Buddhist principles and practices through the lens of the three yanas, or vehicles.
Sep 18, 2024 · 53 min
Breaking Bias with Anu Gupta
Drawing from Buddhist teachings and modern neuroscience, Anu Gupta lays out practical tools for dismantling bias and strengthening our innate capacity for compassion.
Sep 11, 2024 · 1 hr 8 min
I'm Mindful, Now What? with Andrew Holecek
Meditation teacher Andrew Holecek explores a variety of meditation techniques—from open awareness to dream yoga—that take us beyond mindfulness and lead us to deeper transformation.
Aug 28, 2024 · 57 min
US Poet Laureate Ada Limón on Returning to Wonder
How poetry can slow us down and return us to a state of wonder and awe
Aug 21, 2024 · 56 min
'There Is No Enemy' with George Mumford
Mindfulness coach George Mumford discusses what he has learned from teaching mudita, or sympathetic joy, to professional athletes
Aug 14, 2024 · 55 min
Transforming Grief into Wisdom with Sister Dang Nghiem
How poetry, together with mindfulness, can offer not just a description of suffering but a way out of it
Jul 24, 2024 · 47 min
Practical Tools for Uprooting Anger with Thubten Chodron
Venerable Thubten Chodron discusses how anger distorts our perception of reality—and how the wisdom of emptiness can help us eradicate anger entirely.
Jul 17, 2024 · 48 min
Everyday Enlightenment with Susan Kaiser Greenland
Practical tools for getting out of our own way and tapping into our innate goodness
Jul 10, 2024 · 49 min
Already Free with Bruce Tift
Why we’re so invested in believing that there’s something wrong with us—and how we can instead learn to relax into our fundamental freedom
Jun 26, 2024 · 56 min
Warrior Zen with Cristina Moon
Cristina Moon discusses the role of swordsmanship and the fine arts in Zen training.
Jun 19, 2024 · 51 min
Weathering the Eight Worldly Winds with Ethan Nichtern
How to navigate life's vicissitudes with trust and resilience
Jun 12, 2024 · 41 min
Awakening in Every Moment with Kazuaki Tanahashi
Why Zen gardens are instruments of awakening
May 22, 2024 · 46 min
Why Actor Michael O’Keefe Renounced His Buddhist Vows
Michael O’Keefe discusses his path to ordination in the Zen Peacemaker Order and his subsequent disillusionment with the order and its founder.
May 15, 2024 · 52 min
Calling on Our Ancestors with Kaira Jewel Lingo
How we can call on the Buddha when we feel we're at our limits
May 8, 2024 · 44 min
At the Crossroads of Buddhism and America with Helen Tworkov
Buddhism's development in the West over the past sixty years
Apr 24, 2024 · 58 min
Facing Injustice with Joy with Dr. Kamilah Majied
How we can face injustice with courage, curiosity, and joy
Apr 17, 2024 · 54 min
Transmuting Generational Grief with Jungwon Kim
What we can learn from the Korean concept of han, or inherited grief and rage

Tricycle Talks

Picking Up the Pieces in a Postapocalyptic World with Vajra Chandrasekera

A Safe Place to Fall Apart with BJ Miller

Becoming Thay with Adrienne Minh-Châu Lê

A Meditator's Guide to Buddhism with Cortland Dahl

Breaking Bias with Anu Gupta

I'm Mindful, Now What? with Andrew Holecek

US Poet Laureate Ada Limón on Returning to Wonder

'There Is No Enemy' with George Mumford

Transforming Grief into Wisdom with Sister Dang Nghiem

Practical Tools for Uprooting Anger with Thubten Chodron

Everyday Enlightenment with Susan Kaiser Greenland

Already Free with Bruce Tift

Warrior Zen with Cristina Moon

Weathering the Eight Worldly Winds with Ethan Nichtern

Awakening in Every Moment with Kazuaki Tanahashi

Why Actor Michael O’Keefe Renounced His Buddhist Vows

Calling on Our Ancestors with Kaira Jewel Lingo

At the Crossroads of Buddhism and America with Helen Tworkov

Facing Injustice with Joy with Dr. Kamilah Majied

Transmuting Generational Grief with Jungwon Kim