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KARMIC RELIEF
by Bob Peck
I’m Bob Peck and this is Karmic Relief. My background is in documentary film and comparative religion. I wrote a book called “Original Sin Is A Lie: How Spirituality Defies Dogma and Reveals Our True Self” which serves as an intro to mystic philosophy, Bible scholarship, Hindu metaphysics, and more. Karmic Relief is a lighthearted interview show where I talk to spiritual teachers, creatives, scholars, and activists, and humans who embody the overlapping beauty of all of the above dimensions. According to the mystics, the truth cannot be spoken, but we’ll do our best to talk about it anyway.
Episodes
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Bridging the Divide with Curiosity and Courage | Daryl Davis
I’ve admired Daryl Davis’s story for years—a Black American blues musician who somehow became friends with members of the Ku Klux Klan, not to shame them, but to understand them. Through his initial, fascinatingly simple, yet radical act of curiosity, he’s helped more than 200 people leave hate...
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Love Is My Religion, Life Is My Church | Amy Edwards
In this soulful and wide-ranging episode of Karmic Relief, I sit down with multi-talented artist and humanitarian Amy Edwards for a heart-opening conversation about aging vibrantly, spiritual awakening, and staying rooted in service. Amy shares her journey from religious upbringing through...
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From Wall Street to Mystic Philosophy | Jason Pickard
Jason Pickard is an exception to the rule. He comes from Wall Street trading. Jason was one of the top traders in his field on the planet. And yet he was miserable. Then he got in shape. Rich and fit, he was never in a lesser mental place in his life. He realized that he needed spiritual guidance...
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Mystic Misfits Building a Space for Visionary Art | Juan & Rosemary Villegas
Knowing the Villegas well is proof I'm doing something right. Juan and Rosemary Villegas are two visionary painters in north Austin blazing their own trail. They have both been painting for over a decade, with a clarified spiritual focus the last 5-7 years, they have co-created a transcendental,...
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Escaping the Cult, An Ex-Mennonite's Awakening | Kayla Marie
Kayla Marie's story is extraordinary. She is a trauma informed somatic coaching counselor whose work is influenced immensely by her childhood growing up Mennonite. Mennonites are an extremely antiquated fundamentalist Christian cult that perpetuates chauvinism, indoctrination, and control. There...
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Hospice Worker for the Dying Church, Mid-Wife for the New Era | Dr. Rick Diamond
Dr. Rick Diamond is a beautiful shining eternal soul having a temporary human experience. Just like you. Dr. Rick is one of my favorite people on Instagram and I'm thrilled to call him a friend and mentor here in Austin. He found me through my book and we've been big supporters of each other ever...
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Relationships As Mirrors of Healing | Carol Howe
What if the people in our lives—especially those who trigger us—are actually our greatest spiritual teachers? In this enlightening episode, Carol Howe, a renowned ACIM teacher and biographer of Bill Thetford, shares her wisdom on how relationships serve as powerful mirrors for our own inner...
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Philosophers Are Mystics, Unraveling Western Esoterica | Michael Phillip
Michael Phillip is talking to people. Hundreds of fascinating philosophers, academics, psychologists, scientists, and crazy mystics on his show Third Eye Drops. He is helping to untangle esoterica in the Western world. And one of the most important discoveries he's made on his incredibly popular...
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Escaping Mormonism, Navigating New Age | Stephanie Brinkerhoff
Stephanie Brinkerhoff is an ex-Mormon on mushrooms. Not all the time, really just one important time… she took 1 gram of psilocybin and saw through the illusion of the Church of Latter Day Saints. She left the Mormon church and changed many things in her life… Stephanie is hilarious. Authentic....
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Weaving Through The Ten Thousand Things | Dylan Townsend
Dylan Townsend is calling it out. The world of spiritual satire seems to be growing everyday. My feeds are fed by jokes about the world of spirituality and new age, and look, I'm all for a good laugh. But if you're gonna come for spiritualgram you better have come out of the jungle baby. You…
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Perfect Peace Unfolding In Every Moment | Sameh Neseim
Sameh Neseim is a certified mystic. He is certified, but that's not what I mean. His every step is a pilgrimage. His every breath is a meditation. I am continually blown away and inspired by my friend Sameh, an Egyptian-American who I met at Meta (then Facebook) back in 2019. Sameh is a Spiritual...
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Witnessing Jehovah and His Illusion | Mikayla Humphrey
Mikayla Humphrey has questions. She was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, and knocked on thousands upon thousands of doors. At 17 she could no longer endure its cultish control over her life. Sadly Mikayla has not spoken to her immediate family since leaving the church nearly a decade ago... it's an...
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Love Is The Absence Of Fear | Rubén Cantú
Rubén Cantú is always innovating. Ever since growing up in a modern day cult-like Christian community, "La Luz Del Mundo" (“The Light of the World”), Rubén has been pushing for positive change. Look they might not be evil, but anyone who says "WE are the chosen people headed to be with God and no...
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Transmute Your Pain Into Power | Esteban "El Divine Niño" Palacio
El Divine Niño gives me hope. I first saw Esteban Palacio's work on my For You page back in early 2022 and I was blown away. He has a tangible presence within spirituality that is simultaneously deep and also lighthearted. He's accessible, he's relatable, and it's because despite being a...
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From Supermodel to Superconscious | Alison Canavan
Alison Canavan is a UCLA-trained Mindfulness Facilitator from the Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behaviour and a Master NLP Practitioner. She’s my friend, from Dublin Ireland who made her all the way over to Central Texas. She runs a successful private practice as a health and wellness...
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Leaving Church Entering Harmony | Daniel Tyack
Daniel Tyack is a walking example that a radical transformation is possible for anyone, at any moment. He came back from being the lowest of low a few years ago. Losing his job, his wife, so many aspects of his incarnation came crumbling down, but he was able to tune into who he truly is, and a...
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Breaking Patterns Through Expansion | Madeline Vu
Madeline Vu is integrating all of it. Mind, Body, Spirit, and The Planet—she is holistically aware of a wide variety of psychological systems, spiritual healing modalities, and environmental issues. She makes it seem possible—we really can acknowledge all parts of ourselves and our planet, in a...
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Pointing to the Divine Dreamer | Timothy Conway
Timothy Conway is who I want to be. He is a scholar of religion and theology as well as a deeply experiential mystic for over five decades. He sat with Nisargadatta and he has a Masters and PhD in Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. He wrote one of my favorite books of…
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From Fighting People, to Fighting For People | Justin Wren
From Vegas prize fights to providing clean water to over 52,000 people. Transitioning human beings out of slavery and into freedom. Empowering our brothers and sisters with "opportunity, which is greater than charity". Fighting for the Forgotten! Beyond his impressive MMA career, Justin Wren has...
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Abundance in the Illusion | Laurén Janelle Green
Let's get de-programmed! Let's re-learn to trust ourselves. Abundance, and nonduality. The Creative Process, and Astrology, Yogananda, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Disappearance of the Universe. Laurén Janelle Green is a force of nature. She is an ex social media manager, astrologer, intuitive, writer,...
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Mythbusting Spirituality, New Age, Materialism And Mythbusting Aubrey Marcus | Aubrey Marcus
Aubrey Marcus is a fellow Austinite, spiritual teacher, entrepreneur, podcaster, psychonaut, philosopher, poet, and Instagram archer. He is the founder of Onnit, a globally disruptive brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization. Onnit remains an industry leader...
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We Can Trust Ourselves On The Path | Sitaram Dass
Sitaram Dass spent several years serving his beloved teacher Ram Dass on Maui, where he was shown the path of Bhakti, the yoga of service and devotion to God. He is a writer, musician, counselor, and community volunteer working to strengthen our sense of the Timeless Sacred in today’s modern…
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Look Up from the Monotony and Get Connected | Esther Ladipo
Esther Ladipo is a social impact inspiration. A proud Nigerian-American born in Columbus, Ohio, currently living in Austin Texas, Esther works at DoorDash on their Social Impact team, alongside being the cofounder and CEO of Ranowo.org, a donation platform supporting black and Latin-x nonprofits...
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This Is Your Life | Maggie Burke at “New Story” and Our Stories 1 Year In
Now in our 13th month live, we share creative project updates and introduce a new regular member of our pod panel: Maggie Burke, a former Big Tech strategist who’s now at NewStoryCharity.org ending global homelessness. We also talk about our favorite episodes from the past year—from Bob’s endless...
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When the Intention to Help Creates a Global Nonprofit | Aaron Jackson
Aaron Jackson is the founder of PlantingPeace.org, a nonprofit he started fifteen years ago when he was 24 years old. His projects focus on a range of humanitarian and environmental initiatives, including a multi-national deworming campaign (they have successfully dewormed over 22 million…
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Date Yourself | lzbth.ai
Elizabeth Nelson aka @lzbth.ai is a psych major turned graphic designer from Austin, Texas. When she’s not designing, she enjoys learning about maritime disasters, digging through thrift shops, and talking herself out of buying more houseplants. She’s currently freelancing in New York City…
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Make Art Everyday | Unknown Collective
From the people who brought you “Too Poor for Canopy”, they’re here to start a revolution. Unknown Collective is an artist collective in Austin, Texas on a mission to connect the community to emerging art. Marcella Colavecchio & Jair Piñeros are two of the collective’s co-founders, who talk to…
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Universalism through a Hasidic Lens | Zevi Slavin
Zevi Slavin is a Hasidic Jewish mystic and content creator of the channel “Seekers of Unity”. Zevi grew up in Australia, moved to LA when he was eighteen, then NY, and Cape Town, South Africa. Now living in Israel, Zevi is an ordained rabbi dedicated to teaching about the beauty of Judaism,...
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Burnout, Shakti, and the Vagus Nerve | Marie Young
Marie Young is a body-based coach who helps clients reach their goals by connecting with their bodies and souls first. She has been studying yogic practices for over twenty years, and teaching for nearly ten. Marie empowers clients with grounding techniques and coaching tools so they can live…
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The Spirituality of Deconstruction | Marcelo Villaseñor
Marcelo Villaseñor is a visual artist based in Austin, Texas. He is originally from Monterrey Mexico. Marcelo works primarily with photography and design, with the intention to deconstruct life through creative and meditative processes. His creative brand is Visual Mantra, whose tagline is…
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Gathering Data, Generating Empathy | Dr. Aaron Conrado
Dr. Aaron Conrado holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Texas at Austin. While dedicating himself in graduate school to scientific progress for the betterment of others, he discovered a passion for communicating science to non-scientists, and decided to leave the halls of...
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Native American Spirituality, Hip Hop, and Social Action | Supaman
Christian Parrish Takes the Gun, known professionally as Supaman is an Apsáalooke rapper and fancy dancer who was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Crow Agency, Montana. He dedicates his life to empowering and spreading a message of hope and faith through a unique fusion of traditional…
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Empowering the Imagination of Children (and Ourselves) | Heather Hawk Feinberg
Heather Feinberg has a B.A. in Anthropology, and an M.A. in Counseling and Human Services from The University of Colorado. Heather is the founder of Mindful Kids, a nonprofit organization that creates pioneering resources for social and emotional learning. Her work is featured in the children's...
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Demystifying Mystic Philosophy
There are so many misconceptions around spirituality, but especially “mysticism” or “mystic philosophy”. Many people tend to think “mystic” means “magic”, or that it’s far beyond critical grounded scholarship. In this extended episode, Bob, Scott, and Melena go through Bob’s new article…
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Jennifer Millar — Cellular Transformation and Stepping Into Power
Jennifer Millar is a spiritual teacher, healer and interfaith minister who travels the globe facilitating a healing method called, “Cellular Transformation”. A native of Northern Ireland, living south of Austin, TX, Jennifer has been immersed in the field of trauma healing for over two decades,...
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Jeremy Hoffeld — Infusing Darshan into Feeds
Jeremy Hoffeld is a painter, sketch artist, musician, and spiritual contemplative from New York. He studied art history at Columbia University, and wrote a thesis on Paleolithic cave paintings in France. Hoffeld did an apprenticeship in painting and drawing at the Art Students League of New York,...
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Jason Ivy — Polymaths, Neo-Soul, and Emotional Intelligence
Jason Ivy is an award-winning singer, songwriter, music producer, film producer, and entrepreneur from the south side of Chicago. He has a bachelor’s degree in cognitive neuroscience and linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania, a bachelor’s in biology from the University of Chicago and an...
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Miroo Kim — Bring Work to Mindfulness, Not Mindfulness to Work
Miroo Kim is a 15+ year tech professional who has worked at Apple, Microsoft and Facebook. She helped launch early iPhones and now works on Mobile Partnerships at FB, but most relevant to this philosophy show, she heads our Mindfulness club, along with Bob & Melena. We talk about the dynamics of...
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Shane Renfro — Songwriting, Frontier Living and Psychomagic
Shane Renfro, the songwriter and frontman behind RF Shannon, joins the Be Where How? Show to chat about his writing process, and his seeming dissonance within the mainstream music business thanks in part to his creative philosophy. We discuss permaculture-ing the land, Jodorowsky’s "Psychomagic",...
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Santiago Rodriguez Tarditi — How To Be a Better Human
This week we talked to a real Renaissance Man — Santiago Rodriguez Tarditi has plenty of interests and they’re all fascinating. We cover creativity, fake shamans, the legal cannabis industry, and conscious living. Santiago discusses his background in media production as well as what he’s up to…
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Sara Bawany — Fighting for Victims; and the Complexities of Expression
The Be Where How? Show has its first guest: Sara Bawany! Sara received her Master’s in Clinical Social Work at the University of Texas, and she is currently a full-time social worker with FACE, which stands for Facing Abuse in Community Environments. She is also a published author who has…
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Autobiography of a Yogi
Diving into Paramahansa Yogananda’s spiritual masterpiece, “Autobiography of a Yogi”: we echo his points on spiritual vessel-hood as a deliberate progression, and that contemplative practices are for all, not just sadhus in Himalayan caves. It’s a book that touched Steve Jobs, George Harrison…
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Buddhism 101
We cover a fairly comprehensive introduction to Buddhism — from who the Buddha was, how his psychological system plays so well in modern times, more on Zen, and a few basic FAQs on meditation.
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Spirituality in Social Action & Allyship
The current racial and cultural climate in America is extremely inspiring, and the Be Where How? collective stands in solidarity with black liberation and equality for all communities of color in America. As three white men, we talk about how other white folks can best understand allyship and...
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Death: Dust, Hell, or Reincarnation?
In the "Death" episode, we talk about what we want done with our bodies—tree body urns are the clear winner—as well as reflecting on those we've lost, near-death experiences, and how world cultures deal with death. Do we just become dust, is it heaven vs. hell, or what about reincarnation?...
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Defining Nondual
The last of the three definitions episodes: “nondual” is all about One Only, not two. From Advaita Vedanta to A Course in Miracles to glimmers in other systems, we untangle the headiness of the illusion and how to live in it, despite its unreality. Be Where How? is Bob Peck and pals: Scott…
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Unpacking Christianity
It was the Monday after Easter and we wanted to talk about Jesus—what we liked about our Christian upbringings, and why we’re no longer churchgoers. Includes an intro to Bible scholarship, love for Bart Ehrman and the Gnostics. Be Where How? is Bob Peck and pals: Scott Standley & Ryan Padgett...
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Defining Metaphysical
Part 2 of the definitions episodes: the “metaphysical” material is focused on concepts, teachers, and systems of thought beyond the physical. We reference Mark Gober’s book "An End to Upside Down Thinking" constantly, and promise we’re not crazy. Yogananda, Hermeticism and astrology get some...
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The Creative Process
We’re three creatives in distinct yet overlapping disciplines, so we talk about our latest projects (including bit.ly/solidarityfilm), philosophies around creativity, and how to make things. Be Where How? is Bob Peck and pals: Scott Standley & Ryan Padgett bewherehow.com/podcast Music by Sleep…
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Defining Mindful
This project works with three categories of content: mindful, metaphysical, and nondual — all of which have value in their own way. The “mindful” material is based on secular mind-training practices and systems derived from Buddhism and Ancient Greek thought, particularly Zen and Stoicism. Modern...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I’m Bob Peck and this is Karmic Relief. My background is in documentary film and comparative religion. I wrote a book called “Original Sin Is A Lie: How Spirituality Defies Dogma and Reveals Our True Self” which serves as an intro to mystic philosophy, Bible scholarship, Hindu metaphysics, and more. Karmic Relief is a lighthearted interview show where I talk to spiritual teachers, creatives, scholars, and activists, and humans who embody the overlapping beauty of all of the above dimensions. According to the mystics, the truth cannot be spoken, but we’ll do our best to talk about it anyway.
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