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The Imperfect Buddha Podcast — 126 episodes
Just Stare at the Damn Wall!
Dr. Michael Uebel on Reimaging Equanimity
Alexander Douglas, "Against Identity: The Wisdom of Escaping the Self" (Random House, 2025)
Speaking Philosophically: Communication at the Limits of Discursive Reason
Anne C. Klein on Becoming a Buddha & Being Human too
121 Peter Sloterdijk Knows it All
120 Non Buddhist Mysticism: Performing Irreducible and Primitive Presence
119 Alone in a World of Wounds with Zen Abbot Shodhin Geiman
118 Nietzsche Now! With Glenn Wallis
117 Building the Future Buddha: A Discussion with Jundho Cohen
116 Making Sense of Yogacara with William Waldron
115 Christian Coseru on Perceiving Reality
114 David McMahan on Rethinking Meditation
113 A.I. and Practice with Stuart Baldwin
112 Wake up! (Part 3) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
111 Wake up! (Part 2) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
110 Wake up! (Part 1) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
109 Meditating Three Minutes a Day: A Conversation with Richard Dixey
108 Curtis White on Buddhism and Transcendence
107 Simon Cox on the Subtle Body
106 Think Piece: "I Refuse to Change"
105 Ken McLeod on the Magic of Vajrayana
104 Doug Bates on the Ancient Greek Version of Buddhism
103 Incognito: The Astounding Life of Alexandra David-Neel
102 A Review of "A Critique of Western Buddhism"
101 Contemplative, Existential Psychotherapy and Dzogchen
100 Nietzsche, Wokeism, Non-Buddhist Mysticism
99 Non-Duality: A Discussion with Peter Fenner
98 Being Buddhist and Some Thoughts on "Identity"
97 Buddhist Medicine and Buddhish
96 Doubt: Part 5
95 Intercultural Buddhism and Philosophy: A Discussion with Jin Y. Park
94 Derrida Meets Nagarjuna, with Peter Salmon
93 Doubt: Part 4
92 Jason M. Wirth on Zen, the Kyoto School, and Whether Nietzsche is a Buddha
91 Peter Salmon on Jacques Derrida and the Buddha
90 Doubt: Part 3
89 Daniel Ingram on Practice
88 Doubt: Part 2
87 Stef Aupers on Conspirituality
86 Doubt: Part 1
85 Winton Higgins on Secularizing Buddhism
84 Practice Item no. 1
83 Stephen Batchelor on Secularizing Buddhism
82. IBP: Richard K. Payne on Securalizing Buddhism
81. IBP: You need non-practice!
80. IBP: Tina Rasmussen PhD Concentrating on Practice
79 Jane Affleck on the Environment and Art as Practice
78 Glenn Wallis on Personal Practice & Anarchism
77 Gregory Kramer on Practice
76 Chenxing Han: Be the Refuge, Asian Buddhism in America
75 George Haas on the Practicing Life
74 Being at Large with Santiago Zabala
73 Buddhism and Magic with Sam van Schaik
72 Non-Philosophy with John Ó Maoilearca
71 Podcast Resurrected
70 Rethinking Practice at the Great Feast (Incite Seminar)
69 The Wonkiness One (Preamble ahoy)
68 Conspiracy Afoot
67 Ashley Frawley on Happiness and the Present
66 Facing the Coronavirus: The Practicing Life in a Time of Crisis
65 The Ideological Turn (of the Pedagogical Platter)
64 Side View's Adam Robbert on Philosophy as a Way of Life
63 Daniel Ingram on Integral Theory
62 Introducing 2020
61 Michelle Haslam and her Psychological Report on the Controversial New Kadampa Tradition
60 Brooke Lavelle and Zach Walsh on the Great Transition
59 Clair Brown on Buddhist Economics
58 Sam Mickey on Co-Existentialism and the Practicing Life
57 The Political Turn (The Great Feast)
56 Cleo Kearns on Ritual and Resistance
55 Daniel Ingram Down the Rabbit Hole
54 Daniel Ingram Meets Trash Theory
53 Daniel Ingram on the Practicing Life
52 The Critical Turn (Buddhism and Beyond)
51 Ken McLeod and Hokai Sobol on Practice and Mysticism (Part 2)
50 Ken McLeod and Hokai Sobol on Practice (Part 1)
49 Donald S. Lopez on the Buddha, Tibet, Myth, and Context
48 Richard K. Payne: Critical Reflections on Western Buddhism
47 Ann Gleig on American Dharma and Buddhism Beyond Modernity
46 David L. McMahan on Buddhism, Science, the Humanities, and Modernity
45 AK Thompson on the Culture of Revolt (Incite Seminars)
44 Scott Mitchell on American Buddhism, Global Buddhism
43 Mikel Burley on Reincarnation, Rebirth, and Wittgenstein
42 2019 Seasonal Special with Guest Host Gavin McCloskey
41 Joshua Ramey on Money and Metaphysics (Incite Seminars)
40 Jason Josephson Storm on the Myth of Disenchantment
39 Dale S. Wright on Buddhist Enlightenment
38 William Edelglass on Shantideva, Levinas, and Philosophy for Buddhists
37 Yves Citton on the Ecology of Attention
36 Zack Walsh on the Contemplative Commons, Ecological, and Revolutionary Practice
35 Robert Forman on Enlightenment, Mysticism, Pure Consciousness, and Yogic Flying
34 Unlearning with Glenn Wallis
33 Charles S. Prebish on American Buddhism and Buddhist Studies
32 John Paetsch on Deleuze and the Larval Subject
31 Ron Purser on Neo-Liberal Mindfulness, Neo-Liberal Buddhism
30 Glenn Wallis on Darkness, Sloterdjik, and More (Incite Seminars)
29 Ulrich Baer on Rilke and Heidegger (Incite Seminars)
28 Sex, Desire, and Karmamudra with Ben Joffe
27 Why Not Join a Cult? Stuart and Matthew Go Deep into Cult-Land
26 Evan Thompson on Philosophy, Buddhism, and Embodied Consciousness
25 Going Critical! Theory, Practice, and the New Year Show
24 Unfettered Mind's Ken McLeod on Many Things
23 Hokai Sobol Answers Listeners' Questions
22 Hokai Sobol on Practice
21 Hokai Sobol on Buddhism
20 Introducing Post-Traditional Buddhism (Part 2)
19 Introducing Post-Traditional Buddhism (Part 1)
18 David Chapman on Stages of Maturation, Dzogchen, and the Future of Buddhism
17 Glenn Wallis on the Immanence and Transcendence Divide in Buddhism
16 Glenn Wallis on Non-Buddhism
15 The Liberating Force of Non-Buddhism
14 Ben Joffe on the Paranormal, Tibetan Buddhism, UFOs, and the Ngakpa
13 After Enlightenment, Coaching, Support, and Ongoing Development
12 Super Groovy Daniel Ingram Interview
11 Adrian Ivakhiv on Immanence and a World after Enlightenment
10 "The Big Enlightenment Show"
09 Shaun Bartone on Engaged Buddhism
08 Engaged Buddhism and the Apolitical Trend
07 Jayarava Decimates Rebirth and Karma
06 On the Limits of Secular Buddhism, on Buddhism, and on Academia
05 Tenzin Peljor on Leaving a Buddhist Cult
04 Cults, Cultish Shennanigans, and Buddhist Groups
03 The Dharma Overground, Get Enlightened, and the Non-Buddhists Cause a Stir
02 Tibetan Buddhism Slowly Innovates
01 Welcome to the Imperfect Buddha Podcast