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Ep. 184 - You're Definitely Going To Die, But Probably Not Today

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Ep. 183 - Conscious Parents, Conscious Daughters, Conscious Sons with Dr. Shefali

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Ep 182 - The Three Poisons

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Ep. 181 - You Must Be Somebody Before You Can Be Nobody with Noel Coakley

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Ep. 180 - What's Up With The Dudes? with Dr. Chris Willard

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Ep. 179 - The Power of Women Spiritual Teachers with Erica Bassani

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Ep. 178 - What Acceptance Means (and What It Doesn't)

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Ep. 177 - Love is Messy: The Dharma of Relationships with Devon and Nico Hase

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Ep. 176 - Loving an Addict and Making Friends with Grief with Bryan Welch

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Ep. 175 - Crucial Questions: What Is The Mind, Anyway? Musings on the relationship between Consciousness and Matter.

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Ep. 174 - Mindfulness in Hell and Making A Dharma Mix Tape with Oneika Mays

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Ep. 173 - Fail Like A Legend: Confidence, Longing, and The Eight Worldly Winds, Revisited

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Ep. 172 - Invoking The Muse: Dharma Art with Josh Ritter

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Ep. 171 - How To Make Use of Your Broken Heart

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Ep. 170 - Worldly Enlightenment and The Path of The "Householder" with Lou Sharma

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Ep. 169 - On Mindful Democracy with Jeremy David Engels

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Ep. 168 - How (and When) Do We Practice Compassion For Those Who Cause Harm?

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Ep. 167 - The Fire Inside: A Conversation with Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad

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Ep. 166 - Kindness, Innocence, And Emotional Awareness: A Conversation with Sharon Salzberg

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Ep. 165 - Against The Stream: Karma, Mindfulness, and The Algorithms We (Don't Have To) Live By

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Ep. 164 - What is Engaged Buddhism? A Conversation with Roshi Joan Halifax

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Ep. 163 - The Astrology of 2026: Revolutionary Momentum, Breakthrough and Integration with Juliana McCarthy

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Ep. 162 - One Samsara After Another: An End To Gun Violence and The First Precept

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Ep. 161 - Cover The World In Leather - Seeking Stability with Dan Harris

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Ep. 160 - The Cosmic Joke: Developing A Sense of Humor Along The Path

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Ep 159. - Radical Change with Adriana DiFazio

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Ep. 158 - Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Buddhist Socialism, and Standing (or Sitting) For Something

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Ep. 157 - How Am I (Really?) Doing: The Power of Accurate Self-Assessment

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Ep. 156 - The Myth of (Conditional) Freedom

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Ep. 155 - What Should a Teacher Say? with Francesca Cervero

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Ep. 154 - How Do I Know If I'm Enlightened?

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Ep. 153 - You Won't Heal Until You Love It : Inside The Neurological Storm with Reggie Hubbard

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Ep. 152 - Crucial Questions: What Is The Bodhisattva Vow?

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Ep. 151 - Buddhist Geeks, 21st Century Practice, and The Duhkha of Palestine

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Ep. 150 - The Virtues of Boredom (The Most Boring Podcast Ever!)

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Ep. 149 - The Whole World Is Gold To Me: Tantra and Generosity

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Ep. 148 - No More Billionaires - Wealth, Livelihood and Generosity in the Hinayana and Mahayana

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Ep. 147 - Don't Stop Believing - Faith and Awareness in The Six Bardos of Collapse and Rebirth

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Ep. 146 - The Dissonance of 2025

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Ep. 145 - Always Meditate on Whatever Provokes Resentment

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Ep. 144 - Microdosing Grief and The Practice of Saying Goodbye

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Ep. 143 - Meditations for Mortals with Oliver Burkeman

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Ep. 142 - The White Lotus, The God Realm and Pop-Culture Dharma

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Ep. 141 - Strong Back, Soft Front: The Posture of Meditation is The Posture of Courage

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Ep. 140 - Equanimity Feels Different on a Roller Coaster

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Ep. 139 - A Buddhist View of A.I. (It Ain't Great...)

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Ep. 138 - Torched Teslas, Fart Noises, And Right Action Against The Oligarchy

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Ep. 137 - People-Pleasing: A Buddhist View

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Ep. 136 - The Heart Sutra, Groundlessness, Joy, and Crumbling Patriarchy with Susan Piver

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Ep. 135 - The Three Lords of Materialism

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Ep. 134 - The Power of Choice: The Five Precepts as a Recipe for Transformation

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Ep. 133 - The Dharma of Film: A Complete Unknown, Or A Cesspool of Ego? with Andrew Buckland

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Ep. 132 - Is Mindfulness Enough (Why Study Buddhist Philosophy)?

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Ep. 131 - The World Is On Fire

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Ep. 130 - Five Keys To A Sustainable Meditation Practice

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Ep 129 - The Astrology of 2025 (Not A Chapter, A Whole New Book) with Juliana McCarthy

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Ep. 128 - Enlightened Society with David Nichtern

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Ep. 127 - Conspirituality: Compassion Down The Rabbithole with Derek Beres

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Ep. 126 - Rock-Bottom Individualism and The Possibility of Sangha

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Ep. 125 - After The Apocalypse

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Ep. 124 - "Does It Count?" - Cortland Dahl on Short Meditation, Mindful Living, And Feeling Allergic To Religion

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Ep. 123 - No But Really, We're All In This Together

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Ep. 122 - Meditating With Anxiety (For Election Season and Beyond)

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Ep. 121 - Why We Stereotype and How to Break Bias with Anu Gupta

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Ep. 120 - A Buddhist Perspective on "The Shadow" and Shadow Work

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Ep. 119 - Why Is Self-Compassion So Hard To Practice???

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Ep. 118 - The Mindful Rebel: Holding Space To Just Be with Shawn J. Moore

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Ep. 117 - Crucial Questions: On Remorse and The Four Powers of Karmic Transformation

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Ep. 116 - Finding The Source: Original Mind, Zen and Tantra with Dr. Gaylon Ferguson

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Ep. 115 - Not One and Not Two: Unity, Cult-Thinking, And Meeting The Political Moment

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Ep. 114 - Democracy is Something You Practice, Not Something You Watch

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Ep. 113 - David Nichtern: Windhorse, Confidence, And Riding The Energy of Life

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Ep. 112 - Marianne Williamson: Spirituality, Politics, and a more Mystical Understanding of Jesus

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Ep. 111 - Is Confidence Gendered? Plus, Thoughts on Activism and The Eight Worldly Winds with Shannon Watts

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Ep. 110 - Can Racism End? A Conversation with Justin Michael Williams and Shelly Tygielski

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Ep. 109 - The Humility Olympics - Confidence Book Release Conversation with Jaimal Yogis and Lou Sharma

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Ep. 108 - Want Confidence? Practice Compassion

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Ep. 107 - Confidence: Running The Gauntlet of Hope and Fear

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Ep. 106 - The Relationship Between Meditation and Confidence

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Ep. 105 - Crucial Questions: Can Buddhists Believe in Magic?

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Ep. 104 - Sass and Social Connection with Sah D'Simone

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Ep. 103 - Overcoming Control: Discipline, Joy and Letting Go of "Biohack" Mentality

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Ep. 102 - No More Buddhist Guilt: Working With Obstacles in Meditation

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Ep. 101 - Does Age Equal Wisdom?

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Ep. 100 - Dr. Gottesman's Gift, Zuckerberg's Bunker, and Doing Your Taxes - Musings on Generosity

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Ep. 99 - Freaking Out, Small and Large - Anxiety Check-In and Guided Meditation

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Ep 98. - Apocalypse Now? A Buddhist Take On Our Obsession with THE END

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Ep. 97 - Narrative Healing with Lisa Weinert

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Ep. 96 - Crucial Questions: What IS Basic Goodness, Really?

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Ep. 95 - Eco-Dharma and Luminous Darkness with Deborah Eden Tull

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Ep. 94 - America Burnout: The 2024 US Election and The Three Aspects of Compassion

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Ep. 93 - Dharma Dads, Courage, Curiosity and a World in Crisis with Oren Jay Sofer

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Ep. 92 - Right Livelihood, Enoughness, Capitalism and Buddhism with Shelly Tygielski

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Ep. 91 - Crucial Questions: Buddhism and God?

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Ep. 90 - Quitter's Day: Resolution, Intention and Aspiration

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Ep. 89 - The Astrology of 2024 (What the ---- is Going On??!!) with Juliana McCarthy

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Ep. 88 - Sharon Salzberg - Finding Stability in an Unstable World

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Ep. 87 - 2023 "Wrapped" - Contemplating and Reflecting on The Year

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Ep. 86 - DRAIN Meditation and Coping Skills For The Apocalypse with Lou Sharma

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Ep. 85 - Is Dialogue Even Possible?

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