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The Michael Schmid Episode

2

The Future of Human Consciousness. And a bit about UFOs.

3

I Feel 9 Ways About It

4

Rhae - Under the Trees in Ojai

5

A Burrito Backstory

6

Expanders, Tests, and Stumps with Rachel

7

Wanda

8

Luke Farkas Has Some Questions

9

Dan Parziale

10

American Tiger with Adam Skolnick

11

Georgie - Part 2

12

Georgie - Part 1

13

The Slaughterhouse Story

14

Pete Rollins At The Art Center

15

The Return of Rodale Jeff

16

A Manifesto For The So Inclined

17

Afterwards In The Jury Room

18

The Mesa State of Things

19

Malleability

20

The Ongoing And Intimate Relationship Between Grief And Imagination

21

Cody Deese

22

Really Excited About The New Ballroom

23

An Email from Julian

24

Episode 400 LIVE from the Ojai Playhouse

25

Tina Olsen

26

Lanette Tortillas

27

Could Be Generational

28

Kristen McGuiness

29

The Terror of a Tight 5

30

Bonnie Lewis

31

These Are Waves

32

What is an Immigrant?

33

Pretending to Have Imposter Syndrome

34

Mitch From Prima Has A Plan

35

Meet Mitch from Prima

36

Calling From The Porch

37

Part 3 WHAT WE DO 2025 Talk

38

She Told Me It Was Waterproof

39

Why Was I in Florida?

40

Part 2 WHAT WE DO 2025 Talk

41

Official WHAT WE DO 2025 Talk

42

A Retrieval Of Sorts

43

New Mattering (The Void Part 2)

44

A Brief and Freeing Exercise

45

2014 Prius

46

The Subtle Underbelly of Certain Words

47

And Now We Patreon

48

Bradyn, Collin, Waco, and Knuckas

49

Like Smoking on an Airplane

50

The Stage Beside That Stage

51

Death Fists Feels

52

And He's Wearing Brown

53

Welcome to The Heaven

54

A Small Processing Fee

55

Toyota School

56

And Then He Skated Away

57

This Must Be The Void

58

Jeremy Parked Out Front

59

My Leaf Blower Has A Turbo Button

60

Thank You for Pointing

61

Quartet For The End of Time

62

Leave The Tears In?

63

Welcome to Firdus Wins

64

Sign and Scale

65

Layers

66

Pings

67

Permission Trip

68

This Guy is Asking This Other Guy

69

Things Like Sweeping

70

”Oh Thit”

71

Still The Son of A Judge

72

Son of a Judge

73

Let’s Do Some Soil Stats

74

This Again?

75

The Tallest Building in New Zealand

76

Flowers

77

The End of Jealousy

78

That Would Be Dope

79

I Am At Dogs

80

Why You Like What You Like

81

The Thing in the Air - Part 42

82

I Bought That Saw

83

A Proper Level of Woo

84

That Was 13 Robs Ago

85

A Pair of Doxes

86

Farm, Food, Plays, Jeff

87

Skunk on the Beach

88

There Was A Theatre in that Barn

89

Lots of 3s

90

Hope - Part 2

91

Hope - Part 1

92

Congressively Proservative

93

Official Midsummer Update

94

The Heroine’s Journey

95

Quote Yourself

96

An Episode About The Apparently This is a Tomato Episode

97

4th Row Right Side

98

Like a Fish, Standing on the Beach

99

Notes on Floating

100

There Are No Tangents

101

The Thing in the Air - Part 321

102

She Always Whispered ”White People”

103

Let Them Have Their Trip

104

And Then Finding Out That It’s You

105

With Almond Milk

106

A Brief Guide to Ecstasy

107

900 Ligaments

108

Trace and Me on a Thursday Afternoon

109

Fantasy, Death and The Internet

110

That Which is Set Before You

111

THE FAUCI OF IT ALL

112

There's a Lot of Water in the Water

113

Welcome to the Unified Field

114

Everyone is Looking For You

115

Time in Us

116

Sometimes I Don't Even Know the Question

117

Who Knew There Are HUMANS ON THE FLOOR?

118

Awareness of Awareness

119

South Star

120

It's Good to Be _________

121

And Then All of them Passed

122

How To Open Your Heart

123

Light, Fog, Bow

124

Me, We, Everybody - Part 4

125

Me, We, Everybody - Part 3

126

Me, We, Everybody - Part 2

127

Me, We, Everybody

128

The Return of Don Golden

129

The Subtleties of What is This?

130

Of Course

131

Now What?

132

You and Your Antenna

133

What Liz Said

134

Kristen and Trace Take Over

135

The Infinite And Indestructible You

136

And Then You Stepped In to the Water

137

We Hung Our Harps

138

The Trace Report - What day is it?

139

Carols in June

140

Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer

141

Swords and Plows and the Great Unmasking

142

Til No Space is Left

143

Nothing and Everything

144

You Have Come To This Mountain

145

Deep Knowing

146

Apocalyptic Hope

147

The Super Official Announcement Episode

148

A Bit About Time

149

Whatever This Is

150

Don't Fight the Feelings

151

The Trace Report - Pandemic Edition

152

Grounding - Part 2

153

Grounding

154

Day 5 of What?

155

I Am Calling You to Talk About the Coronavirus

156

Living in a Van with Brent French

157

Rodrigo y Gabriela in the Backhouse

158

Lyssa Takes Over

159

Even More Radiance with Alexander John Shaia

160

On the Porch with Rainn Wilson

161

Building a New House with Don Golden

162

Shelby Forsythia is Giving Permission to Grieve

163

Saving the Soil and Ourselves with Jeff Tkach

164

What the President is Doing

165

Joseph Returns to the Backhouse

166

A Hymn For the Curve

167

The Last Guru with Pete Rollins

168

Natalie Roy in the House

169

We Have a Fig Tree

170

Kerenza Peacock in the Backhouse

171

Dr. Margaret Peters on Trading Barriers

172

Reverend Lydia

173

Then We Will Be Like All the Other Nations

174

An Ode to Part Way

175

Kentucky Here We Come

176

You and Me and Ruth - Part 2

177

A Bit More About That Last Episode

178

Some Days I Feel Lost

179

You and Me and Ruth

180

At the Table with Kristin Hanggi

181

Rabbi Nahum on the Liberating Path

182

Maddie Corman is (not) okay

183

Reading - Part 3

184

Reading - Part 2

185

Reading - Part 1

186

Sounds Like Davin Youngs

187

Special Edition : The Trace Report

188

That Pause

189

Talk to Me Dean Nelson

190

Another Anatomy of Restlessness

191

An Anatomy of Restlessness

192

Real Magic with Nate Staniforth

193

Is This Your First Accident?

194

Love and Muchness

195

Kristen Bell on Anxiety - Part 2

196

Kristen Bell on Anxiety - Part 1

197

Live at Largo with Elizabeth Gilbert - Part 2

198

Live at Largo with Elizabeth Gilbert - Part 1

199

2018 Largo Christmas Show

200

Alexander Shaia on Darkness and Hope

201

Jesus H. Christ | Part 11 - And Now the H

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Jesus H. Christ | Part 10 - All That Waste

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Jesus H. Christ | Part 9 - Is That His Last Name?

204

Jesus H. Christ | Part 8 - He Has No Thems

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Rozzi in the Backhouse

206

Jesus H. Christ | Part 7 - You Are Already at the Party

207

Jesus H. Christ | Part 6 - Maybe Jesus Doesn't Want You to Follow Him

208

Jesus H. Christ | Part 5 - What She Knows

209

Scott Harrison on Thirst

210

Jesus H. Christ | Part 4 - The Whole Thing is a Temple

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Jesus H. Christ | Part 3 - Hammers and Smells

212

Jesus H. Christ | Part 2 - 66 Words

213

Jesus H. Christ | Part 1 - They Look Like Trees

214

Leviticus, Lebron James, and the Concretization of the Ideal

215

The Return of Pete Holmes

216

Debra Searle Did What?

217

What Happens Every 6 Months

218

Menuha!

219

Live from Largo with John Phillip Newell

220

Bird and Lime

221

A Brief Guide to the Undernet - Part 3 - I Was Alive in the 1900s

222

Episode 200

223

You Will See My Hind Parts

224

Kristen Bell on the Two Four

225

But He Shouted All the More

226

In the Kitchen with Rich Roll and Julie Piatt

227

A Brief Guide to the Undernet - Part 2

228

It Seemed Good

229

Quoting with Josh Radnor

230

A Brief Guide to the Undernet

231

Dr. James Beuerlein

232

She Thought He Was The Gardener

233

You Listening to You

234

Kate Kile Made a List

235

The Endless Invitation

236

Kristen Bell Has Some Questions for The Heretic

237

Levi Gardner the Gardener

238

[Re]Launching Rockets with Kristen Bell

239

Parables with Pete Rollins

240

Seatbelts and Snowflakes

241

You and Your Bookkeeping

242

You and Your Bags of Gold

243

Mike Lewis is No Longer the 112th Best Squash Player in the World

244

Rob Bell's Largo Christmas Show with the band JOSEPH

245

Special Edition - The Trace Report

246

Alexander Shaia on the Mythic Power of Christmas

247

Kristin Hanggi and Natalie Roy are Just Getting Started

248

Caleb Wilde is a Funeral Director

249

Millones Cajones with Kristen Bell

250

The Band JOSEPH in the Backhouse

251

The Trace Bell Interview

252

We Are The Committee.

253

What To Do With Your Ambition

254

The One About Boundaries

255

Vanessa and Robb Ryerse Live in the 3rd District of Arkansas

256

Everyone is Your Teacher

257

Souad Mekhennet Was Told To Come Alone

258

Wisdom | As Yourself

259

Wisdom | She's All Around You

260

Kent Dobson Was Bitten By a Camel

261

Pete Rollins - An Introduction to Love | Part 3

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Pete Rollins - An Introduction to Love | Part 2

263

Pete Rollins - An Introduction to Love | Part 1

264

Mustafa Rony Zeno on Dalya's Other Country

265

Alternative Wisdom | Part 6 - Sheep, Coins and Sons

266

A Goat for a Boat

267

Kristen Bell Has Got This

268

Rabbi Joel Brings the Questions

269

Ched Myers!

270

What Is the Double Down?

271

Alternative Wisdom | Part 5 - The Sign of Jonah

272

Alternative Wisdom | Part 4 - How To Be In On The Joke

273

Alternative Wisdom | Part 3 - An Intro to Punk Wisdom

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Alternative Wisdom | Part 2 - Weak is the New Strong

275

Pete Holmes on Crashing

276

Alternative Wisdom | Part 1 - Good News About Nothing

277

The Importance of Boredom

278

How Chocolate Found Amy Levin

279

The Thing in the Air | Part 5 - The Lie of Redemptive Violence

280

The Thing in the Air | Part 4 - An Introduction to 3rd Way

281

The Thing in the Air | Part 3 - The Counter Narrative

282

Davin Youngs Wants to Find Your Voice

283

The Thing in the Air | Part 2 - How Progress Works

284

The Thing in the Air | Part 1 - Our Body

285

Episode 137 | The Priesthood of Alexander Shaia

286

Episode 136 | Susan David on Emotional Agility

287

Episode 135 | Zack Exley Has a Plan to Save U.S.

288

Episode 134 | Live RobCast at the Improv with Rich Roll

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Episode 133 | Live RobCast with John Philip Newell

290

Episode 132 | What Happened When Scott Reynolds Saw Pulp Fiction?

291

Episode 131 | 4 More Words with Rabbi Joel

292

Episode 130 | Why Did Lyssa Mandel Start the Bitch Seat?

293

Episode 129 | Why Does Troy Anderson Live in Bangladesh?

294

Episode 128 | I May Vacuum Out My Car Tomorrow

295

Episode 127 | Live RobCast at the Improv with Jill Rowe

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Episode 126 | Wisdom Part 9 - Standing Firm with Pete Rollins

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Episode 125 | Wisdom Part 8 - Two Things I Ask of You

298

Episode 124 | What happened when Amma hugged Colleen Flynn-Lawson?

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Episode 123 | Wisdom Part 7 - The Simple and Subtle

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Episode 122 | We Need To Talk About Politics

301

Episode 121 | Wisdom Part 6 - Talking About Talking

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Episode 120 | Wisdom Part 5 - How To Think About The News

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Episode 119 | Wisdom Part 4 - Life and Death and Vegetables

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Episode 118 | Wisdom Part 3 - You the Steward

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Episode 117 | Wisdom Part 2 - Welcome to Your Heart

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Episode 116 | Wisdom Part 1 - Meet Your Sister

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Episode 115 | Seasons

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Episode 114 | Pete Rollins on God Part 4

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Episode 113 | Pete Rollins on God Part 3

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Episode 112 | Pete Rollins on God Part 2

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Episode 111 | Pete Rollins on God Part 1

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Episode 110 | Beth Fukumoto is a Republican

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Episode 109 | Kent Dobson

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Episode 108 | The Sherriff

315

Episode 107 | Adam Skolnick on One Breath

316

Episode 106 | Pearls and Pigs

317

Episode 105 | Rabbi Sharon Brous

318

Episode 104 | Orlando

319

Episode 103 | Alexander Shaia on Openings and Energy

320

Episode 102 | An Eye Full of Light

321

Episode 101 | Stephen Powell from Gustin

322

Episode 100 | Elizabeth Gilbert Interviews Rob Bell

323

Episode 99 | Leith Mchugh on Rebooting Your Life

324

Episode 98 | Rabbi Joel Brings 6 Words

325

Episode 97 | Ewan McGregor and Rodrigo Garcia on Last Days in the Desert

326

Episode 96 | Learning to Lament - Part 5 - Skirts and Virgins

327

Episode 95 | Learning to Lament - Part 4 - As Deep as the Sea

328

Episode 94 | Learning to Lament - Part 3 - She's Finding Her Voice

329

Episode 93 | Learning to Lament - Part 2 - Widow, Slave, Mother

330

Episode 92 | Learning to Lament - Part 1 - The Culture of Denial

331

Episode 91 | Joshua Becker on the More of Less

332

Episode 90 | What They Did To That Wall

333

Episode 89 | Rob Bell Interviews Krista Tippett

334

Episode 88 | Seeds and Switches

335

Episode 87 | Flanny!

336

Episode 86 | Richard Rohr and the Alternative Orthodoxy

337

Episode 85 | The Thing That Didn't Happen in Miami

338

Episode 84 | Andrew Morgan on the True Cost

339

Episode 83 | Mike Lewis is the 112th Best Squash Player in the World

340

Episode 82 | Film Director Patricia Riggen

341

Episode 81 | Letting the Land Lie Fallow

342

Episode 80 | Glennon Doyle Melton (Momastery!)

343

Episode 79 | Grace and Peace My Friends

344

Episode 78 | Barry Taylor and The Future That Isn't What It Used to Be

345

Episode 77 | T'shuvah!

346

Episode 76 | The Carlton Cuse Interview

347

Episode 75 | John Phillip Newell on the Echo of the Soul

348

Episode 74 | A Good Morning with Elizabeth Gilbert

349

Episode 73 | Some Zimzum with Kristen Bell

350

Episode 72 | Pete Rollins on Atheism for Lent

351

Episode 71 | A Bit About Doubt

352

Episode 70 | Empty Seats and Elephants

353

Episode 69 | Jeremy Courtney Lives in Iraq

354

Episode 68 | Martin Gore from Depeche Mode

355

Episode 67 | Grounded with Diana Butler Bass

356

Episode 66 | Good vs. Perfect

357

Episode 65 | The Way it Works

358

Episode 64 | Ron Stief on the End of Torture

359

Episode 63 | A Prayer for Your New Year

360

Episode 62 | Thomas Moore

361

Episode 61 | Neuroscientist Dr. Lynn Paul

362

Episode 60 | The Christmas Radiance at Night with Alexander Shaia

363

Episode 59 | Politics and Guns - Part 6 - We Can Do This

364

Episode 58 | Politics and Guns - Part 5 - The Question at the Heart of the Empire

365

Episode 57 | Politics and Guns - Part 4 - The United States of America

366

Episode 56 | Politics and Guns - Part 3 - The Power of Policy

367

Episode 55 | Politics and Guns - Part 2 - The Endless Tension

368

Episode 54 | Politics and Guns - Part 1 - Politics is a Good Word

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Episode 53 | Jesus, Killing, and Tomatoes with Cory Townsend

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Episode 52 | Opal Tometi from #blacklivesmatter

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Episode 51 | God Part 3

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Episode 50 | Wake Up with Jonas Elrod

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Episode 49 | God Part 2

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Episode 48 | God Part 1

375

Episode 47 | Steve Chalke and The Oasis Story

376

Episode 46 | The Futility and the Fire

377

Episode 45 | Grief, Loss and Joy with David Kessler

378

Episode 44 | Oprah Winfrey.

379

Episode 43 | The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes

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Episode 42 | The Forgiving Flow - Part 5 - Power, Presence, Control and Surprises

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Episode 41 | The Forgiving Flow - Part 4 - Sending it Away

382

Episode 40 | The Forgiving Flow - Part 3 - The Dog and its Vomit

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Episode 39 | The Forgiving Flow - Part 2 - Drop the Jawbone

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Episode 38 | The Forgiving Flow - Part 1 - What it is

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Episode 37 | This Episode is Sugar Free

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Episode 36 | Elizabeth Gilbert Returns

387

Episode 35 | Another Round with Alexander Shaia

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Episode 34 | Enough Earth For My Mule

389

Episode 33 | Increments and Explosions

390

Episode 32 | Interview with MC YOGI

391

Episode 31 | Be Where You Are

392

Episode 30 | The Lost Art

393

Episode 29 | Water for Everyone - The Scott Harrison Interview

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Episode 28 | Deep in the Heart of Jacksonville

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Episode 27 | At the Brady with Carlton Pearson

396

Episode 26 | The Pete Holmes Experience

397

Episode 25 | The Sheeeeet Factor

398

Episode 24 | The Good Grief

399

Episode 23 | The Cellular Exodus

400

Episode 22 | Light Heavy Light

401

Episode 21 | Interview with Elizabeth Gilbert

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Episode 20 | The QUADRATOS Interview with Alexander Shaia

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Episode 19 | The Zimzum Is Strong With These Two - The Wretched Desert Interview

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Episode 18 | It Comes In Waves

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Episode 17 | What To Do With The Waste

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Episode 16 | 19 Letters!

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Episode 15 | The Minimalists

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Episode 14 | You Are Always With Me And Everything I Have Is Yours

409

Episode 13 | Zimzum with Kristen Bell

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Episode 12 | The Morning After The Morning After

411

Episode 11 | Truth and Triglycerides

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Episode 10 | Making Room for the Immensities

413

Episode 9 | The Good Gift

414

Episode 8 | The Enduring Relevance, Astonishing Power, and Unexpected Brilliance of the Bible

415

Episode 7 | Changing the Tapes

416

Episode 6 | Listener Questions

417

Episode 5 | Atoms and Interiors

418

Episode 4 | Zimzum with Kristen Bell

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Episode 3 | Receipts

420

Episode 2 | The River, The Mountain, and You

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Episode 1 | One Thing