I Want an Awakening Experience. How Do I Get It? | Henry Shukman
They say enlightenment is always an accident. Here's how to make yourself more accident-prone. Henry Shukman is a poet, author and Zen master in the Sanbo Zen lineage. He is founder of the Original Lo...
9 Apr 20251h 9min
How To Be Sanely Productive | Oliver Burkeman
The liberation that comes from realizing that you're never going to get everything done. Oliver Burkeman is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Four Thousand Weeks, The Antidote, and most r...
7 Apr 20251h 12min
Are You Letting Politics Make You Bitter Or Better? A Psychological Survival Conversation With CNN's Van Jones
Recorded in January 2025 during the week of the Presidential inauguration, this conversation with CNN commentator Van Jones is less about politics and more about how we react to politics. You'll hear ...
4 Apr 202521min
How To Suffer Less: Joseph Goldstein, Sam Harris, and Dan Harris on the Buddha's Eightfold Path
One of the foundational Buddhist lists—a kind of GPS for enlightenment. Joseph Goldstein is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, both in Barre, Ma...
2 Apr 20251h 56min
How To Handle Your Demons | Richard Schwartz
Make peace with the difficult parts of your personality. Dr. Richard Schwartz is a contemporary psychotherapist, PhD in marriage and family therapy. He founded the Internal Family Systems Model (IFS...
31 Mar 20251h 10min
A Guided Meditation To Get You Out Of Your Head | Bonus Meditation with Dan
A 10-minute meditation that reminds you that you're not just a brain: there is also a body. This meditation was originally part of one of Dan's recent Ask Me Anything sessions on Substack – join us a...
28 Mar 202512min
How to Suffer Well – So You Can Suffer Less | Brother Pháp Dung
Brother Pháp Dung discusses the life and teachings of Vietnamese Zen master, peace activist, poet, and author Thich Nhat Hanh. In January 2022, Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Zen master, peace activi...
26 Mar 20251h 5min
A Radical Question To Put Your Problems Into Perspective | Annaka Harris
How to think about consciousness without breaking your brain. Annaka Harris is the New York Times bestselling author of CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind and writer and ...
24 Mar 20251h 13min
