Best Matthew Waldron Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. #24 - The Journey & Spirit of TJ Malone 1:01:49

1h ago1:01:49

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TJ Malone, the reigning Premier Lacrosse League rookie of the year, shares his story how his love of lacrosse and his team combined with his natural self-determination propelled him to rehab after 3 significant operations in about 6 months and go on to earn All American honors while a member of the Penn State lacrosse team.…

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Kin Cheung, "Teaching Asia during a Resurgence of Anti-Asian Racism" (ASS, 2025) 43:36

7h ago43:36

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An open access Asia Shorts edited volume from AAS. The spring of 2020 will remain etched in collective memory as a moment of profound upheaval. The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools and universities around the world to close their doors, reshaping education overnight. Teachers scrambled to reimagine their classrooms in online spaces, while students …

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Catherine Hartmann, "Making the Invisible Real: Practice of Seeing in Tibetan Pilgrimage" (Oxford UP, 2025) 1:07:20

4d ago1:07:20

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Dr. Catherine Hartmann is Assistant Professor of Asian Religions in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at University of Wyoming. She received her B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia in 2011, M.A. in the History of Religions from the University of Chicago in 2013, and a Ph.D. from the Committee on the Study of R…

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Ep. #23 - Ryan House - Lawyers, Dads and Matty 1:11:51

6d ago1:11:51

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Another "nepo-cast" with Dr. House's oldest child, Ryan House, Esq. They have a great conversation about how Ryan uses his natural academic curiosity to dig deeper into his interests which in turn grew into passions. From being a single father to his pet lizard named Steve, to winning wrestling matches, to a true love of music, and being a fraterni…

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Ep. #20 - Thoughts from a Clinical Psychologist Dr. Katie Smith - Audio 56:00

9d ago56:00

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A conversation with Dr. Katie Smith about her journey from being diagnosed with dyslexia to earning her PhD!By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Ep. #21 - Pizzly Bear 0:36

13d ago0:36

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Matt from San Antonio wants to know if the pizzly bear is fact or fiction?By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Ep. # 22 - Rolling with the Royals and The Stones - Michael Broomfield - Audio 51:09

12d ago51:09

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Michael grew up outside of London in the aftermath of World War 2. He left home at the age of 15 to sweep the floors of grocery store. With grit and on the job experience, he climbed to the top of the corporate world. A true gentlemen, we hope that some of his char and charisma will rub off on Matt and Ti.…

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The Secret to Reviving a Game Giant: Frank Gibeau 1:05:39

20d ago1:05:39

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If you’ve read one too many headlines about the so-called death of gaming, Frank Gibeau, CEO of Zynga, has a message for you: the doom and gloom is over. In this episode of Secret Stash, Justin Kan and Archie Stonehill sit down with Frank, who cut his teeth as a product marketer at EA in the '90s and later led the company through its mobile transfo…

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Ep #21: A Real Outdoorsman with Ben Johnston 1:01:45

20d ago1:01:45

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Ben @benjohnstonflyfishing is a fly fishing and hunting guide out of Bozeman, Montana. He has guided in Alaska, Patagonia Chile, Montana/Wyoming, and Baja California. Ben turned a childhood hobby into a college major and ultimately a profession. He is a great story teller and another House Calls guest who has turned a passion into a career. #flyfis…

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Ep #19: Physical Therapy and Lax Rehab with Dr. Austin Colish 51:52

1M ago51:52

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Matt and Ti have a great conversation with Physical Therapist and Certified Strength Coach Austin Colish. During childhood Austin was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. In an effort to keep him active his mother signed Austin up for a local lacrosse camp. He fell in love with the game, continues to play, and along the way became a PT who specializes i…

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Meditation Side-Effects and Other Altered States, with Miguel Farias 1:15:52

1M ago1:15:52

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In today’s episode, Dr. Pierce Salguero sits down with Miguel Farias, an experimental psychologist and researcher of religion, spirituality, and cognition. Together we try to get to the bottom of whether meditation is actually good for you through a comparison of Miguel's research on the adverse effects of meditation with my research on Asian notio…

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Ep #18: The Origin Story with Hugh House M.D. 59:34

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Matt and Ti discuss how Ti became Dr. Hugh House, a physician, an orthopedic surgeon, and the cohost of House Calls the Podcast. his episode is informative and fun. Get ready to laugh.By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Peter D. Hershock, "Consciousness Mattering: A Buddhist Synthesis" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 1:57:53

2M ago1:57:53

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Consciousness Mattering (Bloombury, 2023) presents a contemporary Buddhist theory in which brains, bodies, environments, and cultures are relational infrastructures for human consciousness. Drawing on insights from meditation, neuroscience, physics, and evolutionary theory, it demonstrates that human consciousness is not something that occurs only …

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Peter Sloterdijk Knows it All 1:12:01

2M ago1:12:01

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Today’s guest is Dr Thomas Sutherland, author of the Bloomsbury title, Speaking Philosophically: Communication at the Limits of Discursive Reason (Bloombury, 2024), lecturer in digital media at the University of Southampton, and researcher into digital culture and the humanities, the history of philosophy and contemporary continental philosophy, an…

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Mick Brown, "The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:43:10

2M ago1:43:10

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Mick Brown’s The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West (Oxford UP, 2023) is a riveting account about the West's engagement with Eastern spirituality across a century. It traces the life of multiple characters that intersected across time and space to create a network of interlinking stories about saints, salesmen and scoundrel…

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Ep #17: A Love of Life, Baby with Orthopedic Surgeon Steve Brown 1:17:55

2M ago1:17:55

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Matt and Ti aka Dr. House sit down with Steve Brown M.D. Steve has been an orthopedic surgeon for 36 years. He is currently battling a cancer diagnosis of multiple myeloma. Steve has a love of his career and a passion for life. This is an incredible conversation and I would highly recommend it for all medical professionals, healthcare students, or …

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Ep #16: Wellness in the House with Beth Graham 1:13:27

2M ago1:13:27

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An interesting discussion with Beth Graham of Beth Graham Wellness. Beth describes her journey in healing from a cervical injury in her 20s to a life of fitness and wellness in her 60s.By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Ep #15 Everyone Has a Story to Tell with Author Jennifer Klepper 1:01:36

3M ago1:01:36

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Matt and Ti have a great conversation with best selling author Jennifer Klepper. Jennifer has just released her second book "The Last Road Trip". The book is a tremendous read from start to finish. Listen and get a behind the scenes look into the creative process.By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Peter D. Hershock, "Buddhism and Intelligent Technology: Toward a More Humane Future" (Bloomsbury, 2021) 1:12:16

3M ago1:12:16

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Machine learning, big data and AI are reshaping the human experience and forcing us to develop a new ethical intelligence. In Buddhism and Intelligent Technology: Toward a More Humane Future (Bloomsbury, 2021), Peter Hershock offers a new way to think about attention, personal presence, and ethics as intelligent technology shatters previously found…

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Ep #14 Opportunities and Success with Dr. Tudor Francu 1:12:23

3M ago1:12:23

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This is a truly inspiring story of Dr. Tudor Francu's @stellarsuccespodcast journey from communist Romania to unstoppable success in medicine, real estate, and beyond.By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Ep #13: Dream Pivot- Life after Basketball with Peyton Heck 51:27

3M ago51:27

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A great conversation with former Villanova basketball player Peyton Heck. We discuss his journey from walk-on to NCAA champion to his life after basketball.By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Ep #12 Turning a Pastime into a Profession with Tessa Collins 50:42

3M ago50:42

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Dr. House and Matt get an inside look at the career of golf professional Tessa Collins. Tessa is someone who turned her passion for golf into a fulltime job.By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Magic, Death, and Necromancy with Justin McDaniel 58:39

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**Warning: This episode contains potentially disturbing content!** On this episode of the Black Beryl, I sit down with Justin McDaniel, a scholar of Theravada Buddhist literature and art. Together we explore the darker side of Thai Buddhism, including meditation on decomposing bodies, fetus spirits, corpse oil, and the spectrum of white and black m…

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Ep #11: Yoga and Meditation with Hearon Dickson 59:44

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Matt and Ti (Dr. House) discuss Yoga and Meditation with their friend and Yoga Instructor Hearon Dickson.By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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The Secret to Building Forever Franchises: Owen Mahoney 54:02

4M ago54:02

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Gaming isn’t about blockbuster budgets or flashy graphics - it’s about fun. And somewhere along the way, we’ve forgotten that. In this episode of Secret Stash, hosts Justin Kan and Archie Stonehill sit down with former Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney to unpack what’s gone sideways in the gaming industry and how to fix it. Here’s what you’ll hear:⭐ How game …

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Ep #10 What’s the Dill with Pickle? with Bryan Klepper M.D. 57:47

4M ago57:47

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Matt and Dr. House discuss the fastest growing sport in America with Pickleball enthusiast and orthopedic surgeon Bryan Klepper M.D.By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Roger R. Jackson, "Saraha: Poet of Blissful Awareness" (Shambhala, 2024) 44:29

4M ago44:29

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The life and works of the mysterious Indian yogin, Saraha, who has inspired Buddhist practitioners for over a thousand years. Saraha, “the Archer,” was a mysterious but influential tenth-century Indian Buddhist tantric adept who expressed his spiritual realization in mystic songs (dohās) that are enlightening, shocking, and confounding by turns. Sa…

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Ep #9: Between the Pipes with Jack Fracyon 57:41

4M ago57:41

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Dr. House and Matt have a great conversation with All-American lacrosse goalie Jack Fracyon. They discuss nutrition, fitness, leadership, and the role of mentors in college lacrosse. Jack gives insight on how he controls stress on and off the field.By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Ep #8: Expert to Expert with Stacey Fernandez 52:49

4M ago52:49

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Dr. House and Matt discusses experts and health with personal trainer Stacey Fernandez.By Dr. Hugh House and Matthew Waldron

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Alastair Gornall, "Rewriting Buddhism: Pali Literature and Monastic Reform in Sri Lanka, 1157–1270" (UCL Press, 2020) 56:07

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Rewriting Buddhism: Pali Literature and Monastic Reform in Sri Lanka, 1157–1270 (UCL Press, 2020) is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka’s most culturally productive period. This era of reform (1157–1270) shaped the nature of Theravada Buddhism both in Sri Lanka and also Southeast Asia and even today continues to define monastic i…

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The Secret to Building Passionate Game Communities: Fateless 46:15

5M ago46:15

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Most games would kill for a community like Plarium’s RAID: Shadow Legends - and the team behind Hellhades has a lot to do with that. What started out as a hobby YouTube channel, is now a massive community with more than 225,000 followers as well as the go-to website for RAID news, guides, and interactive tools. Recently, the Hellhades team decided …

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Nathan McGovern, "Holy Things: The Genealogy of the Sacred in Thai Religion" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:07:20

5M ago1:07:20

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Scholars of religion have mostly abandoned the concept of "syncretism" in which certain apparent deviations from "standard" practice are believed to be the result of a mixture of religions. This is particularly relevant to Thailand, in which ordinary religious practice was seen by an earlier generation of scholars as a mixture of three religions: l…

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120 Non Buddhist Mysticism: Performing Irreducible and Primitive Presence 1:54:54

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Glenn’s latest, Non Buddhist Mysticism: Performing Irreducible and Primitive Presence (Eyecorner Press, 2022), presents a radical reorientation to “spiritual” practice. Drawing from François Laruelle’s concept of future mysticism and the author’s own previous work on non-buddhism, Glenn Wallis galvanizes a materialist spirituality for the twenty-fi…

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Non Buddhist Mysticism: Performing Irreducible and Primitive Presence 1:54:54

5M ago1:54:54

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Glenn’s latest, Non Buddhist Mysticism: Performing Irreducible and Primitive Presence (Eyecorner Press, 2022), presents a radical reorientation to “spiritual” practice. Drawing from François Laruelle’s concept of future mysticism and the author’s own previous work on non-buddhism, Glenn Wallis galvanizes a materialist spirituality for the twenty-fi…

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Adeana McNicholl, "Of Ancestors and Ghosts: How Preta Narratives Constructed Buddhist Cosmology and Shaped Buddhist Ethics" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:00:06

7M ago1:00:06

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In Buddhist cosmology, pretas make up one of several categories of rebirth. They are best known as "hungry ghosts," pitiful beings with miniscule mouths and bloated stomachs whose state of extreme starvation is a result of stinginess and immorality in a former life. But they were not always portrayed in this way. Of Ancestors and Ghosts: How Preta …

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Rafal K. Stepien, "Buddhism Between Religion and Philosophy: Nāgārjuna and the Ethics of Emptiness" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:20:20

8M ago1:20:20

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Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250), founder of the Madhyamaka or Middle Way school of Buddhist philosophy and the most influential of all Buddhist thinkers aside from the Buddha himself, concludes his masterpiece, Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way, with these baffling verses: For the abandonment of all views He taught the true teaching By means of compassio…

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The Body in Classical Hathayoga, with Ruth Westoby 57:21

8M ago57:21

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In this episode Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Ruth Westoby a scholar, teacher, and practitioner of yoga. We discuss Ruth’s work on the body in early hatha yoga texts. We talk about the broad diversity of approaches to the material body in these sources, including their ideas about gender, the cultivation of powers, and approaches to liberation.…

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Christopher P. Miller et al., "Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age" (Lexington, 2019) 45:40

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Today’s globalized society faces some of humanity’s most unprecedented social and environmental challenges. Presenting new and insightful approaches to a range of these challenges, Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age (Lexington, 2019) draws upon individual cases of exemplary leadership from the world’s Dharma traditions—Hindui…

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119 Alone in a World of Wounds with Zen Abbot Shodhin Geiman 1:29:16

9M ago1:29:16

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Shodhin Geiman is Sensei & Abbot at Chicago Zen Center and recently retired Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University. He has written on aspects of the Dharma and on points of interface between Buddhist and Christian spirituality. His book, Alone in a World of Wounds: A Dharmic Response to the Ills of Sentient Beings (Cascade Books, 2022).…

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Alone in a World of Wounds with Zen Abbot Shodhin Geiman 1:29:16

9M ago1:29:16

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Shodhin Geiman is Sensei & Abbot at Chicago Zen Center and recently retired Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University. He has written on aspects of the Dharma and on points of interface between Buddhist and Christian spirituality. His book, Alone in a World of Wounds: A Dharmic Response to the Ills of Sentient Beings (Cascade Books, 2022).…

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The Secret to Building a Social Gaming Empire: Justin Waldron 1:17:12

9M ago1:17:12

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At age 19, Justin Waldron built an app that would go on to have the biggest IPO since Google. That company was Zynga, and it completely changed the way the world played games. Listen now for behind-the-scenes stories that shaped an era of social gaming, as well as Justin Waldron’s own secret for scaling up Zynga and setting it apart from the compet…

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Justine Chambers, "Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and Everyday Ethics in Southeastern Myanmar" (NUS Press, 2024) 49:52

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What is the right way to live? This is an old question in Western moral philosophy, but in recent years anthropologists have turned their attention to this question in what has been called, a “moral turn”. In this original ethnographic study, Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and Everyday Ethics in Southeastern Myanmar (NUS Press, 2024), Justine Chambers…

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Yoga, Disability, and Animism, with Theo Wildcroft 1:04:35

9M ago1:04:35

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In this episode, Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Dr Theodora Wildcroft, a researcher, anthropologist, and long-time teacher of what she calls “post-lineage yoga.” We discuss Theo's ethnographic research on yoga in the UK, focusing on its connections with animism, paganism, and other somatic practices. We also dive into Theo’s personal approach to…

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D. E. Osto, "Paranormal States: Psychic Abilities in Buddhist Convert Communities" (Columbia UP, 2024) 54:56

10M ago54:56

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A number of converts to Buddhism report paranormal experiences. Their accounts describe psychic abilities like clairvoyance and precognition, out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, and encounters with other beings such as ghosts and deities, and they often interpret these events through a specifically Buddhist lens. Paranormal States: Psy…

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Stephen Harris, "Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Santideva on Virtue and Well-Being" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 1:18:20

10M ago1:18:20

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An influential eighth-century Buddhist text, Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra, or Guide to the Practices of Awakening, how to become a supremely virtuous person, a bodhisattva who desires to end the suffering of all sentient beings. Stephen Harris’s Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Śāntideva on Virtue and Well-Being (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024)…

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Stephanie Balkwill, "The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century" (U California Press, 2024) 1:06:54

10M ago1:06:54

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In the late fifth century, a girl whose name has been forgotten by history was born at the edge of the Chinese empire. By the time of her death, she had transformed herself into Empress Dowager Ling, one of the most powerful politicians of her age and one of the first of many Buddhist women to wield incredible influence in dynastic East Asia. In th…

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The Secret to the Metaverse: Matthew Ball 1:09:18

10M ago1:09:18

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Matt Ball literally wrote the book on the metaverse - with a new update out in late July. So who better to chat all things metaverse and distribution with? In the last several years, Matt has become known as one of the most astute writers and thinkers about the nature of business, innovation, IP, and the deep structural factors that shape the enter…

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Rory Lindsay, "Saving the Dead: Tibetan Funerary Rituals in the Tradition of the Sarvardurgatipariśodhana Tantra" (WSTB, 2024) 43:04

10M ago43:04

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Saving the Dead: Tibetan Funerary Rituals in the Tradition of the Sarvardurgatipariśodhana Tantra (WSTB, 2024) explores Tibetan funerary manuals based on the Sarvadurgatipariśodhana Tantra (SDP), focusing on the writings of the Sa skya author Rje btsun Grags pa rgyal mtshan (1147–1216) and the diverse forms of agency—human, nonhuman, and material—a…

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Neena Mahadev, "Karma and Grace: Religious Difference in Millennial Sri Lanka" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:24:28

10M ago1:24:28

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Around the turn of the millennium, Pentecostal churches began to pepper majority-Buddhist Sri Lanka, setting off a sense of alarm among Buddhists who saw Christianity as a neocolonial threat to the nation. Rumors of foul play in the death of a Buddhist monk, as well as allegations of proselytizing in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and during the…

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Cameron Bailey and Aleksandra Wenta, "Tibetan Magic: Past and Present" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 46:06

11M ago46:06

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Tibetan Magic: Past and Present (Bloomsbury, 2024) focuses on the theme of magic in Tibetan contexts, encompassing both pre-modern and modern text-cultures as well as contemporary practices. It offers a new understanding of the identity and role of magical specialists in both historical and contemporary contexts. Combining the theoretical approache…

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