Podcast Episodes

#127 Buddhism Beyond the Cushion: Duncan Ryuken Williams & Funie Hsu/Chhî

This episode is a live recording from a recent SAND Community Gathering (April 2025) facilitated by Jungwon Kim.

Join Buddhist scholars and activists Rev. Duncan Ryūken Williams, Ph.D. and Funie Hsu/…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

#126 Decolonial Wellness: Elizabeth Philipose

Elizabeth Philipose, PhD  has a lifelong passion for transformational arts and the expansion of consciousness. She has pursued this as an academic studying the causes and consequences of violence. He…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

#6 New Gods at the End of the World: Bayo Akomolafe & Sophie Strand (Encore)

Today, we present a wild and flowering conversation between two poets, writers, philosophers, and theobiologians Bayo Akomalofe and Sophie Strand.

This conversation is from a 2022 SAND Community Gath…

Published on 5 months ago

#125 Building Bridges: john a. powell

From a recent SAND Community Gathering (March 2025)

At a time when our world can feel increasingly divided, and many are retreating into isolation, civil rights scholar john a. powell offers a transf…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

#124 War’s Long Shadow: Jungwon Kim & Linda Thai

From a recent SAND Community Gathering (March 2025)

Join mental health clinician Linda Thai and writer Jungwon Kim for an in-depth conversation on intergenerational trauma, historical grief, and heal…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

#123 Listening from Silence: John J. Prendergast

John J. Prendergast, PhD, is a spiritual teacher, author, retired psychotherapist, and retired adjunct professor of psychology who has taught at Esalen and Kripalu and online. He studied for many yea…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

#122 Deep Medicine Circle: Dr. Rupa Marya, Charlene Eigen-Vasquez & Walter Riley

From a recent SAND Community Gathering (Feb 2025) hosted by SAND co-founders, Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo.

Deep Medicine Circle (DMC), a collective of healers, farmers, artists, and storytellers, is ch…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

#121 From Science to Spirit: Elisabet Sahtouris

Today we present an anthology episode with SAND speaker, Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris (1936-2024) who passed in December 2024.

Internationally known as a dynamic speaker, Dr. Sahtouris was an evolution bio…

Published on 6 months ago

#21 A Hunger for Wholeness: Iya Affo (Encore)

This is a recording from the 2022 Community Conversation between with guest Iya Affo and SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo.

Very few people are aware of the impact of historical trauma. Hist…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

#120 Depth Hypnosis: Isa Gucciardi

In this episode, Isa Gucciardi discusses depth hypnosis, combining shamanic practices, Buddhist psychology, transpersonal psychology, and energy medicine to assist individuals in healing from issues …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago