Podcast Episodes
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Episode 113
The technological revolution we are facing today is artificial intelligence. At least this is what we are told. Those doing the telling include tech …
2 years, 5 months ago
Ralph H. Craig III, "Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner" (Eerdmans, 2023)
Episode 112
If you don’t know Tina Turner’s spirituality, you don’t know Tina.
When Tina Turner reclaimed her throne as the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the 1980s, s…
2 years, 5 months ago
Wake up! (Part 3) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
Episode 112
Wake up! Antidote to stupidity in three parts. This is part 3.
What follows is a three-part series on waking up to non-buddhism as an antidote to stup…
2 years, 5 months ago
Wake up! (Part 2) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
Episode 111
Wake up! Antidote to stupidity in three parts. This is part 2.
What follows is a three-part series on waking up to non-buddhism as an antidote to stup…
2 years, 5 months ago
Cleric, Cadre, Businessman: China’s Development Strategy in Sri Lanka
Episode 202
What does Buddhism have to do with harbors? Find out how China is leveraging religion in its foreign policy and why it is a vital part of China's sof…
2 years, 5 months ago
Wake up! (Part 1) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
Episode 110
Wake up! Antidote to stupidity in three parts. This is part 1.
What follows is a three-part series on waking up to non-buddhism as an antidote to stu…
2 years, 6 months ago
Buddhist Healing in Contemporary Japan (with Rev. Nathan Jishin Michon)
Episode 110
Dr Pierce Salguero talks with Rev. Nathan Jishin Michon, a postdoctoral fellow at Ryukoku University and an ordained priest in the Shingon Buddhist t…
2 years, 6 months ago
Alexandra Kaloyanides, "Baptizing Burma: Religious Change in the Last Buddhist Kingdom" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Episode 155
Adoniram Judson was the 19th-century version of an American celebrity. Americans flocked to listen to his tales of being one of the first missionarie…
2 years, 6 months ago
A Better Way to Buy Books
Episode 109
Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent bookstores. Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org has alrea…
2 years, 7 months ago
Situating Religion and Medicine (with Michael Stanley-Baker)
Episode 66
Today I sit down for an in-depth conversation with my good friend, Michael Stanley-Baker, a scholar of Chinese religion and medicine. We talk about M…
2 years, 7 months ago