Akash Kapur YouTube Interview & Discussion Akash Kapur Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Akash Kapur Interview Akash Kapur is a highly respected journalist who has written for a variety of publications, including The Atlantic, The Economist, Granta, The Hindu, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal. At …
Jason Gardner YouTube Interview & Discussion Jason Gardner Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Jason Gardner Interview Jason Gardner is executive editor at New World Library, a San Francisco Bay Area publisher where he has worked for twenty-five years. He acquires books on spirituality, philosophy, personal growth / psychology, parenting, and nature/environment. New …
Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi YouTube Interview & Discussion Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Jyotish And Devi Interview This is the second of two episodes celebrating the 75th anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda’s iconic Autobiography of a Yogi. Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi are the Spiritual Directors of Ananda Worldwide, which …
Brahmachari Martin YouTube Interview & Discussion Brahmachari Martin Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Brother Martin Interview Brahmachari Martin has been a member of the Self-Realization Fellowship monastic community since 1977. Born and raised in Southern California, he currently resides at the Self-Realization Fellowship monks ashram at the SRF Lake Shrine, where he …
Neal Allen YouTube Interview & Discussion Neal Allen Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Neal Allen Interview Neal Allen is a coach and writer who studies and practices traditional and contemporary spiritual paths. His private coaching practice blends standard psychodynamics with spiritually oriented methods. His earlier careers included newspaper journalism and corporate marketing …
Steve Taylor YouTube Interview & Discussion Steve Taylor Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Steve Taylor Interview Steve Taylor is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University in the UK and the chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. His articles and essays have been published in …
Michael Tobin YouTube Interview & Discussion Michael Tobin Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Michael Tobin Interview Michael Tobin has been a marital and family psychologist for 45 years. He is the founder of the award-winning website, www.wholefamily.com, which contains numerous articles about relationships. His series of articles, The Marital Labyrinth , which …
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev YouTube Interview & Discussion Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Sadhguru Interview – Oct2021 Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is a mystic, philanthropist, author (his books include Inner Engineering and Death: An Inside Story), public speaker, and highly respected spiritual teacher with thousands of students around the world. His …
Robert Thurman YouTube Interview & Discussion Robert Thurman Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Robert – Thurman – Interview Robert Thurman served as the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University for 30 years, until 2020. A talented popularizer of the Buddha’s teachings, he …
Swami Tyagananda YouTube Interview & Discussion Swami Tyagananda Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Swami Tyagananda Interview Swami Tyagananda joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1976 after graduating from the University of Mumbai in India. He received spiritual instruction from Swami Vireswarananda, a disciple of Sri Sarada Devi (known as Holy Mother), and his …
Connie Zweig YouTube Interview & Discussion Connie Zweig Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Connie Zweig Interview Connie Zweig, Ph.D., is the co-author of Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow, and the author of Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality and a novel, A Moth to the Flame: The Life of Sufi Poet …
Jacob Kyle YouTube Interview & Discussion Jacob Kyle Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Jacob Kyle Interview Jacob Kyle is a meditation and yoga asana teacher, a writer, an educator, and the Founding Director of Embodied Philosophy, an online educational platform for wisdom studies and contemplative practices. He is the host of Embodied …
Jeremy Engels YouTube Interview & Discussion Jeremy Engels Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Jeremy Engels Interview Jeremy Engels is an award-winning professor of Communication and Ethics at Penn State University as well as a yoga and meditation teacher and co-owner of Yoga Lab Studios in State College, PA. Dr. Engels considers himself …
Stephen G. Post YouTube Interview & Discussion Stephen G. Post Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Stephen Post Interview Stephen G. Post is the founding director of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, and the founding director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University School …
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati YouTube Interview & Discussion Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati Interview Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford and was ordained in the order of Sanyas (monastic renunciation) in 2000, by Swami Chidanand Saraswati of the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, …
Chris Busch and Dean Sluyter The Filmosophers YouTube Interview & Discussion Chris Busch and Dean Sluyter The Filmosophers Audio Interview & Discussion Chris Busch and Dean Sluyter are the cohosts of the podcast and YouTube channel “The Filmosophers,”which features interviews with the people who make and who love the movies. Chris was a child actor …
Franz Metcalf YouTube Interview & Discussion Franz Metcalf Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Franz Metcalf Interview Franz Metcalf teaches religious studies at California State University, Los Angeles. For his Master’s degree at the Graduate Theological Union he compared Buddhist and Catholic spiritual retreats. In his doctoral program at the University of Chicago …
Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas YouTube Interview & Discussion Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Margaret Bullitt – Jonas Interview Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas is an Episcopal priest, author, retreat leader, and climate activist. A lead organizer of many Christian and interfaith events about care for Earth, she leads spiritual …
Norman Rosenthal YouTube Interview & Discussion Norman Rosenthal Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Norman Rosenthal Interview Norman Rosenthal, M.D. is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School and a private practitioner in Maryland, outside Washington, D.C. He earned international attention as the psychiatrist who first described seasonal affective disorder and …
David Nichtern YouTube Interview & Discussion David Nichtern Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · David Nichtern Interview David Nichtern is a senior Buddhist teacher, an Emmy award winning/Grammy nominated musician, and a successful entrepreneur. One of the original students of Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, David is the founder and CEO of …
Krishna Das YouTube Interview & Discussion Krishna Das Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Krishna Das Interview Krishna Das is a leading figure in the burgeoning popularity of kirtan, the traditional practice of call-and-response chanting with Sanskrit mantras, helping to move this form of bhakti yoga from intimate gatherings to large concert halls. …
David Kundtz YouTube Interview & Discussion David Kundtz Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · David Kundtz Interview David Kundtz spent 19 years as a Catholic priest before leaving the clergy and becoming a psychotherapist. With degrees in psychology and theology and a doctorate in pastoral psychology, he teaches courses on stress management and …
Francis X. Clooney YouTube Interview & Discussion Francis X. Clooney Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Francis Clooney Interview Francis X. Clooney is the Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School. Prior to that he taught at Boston College. He is a leading scholar in the field …
Sharon Salzberg YouTube Interview & Discussion Sharon Salzberg Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Sharon Salzberg Interview Sharon Salzberg is a leading figure in the American Buddhist community and a major force in the rise in prominence of Buddhist philosophy and practice over the past four decades. In 1976, she cofounded the Insight …
KIkanza Nuri-Robins YouTube Interview & Discussion KIkanza Nuri-Robins Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Kikanza Nuri Robins Interview Kikanza Nuri-Robins is an organization development consultant who helps people and organizations that are in transition – or ought to be. Her clients include schools, NPOs, government, and faith-based organizations. An ordained Presbyterian minister, she …
Tenzin Priyadarshi YouTube Interview & Discussion Tenzin Priyadarshi Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Tenzin Priyadarshi Interview Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is the Founding President and CEO of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a non-partisan collaborative think tank focused on interdisciplinary research and …
Rameshwar Das YouTube Interview & Discussion Rameshwar Das Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Rameshwar Das Interview Rameshwar Das is a photographer, photo-journalist, environmentalist and writer. In 1968 he met Ram Dass, soon after the renowned spiritual teacher returned from India, and learned yoga and meditation from him. He traveled to India and …
Craig Hamilton YouTube Interview & Discussion Craig Hamilton Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Craig Hamilton Interview 2 Craig Hamilton is a pioneer in the emerging field of evolutionary spirituality and a leading voice in the movement for conscious evolution. As the guiding force behind Integral Enlightenment, Craig offers spiritual guidance and teachings …
Jeffrey Kripal YouTube Interview & Discussion Jeffrey Kripal Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Jeffrey Kripal Interview Jeffrey J. Kripal is the Associate Dean of the Faculty and Graduate Programs in the School of the Humanities and the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. He is the …
Sara Ivanhoe YouTube Interview & Discussion Sara Ivanhoe Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Sara Ivanhoe Interview Sara Ivanhoe, M.A. is the Director of YogaUSC, a program designed to support the campus life of students and faculty at the University of Southern California. She has been teaching yoga since 1995 and has been …
Acharya Shunya YouTube Interview & Discussion Acharya Shunya Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Acharya Shunya Interview Acharya Shunya is an award-winning and internationally renowned spiritual teacher and scholar of Advaita (nondual) Vedanta, as well as a classically-trained master of Yoga and Ayurveda. The first female head of her 2,000-year-old spiritual lineage from …
Father James Martin YouTube Interview & Discussion Father James Martin Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Father James Martin Interview Father James Martin is a Jesuit priest; author of numerous books; editor at large at America, the national Catholic review; and a Consultor to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication. Before entering the Society …
Christopher Key Chapple YouTube Interview & Discussion Christopher Key Chapple Audio Interview & Discussion Spirit Matters Talk · Christopher Key Chapple Interview Christopher Key Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, the first program of …