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Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Jamal went to the monastery recently - he talks about what he learnt, and how his journey in to 'being pace' is going.
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Jacob wrote an article! God, climate change, how we should think about it. Today we talk to the author himself about it, and hear if God does indeed care about how humans interact with the planet.
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
"Reality Shifting". Cool transcendental phenomena, or problematic youth culture? Today we explore this new trend, and ask if we are in this reality, or another?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2024/03/20/a-psychologist-explains-the-phenomenon-of-reality-shifting/
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
In the usual manner, today we decide to just turn on the mics and continue a conversation we started on daily practice. What that looks like, what it does, why we do it. BONUS - Jacob joins Jamal's meditation group for a session mid pod, and reflects on his experiences.
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Doggos. Need we say more? Today we talk about Dogs, and God, and Dog God?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/18/i-wag-therefore-i-am-the-philosophy-of-dogs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Those Thai monks are at it again. Today we talk about recent coverage of what is now an ongoing scandal with monks, drugs, money laundering, and everything not particularly Holy that's going on in Thai Buddhism.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/thailand-misbehaving-monks-foreign-correspondent/104184056
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
While Jacob is still on holiday we ask once again: what is it about the immoral acts of religious leaders that make them particularly shocking? To answer this Jacob takes us all the way back to 1518 and the Heidlberg Disputation, and the idea that maybe being righteous sometimes gets in our own way...
https://bookofconcord.org/other-resources/sources-and-context/heidelberg-disputation/
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Monday Aug 26, 2024
We’re back with our favourite divine music episode! Today letting Jamal super-fan out over Yusuf/Cat Stevens and the peace train.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yusuf-islams-golden-years-cat-stevens-on-islam-and-his-return-to-music-241159/?fbclid=IwAR3VVBvyYv8MCn5zEqo7-ix-BGWubIgpo9taFUi2IRgd6wZmeyd9ZklMdfQ
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
The blessed Carlos Acutis. Catholic saint, venerated holy person, Millenial web designer.
This week we take a look at the newest of the saints, and talk about what it says and means about the Church.
https://theconversation.com/carlo-acutis-what-the-first-millennial-saint-says-about-the-catholic-churchs-future-231086
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
More and more athletes are openly expressing their religion. Passing fad or God at work? Today we succumb to the Olympics podcast fever, and have a chat about what's driving God in Paris.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/03/the-way-the-truth-and-the-olympic-record-how-god-struck-gold-in-paris
Who let these guys in?
Jamal Blakkarly:
After realising that 99% of what he believed in philosophically was kinda Buddhist anyway, and then going on a way-too-intense mediation retreat, Jamal became a Buddhist in his early 20's. He has spent time in monasteries around the world, and practises mainly in the Theravada Thai Forrest tradition, with a bit of Zen thrown in for good measure.
Jacob Traeger:
Jacob grew up in a Christian family, but when he got to uni faith seemed less relevant to him. Through a non-Christian friend, God pulled him into a faith community where he could ask all sorts of questions: is belief rational? Did Jesus really exist? Does God care about my life? He’s convinced that life is better when God’s a part of it, and now he’s finishing a theology degree and leading a new church community in Canberra.
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