Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

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Just One Question | Craig Foster: Why am I Afraid of Nature? Jul 09, 2026

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Ever feel like you're built for the wild, but terrified the moment you actually step into it? Filmmaker and My Octopus Teacher naturalist Craig Foster joins Tami Simon to unpack that strange paradox: why our bodies crave wildness even as we recoil from it. His answer might be the gentlest permission slip you'll get to start reconnecting with your own wild side, one backyard animal at a time.

Taken from the full Insights at the Edge conversation with "Craig Foster: Belonging to the Wild." Listen here: https://bit.ly/craig-foster

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Marisa Renee Lee: Making A Stubborn Commitment to Hope Jul 07, 2026

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What does it take to keep hoping when hope keeps breaking your heart? Tami Simon speaks with Marisa Renée Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Grief Is Love and Waiting for Dawn: Living with Uncertainty, about what she calls a "ruthless, stubborn commitment to hope": the conviction that something better is coming, and the willingness to do whatever is necessary to make it so, even in the darkest seasons.

This conversation offers genuine transmission, not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together, and originally aired on Sounds True One.

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Just One Question | Martha Beck: What Do I Do At Three In the Morning? Jul 02, 2026

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We've all been there, wide awake at three in the morning, brain running the instant we wake up and no chance of getting back to sleep. This week we hear from Martha Beck and her answer when Tami asks the question: "What Do I Do At Three In the Morning?" Martha shares her expertise on anxiety, calming our nervous systems, and why beds are just the best.

Excerpted from Insights at the Edge, "Martha Beck, PhD: Beyond Anxiety."Listen here: https://bit.ly/martha-beck

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Ilia Delio: A Cyborg Christian on the God Revolution We Need Now Jun 30, 2026

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What if the God you've been taught to believe in is the very thing that’s keeping you from finding God? Tami Simon speaks with Sister Ilia Delio—Franciscan theologian, scientist, and author of The Not Yet God—about the evolutionary vision of Teilhard de Chardin, why monotheism is giving way to a new religious consciousness, and how AI, far from threatening our humanity, might be the unexpected catalyst for a God revolution.

This conversation offers genuine transmission—not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. Originally aired on Sounds True One.

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Just One Question | Rainn Wilson: Why Are You NOT an Atheist? Jun 25, 2026

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In this clip from Insights at the Edge, Tami asks Rainn Wilson, Emmy-nominated actor, author of Soul Boom, and devoted Bahá'í, why he never became an atheist. His answer moves from humor to philosophy to genuine vulnerability, landing on an idea that surprised even him: that "the Great Mystery" might be enough. A rare, honest conversation about faith from someone who had every reason to stay quiet about it.

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Tara Brach: Choosing to Love in Perilous Times Jun 23, 2026

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What does it mean to keep your heart open when the world feels most dangerous? Tami Simon speaks with beloved meditation teacher Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and Trusting the Gold, about her new inner workbook The Courageous Heart: Choosing to Love in Perilous Times. Tami and Tara discuss how to stay engaged without being overwhelmed, why grief is often the doorway to love, and what it takes to widen the circles of belonging in perilous times.

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Just One Question | Thích Nhất Hạnh: What Is the Root Cause of Our Social Problems? Jun 18, 2026

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In this clip from Insights at the Edge, Tami asks Thích Nhất Hạnh—revered Zen master, founder of Plum Village, and father of modern mindfulness—what lies beneath all of the world's suffering. His answer is both radical and surprisingly intimate: the root of social change is inner awakening, and it begins with you, right now. Recorded more than two decades ago; somehow more urgent today.

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Lodro Rinzler: Basic Goodness in a World on Fire Jun 16, 2026

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How do you hold true to your convictions to be good in a world that’s on fire? Tami Simon speaks with Buddhist meditation teacher and author Lodro Rinzler about his new book, You Are Good. You Are Enough, exploring the practice of basic goodness: how to free ourselves from the trap of doubt, extend that recognition to others, and find wholeness even inside a fractured society.

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David Deida: The Way of Zero Jun 09, 2026

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What happens when a man runs out of purpose—and doesn't collapse? Tami Simon speaks with wisdom teacher and bestselling author David Deida about his new book, The Man of Zero: A Guide to Primal Power, Boundless Sex, and the Freedom Beyond Ambition—exploring the phase beyond drive, ambition, and meaning-making, and what becomes possible when a man learns to live from the depths of pure presence.

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Jasper Young Bear: Prophecies for This Time: When Mother Earth Shakes Jun 02, 2026

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What if the greatest preparation for the changes ahead isn't physical, but spiritual? Tami Simon speaks with Jasper Young Bear, wisdom keeper and member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, about the Indigenous prophecies pointing to this moment in time, the sacred knowledge held within oral traditions, and how returning to the Creator—and to each other—is the only path through.

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