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EP 93: Tao Te Ching with Sean Michael Wilson Feb 06, 2019

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Sean Michael Wilson is an award-winning Scottish graphic novel/comic book writer. He has written more than 30 books, published by a variety of US, UK and Japanese publishers and translated into 12 languages. His books are of two broad types: 'western' style graphic novels, including original story ideas and various books on social issues; and a unique line of manga style books on Japanese themes, unmatched by any other English language comic book writer.

His latest book is an adaptation of the Tao Te Ching in collaboration with Cary Kwok and William Scott Wilson.

Find him online:

https://seanmichaelwilson.weebly.com/

https://www.instagram.com/seanmichaelwilson/

Buy the book: https://www.shambhala.com/authors/u-z/sean-michael-wilson.html

Ep 92: Gyotaku w/Dwight Hwang and Michael Vanhartingsveldt Feb 01, 2019

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Dwight Hwang is a California-based Gyotaku artist. His notable artistic achievements include a 2018 solo showcase by Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Japan Foundation, as well as providing cover art for the book "Simply Fly Fishing" by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard.

You can follow Dwight Hwang on Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/fishingforgyotaku/

You can find Dwight Hwang's website and store here:

https://fishingforgyotaku.com/

Guest discussant Michael Vanhartingsveldt (featured in episode 47) is a contributing columnist at Buddhistdoor Global. He works at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art. He did his masters in East Asian Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art, and he also works as a lecturer for the Japan Foundation.

Ep 91: The Lessons We Learn From Animals w/ Dr. Margaret Winslow Jan 23, 2019

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Dr. Margaret Winslow is Professor Emeritus of Earth and Atmospheric Science at City College of New York. She was a field geologist for three decades and is the author of two travel memoirs recounting her field experiences in South America. Those titles are "The Cusp of Dreadfulness: Fifteen Seasons in Tierra Del Fuego and Patagonia," and "Over My Head: Journeys in Leaky Boats from the Strait of Magellan to Cape Horn and Beyond." She is most recently the author of the book "Smart Ass: How a Donkey Challenged Me to Accept His True Nature and Rediscover My own" from New World Library.

Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/margiewinslow

Visit her website: https://www.margiewinslow.com/

Ep 90: Teaching High School Religious Studies with George Coe (Teaching Series) Jan 20, 2019

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George Coe is a religious studies, current events, and world history teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia. He runs a popular blog with teaching resources at: https://worldhistoryeducatorsblog.blogspot.com/.

This conversation talks about constitutionality of teaching about religion; how to arrange a semester of teaching high school religious studies, a wide-range of resources that he and I have used to with success in our own classrooms, and a deep dive investigation of a typical religious studies class in a typical United States high school. This is a snapshot of a hardworking teacher doing great work for teenagers in the United States.

Follow George Coe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ggcoe

Ep 89: Travels in Haiti with Allison Coffelt Jan 13, 2019

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Allison Coffelt lives and writes in Columbia, Missouri. She works as the director of education and outreach for the annual documentary-based True/False Film Festival, as well as hosting the fantastic True/False Podcast, featuring interviews and commentary with documentary filmmakers, available anywhere you get podcasts. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Oxford Public Health Magazine, and more. She won the 2015 University of Missouri Essay Prize. The topic of today's conversation is her new book, "Maps Are Lines We Draw," out now from Lanternfish Press.

Buy the book from Lanternfish Press

Brevity Magazine review of "Maps Are Lines We Draw"

Ep 88: Hiking as Pilgrimage with Dr. Chris Ives Jan 06, 2019

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Dr. Christopher Ives teaches in the area of Asian Religions at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. In his scholarship, he focuses on modern Zen ethics. In 2009 he published Imperial-Way Zen, a book on Buddhist social ethics in light of Zen nationalism. Currently he is engaged in research on Zen approaches to nature and Buddhist environmental ethics. He is the author of "Zen on the Trail: Hiking as Pilgrimage," out now from Wisdom Publications.

Find the book here: Zen on the Trail from Wisdom Publications

Ep 87: Sam Kestenbaum and Religion Journalism Jan 01, 2019

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Sam Kestenbaum is an independent religion journalist. He writes for The New York Times and is a contributing editor and former staff writer for The Forward.

Sam Kestenbaum on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skestenbaum

To find his work, you can visit Sam Kestenbaum's website:

https://samkestenbaum.com/

Ep 86: Dr. Sylvia Chan-Malik on "Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam" Dec 22, 2018

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Sylvia Chan-Malik is Associate Professor in the Departments of American and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. She talks, teaches, and writes about the intersections of race, gender, and religion, with a focus on the history and cultures of Islam and Muslims in the United States. Her research highlights the lives, voices, histories, and representations of Muslim women, and reveals how critical legacies of Black freedom, women's agency, and global liberation struggles have continually marked U.S. Muslim women's engagements with Islam.

She is the author of Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam (New York University Press, 2018).

You can find her on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/schanmalik

You can find her website here: https://sylviachanmalik.com/

Ep 85: Dr. Charles Haynes on the Religious Freedom Center and the First Amendment Dec 18, 2018

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Charles C. Haynes is vice president of the Freedom Forum Institute / Religious Freedom Center and a senior scholar at the First Amendment Center.

Haynes is best known for his work on First Amendment issues in public schools. Over the past two decades, he has been the principal organizer and drafter of consensus guidelines on religious liberty in schools, endorsed by a broad range of religious and educational organizations. In January 2000, three of the guides were distributed by the U.S. Department of Education to every public school in the nation. These are "A Parent's Guide to Religion in the Public Schools," "A Teacher's Guide to Religion in the Public Schools," and "Public Schools & Religious Communities."

Haynes is the author or co-author of six books, including First Freedoms: A Documentary History of First Amendment Rights in America, and Religion in American Public Life: Living with Our Deepest Differences. His column, Inside the First Amendment, appears in newspapers nationwide.

He is a founding board member of the Character Education Partnership, and serves on the steering committee of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools and the American Bar Association Advisory Commission on Public Education. He chairs the Committee on Religious Liberty, founded by the National Council of Churches.

Widely quoted in news magazines and major newspapers, Haynes is also a frequent guest on television and radio. He has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal and on ABC's "Evening News." In 2008, he received the Virginia First Freedom Award from the Council for America's First Freedom.

Haynes holds a master's degree from Harvard Divinity School and a doctorate from Emory University.

Ep 84: A Conversation with Chris Grosso Dec 11, 2018

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Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, 2014), Everything Mind (Sounds True, 2105) and Dead Set On Living (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, 2018). He writes for Revolver Magazine, ORIGIN Magazine, and Huffington Post,and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, Sun Valley Wellness Festival, and more.

Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner, hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass's esteemed Be Here Now Network and is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders.

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