The Wise Studies Podcast
The Wise Studies podcast is an extension of our audio library of courses at wisestudies.com. You want to study the world’s great wisdom traditions in more depth but you don’t want to have to go to university to do it. At Wise Studies, we partner with leading scholars, practitioners, and experts in their field to produce high-quality audio courses, ebooks, and podcasts to bring reliable wisdom into your life. This podcast features the authors we work with. Choose a course at https://wisestudies.com
Episodes
13 episodes
Hindu Asceticism with Daniela Bevilacqua
In this episode I speak with Daniela Bevilacqua. We cover hindu asceticism, its history, its aims, its culture. We discuss how contemporary ascetics are interacting with a rapidly changing and modernising India. You can listen to her Wi...
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Episode 13
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42:40
Zen with John Danvers
In this episode I speak with John Danvers about his 55+ years of Zen teaching and practice. We discuss the history of Zen, awakening experiences, the art of sitting and more.You can listen to his entire Wise Studies course An Introd...
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Episode 12
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42:15
Early Christianity with Ann Conway-Jones
In this episode I am speaking with Ann Conway-Jones about some of the developments in early Christianity. What was the transition like between Jews and Gentiles who went from identifying with the customs and traditions of the time to beco...
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Episode 11
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32:10
What is the Relationship Between Yoga & Buddhism? with Karen O'Brien-Kop
In this episode I am speaking with Dr. Karen O’Brien-Kop. Karen is Lecturer in Asian Religions and Ethics at the University of Roehampton. She was formerly Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Religions and Philosophies at SOAS Universit...
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Episode 10
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31:45
The Truth Within with Gavin Flood
In this episode I am speaking with Gavin Flood. Gavin is a Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion in the Theology and Religion Faculty and academic director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. Gavin read Religious Studies and S...
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Episode 9
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35:30
The Pali Canon with Sarah Shaw
In this episode I speak with Sarah Shaw. Sarah received her PhD in English from Manchester University. After studying Pali and Sanskrit at Oxford, she began teaching and writing on Buddhist subjects. She has written several books on meditation ...
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Episode 8
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41:11
Purusha & Prakriti with Karen O'Brien-Kop
In this episode I am speaking with Dr. Karen O'Brien-Kop. Karen is Lecturer in Asian Religions and Ethics at the University of Roehampton. She was formerly Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Religions and Philosophies at SOAS Universit...
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Episode 7
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49:24
Women in Yoga with Ruth Westoby
In this episode I am speaking with Ruth Westoby. Ruth is a doctoral researcher in yoga and an Ashtanga practitioner. As well as offering workshops and lectures at studios and conferences, Ruth teaches on some of the principal Yoga teacher train...
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Episode 6
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41:02
Nagarjuna & Queering Buddhism with Bee Scherer
In this episode I am speaking with Professor Bee Scherer. Bee is a long-time practitioner of Buddhism and a global Buddhist lay teacher. Bee has studied Indic and Tibetan philology, published on karma, Nāgārjuna and early Min...
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Episode 5
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56:40
Ramakrishna & Vivekananda with Gwilym Beckerlegge
In this episode I speak with Gwilym Beckerlegge. Gwilym studied religions at the Universities of Oxford and Lancaster. He is the author of The Ramakrishna Mission: The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement (2000) and Swami Vivekananda’s Legacy of S...
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Episode 4
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36:48
The Upanishads with Graham Burns
In this episode I am speaking with Graham Burns. Graham is a yoga teacher and lecturer. He received his masters and PhD at SOAS the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University where he is now a senior teaching fellow. We discuss...
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Episode 3
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49:05
Neoplatonism with Angela Voss
Angela Voss, PhD, SFHEA is Programme Director for the MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. In this podcast we discuss:Her interest in the Renaissance philosopher Marsi...
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Episode 2
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34:29
Contemplative Christianity with Nicholas Buxton
In this episode I am speaking with Reverend Dr. Nicholas Buxton. Nicholas is the Director of St Antony’s Priory, in Durham, and founder of ‘Just Meditation’ and the Newcastle Meditation Centre. He has a PhD in Buddhist philosophy from the Unive...
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Episode 1
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30:02