Let’s relax and sleep with more mysteries of relativity, like the speed of light, why time isn’t time, and how a fake train robbery reveals that simultaneity doesn’t exist. Except when it does.   Raffle Time! Everyone who supports us in November will be entered into a drawing for a personal episode all your own. Whee! Patreon: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod">https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod</a> Buy Me a Coffee: <a href= "https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW</a>   Read “The ABC of Relativity” here: <a href= "https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67104">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67104</a>   Music: "Boring Books for Bedtime,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC-BY <a href= "http://leerosevere.bandcamp.com">http://leerosevere.bandcamp.com</a>   If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, <a href= "https://www.boringbookspod.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">http://www.boringbookspod.com</a>.

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 2

A prick of the skin; the sorrow of grief; the inevitability of change; our dependence on the whim of the cosmos. Suffering bleeds into every aspect of our existence and, according to Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha), the anguish of our misfortune stems from our ignorance and confusion. If we were to see the world for how it really is – a place of impermanence, interdependence, and emptiness – then, according to Buddhism, we might free ourselves from illusion and discover the path to liberation and enlightenment. Today, this insight is shared by over half a billion people. Yet, most philosophy departments in Europe and America offer no courses in Buddhist philosophy and (within the leading journals) academic papers focusing on the central tenets of Buddhist philosophy of religion are vastly outweighed by their Abrahamic (and predominantly Christian) counterparts. Professor Jay Garfield, our guest for this episode, is the exception to this rule. Championing the globalisation of philosophy and reshaping perceptions of Buddhist scholarship, Professor Garfield is Chair of Philosophy at Smith College in Massachusetts, Visiting Professor at Harvard Divinity School, Professor at Melbourne University, and adjunct Professor at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies. Named amongst the 50 most influential philosophers of the past decade – with over 30 books and over 200 publications – it is safe to say that Professor Garfield is one of the leading exponents of Buddhist philosophy in contemporary academia. For Garfield, if philosophy won’t diversify, then let’s call it out for what it is: a colonial discipline that ignores the rich and relevant insights of non-Western thought. As philosophers, we cannot afford to ignore the metaphysical, ethical, epistemological, and existential insights of Buddhist scholarship. It’s time to engage with Buddhism, and rid ourselves of our prejudices, ignorance, and confusion. Buddhism is a philosophy of the present, not a philosophy of the past, and it’s time we treated it that way. <div id="block-f94a834a76b8d8478775" class= "sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule" data-block-type="47"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <hr /></div> </div> <div id="block-50670f9b27db0654d31c" class= "sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> This episode is produced in partnership with <a href= "https://www.global-philosophy.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Global Philosophy of Religion Project</a> at <a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/philosophy/research/projects/global-philosophy-of-religion.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Birmingham</a>, led by <a href="https://www.yujinnagasawa.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Yujin Nagasawa</a> and funded by the <a href= "https://www.templeton.org/grant/the-global-philosophy-of-religion-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Templeton Foundation</a>. </div> </div> <div id="block-60ae9f2f90830e89efc4" class= "sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule" data-block-type="47"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <hr /></div> </div> <div id="block-8abf7d3746f2f8d43e34" class= "sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> Contents Part I. The Nature of Reality Part II. Further Analysis and Discussion </div> </div> <div id="block-5164b681eab90b09729f" class= "sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule" data-block-type="47"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <hr /></div> </div> <div id="block-4b9da50c31d6d7e98f71" class= "sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> Links <a href="https://jaygarfield.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Jay Garfield, Personal Website.</a> (Website) <a href= "https://global.oup.com/academic/product/engaging-buddhism-9780190204341" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jay Garfield, Engaging Buddhism.</a> (Book) <a href= "https://jaygarfield.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/practicing-without-a-license.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jay Garfield, Practicing without a License.</a> (Essay) <a href="https://jaygarfield.org/books/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Books by Jay Garfield.</a> (Website) </div> </div>

Philosophy

The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast

Episode 112, ‘The Philosophy of Buddhism’ with Jay Garfield (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Host Meg Wolitzer presents two works in which characters are out of their element.  Literally, in the case of Robert Coover’s witty reworking of the fable “The Frog Prince,” who finds human life exhausting.  Parker Posey reads the story.  In Cristina Henriquez’s “Chasing Birds” a married couple share an exotic holiday locale, but not much else. It’s voiced by Maryann Plunkett, who also comments on the story at the end of her read. The story is introduced by writer and bird aficionado Amy Tan.

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Out of Their Element

Today we welcome Dan Tomasulo who is a counseling psychologist, professor, and the Academic Director at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI), Teachers College, Columbia University. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology, an MFA in writing, and a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dan is also the author of several books, including American Snake Pit and Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist's Memoir. His latest book is called Learned Hopefulness.In this episode, I talk to Dan Tomasulo about psychodrama and learned hopefulness. Interventions have always focused on helping people recover from trauma but Dan believes we can do more than that through psychodrama. When we re-enact difficult experiences, we can process and integrate trauma in a way that facilitates growth. It also teaches us to perceive obstacles differently, which is integral to learning hopefulness. Website: <a href="https://www.dantomasulo.com/">www.dantomasulo.com</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/drdantomasulo">@drdantomasulo</a> Topics01:27 Dan as a stand-up comedian04:58 Meeting Andy Kaufman08:33 Dan’s interest in psychology14:36 American Snake Pit 21:35 Interactive Behavioral Therapy (IBT)27:10 What is psychodrama?34:15 Learned Hopefulness41:00 Hope activating exercises45:49 Spiritual psychology51:55 Hope, optimism, faithSee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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It’s open enrollment for 2023 health insurance for lots of folks — a time when you might find yourself asking: what good is health insurance anyway?  One listener wrote to us about his son, a student with no income. Dad asks, If the son could get charity care (financial assistance) at his local hospital….  should he bother getting health insurance?  The big picture question: If you’re broke, and can’t get insurance from work, what are your best options? The big picture answer:  It totally depends!   <ul><li>Do you live in a state that expanded Medicaid?</li><li>What are the financial-assistance policies like at the hospitals around you?</li><li>What kind of health care do you know you’re going to need?</li></ul> We had expert help here:   Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation, and . Jared Walker, founder of Dollar For, and a super-expert on charity care.   If you want to go deeper:<ul><li>We did a three-part series on picking health insurance in our First Aid Kit newsletter. <a href="https://firstaidkit.substack.com/p/how-to-choose-health-insurance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start here</a>. </li><li>An episode from last year explored some more <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/avoid-crappy-health-insurance/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dos and don’ts for picking health insurance</a>.</li><li>In a<a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/is-it-ever-appropriate-to-fudge-a-little/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> 2018 episode</a>, we talked with another listener — a “financial therapist” — who had her own deep questions about health insurance. </li></ul> We’d love for you to support this show. Now is a great time to do it. This month, every dollar you donate is DOUBLED, thanks to NewsMatch and the Institute for Nonprofit News. Holy cow, what a deal. <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here, go for it</a>. <ul><li>Here’s <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Web-Transcript-S08-Ep04_Insurance-.pdf'=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a transcript of this episode</a>.</li><li>Send your stories and questions: <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://armandalegshow.com/contact/</a> or call 724 ARM-N-LEG</li></ul> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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In 2002, Sam Beam’s first album as Iron & Wine was released on Sub Pop Records. He’d given them a bunch of demos, and rather than have him re-record these songs, they released the demos themselves. Since then, he’s put out five more full-length albums and been nominated for multiple Grammys. 

For this episode, Sam looked back at the making of his song "Flightless Bird, American Mouth," from his 2007 album The Shepherd’s Dog. A year after that album came out, the song was used prominently in a scene in the movie Twilight, and it’s been one of the most popular Iron & Wine songs ever since. I talked to Sam at Blue Rock Artist Ranch and Studio in Wimberley, Texas, in front of a small audience. You’ll hear the original demo he recorded, and how that transformed into the final version of the song.

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Arts

Song Exploder

Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Nine principles for how you can connect, collaborate and build a successful business and meaningful life.

Business

The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey

Authentic Networking: The Give & Get Starts with Real Relationships – Joe Polish : 992

Juilan Baggini, Mina Salami, Hilary Lawson and Julie Bindel debate over the authority of so-called objective truth.

Philosophy For Our Times

Postmodernism in the dock | Julian Baggini, Mina Salami, Hilary Lawson and Julie Bindel

<div>Widely regarded as one of the top business leaders of his generation, Alan Mulally joins the show to discuss the formation of his leadership strategy and how you can apply his lessons to your life and business. On this episode Mulally breaks down the principles of how a team can work together toward a larger goal, creating a culture of love by design, the role of the leader, what happens when people opt out of working together, how to use the ideas of working together in your family life, and so much more.</div> <div> </div> <div>Mulally is perhaps best known as the former President and CEO of the Ford Motor Company, which was struggling during the late-2000s recession before Mulally used his teamwork-oriented philosophy to save the company. Under Mulally’s leadership from 2006-14, Ford was the only major car manufacturer to avoid a government bailout, and Mulally was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time. Prior to joining Ford, Mulally spent more than three decades at Boeing, where he eventually served as an Executive Vice President and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes.</div> <div> --</div> Want even more? Members get early access, hand-edited transcripts, member-only episodes, and so much more. Learn more here: <a href= "https://fs.blog/membership/">https://fs.blog/membership/</a> Every Sunday our Brain Food newsletter shares timeless insights and ideas that you can use at work and home. Add it to your inbox: <a href= "https://fs.blog/newsletter/">https://fs.blog/newsletter/</a> Follow Shane on Twitter at: <a href= "https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish">https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish</a> Support The Knowledge Project's Sponsors: <a href="https://www.metalab.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">MetaLab</a>: Helping the world’s top companies design, build, and ship amazing products and services. <a href="https://aeropress.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Aeropress:</a> Press your perfect cup, every time. <a href="https://www.houseofmacadamias.com/TKP" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-target-href= "http://www.houseofmacadamias.com/TKP">House of Macadamias:</a> Nourish your daily routine, nurture your lifestyle.

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#151 Alan Mulally: The Power Of Working Together

Today we talk about a famous call to action by the philosopher Guy Debord.

Philosophize This!

Episode #171 ... Guy Debord - The Society of the Spectacle

How can you use meditation & mindfulness to improve your sleep and overall brain performance? The terms meditation and mindfulness frequently get used interchangeably, but is there a difference? Today, I’m excited to have neuroscientist Ariel Garten back on the show. She’s the founder of Muse, the revolutionary and award-winning brain-sensing headband technology that makes meditation easy and effective. Listen in as Ariel goes on a deep dive into how meditation, mindfulness, and sleep affect the brain. If you’ve ever wondered how meditation works to improve brain performance from a neurological & scientific perspective, this episode is for you. I’m also excited to invite you to a unique opportunity just for our Kwik Brain listeners. Go to <a class="editor-rtfLink" href= "http://www.jimkwik.com/Muse" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">www.JimKwik.com/Muse</a> and get your device before December 31! Not only will you get an amazing discount, but you also get invited to an exclusive live one-hour webinar session with Ariel and me. We’ll answer all your burning questions about sleep, meditation, and brain health so you can optimize your life in the New Year. *** Do you want to stay up to date with every new episode and get my brand new Kwik Brain Accelerator Program? Go to www.KwikBrain.com/podcast to get instant access. ***

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Kwik Brain with Jim Kwik

258: Using Brainwaves to Improve Performance with Ariel Garten

Sister True Dedication discusses Thich Nhat Hanh’s six phrases – or mantras – to help keep your relationships on the rails.

Spirituality

10% Happier with Dan Harris

Six Buddhist Strategies for Getting Along Better with Everyone | Sister True Dedication

We've all heard that what you eat affects your health—but doctors prescribing dinner? It's real: Medically tailored meals are specifically designed to treat conditions such as kidney disease, diabetes, and heart disease, as well nourish people going through chemotherapy and radiation. Today, in a handful of places around the US, eligible patients can receive them for free, prescribed by their medical provider and reimbursed by their health insurance. There's even legislation in Congress that would roll this program out nationwide. This episode, Gastropod investigates: how do medically tailored meals work? From the science of how nutritionally designed dinners can affect disease progression, to the economics behind why it makes sense for taxpayers and insurers to invest in food, to the tricky logistics of bringing prescription meals to the masses, listen in now for the scoop on one of the biggest stories in healthcare.
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Food

Gastropod

Prescription Dinner: Can Meals Be Medicine?

Today, my guest is Dr. Meghna Dassani, an internationally educated dentist from Houston, Texas, who’s actually been to dental school twice! She has a vast amount of knowledge on this topic and has a passion for really delving into the world of sleep apnea, especially obstructive sleep apnea in adults and children. We go really …

The Wellness Mama Podcast

499: Dr. Meghna Dassani on Sleep Apnea and Why Healthy Sleep Is Such a Big Deal

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's account of the once great island of Atlantis out to the west, beyond the world known to his fellow Athenians, and why it disappeared many thousands of years before his time.  There are no sources for this story other than Plato, and he tells it across two of his works, the Timaeus and the Critias, tantalizing his readers with evidence that it is true and clues that it is a fantasy.  Atlantis, for Plato, is a way to explore what an ideal republic really is, and whether Athens could be (or ever was) one; to European travellers in the Renaissance, though, his story reflected their own encounters with distant lands, previously unknown to them, spurring generations of explorers to scour the oceans and in the hope of finding a lost world.

The image above is from an engraving of the legendary island of Atlantis after a description by Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680).

With 

Edith Hall
Professor of Classics at Durham University

Christopher Gill
Emeritus Professor of Ancient Thought at the University of Exeter

And

Angie Hobbs
Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield

Producer: Simon Tillotson

In Our Time: Philosophy

Plato's Atlantis

In this podcast, Eckhart talks with a live audience in Greece. He cautions participants against the belief that enlightenment is somewhere ‘out there’ or is something to be achieved in the distant future. He says we don’t have to go through a long process of ‘becoming’ to find liberation. Eckhart explains the irony is that when we look to the future, we miss the opportunity to find freedom right here in the present moment. He urges all of us to wake up and to realize we already are who we want to become.

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

You Already Are Who You Want To Become

How can combining your entrepreneurial spirit and a love for your community launch a business to overwhelming success? Gina Schaefer moved to the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington DC when it still had boarded-up homes and no public services. After being laid off from several tech startups, she decided she needed a change. What better change to make than to step up and improve your own community? She opened a hardware store down the street next to an addiction recovery group that became a safe haven for people. Her business has succeeded and she now owns multiple stores in the area. She joins us today to tell the amazing story of how she got that first location and what she's learned from her many employees over the years.
October is National Fire Prevention Month. Our friend Steve Kerber from the Fire Safety Research Institute joined us again this year to share the latest fire stats and ways to protect your family and your home in our headline segment. Then we answer Jason's question about saving for a college education in a 529. He isn't sold on the idea and we offer our thoughts. And Doug will share his trivia.
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The Magic of Your Dream Job, Team, & Community All at Once

Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including the award-winning “How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life”, “The Wisdom of a Broken Heart”, “Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation”, and “The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships”.  Susan has been a practicing Buddhist since 1993 and graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004. She is an internationally acclaimed meditation teacher, known for her ability to translate ancient practices into modern life. Her work has been featured on the Oprah show, TODAY, CNN, and in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others.  In 2013, she launched the Open Heart Project, the largest virtual mindfulness community in the world with 20,000 members. Her newest book is “The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship.”
In this episode, Eric and Susan discuss her newest book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781736943915">The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship</a>
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Susan Piver and I Discuss How to Discover Your Way of Being Through the Enneagram and …
<ul>
<li>Her book:  <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781736943915">The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship</a></li>
<li>Defining the enneagram as 9 paths or ways of being</li>
<li>How the enneagram can be used in a variety of ways based on the person</li>
<li>Defining warrior as one who is not afraid of oneself</li>
<li>How it’s best to take multiple tests to best determine your enneagram type</li>
<li>The subtypes of the enneagram and how they’re often easier to identify</li>
<li>Patience is required to utilize the deep system of the enneagram</li>
<li>How the enneagram defines our “cocoon” and also our way out of it</li>
<li>The arc of transformation that includes the passions and the virtues</li>
<li>How the enneagram leads us to compassion for ourselves and others</li>
<li>How we should “feel the energy” of a number rather than declare our number</li>
<li>Asking what does this mean to me, today</li>
</ul>
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We recap our trip to Mexico (thx again everyone for joining us and making this trip magic) and do a deep dive on some traditional Mexican Folk Art (El Arte Popular de Mexico) including discussion of ex votos, la cartoneria, talavera poblana, and alebrijes.
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The Art History Babes

Mexican Folk Art

Offering small group mini-lessons that students only sign up for if they are interested is another great way to offer personalized instruction. Author and writing instructor Melanie Meehan returns to share how she has used this strategy in her classroom. <hr /> Thanks to <a href="https://cultofpedagogy.com/EVERFI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EVERFI</a> and <a href= "https://studyo.co/pedagogy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Today by Studyo</a> for sponsoring this episode.

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