We felt that we had something left to say before this election wraps up; clearly with a bang rather than a whimper. At the Zendo, we are in the midst of our Fall Practice Period and Mary is preparing to go poll watch in Nevada. So we carved s

How Do We Grieve For Orlando?

Jul 1st, 2016 38m 23s

Per Mary's request we open with a poem by Marge Piercy, "To Be of Use". How do we deal with a tragedy like Orlando? What actions do we take that can possibly mean anything? Perhaps we just talk with each other, grieve together and try and unde

To Practice In Interesting Times 04 - The Greatest and Primary Fallout

Jun 11th, 2016 41m 5s

This week is a little less practice and a little more politics as the primaries decided to crescendo and a major anti-war icon passed away since our last recording. We try to take it all in, understand it and I beg the Abbess to make me feel b

To Practice In Interesting Times 03 - What If We're Wrong?

Apr 21st, 2016 42m 18s

The Abbess sent me this quote, "History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to make another's pain in the heart our own." - Professor Julius Lester. What is history? We

To Practice In Interesting Times 02 - Politics Turn Violent

Mar 23rd, 2016 50m 15s

This week I wanted to avoid the trap of jumping right back on the Trump train and show that we had a broad expanse of political landscape in our brains. I wanted to make sure that we didn't get stuck headline chasing.And then the headlines suc

To Practice In Interesting Times 01 - Scalia

Mar 20th, 2016 50m 15s

Our first podcast finds me tossing Mary, a lawyer long long ago, some questions about the meaning of a factionalized justice system as represented in both the career of the late Justice Antonin Scalia and the bizarre fight over the method of hi

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