Where We Goin’ Today?

Where We Goin’ Today?

Mountaineering, canyoneering, meditation, great books, awesome music, rubbing shoulders with icons, Buddhist philosophy, minimalism and retiring at 41. It’s been a lifestyle designed. Join me as I ramble and scramble my way through this life’s great adventures and mishaps—expressed through the lens of a longtime Buddhist and meditator. Where we goin’ today, anyway?

Episodes

Underground Adventures

August 23, 2023 • 22 mins
A childhood fascination with caves has led me to a lifetime of great adventures underground.
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Just a Scramble, Eh?

August 14, 2023 • 21 mins
After developing a reputation as a mountain climbing “sandbagger,” it should have come as no surprise that a songwriter-climber friend of mine would eventually craft a playful song poking fun at me. What’s surprising is how good the song turned out!
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Rubbing Shoulders

August 7, 2023 • 23 mins
In this episode, I reminisce on the dozens of celebrities I’ve encountered over the years.
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How’s He Do It??!

August 1, 2023 • 20 mins
Lifestyle design allowed me to retire at the age of 41. I’m not a wealthy man but I live an incredibly rich life.
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Increasingly Weird

June 26, 2023 • 20 mins
With life becoming progressively more strained and strange—death, despair, giving up, loneliness and isolation in the world around me—I turn to meditation to navigate the uncertain waters ahead.
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On the Bus, On the Farm

June 22, 2023 • 21 mins
Reflections on some of the creators of the American counterculture—Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” Ken Kesey & the Merry Pranksters, and the Grateful Dead—and the impact they had on my life.
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An Embarrassing Obsession

June 10, 2023 • 20 mins
A teenage fascination with Jim Morrison and the Doors led to a 20-year obsession about uncovering everything in the history of the band and writing a book about it.
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The Asia Diaries (Ep.9): Shikoku, Japan

June 8, 2023 • 25 mins
With plans to soon embark upon a 1,000-year-old 700-mile walking pilgrimage in southeastern Japan, we spent a week doing a 60-mile reconnaissance of this classic ascetic Buddhist circuit.
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Poems in the Night

June 6, 2023 • 20 mins
Reflections on a first big road trip around the mountains of the western U.S. that would spawn a decade of tireless mountain wandering.
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A Lookout in the Clouds

June 3, 2023 • 20 mins
A trio of summers working as a volunteer forest fire lookout would set the tone for a love and appreciation for mountains that persists to this day.
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The Asia Diaries (Ep.8): Pilgrimage (Part II)

June 1, 2023 • 21 mins
During the second half of our group pilgrimage, we encountered a giant snake during breakfast one morning, we visited several historically significant temples, and an unexpected illness reminded us of the uncertainty in all experience.
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Buddhism: Questions Answered

May 30, 2023 • 21 mins
In this episode, I answer listener questions about Buddhist “leadership,” the tenure of monks, and the practices of alms mendicants.
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A Ghost in the House

May 27, 2023 • 21 mins
For two summers, I lived in a haunted old house in coastal California. The good new is: I made friends with this spooky spirit. Believe it or not?!!
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The Asia Diaries (Ep.7): Pilgrimage (Part I)

May 25, 2023 • 22 mins
This week, a group of nine gathered in Bangkok to embark upon an 11-day pilgrimage of sacred Buddhist sites around Thailand.
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Two Kinds of Meditation

May 23, 2023 • 25 mins
In this episode, I respond to listener questions about the benefits of meditation and how to relax the mind through the practice of meditation.
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Taking Robes

May 20, 2023 • 21 mins
In this episode, I respond to listener questions about how a person becomes a Buddhist monk and the lives of monks in the Theravāda tradition of Buddhism.
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The Asia Diaries (Ep.6): Hai Van Pass, Hue & Hoi An

May 18, 2023 • 22 mins
Traveling one of the most beautiful roads in the world, I made my way to Hue—the scene of the bloodiest conflicts of the Vietnam War, the final resting place of the beloved Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, and home to a Theravāda Buddhist forest monastery.
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A Dissolving Me

May 16, 2023 • 20 mins
By learning to see this life experience in terms of five aggregates—form, feeling, perception, mental states and consciousness—we can begin to unravel misunderstanding and uncover a great path to peace.
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A Retreat to the Desert

May 13, 2023 • 20 mins
While relaxing in the charming beach resort city of Da Nang, Vietnam, I found myself reflecting on desert adventures, the Manson Family, and on the profound spiritual allure of Death Valley.
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The Asia Diaries (Ep.5): Da Nang, Vietnam

May 11, 2023 • 21 mins
A gorgeous, mountainous resort city on the ocean, marble mountains covered in Buddhist pagodas and dotted with caves, a massive statue of elegant Guanyin, and hundreds of bonsais—this is fabulous Da Nang!
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