Conversations on Healing & Growth

In a world whirling with superficiality, Ben and Martin discuss the nature of the sacred and how we access it within ourselves and in connection with the world around us. 

In this episode, Ben interviews Zeke Perkins, a labor organizer with an extensive history over the last 15 years in the protest movement. He shares his experience tracking, recording and interacting with Commander Bovino and his 80 U.S. Border Patrol agents as they moved through Chicago as an occupying army on Sunday, September 28th, 2025. 

In this episode, we talk about about storytelling as a healing modality, and how we can embody our biggest story with authenticity.

In this episode, Ben and Martin offer a recipe for cultivating creativity in life by way of the TV show "The Bear".

In this episode, we focus on worldwide inter-connectivity and what comes when we make conscious choices in our economic caste system. 

In this episode, Ben and Martin speak with Diane Umstead about her lifelong journey advocating for children and what it means to her as she transitions into a new phase of life.

In this episode, Martin and Ben inquire into and explore a correlated journey between the rise of empathy and the technologies that have brought us to an increasingly desensitized and overwhelmed world. 

Returning to our Your Part series, Martin speaks with visionary educator Romey Pittman on resiliency, coming to terms with the dynamics of power, and the foundational importance of connection in the classroom and beyond. 

In this episode Martin and Ben dynamically explore creativity in relation to materials and resources, dance into the realm of the Chakras, and within the flow, bring the tragedy of the commons into consideration within the freedom and responsibility that comes when using technologies such as AI. 

In this episode, Martin and Ben explore the threads and consequences of hyper-rationality and unprocessed emotion. In doing so, we discover an unexpected truth.

In this episode, Martin and Ben explore the fevered aspiration of  generational wealth in American culture. A notion of ascension not seeded in equity or fairness but rather in achieving immortality through material wealth and its accompanying power.

In this conversation we touch upon the nature of home, what her vision for a more patient cinema feels like, and how inner practice meets life through a sense of community and shared vision. It is often the case that humans see this process through the lens of struggle rather than possibility. Our conversation explores this dichotomy through a more joyful and conscious lens.

In the 25th episode, Martin and Ben explore the transformative impact that an engaged practice in presence has on shaping our sense of time.

Martin and Ben speak with Rory Turner, Professor Emeritus in Sociology & Anthropology at Goucher College, about the nature of flow, the power of storytelling, and the concept and practice of Communitas.

In this episode, Martin and Ben share a conversation with Tom Clement, documentary cinematographer and director, whose latest work, Projecting Protest, is the centerpiece of our discussion around Tom's creative journey as a filmmaker.

In this episode, Martin and Ben discuss with Luna S. Perkins her experiences in bringing conscious awareness to life as a human being, an artist and a writer.

In this episode, Martin and Ben discuss how a conscious practice in life leads to the Unfolding.

In the latest episode of the podcast, Martin and Ben wrap up their Three Treasures of Daoism series, exploring humility through personal truth and integrity.

In order to deepen resiliency in a chaotic world, Ben and Martin share experiences in the practice of simplicity.