The Imperfect Buddha Podcast
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The Imperfect Buddha Podcast explores the world of contemporary western Buddhism in all its facets, mixing in banter with analysis. Now living @NewBooksNetwork
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"The first thing to do is not to provide a 'practical' solution. Don't act. Just think. The biggest danger today is to be dragged into 'doing'—to act, to intervene—to avoid the confrontation with the fact that we don’t really know what is going on." Žižek
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 AM
"The first thing to do is not to provide a 'practical' solution. Don't act. Just think. The biggest danger today is to be dragged into 'doing'—to act, to intervene—to avoid the confrontation with the fact that we don’t really know what is going on." Žižek
We use to be the tools of the powerful; now, we're the tools, or useful idiots, of algorithms and collective infantilism. A motto for our age might be: "Anything but have to think, carefully!"
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 AM
We use to be the tools of the powerful; now, we're the tools, or useful idiots, of algorithms and collective infantilism. A motto for our age might be: "Anything but have to think, carefully!"
“No amount of evidence will ever persuade a fool”
Mark Twain www.youtube.com/watch?v=m41Z...
Mark Twain www.youtube.com/watch?v=m41Z...
Stealers Wheel - Stuck in The Middle With You HQ
YouTube video by ATP69
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January 28, 2026 at 9:45 AM
“No amount of evidence will ever persuade a fool”
Mark Twain www.youtube.com/watch?v=m41Z...
Mark Twain www.youtube.com/watch?v=m41Z...
We always start with ourselves. We are not a problem to be fixed with endless techniques, but a living being that must bring practices into its own life and personalize them so they become real, and not the performance of an ideal person we hope to become.
January 22, 2026 at 8:35 PM
We always start with ourselves. We are not a problem to be fixed with endless techniques, but a living being that must bring practices into its own life and personalize them so they become real, and not the performance of an ideal person we hope to become.
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Thank you to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social and Miranda Melcher for the chat about my How To Recognize the Mafia Abroad
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Anna Sergi, "How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad: Critical Notes on ‘ndrangheta Mobility" (Policy Press, 2025)
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January 11, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Thank you to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social and Miranda Melcher for the chat about my How To Recognize the Mafia Abroad
Episodes wherever you get your podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/6207...
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(1) The concept of a hyper-ideologization of existence describes a state where every facet of human life—from the coffee you drink to the words you use in private—becomes a political or ideological statement. It is the collapse of the "private sphere" into the "political sphere."
January 13, 2026 at 6:49 AM
(1) The concept of a hyper-ideologization of existence describes a state where every facet of human life—from the coffee you drink to the words you use in private—becomes a political or ideological statement. It is the collapse of the "private sphere" into the "political sphere."
(2) In this state, nothing is neutral. Existence itself is no longer lived; it is performed and judged through the lens of a specific worldview.
January 13, 2026 at 6:49 AM
(2) In this state, nothing is neutral. Existence itself is no longer lived; it is performed and judged through the lens of a specific worldview.
You, dear follower, can find all our past episodes by heading down this digital rabbit hole: newbooksnetwork.com/category/aca... We've been less active of late but there are plans for a new season of more radical content.
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January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
You, dear follower, can find all our past episodes by heading down this digital rabbit hole: newbooksnetwork.com/category/aca... We've been less active of late but there are plans for a new season of more radical content.
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Emotional self-restraint is key to reducing suffering in this world. Emotional determination is mostly the product of ignorance. What stories about emotions and feelings have our dominant ideologies been telling? Do they have anything to say about self-restraint?
August 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Emotional self-restraint is key to reducing suffering in this world. Emotional determination is mostly the product of ignorance. What stories about emotions and feelings have our dominant ideologies been telling? Do they have anything to say about self-restraint?
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"The end is in the beginning and yet you go on." Samuel Beckett
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"The end is in the beginning and yet you go on." Samuel Beckett
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My friend Franco likes to argue that dividing the world between left and right is no longer a valuable means for making sense of the world we inhabit. Far better to divide it between the unthinking and ignorant, and those capable of thinking beyond their ideological obsessions. What do you think?
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My friend Franco likes to argue that dividing the world between left and right is no longer a valuable means for making sense of the world we inhabit. Far better to divide it between the unthinking and ignorant, and those capable of thinking beyond their ideological obsessions. What do you think?
When an ideology repeatedly intrudes into people’s life uninvited, through bloodshed and intimidation, lies and deception indifference ceases to be a neutral position.
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
When an ideology repeatedly intrudes into people’s life uninvited, through bloodshed and intimidation, lies and deception indifference ceases to be a neutral position.
The many universes theory has convinced me for a while: why would evolution produce one universe when an infinite number would produce infinite evolution? Unless you dispute infinity, there is no reason to believe existence is contained by a single emergence. spectator.com/article/davi...
David Deutsch: The Enlightenment, 'irrational memes' and how Wikipedia turned woke
The Amazon reviews for David Deutsch’s The Beginning of Infinity don’t alert you to the fact that this is a book on theoretical physics. They sound more like a weepy divorcé’s YouTube comments below a...
spectator.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The many universes theory has convinced me for a while: why would evolution produce one universe when an infinite number would produce infinite evolution? Unless you dispute infinity, there is no reason to believe existence is contained by a single emergence. spectator.com/article/davi...
My friend Franco likes to argue that dividing the world between left and right is no longer a valuable means for making sense of the world we inhabit. Far better to divide it between the unthinking and ignorant, and those capable of thinking beyond their ideological obsessions. What do you think?
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My friend Franco likes to argue that dividing the world between left and right is no longer a valuable means for making sense of the world we inhabit. Far better to divide it between the unthinking and ignorant, and those capable of thinking beyond their ideological obsessions. What do you think?
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"Everything has already been said. But since no one listens it is necessary to say it again."
Andre Gide
Andre Gide
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Everything has already been said. But since no one listens it is necessary to say it again."
Andre Gide
Andre Gide
"Everything has already been said. But since no one listens it is necessary to say it again."
Andre Gide
Andre Gide
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Everything has already been said. But since no one listens it is necessary to say it again."
Andre Gide
Andre Gide
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Music that makes life seem deeply precious for a moment. youtu.be/Wk02R4UNE3k
Nils Frahm - Them
YouTube video by Erased Tapes
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December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Music that makes life seem deeply precious for a moment. youtu.be/Wk02R4UNE3k
Music that makes life seem deeply precious for a moment. youtu.be/Wk02R4UNE3k
Nils Frahm - Them
YouTube video by Erased Tapes
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Music that makes life seem deeply precious for a moment. youtu.be/Wk02R4UNE3k
"The end is in the beginning and yet you go on." Samuel Beckett
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"The end is in the beginning and yet you go on." Samuel Beckett
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Modern meditation music for the culturally curious. youtu.be/VV-aPK2Gsbk
The Field - Made Of Steel, Made Of Stone
YouTube video by Raúl H. Cortés
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November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Modern meditation music for the culturally curious. youtu.be/VV-aPK2Gsbk
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Crow Series 05
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Crow Series 05
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Crow series 09
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Crow series 09
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Crow series 08
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Crow series 08
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Crow series 07
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Crow series 07
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Crow series 06
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Crow series 06