Contemplify

Contemplify

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The Contemplify podcast kindles the examined life for contemplatives in the world. Through artful musings & conversations with scholars, creatives, and master teachers each episode delivers a subtly intoxicating* exchange on the contemplative lifestyle with practical takeaways to emulate in daily life. Host, Paul Swanson, is a husband, father and contemplative educator at the Center for Action and Contemplation and co-host of Another Name for Every Thing with Richard Rohr**. *Contemplify is best served with a pint in hand. Please listen responsibly. ** All shenanigans, tom foolery and bally-hoo posted on Contemplify are my own. Contemplify is not representative of the Center for Action and Contemplation or Richard Rohr on any matter.

Recent Episodes

  • Andrew Krivak on the Inheritance of Loss, Death as a Character, and Like the Appearance of Horses

    6 days ago
  • Remembering Dr. Barbara Holmes (Replay of 2016 Conversation)

    3 weeks ago
  • Amy Leach on Becoming Salt of the Universe

    4 weeks ago
  • Ben Katt on Getting Quiet, Midlife, and the Power of Ritual (also, we chat about David Hasselhoff)

    1 month ago
  • Jeffrey Martin on Thank God We Left the Garden, Letters, and Literature

    2 months ago
  • Susan Murphy on Zen Koans for Facing the Climate Crisis, the vast meaning of Country, and Cooling Fires

    2 months ago
  • Drew Jackson on Touch the Earth, Poetry as a Lifesaver, and the Importance of Lucille Clifton

    3 months ago
  • Tracy Cochran on the Art of Presence, Mistakes as Practice, & the Grief of Awakening

    3 months ago
  • Brian McLaren on Life After Doom, Patient Urgency, & Complexifying Hope

    4 months ago
  • Cassidy Hall on Queering Contemplation, Letting Go of Thomas Merton, and Expanding Foundations

    4 months ago