The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern Podcast
1) Ep. 157 - How Am I (Really?) Doing: The Power of Accurate Self-Assessment
Drawing on concepts from his latest book, Confidence, Ethan explores how it is that our self-assessment can be so off the mark so frequently, especially when it comes to seeing our progress along a lo...Show More
2) Ep. 156 - The Myth of (Conditional) Freedom
Ethan is back with a solo episode to discuss the Buddhist experience of liberation and (moksha) and how we can glimpse an experience it in our awareness and meditation practice. He also discusses the ...Show More
3) Ep. 155 - What Should a Teacher Say? with Francesca Cervero
Ethan is joined by friend and yoga teacher Francesca Cervero to talk about becoming a teacher as a livelihood, the duty of the teacher when it comes to building community in a post-pandemic world, and...Show More
4) Ep. 154 - How Do I Know If I’m Enlightened?
In this episode, Ethan discusses the crucial question of “enlightenment,” better translated as “awakening.” What does this word mean? What doesn’t it mean? How would we know if we were really there? I...Show More
5) Ep. 153 - You Won’t Heal Until You Love It : Inside The Neurological Storm with Reggie Hubbard
16 months ago, yoga/meditation/sound teacher Reggie Hubbard had a near-death experience, a major stroke. He visits the podcast to describe the experience of his "neurological storm" and the path of co...Show More
6) Ep. 152 - Crucial Questions: What Is The Bodhisattva Vow?
Ethan discusses three reasons we take vows and make commitments from a Buddhist perspective, and gives special emphasis to The Bodhisattva Vow, where we commit to not only pursue our own path of liber...Show More
7) Ep. 151 - Buddhist Geeks, 21st Century Practice, and The Duhkha of Palestine
Ethan welcomes Buddhist Geeks Co-Founder, teacher, and Palestinian-American Dharma teacher Vince Fakhoury Horn. They discuss the rise of "podcast dharma" in the early 21st century, Vince's path to tea...Show More
8) Ep. 150 - The Virtues of Boredom (The Most Boring Podcast Ever!)
This is the 150th episode of The Road Home Podcast! Yay, Big Deal! But, it’s—as always—also a conversation about the Dharma, and the mind, and how to work with your own experience. And your mind, espe...Show More
9) Ep. 149 - The Whole World Is Gold To Me: Tantra and Generosity
(This episode of The Road Home is dedicated to the memory of Joanna Macy—founder of the Eco-Dharma and Deep Ecology Movements—who passed this weekend at the age of 96) On this episode, a follow-up to ...Show More
10) Ep. 148 - No More Billionaires - Wealth, Livelihood and Generosity in the Hinayana and Mahayana
What is generosity (“dana” in the Buddhist languages), and how does it relate to our experience of wealth, our consumption, our labor, and our shared values as a society? How can we work with our crav...Show More