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Episode 4: Mindfulness and the Politics of Eating a Raisin
Over the decades, Buddhist practice, with its own set of traditions, ethics and beliefs, has been transformed in the West to “mindfulness”, a therapeutic...
Episode 3: Eight Hairs of the Buddha
After the outbreak of violence and mass displacement of the Rohingya in western Myanmar in 2017, I travelled to the country, speaking to activists,...
Jesse Harvey: The Church of Safe Injection
Today’s Polarities interview is with Jesse Harvey, a harm-reduction advocate from Portland, Maine. Harvey founded the Church of Safe Injection in...
David Frye: “The Walls Were Made of Mud and Men”
David Frye is the author of the book Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick. In our interview, we talk about the ancient but universal...
Douglas Massey: The Invention of the U.S.-Mexico Border
I was honoured to speak with Douglas Massey, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Massey’s specialty is the U.S.-Mexico...
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