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![Buddhist environmentalism through philosophy of language](https://episodes.castos.com/62333884546093-60323470/images/1723636/c1a-69or0-p8dx5xjkfprv-cgoblr.png)
April 29, 2024
Buddhist environmentalism through philosophy of language
A conversation with Nan Kathy Lin, visiting assistant professor at Oberlin College in religious ethics and critical thought. Her work focuses on East Asian...
00:27:48
![Rescaling the human: Nature, culture, and science in the Gobi Desert](https://episodes.castos.com/62333884546093-60323470/images/1716941/c1a-69or0-zo5dw04ncvm9-q62s4x.jpg)
April 24, 2024
Rescaling the human: Nature, culture, and science in the Gobi Desert
A conversation with Matt King, professor of Buddhist studies at the University of California, Riverside. King is also the director of Asian studies and...
00:49:34
![Earth, water, fire, wind, space: Contemplative ecology in Buddhism](https://episodes.castos.com/62333884546093-60323470/images/1717483/c1a-69or0-xmzw9qm7bk5o-rfop5p.jpg)
April 22, 2024
Earth, water, fire, wind, space: Contemplative ecology in Buddhism
A conversation with Devin Zuckerman, a Buddhist studies scholar from the University of Virginia whose research looks at Buddhist theories and practices involving the...
00:31:23
![Living mountains and mineral intimacies in Mongolia](https://episodes.castos.com/62333884546093-60323470/images/1718376/c1a-69or0-8m6wk4gwbxno-vuhgnl.png)
April 17, 2024
Living mountains and mineral intimacies in Mongolia
A conversation with Jessica Madison Pískatá, a cultural anthropologist who studies relationships between humans and geological landscapes on the peripheries of Cold War empires....
00:37:31
![A Clinical Bioethicist on End-of-Life Decision-Making](https://episodes.castos.com/62333884546093-60323470/images/1170680/sean.png)
June 23, 2022
A Clinical Bioethicist on End-of-Life Decision-Making
Dr. Sean Hillman discusses caregiving work and his research on end-of-life care in India through the lenses of religious studies, bioethics and the law....
00:51:55
![The Paisley Gate: Intersections of Buddhism & Psychedelics](https://episodes.castos.com/62333884546093-60323470/images/shutterstock-1808726512-1-.jpg)
June 14, 2022
The Paisley Gate: Intersections of Buddhism & Psychedelics
As psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies march towards likely legality for therapeutic purposes, we may ask how Buddhism and psychedelics intersect. In this episode, Kerry Helston explores...
00:35:04