Listen "Bonus Sample: Reimagining the Apocalypse"
Episode Synopsis
Apocalyptic language is everywhere: in the marketing copy of wellness influencers and pseudo-documentary makers selling spike protein detoxes and vaccine fear-mongering videos, and in the fervent anti-trans panic stoked by right-wing Substackers.
How we use language — and we use that how language to inspire actions — is everything.
Derek imagines a better use of language, and of understanding, through the lens modern secular Buddhism.
Show Notes
The World-Ending Fire — Wendell Berry
A Paradise Built in Hell — Rebecca Solnit
After Buddhism — Stephen Batchelor
Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist — Stephen Batchelor
Buddhism — Alan Watts
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How we use language — and we use that how language to inspire actions — is everything.
Derek imagines a better use of language, and of understanding, through the lens modern secular Buddhism.
Show Notes
The World-Ending Fire — Wendell Berry
A Paradise Built in Hell — Rebecca Solnit
After Buddhism — Stephen Batchelor
Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist — Stephen Batchelor
Buddhism — Alan Watts
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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