Category Archives: Podcast

The MWS Podcast 53: Jean Boulton on Complexity Theory & Spirituality

Podcast, Science, spirituality, ,

Jean Boulton has a background in theoretical physics and is a strategy consultant and also a part-time academic at both Bath and Cranfield universities. She is passionate about the implications of complexity theory for management and policy development as well as its connection to spiritual traditions. It is this relationship between complexity theory and spirituality that will be the topic of our conversation today.


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The MWS Podcast 52: Gay Watson on a Philosophy of Emptiness

Ethics, Philosophy, Podcast,

Gay Watson has a PhD in Religious Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. She trained as a psychotherapist with the Karuna Institute in Core Process, a Buddhist inspired psychotherapy. She is very much concerned with the dialogue between Buddhist thought, psychotherapy and the Mind Sciences and is the author of Beyond Happiness, Deepening the Dialogue Between Buddhism, Psychotherapy and the Mind Sciences and she’s here to talk to us today about her latest book A Philosophy of Emptiness.


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The MWS Podcast 51: Stephen Batchelor & Robert M. Ellis on the Middle Way

Buddhism, Middle Way Philosophy, Podcast

Stephen and Robert discuss the idea of the Middle Way both within Buddhism and beyond it.


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The MWS Podcast 50: Michael Brooks on the role and state of science

Podcast, Science,

The science writer Michael Brooks holds a PhD in quantum physics  and as well as authoring several popular science books including, The Secret Anarchy of Science,  the bestselling 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense and At the Edge of Uncertainty, he’s also written the novel Entanglement. In addition, he’s a journalist and broadcaster. He regularly writes for the Guardian,  he’s a former feature editor of the New Scientist magazine and writes a weekly column for the New Statesman.  Michael is here to talk to us about the state and role of science today, how one goes about doing good science, some pitfalls to avoid and what the future may hold for this fascinating field of human endeavour.


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The MWS Podcast 46: Frank Ledwith – member profile

Health, Member Profile, Podcast, Psychology

In this latest member profile, Frank Ledwith, a retired university teacher and lecturer, talks about his early life, how his career unfolded, his interest and involvement with Buddhism, the work of Stephen Batchelor and what the Middle Way means to him.


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