291: Roshi Joan Halifax

Duncan Trussell Family Hour

Comedy Interviews, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Comedy

4.8 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2018

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Roshi Joan Halifax is an abbot at the Upaya Zen Center is Santa Fe. She's also a peace worker, an activist, an author, and a personal inspiration. Her book "Standing At The Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear And Courage Meet" is an exploration of the way that states like altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement can actually transform into violence and selfishness if we aren't careful and precise.

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0:00.0	Alert, alert. Long, potentially offensive podcast intro ahead. If you want to jump straight into a conversation with one of the coolest human beings I've ever met on planet Earth,
0:15.0	Rochie Joan Halifax, just skip ad 15 minutes. Alert, alert. Greetings to you, beautiful friends. It is I, D-Trustle, and you have tuned in to the cosmic pulsation of Sonic Glory.
0:30.0	That is the Duncan Trustle Family Hour podcast. This is your first time listening. I am a trained actor. I went to the Rosen Glownder School of Method Acting.
0:42.0	For example, you might seem like I'm stammering right now, but that's acting. Or you might hear that it sounds like I have a cold a little bit, but I don't. I'm just acting like I have a cold because I have incredibly refined.
0:59.0	Atty Hattlers.
1:04.0	I don't mean to brag, new listener, but you should know that every single thing that you're hearing me say right now has been written by Farnus Chinth. Damn it.
1:14.0	How about that?
1:20.6	Pure acting.
1:23.0	That's right.
1:24.6	This wasn't actually written by Farnas Tent.
1:27.6	There was no actual burp that just happened.
1:31.8	It might seem like I tried to make up some fake name of a playwright or something and
1:36.9	then like burped, but that didn't happen.
1:39.8	I acted that out.
1:41.4	I'm just acting.
1:43.6	So you should know.
1:45.0	You listener that my name is not actually Duncan Trussell.
1:49.1	My real name is Luis Adel.
1:50.9	I know what you're thinking.
1:52.7	I've actually met you in person and you're not a French woman.
1:57.5	You're a dude with a beard.
1:59.2	And my only response to that would be...
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