The following podcast contains explicit language.

Hey, Kristen.

Hey, Jolenta.

It's been one week since we lived by meditation for Figuity Sceptics by Dan Harris, Jeffrey Warren, and Carly Adler.

And you know what that means?

It means it's time for another by the book Minisoed!

That's right. It is time for another by the book Evilog or Minisoed.

So I still don't know what we call it.

Whatever we call it, you know, a show episode, a follow-up.

Exactly. And this week we are looking at the aftermath of living by meditation for Figuity Sceptics.

And Jolenta, before we start addressing specific letters, I think we should address a bigger issue

that a few listeners have written to us about.

Yeah, we have gotten some responses from people who are upset with what I said about meditation

not being used in schools.

And calling me out for, you know, being unaware, insensitive, and incapable of doing 10 seconds of research.

So I would like to respond.

First of all, I would like to say, ouch, that hurts my feelings.

But I can see where you're coming from, because I didn't explain myself in my rant very well.

And second, I would like to say, I wasn't no way trying to insult teachers when I asked why

meditation isn't being used more in schools and in other institutions.

I was trying to ask, why isn't it a regular part of most curriculums the way, you know,

standardized testing is?

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