Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape

and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among

others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.

And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.

It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.

So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts.

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From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

This time on the show we're talking about a subject with which I am obsessed. It's

a deeply nerdy so prepare yourself. It's actually a controversial meditation topic. It's

a kind of meditation known as Janna meditation. If you haven't heard that word before, it's

an ancient Indian word JHA and a Janna meditation. It involves getting deeply concentrated

in meditation and then allegedly accessing these altered states of consciousness that are

associated with profound amounts of bliss and happiness and ecstasy which has given

my personal predilections as you might imagine. It can incredibly interesting to me. However,

as I said, controversial for a number of reasons. One, in the Buddhist world there are debates

about whether the Jannas are a waste of time, a diversion, potentially an addictive

diversion that doesn't help you reach enlightenment. You have to buy into enlightenment in order

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