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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.

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

Another guest today. I often get asked about the difference between mindfulness meditation

and TM or Transadental Meditation. This week we're talking with teacher named Light

Watkins who teaches in the Vedic tradition, which is the tradition out of which Transadental

Meditation emerges. And he's been doing it since the late 90s. I'm trying to keep a positive

attitude about him because he's so damn good looking that it's annoying, but other than

that he's fantastic. And I think you'll love his story and what he has to say about

what meditation's done for him and for many of the people he's worked with.

So we'll get to light in a second. Also you'll find out how he ended up taking the name

light. We'll get to him in a second. Let's do your voicemails first and per usual the

caveat. I'm not a mental health expert or a meditation teacher and I haven't heard

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