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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The Panic is a new comedy podcast from Wondery that leans into our most absurd anxieties and

defuses them with humor and actual advice. Listen to Don't Panic on the Wondery app or

wherever you get your podcasts.

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

Sharon Salzberg. It's my guest today. She's a towering figure in the meditation world

and in my life and in my practice. If you are meditating today, whether you've heard

of Sharon or not, she is most likely part of the reason. She was part of a small handful

of people who helped bring meditation to the United States from Asia back in the 1970s.

She's a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society which is a meditation retreat center

in Massachusetts. She's written a bunch of books, all of which are excellent, many of

which I recommend to people who are beginning meditators including a book called Real Happiness

and also Real Happiness at Work. She also wrote excellent books by the names of Faith

and which we will talk about. She has a different sort of twist on the word Faith and also a book

called Loving Kindness which may sound like an impossibly sort of syrupy notion but Sharon

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