Tending Your Garden in a Burning World

Hard Knox with Amanda Knox

Knox Robinson Productions

True Crime, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In a moment when the news feels relentless and outrage is often treated as a moral obligation, Amanda reflects on what meditation is really for. Is sitting quietly a form of disengagement, or a way of learning how to respond without making things worse? Drawing on Zen practice, Buddhist history, and her own experience of trauma, activism, and family life, Amanda explores the false choice between rage and withdrawal, and makes the case for tending the quality of our own minds as a prerequisite for meaningful engagement. In a world on fire, this is an argument for care, clarity, and action that doesn’t multiply harm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For ad-free episodes of Hard Knocks, subscribe at Amandanox.substack.com, where you'll also find access to essays, bonus episodes, and more. Enjoy.
0:13.2	Olivia Culpo here to tell you all about the launch of the new Abercrombie Spring Denom Collection, made the way denim should feel.
0:21.1	Their denim has always been a staple in my wardrobe and has a wide range of fits, styles, and
0:25.6	washes.
0:26.5	Every gene is available in both their classic fit and viral curve love.
0:30.8	Shop in the app, online, and in stores. AI is incredible.
0:43.3	They can teach you how to fry an egg and even write a poem, pirate style.
0:48.3	But it knows nothing about your work.
0:52.3	Slackbot is different. It doesn't just know the facts. It about your work. Slackbot is different.
0:55.8	It doesn't just know the facts.
0:57.2	It knows your schedule.
0:59.8	It can turn a brainstorm into a brief,
1:01.8	and it doesn't need to be taught.
1:04.5	Because Slackbot isn't just another AI.
1:07.4	It's AI that knows your work as well as you do.
1:13.6	Visit Slack.com forward slash meet Slackbot to learn more. I'm Amanda Knox and you're listening to Hard Knocks.
1:18.6	About a week into hosting an online meditation circle for the month of January, I realized what I should have called it from the beginning.
1:33.3	Jan Awary! I know, you're welcome.
1:38.3	What better way to kick off the year, I thought, than by honing our attention and disciplining our minds to best respond to whatever
1:45.4	2026 may throw at us. Well, I wasn't anticipating 2026 throwing so much at us so soon.
1:54.8	Nicholas Maduro and his wife captured by U.S. forces, Renee Good, shot by an ICE officer in
2:00.3	Minneapolis, the people of Iran
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