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December 03, 2019 — Robert Wright & Jay Michaelson
The Wright Show
Jay's new book, Enlightenment by Trial and Error
Why Jay embarked on a path of mysticism
Ayahuasca, unitive experiences, and bad trips
Jews who are "religious but not spiritual"
Finding "real happiness" through meditation
Varieties of enlightening experience
What's distinctive about Jewish mysticism?
The things Jay still takes from Judaism
February 20, 2017 — Robert Wright & Mark Van Steenwyk
The Wright Show
Meet Mark Van Steenwyk, Christian Anarchist
Mark's mystical experience at a Bible camp
The time Mark was diagnosed with demonic possession
Forms of Christian activism
Trump makes anarchism more appealing
Mystical dimensions of political activism
Getting the attention of Christians via civil disobedience
July 08, 2015 — Robert Wright & Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
The Wright Show
Was Spinoza spiritual but not religious?
Why Rebecca left Orthodox Judaism for atheism
Transcendent experiences within a materialist universe
Is science displacing philosophy?
Finding Plato's mysticism
Rebecca: In moments of despair, I turn to Spinoza
September 10, 2015 — Robert Wright & John Thatamanil
Conversations@Union
Paul Tillich's conception of God as "the ground of being"
Viewing the Christian tradition as symbolic, not literal
Tillich's engagement with Eastern mysticism
How Tillich wrestled with the problem of evil
Tillich's recasting of the idea of divine revelation
Is there consolation in Tillich's view of death?
February 12, 2016 — Daniel Kaufman & Robert Wright
Sophia
A quick look at the life of Wittgenstein
The misunderstood philosopher
How does language represent reality (if at all)?
Wittgenstein the Mystic
Why your private thoughts are public
Cognitive science's big Wittgensteinian problem
September 18, 2019 — Nikita Petrov & David Poleski
Nikita's Soviet experience
The individual in Russian and English languages
Toska, the noble Russian sadness
Nikita's American friend, the murderer
David's Negative Mystical Experience and brush with Sai Baba
What Nikita learned from DMT trips
Creativity and depression
January 20, 2016 — Robert Wright, Roger Haight & Paul Knitter
Conversations@Union
Jesus, Buddha, Roger and Paul: friends in conversation
How do you say "nirvana" in Christian?
The perennial philosophy
Religious pluralism as a political imperative
Why Paul will not live for eternity (and Roger will)
When Christian mysticism feels pretty Buddhist
October 19, 2016 — Robert Wright & Sam Harris
The Wright Show
Sam Harris, mystic and atheist
The mystery of consciousness
Is mysticism more like science than like religion?
How religion makes progress
Sam's case for intolerance
The root causes of extremism
Religious and secular reasons to do good
Ways religion may be closer to the truth than atheism
A secular approach to death
August 30, 2015 — Robert Wright & John Horgan
The Wright Show
Is the meaning of life a matter of taste?
Suicidal despair vs. the wonder of existence
John: We must believe in free will
The downsides of free will
Finding meaning in psychedelic experiences
John's craziest drug trip: "God chewing his fingernails"
July 06, 2016 — Robert Wright & Steven Nadler
The Wright Show
What made Spinoza a heretic?
Why Spinoza matters today
Perspectives on the purpose, if any, of nature
Religion: a source of morality, meaning, and fear
Spinoza's mysticism--or lack thereof
Parallels between Spinozan and Buddhist thought
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