September 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 12: Rude Awakenings: Devendra Banhart and Sam Bercholz in Conversation Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes Singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart is a guest host on this episode featuring publisher, author, and Buddhist teacher Sam Bercholz for a warm, searching, and frequently hilarious conversation about wakefulness, suffering,
August 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 11: Finding Your Way Home with Cuong Lu Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this episode of This Very Moment, we are joined by author and Zen teacher Cuong Lu for a deeply personal conversation about freedom, grief, spiritual practice, and finding one’s way
July 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 10: Another Kind of Freedom: An Intimate Conversation with Pema Chödrön Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, Pema Chödrön reflects on her life, practice, teaching, and making Buddhist wisdom accessible in everyday experience as the milestone of her 90th
June 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 9: The Dance of Sound and Meaning with Larry Mermelstein Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this episode of This Very Moment we are joined by Larry Mermelstein, a longtime student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and a founding member of the Nalanda Translation Committee.
May 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 8: Dream Yoga to Sleep Science Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this episode of This Very Moment, we sit down with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a revered master of the Bön tradition of Tibet. Rinpoche traces the distinctive qualities of Bön, from Dzogchen to
April 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 7: From Hardship to Heart-Opening Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes Episode 7 of This Very Moment features Zen teacher, meditator, and author Diane Musho Hamilton in a rich conversation about learning to be with life as it is. Diane shares how early encounters with
March 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 6: Skepticism, Skateboarding, and Samadhi with Devendra Banhart Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this episode, musician and visual artist Devendra Banhart sits down with Ivan Bercholz for an intimate conversation about how Buddhist practice, books, and subculture have shaped his life and work, leading him to This Very Moment. From his early years
February 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 5: The Nomadic Life of the Lazy Lama with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this intimate conversation, eminent Tibetan Buddhist master and scholar Ringu Tulku Rinpoche traces his extraordinary life shaped by exile, rigorous study, a lifetime of practice and teaching across
September 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 12: Rude Awakenings: Devendra Banhart and Sam Bercholz in Conversation Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes Singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart is a guest host on this episode featuring publisher, author, and Buddhist teacher Sam Bercholz for a warm, searching, and frequently hilarious conversation about wakefulness, suffering,
August 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 11: Finding Your Way Home with Cuong Lu Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this episode of This Very Moment, we are joined by author and Zen teacher Cuong Lu for a deeply personal conversation about freedom, grief, spiritual practice, and finding one’s way
July 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 10: Another Kind of Freedom: An Intimate Conversation with Pema Chödrön Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, Pema Chödrön reflects on her life, practice, teaching, and making Buddhist wisdom accessible in everyday experience as the milestone of her 90th
June 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 9: The Dance of Sound and Meaning with Larry Mermelstein Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this episode of This Very Moment we are joined by Larry Mermelstein, a longtime student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and a founding member of the Nalanda Translation Committee.
May 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 8: Dream Yoga to Sleep Science Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this episode of This Very Moment, we sit down with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a revered master of the Bön tradition of Tibet. Rinpoche traces the distinctive qualities of Bön, from Dzogchen to
April 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 7: From Hardship to Heart-Opening Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes Episode 7 of This Very Moment features Zen teacher, meditator, and author Diane Musho Hamilton in a rich conversation about learning to be with life as it is. Diane shares how early encounters with
March 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 6: Skepticism, Skateboarding, and Samadhi with Devendra Banhart Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this episode, musician and visual artist Devendra Banhart sits down with Ivan Bercholz for an intimate conversation about how Buddhist practice, books, and subculture have shaped his life and work, leading him to This Very Moment. From his early years
February 15, 2026 This Very Moment Episode 5: The Nomadic Life of the Lazy Lama with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this intimate conversation, eminent Tibetan Buddhist master and scholar Ringu Tulku Rinpoche traces his extraordinary life shaped by exile, rigorous study, a lifetime of practice and teaching across
