Beste Alan Watts Podcasts (2024)

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Ep. 30 – Flow: Symbolic Reality vs. Real Reality 42:15

7d ago42:15

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In a lecture on symbolic reality versus real reality, Alan Watts explains the importance of total sensory awareness and looking at our motivations. "Symbolic Reality vs. Real Reality" is part of Flow, a three-part session in the TAO for NOW series of talks that you can listen to in full over at the Alan Watts Streaming Channel Today’s episode is br…

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The Not Alan Watts Podcast - Technology 27:16

21d ago27:16

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In this second episode, we embark on a philosophical odyssey, exploring how technology both enriches and complicates our lives. From windscreen wipers to digital communication, we question the true cost of progress and convenience. We unravel the complex emotions that arise when old and new collide, pondering the significance of parking apps, vinyl…

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The Not Alan Watts Podcast - Food. 26:18

1M ago26:18

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In this inaugural episode of The Not Alan Watts podcast, we explore the tantalising intersections between food and philosophy. From the "Easy Peeler" to the Zen of plain cheese pizza, we unravel the complex meanings hidden within cooking, eating, and labelling our food. We ponder the deeper significance of the pepper pot, question the obsession wit…

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The Not Alan Watts Podcast - Introduction. 2:15

1M ago2:15

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An introduction to The Not Alan Watts Podcast.Von Not Alan Watts

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Ep. 29 – Philosophy of the Tao 46:27

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Join us on a journey of contemplation and enlightenment in this captivating introduction to Taoism. Discover the profound wisdom of Taoist philosophy with Alan Watts as he invites us to embrace the course of nature. Through insightful exploration, he delves into the timeless significance of Yin and Yang, illustrating their inseparable connection an…

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Ep. 28 – Limits of Language 53:58

3M ago53:58

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Taking a trip through the constructs of form and labeling, Alan Watts philosophizes about the limits of language. This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit play.alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off you…

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Ep. 27 – Love Of Waters 23:01

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In celebration of the waters that bring life to all things, Alan Watts reflects on the separation between human civilization and the natural world. This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit play.alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts. Today's podcast is sponsored by Better…

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Ep. 26 – Relevance of Eastern Philosophy 1:01:38

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Using wisdom from Eastern philosophies, Alan Watts explains why Westerners should let go of any preconceived notions of God. This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit Alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts. This Alan Watts lecture features a discussion on: Comparative stud…

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Ep. 25 – Religion and Sexuality 28:30

8M ago28:30

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Bringing awareness to ecstatic grace, Alan Watts enlightens us on the sexual archetypes formed by religion. Two cultural icons. Two unique perspectives... One understanding of the presence of the way. Ram Dass' Love Serve Remember Foundation and the Alan Watts Organization invite you to open your mind, open your heart, and tap into the living truth…

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Ep. 24 – Myth of Myself 43:52

9M ago43:52

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This time on the Being in the Way Podcast, Alan Watts delves into questions of identity, purpose and buying into the ‘Myth of Myself’. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan In this episode, Alan Watts explores: The question of our own …

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Ep. 23 – Out of the Trap Pt. 2 29:34

11M ago29:34

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Picking up from our last episode, Alan elucidates faith versus belief, and how our individual existence is connected with the totality of the universe. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan From his houseboat in Sausalito, CA, Alan Wat…

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Ep. 22 - Out of the Trap Pt. 1 31:50

12M ago31:50

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Delving into the historically complicated human relationship to divinity, Alan Watts describes the trap of separateness. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan In this episode, Alan Watts explores: The sensation of our own existence Jew…

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Ep. 21 – Joyous Cosmology 1:09:34

1y ago1:09:34

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Offering us the possibility of waking up, Alan Watts contemplates the joyous cosmology that we are God playing the roles of ordinary people. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan In this episode, Alan Watts explores: If there could be …

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Ep. 20 – Man is a Hoax 34:25

1+ y ago34:25

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Sifting down behind the cultural myth of man as separate, Alan explores how we are all actually Earth, the Universe, and the Big Bang. In this episode of Being in the Way, Alan takes us on a journey from childhood to adulthood, highlighting how we are trained into separation from a young age, and forced to focus on the never-arriving “future,” rath…

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Ep. 19 – Improbable and Magical: A Tribute To G.K. Chesterton 44:42

1+ y ago44:42

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In this unique episode of Being in the Way, Alan Watts offers tribute to the life, humor, magic and ‘nonsense wisdom’ of writer, G. K. Chesterton. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan This series is brought to you by the Alan watts or…

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Ep. 18 – The Unpreachable Religion 29:20

1+ y ago29:20

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Exploring modern culture as actually anti-materialistic, Alan tackles matters of sedentariness, sensuousness, isolation, work, play, God, and sexuality. Host, Mark Watts, returns to introduce another thought-provoking talk from his father, Alan Watts. In this powerful lecture—one of his earlier field recordings, entitled ‘The Unpreachable Religion,…

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Ep. 17 – Learning the Human Game 43:44

1+ y ago43:44

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Alan Watts pulls back the veil of ‘the human game,’ digging into language, ethics, finding balance, and the art of the controlled accident. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan In this episode, Mark Watts introduces Alan Watts in ‘Lea…

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Ep. 16 – A Coincidence of Opposites 41:18

1+ y ago41:18

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Contemplating the coincidence of opposites within the 'human game,' Alan ponders the simple yet thought-provoking question: is existence serious? Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan In this episode of Being in the Way, Mark introduce…

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Ep. 15 – Changes: The Houseboat Summit with Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Synder, & Allen Cohen 1:11:55

2y ago1:11:55

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Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, & Allen Cohen join Alan Watts on his houseboat to discuss change, the evolution of society, and the practicality of 'dropping out.' Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan In this episode of Be…

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Ep. 14 – Aesthetics and Mystical Vision 1:04:14

2y ago1:04:14

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In this recording from 1972, Alan Watts lectures on mystical vision via art, aesthetics, and Buddhist and Daoist philosophy. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan This series is made in partnership with the Alan Watts Organization. Dis…

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Ep. 13 – Psychology of Mystical Experience 1:00:09

2y ago1:00:09

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Binding contrast into paradox, Alan takes us on a journey through the psychology of mystical experience in relation to life and death, followed by a jaunt through the power of nothingness. In this episode of Being in the Way, Mark Watts opens the door to the vault, introducing two rare recordings from his father, Alan Watts. The first lecture, enti…

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Ep. 12 – Cosmic Drama 59:47

2y ago59:47

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This time on the Being in the Way podcast, Alan Watts explores the concepts of identity and consciousness, looking at the role we play in the greater 'Cosmic Drama'. Before the talk from Alan, we invite you to listen to an insightful conversation between Mark Watts and his guest, Cory Allen, about getting in touch with the core ideas of Alan Watts’…

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Ep. 11 – Essential Teachings from the Gita w/ Ram Dass & Alan Watts 47:20

2y ago47:20

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Ram Dass joins Alan for a look at the tools that the Bhagavad Gita offers us to face life's challenges head-on. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan This series is made in partnership with the Alan Watts Organization. Discover the off…

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Ep. 10 – Veil of Thoughts: Money, Relationships & Desire 1:12:32

2+ y ago1:12:32

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Alan Watts explores the 'veil of thoughts' in money, civilization & progress; before shifting gears to the 'divine madness' of marriage & falling in love. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan This series is made in partnership with th…

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Ep. 9 – Inevitable Ecstasy 1:00:35

2+ y ago1:00:35

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Illuminating the truth of the relationship between awareness and self, Alan Watts naturally opens us to the inevitable ecstasy of surrender. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan This series is made in partnership with the Alan Watts O…

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Ep. 8 – Man and Nature 58:20

2+ y ago58:20

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In this intimate session, Alan Watts shares distinctive philosophical vantage points outlining humankind's relationship to nature. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan Welcoming listeners into a seminar session from SMU in 1965, Mark …

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Ep. 7 – Drugs: Turning the Head or Turning On 1:03:43

2+ y ago1:03:43

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Can you get mysticism in a bottle? Alan Watts explores the drug question, in this psychedelically infused episode of Being in the Way. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan In this talk at San Jose State during the counterculture bloom…

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Ep. 6 – On Being God 1:20:31

2+ y ago1:20:31

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In 'On Being God,' Alan shares on therapy, religion, mystical experiences, & Jesus, before playing the hilarious and light-shedding role of a clinical patient who realizes they're God. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan Following in…

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Ep. 5 – Zen Bones 56:41

2+ y ago56:41

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Alan Watts illuminates the nuances of Zen and the Unspeakable World in this dynamic 'Zen Bones' talk adorned with Buddhist chanting, chimes, and gongs. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan Mark Watts introduces a classic talk entitled…

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Ep. 4 – Our Place In The Universe 44:24

2+ y ago44:24

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Uncovering how we arise mutually with all things, Alan Watts examines our place in the universe and how very natural it is to be human. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan Continuing the last episode's dharma talk on Taoism, relativi…

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Ep. 3 – In Your Own Way 47:14

3y ago47:14

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Alan Watts illuminates the connections between Taoism and relativity, technology and human evolution, culture and separation, Saints and rascals, you and not-you, as well as difference and unity. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/alan F…

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Ep. 2 – Dropping Out From Karma 1:09:48

3y ago1:09:48

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In the second episode of Being in the Way – an Alan Watts podcast exclusively on the Be Here Now Network – Alan's son, Mark Watts, shares background on Alan's early life, before introducing two of his father's specially curated dharma talks: Taoist Way of Dropping Out From Karma (Part III), and Wisdom of the Ridiculous. Today's podcast is sponsored…

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Ep. 1 - Following the Taoist Way 1:00:57

3y ago1:00:57

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Being in the Way is a podcast series that explores the Alan Watts Archive’s 100-hour tape collection. Hosted by Alan's son, Mark Watts, Being in the Way features curated talks from Alan Watts and conversations with guests who continue to be inspired by Watts' work today. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your firs…

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The Official Alan Watts Podcast is Coming to the Be Here Now Network! 3:10

3y ago3:10

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The Alan Watts Organization and Be Here Now Network have come together to bring you a new podcast series that dives deep into the Alan Watts Archive’s 100-hour collection of talks - from the most popular talks lighting up the Internet today to recordings not heard in 40 years. This Monday, June 7th, discover for yourself why Alan Watts has continue…