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April 5, 2018 |

Is EPA Chief Scott Pruitt “Too Corrupt to Fire”? | MSNBC

Jay Michaelson joins MSNBC's Katy Tur to discuss the scandals plaguing the EPA administrator.

April 1, 2018 |

Coming Out of the Casket

Jay joins Myq Kaplan for a wide-ranging chat about heresy, neurosis, and lots of other things.

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March 17, 2018 |

Prosecutorial Misconduct: The Hidden Driver of Mass Incarceration

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March 7, 2018 |

Judaism and Evolving Dharma

Jay joins the Judaism Unbound podcast for a discussion of 21st century Judaism in an era of multicultural exchange.

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February 22, 2018 |

Water Has No Need of Opposites

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November 8, 2017 |

Anger, activism, and responsibility | Lama Surya Das and Jay Michaelson

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November 3, 2017 |

Bloggingheads: How the Bible’s Sex-Positive Values Were Lost

On this episode of Bloggingheads.tv, author-scholars David Carr and Jay Michaelson discuss some of the Bible's repressed sex-positive messages, and how they were turned into sex-negative ones

October 18, 2017 |

Xenophobia and Antisemitism in the Age of Donald Trump | SUNY New Paltz

Dr. Michaelson reviews the data on increased xenophobia in the Trump era, and calls for a richer understanding of antisemitism and its relationship to nationalist populism.  [Click here to watch]

October 8, 2017 |

Guided Meditation for Pessimists | 10% Happier

It all comes down to this.

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June 26, 2017 |

SCOTUS Puts Travel Ban on Life Support | MSNBC

Jay Michaelson discusses the Trump travel ban on the Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell [Click here to watch]

June 12, 2017 |

Engineering Enlightenment: Next-Generation Mindfulness in a Transhuman Future

Woodenfish Forum: "Buddhism and New Technology," Shanghai, China; June 12, 2017

May 12, 2017 | ,

Retreat or Resist? Dharma Practice in the Age of Trump

This talk was given by Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson on May 2, 2017, at the Mindful Reflection Community of Unity Temple in Oak Park, Chicago.

May 7, 2017 |

Religious Liberty and LGBT Equality at the Supreme Court | NPR

Jay is interviewed on public radio's State of Belief show.

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May 4, 2017 |

Queering Jewish Theology

Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson delivers the 2017 Gilberto Castaneda lecture, "Queering Jewish Theology," at Chicago Theological Seminary.

April 3, 2017 |

Making the Shadow Your Teacher | Tricycle

In this dharma talk hosted on Tricycle, Jay explores how true happiness can emerge, paradoxically, from accepting sadness.  [Click here to watch]

February 8, 2017 |

Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, And Public Policy | Pitt Law School

Dr. Jay Michaelson and Prof. Ira Karoll debate liberal vs. conservative understandings of religious liberty.

January 19, 2017 |

Lama Surya Das: Awakening Now

Episode 37: Lama Surya Das has on Jay Michaelson to talk about anger, activism, and our responsibility to others.

January 1, 2017 |

Mystic-Skeptic Podcast: Buddhism and Judaism, A Comparison, Part 1

Jay joins David Daniel Gonzalez to discuss the relationship between American Jews and Buddhism, and what different spiritualities have in common.

December 23, 2016 |

Sixty-Second Sermon: The Reason for the Season

In this Sixty-Second Sermon Rabbi Jay Michaelson reflects on how a calendar quirk helps remind us of what’s most valuable about the holidays.

December 3, 2016 |

Spiritual Responses to Trump | Robert Wright Show

September 26, 2016 |

2016 Hazon Retreat

July 26, 2016 |

Religion and the Democrats | State of Belief

Live from the Democratic National Convention, July 2016

July 19, 2016 |

Warren for VP? | CNN

Should Hillary Clinton choose Elizabeth Warren as her running mate?

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April 10, 2016 |

The Future of Buddhism | The Jay Forrest Show

Dr. Jay Michaelson discusses the future of Buddhism in the West with host Jay Forrest.

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April 3, 2016 |

The Supreme Court Nomination of Judge Merrick Garland |Charlie Rose Show

A discussion about President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland the Supreme Court. Charlie is joined by Jan Crawford of CBS News, Adam Liptak of the New York Times, and Jay Michaelson of The Daily Beast [click here to watch].

April 3, 2016 |

10% Happier with Dan Harris and Dr. Jay Michaelson | ABC News

Jay and Dan talk about what comes next after mindfulness.

March 20, 2016 |

The Gate of Tears: Difficult Emotions and the Path of Insight | Dharma Talk

Dharma talk given by Jay Michaelson in the Insight Chicago community in March, 2016.

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December 10, 2015 |

The Gate of Tears | Buddhist Geeks

In this conversation with host Vincent Horn, Jay discusses The Gate of Tears and its themes of compassion, joy, and justice.

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November 15, 2015 |

The Jew in the Lotus: 25 Years After the Journey

Award-winning author and teacher Rodger Kamenetz joined a conversation with Dr. Jay Michaelson 25 years after The Jew in the Lotus.

The Jew in the Lotus: 25 Years After the Journey from NMAJH on Vimeo.

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November 15, 2015 |

The Gate of Tears | The Robert Wright Show

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