November 19, 2022

One Fierce Heart Podcast: The Power of Meditation

Jay discusses meditation, religion, and how they can go awry on the One Fierce Heart podcast.

October 3, 2022

Shift Summit: The Paradoxes of Ethical Mysticism

Deep mystical practice often engenders powerful peak experiences.  Yet ethical commitments to meaningfully reduce suffering — for oneself and especially for others — requires a holding lightly of these experiences, intuitions, and insights.  Drawing on Biblical, Kabbalistic, Dharmic, and contemporary entheogenic sources, this session explores the dance between these poles as part of the contemporary mystic quest.

August 22, 2022

Judaism Unbound Podcast: More Religious Heresy

Jay joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg to discuss his most recent book, The Heresy of Jacob Frank, introducing the wild world that was Jacob Frank's life and connecting Frank's 18th-century ideas to the present-day.

June 16, 2022

Take It On Podcast: Mastering Mindfulness with Meditation

Jay joins Reid Milkens and Jonah Jacobs to explore the challenges facing Gen Z and provide practical steps to develop healthier relationships with our emotions.

October 1, 2021

New York Insight Meditation Center: Consolations of the Triple Gem

In a talk at the New York Insight Meditation Center in October 2021, Jay explores the ways in which the Buddha Dharma offers more than meditative skills, and provides consolation in challenging times.

August 13, 2021

Contact Chai Podcast: The High Holidays

Rabbi Lizzi is joined by Jay Michaelson, a writer who works at the intersection of politics and spirituality, to discuss the power, potential and pitfalls in mining our shared tradition's liturgy, practices and themes.

June 8, 2021

The One You Feed Podcast: Enlightenment by Trial and Error with Jay Michaelson

In this episode, Eric and Jay discuss his book, Enlightenment by Trial and Error, how Jay's LGBT activist work and meditation work enrich each other, and the commonality between Buddhist and Jewish spiritual practices.

March 3, 2021

Hinenu: Embodied Judaism Embodied Judaism Launch with Rabbi Dr Jay Michaelson on “God in Your Body”

Jay discusses his book "God in Your Body" for the Hinenu: Embodied Judaism Program at https://www.alephcanada.ca

February 25, 2021

Seekers of Union: Mysticism vs Meditation?

In this convo, we explore ‘mysticism today,’ the insights of mysticism within a context of healthy modern skepticism and contemporary life.

December 4, 2020

10% Happier Podcast: What Is Happiness?

What is happiness? Investigate how happiness is created, what it’s really like, and learn to access the simple happiness of right now.

July 14, 2020

WeCroak: Enlightenment by Trial and Error

Jay Michaelson joins Hansa Bergwall on the WeCroak Podcast to discuss his book "Enlightenment by Trial and Error" and the search for a meaningful life in a world that doesn’t always make it easy.

July 1, 2020

The Forbidden Apple Podcast: God vs. Gay

Jay Michaelson joins Pelayo Alvarez and Melissa Weisz to discuss the future of spirituality and to provide actionable tools on being mindful and present during the pandemic.

May 31, 2020

10% Happier: One Moment At A Time

Feeling anxious, restless, or sad? Try slowing way, way, way down. This talk is from Ten Percent Happier's Coronavirus Sanity Talks.

May 15, 2020

10% Happier: This Sucks

Four reasons it's helpful to admit the obvious. This talk is from Ten Percent Happier's Coronavirus Sanity Talks.

May 13, 2020

What’s Up With God? Podcast: Jay Michaelson and Sarah Hurwitz discuss devotion

Jay Michaelson and Sarah Hurwitz discuss spiritual devotion during the pandemic on the What's Up With God? podcast.

May 1, 2020

10% Happier: Learning From Your Fear

Fear is a powerful teacher -- but it is a teacher nonetheless. Here are four ways to learn from it. This talk is from Ten Percent Happier's Coronavirus Sanity Talks.

April 15, 2020

10% Happier: Inclining Toward Calm

How to adjust your meditation practice to focus on calm or insight -- whichever is most useful in the moment. This talk is from Ten Percent Happier's Coronavirus Sanity Talks.

April 1, 2020

10% Happier: How to Calm Yourself in Seconds

Dan Harris and guest Jay Michaelson demonstrate a simple breathing technique to calm yourself quickly.

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March 20, 2020

10% Happier: How to Handle Coronavirus Anxiety

We discuss practical tips for handling the fear, uncertainty, and denial that is arising for so many of us right now.

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March 3, 2020

The Road Home Podcast: Evolving Dharma

Jay Michaelson joins Ethan Nichtern to discuss integrating The Dharma into our modern lives.

December 18, 2019

Conversations on the Edge Podcast: Jay and Rami Shapiro on Being God in Drag

Had a great time talking with Rami Shapiro on his podcast @cote_show about how we are all God in drag! Check it out!

December 3, 2019

MeaningofLife.tv Podcast: Jay Michaelson and Robert Wright on Mysticism and Unitive Experiences

Jay Michaelson and Robert Wright discuss why Jay embarked on a path of mysticism

December 2, 2019

Judaism Unbound Podcast: Jay Michaelson, Dan Libenson & Lex Rofeberg on Religious Heresy

Jay joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg to discuss spirituality, heresy, and the prefix “un,” all through the lens of his new book, Enlightenment by Trial and Error.

November 18, 2019

Enlightenment by Trial and Error: Dan Harris and Jay Michaelson at the Rubin Museum of Art

Dan Harris interviews Jay about his new book Enlightenment by Trial and Error.

November 18, 2019

Unorthodox Podcast: Jay Michaelson and Liel Leibovitz on Spirituality and Politics

Two spiritually-interested spiritual Jews: one conservative, one liberal. What's at the root of their disagreement?

September 12, 2019

Wholehearted Podcast: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up

Koshin Paley Ellison, Jay Michaelson, and Jessica Morey come together to share stories of awakening through authentic relationship with others.

September 4, 2019

Engineering Enlightenment? Mindfulness in a Transhuman Future

Buddhism has been reformed and secularized for over 120 years. What happens when the brain can be modified directly to emulate the highest states of liberation?

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August 21, 2019

Guided Meditation: Happiness for Grumpy People

You can be deeply happy and a grumpy, cynical person at the same time. This three-minute meditation shows you how

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April 27, 2018

Meditation, Buddhism, and Toxic Masculinity

At this March, 2018, talk at Smith College, Prof. Michaelson discusses the ways in which the dharma can reduce and increase toxic masculinity.

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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