September 2021 Musing on Ralph Waldo Emerson's philosophy of life. Season 2 of Contemplify is getting warmed up on the stove. I'll let you know when i...
Like People or Dogs
This marks the 100th episode of Contemplify. We celebrate the triple digit with a musing and an announcement.
Charlie Chaplin in the Gears of Modern Times
A contemplative musing on machines, lifeblood, and facing the facts of life. Visit contemplify.com for more shenanigans
Scott Ballew on Talking to Mountains & the Sublimity of Sad Songs
Scott Ballew is songwriter from Austin, Texas. He earns his keep as the Head of Films and Commercials at YETI, producing and directing films that insp...
Tending to the Spiritual Interior of Language with Lia Purpura
There is so much I can say about the poet and essayist Leah Purpura. I’ll give this brief introduction, Lia was a finalist for the National Book Criti...
Deadstock in the Storm with Jeffrey Foucault
Jeffrey Foucault is a top shelf songwriter. Foucault has a slew of albums worth your collection and his latest album, Deadstock, should be the first o...
Being is Action with Andrew Krivak
Andrew Krivak is the author of three novels: The Signal Flame (2017), a Chautauqua Prize finalist, and The Sojourn (2011), a National Book Award final...
Immersion Journalist of the Soul with Fred Bahnson
Fred Bahnson is an immersion journalist of the soul and one of my favorite public contemplative intellectuals. If you’ve been hanging out around Conte...
Answering the Monk Within with Beverly Lanzetta
Beverly Lanzetta is a profound teacher who invites her readers and students to engage in the fullness of Mystery each day through the cultivation of p...
Advent Outpost from the Backporch (#3)
I’m closing this Advent Series out with some poetic gifts. A few friends are stopping by to raise a glass and offer a poem or prayer, though I am unsu...