Wes Nisker

Wes Nisker

Wes “Scoop” Nisker is an award-winning broadcast journalist and commentator, Buddhist meditation teacher, a bestselling author, and a standup Dharma comic who has been described in the New York Times as “masterful at using humor to lighten the enlightenment journey.” He was the founder and co-editor of the Buddhist journal “Inquiring Mind,”  and for the past 40 years has been leading retreats and workshops in Buddhist Insight Meditation and philosophy at venues internationally. Two of his classic books are being reissued in new editions: Being Nature: A Down-to-Earth Guide to the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Inner Traditions, November 2022) and The Big Bang, the Buddha, and the Baby Boom: The Spiritual Experiments of My Generation (Monkfish Book Publishing Co., June 2023).

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