Menakem discusses the practices and insights shared in his NYT bestseller, “My Grandmother’s Hands.”
Loving Your Inner Critic
Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash in conversation with Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg at the Rubin Museum about loving yourself, your work, and—yes—even your inner critic.
Pema Chödrön & k.d. lang talk Buddhism, creativity, and “gapaciousness”
The beloved Buddhist teacher and famed singer discuss Buddhism, creativity, and “the gap.”
Cultivating Openness When Things Fall Apart
“Isn’t that the kind of teaching we need these days, that difficult circumstances can be the path to liberation. That’s news you can use.”
bell hooks and John Perry Barlow talk “prana in cyberspace”
A 1995 conversation between digital activist and lyricist John Perry Barlow — who died on February 7, 2018 — and social theorist bell hooks.
You Can’t Fail at Meditation
Dan Harris gets the inside story on mindfulness and compassion from Buddhist teachers Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, and Mark Epstein.
Pema Chödrön and Jack Kornfield talk “The Wondrous Path of Difficulties”

A conversation with Pema Chödrön and Jack Kornfield, moderated by Michael Krasny, about the everyday difficulties that provoke us, reveal our habitual patterns, and ultimately transform us.
Start With a Flower: Alice Walker & Sharon Salzberg in Conversation

A conversation about loving-kindness between Sharon Salzberg and Alice Walker.
Adam Yauch: Check His Head
Originally published in the January 1995 Shambhala Sun magazine, this interview finds Yauch after the release of Ill Communication, candidly talking about about hip-hop, hardcore, helping people, and his relationship to Buddhism’s Bodhisattva Vow.
Is Nothing Something?
Thich Nhat Hanh answers children’s questions.