Tricycle Talks

Thank you so much

This is a nice program that both explores questions of how Buddhist ideas connect with life and provides interviews with notable practitioners of the faith. And yet it is some much more.

I recently joined a grief support group. Six months prior to my father‘s death, he informed me that he is not my biological father. While this is shocking in and of itself, our relationship was quite complicated in various ways. And the 10 years prior to his illness and death, we both worked hard to find places of intersection. Which led to a meaningful relationship. Now, with the news of what is known as a non-parental event, I am left perplexed. Still after his passing, I wanted to somehow embrace the father that I knew, as well as the biological father that I don’t by wearing a black ribbon for one year. Joining the group helped me begin to have a relationship with grief through the writings of Francis Weller. I am almost through his first book, the wild edge of sorrow, with the workbook and additional writings in the wings to support me during this time. I’m grateful for. For the New York insight meditation center. As well as friends and family the communities that walk with me, and I with them.

I am not a serious Buddhist, but I’ve always loved listening to Dharma talks and I’ve been dabbling with meditation for many years. I find the podcast has a lot of very interesting people and the conversations are quite authentic, something I find missing on a lot of podcast as people in the world are often speaking in the sound bites. That is definitely not the case on tricycle talks. I haven’t been motivated to review before because it’s so tricky you figuring out how to leave a review on Apple podcast and I’m usually out and about while I’m listening, but this most recent one with the poet laureate, talking about translations in poetry, was so engaging and interesting -maybe because I write poetry myself- that I stopped to post a review. Thanks for creating so many thoughtful and important conversations.

I’ve enjoyed listening to James Shaheen interview Ocean Vuong, Pico Iyer, Kaira Jewel Lingo and Jake Garfield. He formulates intriguing questions and draws out his interviewees. I am moved to make a donation (Dana).