In this fifty-ninth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Annie Davis Weber yet again, this time on the subject of “Finding Peace” with Buddhism. This episode is different and special, as the very first wholly live episode, recorded while on the air live on WRFL Lexington, 88.1 FM in Lexington, Kentucky. The episode aired and was recorded on December 18th, 2017, our final episode for 2017, the first official season of the show.
Dr. Annie Davis Weber earned her doctorate in Higher Education Leadership and Policy at Vanderbilt University and is the Assistant Provost for Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness at the University of Kentucky. In this episode, she is representing only her own point of view. This episode is a follow-up of sorts on Ep0.1 from the “pilot season,” titled “Acceptance and Happiness with Stoicism.” We talk about Annie’s experience learning about and growing from some challenges that arose at the start of Eric and Annie’s daughter’s life, when Helen suffered a stroke and other medical difficulties. Annie learned a great deal from Buddhism and joined Anthony and Eric in this episode to talk about her experience and the insights that she found most valuable from the Buddhist tradition. We also celebrate the end of our first official season of Philosophy Bakes Bread.
Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.
(1 hr 8 mins)
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Notes
- This episode was the second time Annie appeared on the show. The first time was in Episode 25, on “Assessing Assessment.”
- This episode features shout-outs to: Daniel Wayne Rinn, TheLetterWriter, Karl Aho, Helena Tubridy, Samuel Douglas, Amy Glover, & Kaylen Addison.
- More information about Buddhism’s 4 noble truths and about the 8-fold path.
Steve Hagen, Buddhism Plain and Simple (Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2011).- Pema Chodron, Start Where You Are (Boston: Shambhala, 1994).
- PBS documentary, The Buddha [YouTube], narrated by Richard Gere.
- At the end of the episode, we reminisce about our favorite episodes of the first seasons, 2017. A record of the most downloaded episodes and some of our favorites is available with links in this post.
You Tell Me!
For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Annie posed the following question in this episode:
“What are you grateful for?”
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