Best Austin Gates Podcasts (2024)

00:00:26 - Dharma Talk00:11:19 - Exert from 'Shift into Freedom' - (10 minutes)00:22:12 - 'Shift' Exercise Guided by Loch Kelly - ( 7 minutes)00:29:14 - ReflectionsBy Appamada

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#352: The Amityville Horror 1:07:09

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"Horror Films or Scary Movies" is the category for October and Michelle picks first! The Amityville Horror (1979) Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

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E113 AI for VC Fund Admin, Compliance, Tax & Portfolio Construction: pay less perform better 44:08

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E113 Zive AI CEO Rajesh Gopi on Fireside with a VC explaining how his firm has applied AI to revolutionize venture capital admin, compliance, LP reporting, interacting with portfolio companies, LPs, portfolio construction, and, how to hit your IRR, DPI, and TVPI targets and so much more. The days of running a VC without AI are over. Links and Resou…

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2024-10-01 I Inquiry I Always Return I Flint Sparks 1:02:27

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Book Reference Sailing Home~ Norman Fischerhttps://www.amazon.com/Sailing-Home-Odyssey-Navigate-Pitfalls/dp/1556439962By Appamada

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2024-09-26 | Dharma Talk | The End of Suffering | Jessica Steinbomer and Whit Ewen 47:24

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00:00:20 - Dharma Talk 'The End of Suffering'00:26:33 - ReflectionsBy Appamada

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2024-09-30 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 27 Fayan Points to a Blind | Thomas Cleary 1:06:21

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https://morningstarzensangha.blogspot.com/2019/03/koans-as-pointers-two-monks-roll up.html#:~:text=According%20to%20this%20case%2C%20%E2%80%9CThe,'One%20gains%3B%20one%20losesBy Appamada

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#351: Christine 1:12:40

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We close out the September category with a "love" story! Christine (1983) Directed by John Carpenter

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2024-09-23 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 26 Yangshan Points to Snow | Thomas Cleary 1:01:51

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2024-09-23 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 26 Yangshan Points to Snow | Thomas Cleary by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2024-09-24 I Inquiry I Pablo Neruda as a "hot mess" bodhisattva I Joel Barna 58:39

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Links for two sources quoted from:Walking Around~ Pablo Nerudahttps://poets.org/poem/walking-aroundEverything Is Enlightenment ~Joan Sutherlandhttps://www.lionsroar.com/everything-is-enlightenment/By Appamada

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2024-09-22 | Common Ground as a Way to Connection | Joel Barna 32:13

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00:00:26 - Dharma Talk00:05:13 - Qualities that help to guide our actions - 1. Brahmavihara's: Loving kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic joy, Equanimity00:05:35 - 2 - A sense of Humour. 3 - Honesty. 4 - A sense of Curiosity. 5 - Independence/Agency. 6 - A sense of self worth. 7 - Creativity00:07:04 - Joel offers an Experiment - 00:08:21 - Participan…

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#350: Carrie 1:02:02

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Austin picks the first film adaptation from author Stephen King... CARRIE (1976) Directed by Brian De Palma

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2024-09-17 I Inquiry I Overcoming Blocks I Joel Barna 1:00:46

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What Joel offered was adapted from “Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides" Author Geoffrey L. Cohen Buddhist underlying values: • Loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity • Sense of Humor • Honesty • Bringing a sense of curiosity and learning to life’s challenges • Independence or agency and a sense …

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E112 K&L Gates Navigating Term Sheets 1:15:31

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E112 A walk through an NVCA VC Term Sheet for a Series A funding round with Jason Putnam Gordon, legendary Silicon Valley VC lawyer and Partner at K&L Gates, one of the premier VC-focused law firms. This episode literally walks through every term in a term sheet with a lawyer and VC discussing each term, explaining what they mean, and which ones ar…

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2024-09-15 | The Skandas as a path to study the self | Jon-Eric Steinbomer 47:52

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00:00:26 - Jon-Eric outlines the talk00:04:16 - The Skandhas - a buddhist framework for the mind00:11:41 - The Kleshas (also known as Mental afflictions)00:17:01 - Hakomi00:20:57 - Guided Meditation - 8 minutes00:27:52 - Jon-Eric Invites ReflectionsBy Appamada

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#349: THE RUNNING MAN 1:05:34

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This week Allan picks the film in the Stephen King category! THE RUNNING MAN(1987) Directed by Paul Michael Glaser

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2024-09-10 I Inquiry I So What I Trudy Johnston 1:03:48

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2024-09-10 I Inquiry I So What I Trudy Johnston by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2024-09-09 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 24 Look Out for the Snake | Thomas Cleary 46:55

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Episode 37: Heavens Gates Hells Flames 59:25

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Are the Sesame Street people peddling pornos to our kids using meatballs? Has anyone heard of Heavens Gates Hells Flames? Also, Valvoline sucks. Support the showBy Brooks and Mickey Hungate

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#348: Stand By Me 1:21:01

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Michelle picks this week's film in the Stephen King category! Stand By Me (1986) Directed by Rob Reiner

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2024-09-06 | Day2/Part2 | Intensive | Trust in Mind | Robin Bradford 53:26

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00:00:26 - Robin begins - Trust in MindO0:05:55 - Continuing with - Hsin Hsin Ming Translation - Robin and Joel00:31:33 - Robin Offers a Dharma Activity - writing your own version/interpretation of a segment of the Hsin Hsin Ming00:35:42 - Participants write for 20 minutes00:35:51 - Robin invites Participants to share what they wrote00:37:58 - 1st …

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2024-09-05 | Day 1 | Intensive - Trust in Mind | Robin Bradford 37:39

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00:00:26 - Robin opens the Intensive - ‘Trust in Mind’00:03:53 - Hsin Hsin Ming00:13:41 - Sitting and just noticing what arises00:16:02 - Reflections00:21:27 - Robin reads the Hsin Hsin Ming - and Joel reads the Translation of the Hsin Hsin Ming00:25:21 - Dharma Activity - Robin invites people, over the next few days, to write their own translation…

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2024-09-06 | Day 2/Part 1 | Intensive - Trust in Mind | Sandra Medina Bocangel 49:23

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2024-09-06 | Day 2/Part 2 | Intensive - Trust in Mind | Sandra Medina Bocangel00:00:26 - Dharma Talk00:45:55 - Dharma Activity - In Pairs - 3 minutes to sit in silence - 5 minutes writing - 5 minutes each sharing - Write about any situation, with any particular person, or yourself, an encounter, and write about feelings thoughts, sensations in your…

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2024-09-07 | Day 3/Part 2 | Intensive - Trust in Mind | Robin Bradford 34:11

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00:00:26 - Robin opens up the final talk of this intensive - Trust in Mind00:10:40 - Robin and Joel Choral Read Hsin Hsin Ming with Robin’s Interpretation00:18:01 - Robin Offers a dharma Activity - 3 minutes to sit - 15 minutes to write - and 5 minutes each to share (in pairs) - sharing what you wrote, or any experience you’ve had throughout the in…

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2023-09-07 | Day 3/Part 1 | Intensive - Trust in Mind | Sandra Medina Bocangel 38:40

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00:00:26 - Sandra Opens up day 3 - Trust in Mind00:04:08 - Sandra Read the Hsin Hsin Ming00:31:10 - Trust in Mind: The Rebellion of Chinese Zen Author - Mu Soeng00:32:28 - Dharma Activity - 3 minutes of silence - write for 10 minutes - 5 mins sharing (in pairs) - Write from a place of compassion and equanimity - noticing how your body feels…

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2024-09-03 I Inquiry I Turning Words I Josh Gifford 1:03:03

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For my names they are many,Trudy, child, tinker, mucky pup, daughter, sister, friend, schoolgirl,lover, student, drop out, nun, student,shop owner, Hema, teacher, wife, mother, housewife,student, counsellor, therapist, supervisor, trainer, grandmother, student, teacher, trainer, student, great grandmother, and now a new name, anda new family, that …

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E111 Breakup big tech monopolies? Nava VC & Stanford Prof Manish Patel 1:05:49

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E111 Breaking up big tech monopolies on Fireside with a VC speaking with Manish Patel, founder of Nava Ventures, a $175m VC fund in San Francisco, Teaching Faculty at Stanford University, early Googler, and former General Partner at Highland Capital Partners. Talking about his history at Google pre-IPO and the current state of monopolies with Googl…

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2024-09-02 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 23 Luzu Faces the Wall | Thomas Cleary 58:42

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Join us on Monday nights: https://appamada.org/main-calendarLuzu Faces the Wall:Case: Whenever Luzu saw a monk coming, he would immediately face the wall. Nanquan, hearing of this, said, "I usually tell them to realize mastery before the empty aeon, to understand before the buddhas appear in the world; still I haven't found one or a half. Luzu that…

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The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 47:42

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The category for September is films based on Stephen King's books! Here's an episode from the past to start us off! The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Directed by Frank Darabont

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2024-08-25 | Dharma Talk | Trust | Laurie Winnette 30:01

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00:00:20 - Dharma Talk - Trust00:24:49 - Laurie Offers a Dharma Activity00:25:54 - Participants sit for 3 minutes, then share for 2 minutes each (Groups of 3) ( minutes total)00:26:06 - Laurie Invites FeedbackBy Appamada

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2024-08-27 I Inquiry I Losing the Trail and Finding Your Way I Flint Sparks 1:03:40

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“Losing the Trail”~Noah Charney.These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes. Yale University Press;New Haven and London: 2023. Pages 25-26. Following the trail is the easiest way to be lost. Sure, that trail might takes us to a preordained destination faster, but we’ll have no idea where we are when we get there. While we’re on the trai…

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2024-08-26 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 22 Yantou's “Bow and Shout” | Thomas Cleary 54:50

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2024-08-26 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 22 Yantou's “Bow and Shout” | Thomas Cleary by AppamadaBy Appamada

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E110 Austin, TX Venture Capital, ATX Ventures Chris Shonk 56:35

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E110 Austin, Texas Venture Capital on Fireside with a VC speaking with Chris Shonk, cofounder and Managing Director of ATX Venture Partners. Discussing the evolution of Austin as a tech corridor from early semiconductors to IBM, Tivoli, and a string of startup hits early days of VC here and how Austin founders had term sheets from Silicon Valley re…

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Episode 36: Trannie Anderson 1:19:05

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What do you get when you mix songwriting genius with insane golf abilities? John Daly. JK it's Trannie Anderson! The one and only number 1 songwriting, golf extraordinaire Trannie Anderson joins us for this episode and talks golf, music, and bourbon. Hit play. Support the showBy Brooks and Mickey Hungate

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#347: Big 1:07:33

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The last film selection in this month's category was no small feat! Big (1988) Directed by Penny Marshall

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2024-08-20 I Inquiry I Losing and Finding I Flint Sparks 1:03:54

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Dharma Teachings for us today: • Suffering and dissatisfaction are woven into the fabric of life - of losing and finding/breathing in - breathing out • Freedom and beauty are equally woven into the fabric of life - of losing and finding/breathing in - breathing out • The liberating realizations of the Buddha ~ everything changes and everything is i…

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2024-08-19 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 21 Yunyan Sweeps the Ground | Thomas Cleary 1:11:00

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2024-08-19 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 21 Yunyan Sweeps the Ground | Thomas Cleary by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2024-08-18 | Dharma Talk | Great Expectations | Ann Lipscomb 29:06

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2024-08-18 | Dharma Talk | Great Expectations | Ann Lipscomb00:00:26 - Dharma Talk - Great expectations00:20:09 - Ann Offers the Dharma Activity00:22:41 - Participants get into pairs for 22 minutes - 2 minute sit - 5 minutes to write - 15 minutes to share00:22:51 - Ann Invites FeedbackBy Appamada

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#346: WAYNE'S WORLD 59:36

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Michelle picks her movie in this month's category of Women Directing! WAYNE'S WORLD (1992) Directed by Penelope Spheeris

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2024--08-13 I Inquiry I Pure Land and Beautyland on Earth I Flint Sparks 1:01:58

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Beautyland: A Novel: Marie-Helen BertinoBy Appamada

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2024-08-11 | Dharma Talk | The Universe Loves a Good Question | Ellen Hippard 36:41

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00:00:26 - The Universe Loves a Good Question00:07:11 - Sitting with Joko Beck00:09:10 - Reflections00:18:14 - Ellen continues with the Dharma Talk00:28:27 - Questions: 1/What has been a question that has guided your practice? 2/What has been your experience of asking questions?By Appamada

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Episode 35: Where's the Beef?! 2:34:06

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Do we talk about golf at all? No. But do we have one of the coolest conversations we’ve ever had on the pod? You be the judge. But yes… yes we did. We brought in an old college buddy, Michael Kinsey of Reverent Wild Ranch, to talk to us about his cattle farm, regenerative farming, and his vision for changing the cattle farm game in the southeast! D…

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2024-08-12 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi 1:14:16

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2024-08-12 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by AppamadaBy Appamada

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#345: THE HURT LOCKER 1:01:58

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Allan picks a war film in this month's category of Women Directing Feature Films! THE HURT LOCKER (2008) Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

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E109 Pre-Seed VC RSCM, 2k+ investments since 2012 1:08:55

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E109 Pre-Seed venture capital on Fireside with a VC speaking with David Lambert, Cofounder, Right Side Capital Management (RSCM) one of the most active pre-seed or pre-VC investors in Silicon Valley and across the US and Canada. Links and Resources: Watch the full episode onYouTube: https://youtu.be/cspNXaMmorI. Find all episodes of Firesidewith a …

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2024-08-06 I Inquiry I The Way is Long Let Us Begin I Flint Sparks 1:00:22

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The way is long – let us go together;the way is difficult – let us help each other;the way is joyful – let us share it;the way is ours alone – let us go in love;the way grows before us – let us begin.R: recognizeA: acceptI: investigateN: non-identificationBy Appamada

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2024-07-31 | Zen and the Body - Meditation Practice | Becky Kane 51:43

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00:00:48 - Becky opens up the session00:12:18 - Becky invites people to briefly share their experience with singing00:29:07 - Becky leads everyone in singing 'Simply Breathe'00:35:27 - Reflections on singing 'Simply Breathe' together00:42:43 - Sitting for 30 minutes00:43:19 - Becky leads everyone in singing The Four Practice Principles00:45:53 - Be…

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2024-08-04 | Dharma Talk | Moshan Lioran - The Mountain and the Path | Jessica Steinbomer 41:46

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00:00:26 - Dharma Talk - ‘Moshan Lioran- The Mountain and the Path’00:11:04 - Sitting Together - 'Like a Mountain'00:14:47 - Koan - Guanxi Xian00:21:34 - Jessica Invites Thoughts and DiscussionBy Appamada