Best Fact Finding Frog Podcasts (2024)

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Every Breath We Take 57:05

24m ago57:05

57:05

At the end of the day, what does it mean to “nurture our true, innate, genuine, heavenly nature” and how is that related to healing and personal growth? When is the last time you have consciously savored each breath as an opportunity for transformation and restoration? How does fear hold us back from health and joy by literally tying up our preciou…

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The Sweet Spot for Calibration 1:04:27

27d ago1:04:27

1:04:27

How do we decide in each moment on the best path towards píng 平 (“equilibrium” or “balance”) in the spirit of Chinese medicine? How do we calibrate our responses to external factors and decide between action and non-action? What do we use (and teach) as criteria for this process of actively cultivating or passively nurturing our True Nature? How do…

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Finding Balance Between Stillness and Action 57:41

2M ago57:41

57:41

How can we get better at listening to our body and aligning with the Dao? How can we compost harmful emotional energy into life-giving Qi in service of physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation? How can we use the tool of curiosity as an antidote to judgment and thereby change the flavor of our inquiries? How can we complete our nature thro…

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Singing as Yangsheng 48:38

3M ago48:38

48:38

Are you curious about the theme music for Season Three of our podcast and the sharp contrast to the obnoxiously gregarious Mexican accordeon music of the previous two seasons, which, I must admit, are a reflection of my own German heritage and decades spent in Hispanic culture? Do you recognize Leo’s beautifully serene voice and grasp the meaning o…

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The Balanced Person Doesn't Get Sick 57:42

4M ago57:42

57:42

Welcome to the first episode in Season Three of the Pebble in the Cosmic Pond podcast. For the next few months, we shall consider a variety of perspectives on “Nurturing Our Nature” 養性: Cultivating health and longevity from ancient China to today. This project is inspired by two things: First, Leo Lok's and my research in the volume on this topic i…

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What Do Love, Qigong, and Christ Consciousness Have to Do With Healing? 58:13

4M ago58:13

58:13

This episode, titled "What Do Love, Qigong, and Christ Consciousness Have to Do with Healing," is the second half of our conversation with Cynthia Li, a biomedical doctor in the Bay area who specializes in functional and integrative medicine. She is also a practitioner of what she calls “qigong consciousness healing” or “collective field qigong” an…

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Looking for the Root, in Medicine, Qigong, and Religion 54:17

5M ago54:17

54:17

Cynthia Li, our interview partner for this episode, is a biomedical doctor who I have been dreaming of asking questions for several years now, ever since our mutual friend Michael Lerner introduced me to her work. She is a biomedical doctor, specializing in functional and integrative medicine. She is also a qigong practitioner who studies and perfo…

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Relax! You're Okay! 1:12:01

5M ago1:12:01

1:12:01

Today’s episode titled “Relax! You are Okay!” is the second part of Leo’s and my conversation with Cara Conroy-Lau, a Kiwi with a Chinese mom now practicing Chinese medicine and Buddhism in Canada. For this portion, we focus more specifically on the female perspective, both on the giving and on the receiving end of caring. I really appreciate Cara’…

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Olives and Porridge 54:37

6M ago54:37

54:37

In today’s episode on “Olives and Porridge,” Leo Lok and I are talking to Cara Conroy-Lau. Cara is a beautiful global border-crossing practitioner of Chinese medicine and Buddhism who has ended up in Canada at the Clear Sky Meditation Centre in Cranbrook, after growing up in Singapore, New Zealand, and Japan. I loved our conversation for how it rev…

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Living and Teaching the Way of Yin 1:07:41

6M ago1:07:41

1:07:41

For today’s episode on “Living and Teaching the Way of Yin,” Leo Lok and I are once again joined by Kris González, Chinese medicine practitioner and herbalist, whose personal experience of motherhood has been influenced by her Korean mother and her Mexican mother-in-law. In addition to her clinical practice, she is also an educator offering evocati…

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Yangsheng By and For Women 50:06

7M ago50:06

50:06

Welcome to Season Two of “The Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” where we focus on 2nd generation immigrant Asian voices by, for, and about women in that sweet spot in between traditional Asian wisdom and contemporary Western embodiment. Joining Leo and myself for our third episode on Season 2 is Kris González, Chinese medicine practitioner and herbalist, …

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Attuning and Releasing with Ramona 36:54

7M ago36:54

36:54

In Season 2, titled “Over the Moon?”, we feature the voices of second-generation immigrant Asian women on female health. We explore the creative sweet spot in between the traditional Asian kitchen table wisdom that they have inherited from their mothers and aunties, and their personal and professional experience in contemporary North America. In th…

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Over the Moon with Ramona 39:38

8M ago39:38

39:38

Once again, Leo Lok and Sabine Wilms are here to bring you old and new stories about China's healing traditions and about Medicine in Heaven and on Earth... ...and in the sweet spot in between. In a special twist for Season 2, evocatively titled "Over the Moon?", they focus on second generation immigrant Asian voices by, for, and about women's heal…

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Introduction to Season Two on "Over the Moon?" 42:41

8M ago42:41

42:41

In a special twist for Season 2, we feature second generation immigrant Asian women’s voices on female health. We explore the creative sweet spot in between the traditional Asian kitchen table wisdom on women’s health that they have inherited from their mothers and aunties, and their personal and professional experience in contemporary America. Bef…

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Occupational Hazards in Chinese Medicine 1:03:48

9M ago1:03:48

1:03:48

What is the relationship between your personal practice of yangsheng and your clinical efficacy? Is it important, or even relevant, for a practitioner of Chinese medicine to embody the ideas of Yangsheng? In other words, can you be a good healer of others if you can’t take care of yourself? Are the short lifespans of many historical and contemporar…

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Eating for Old Age: The Lost Art of Chinese Food Therapy 1:07:31

10M ago1:07:31

1:07:31

Today’s conversation is inspired by Leo Lok’s ideal of “Bodhisattva Math,” which is a great reminder for us to focus on topics in Chinese medicine that have the most impact on alleviating unnecessary suffering with the least amount of effort! In this context, Sun Simiao reminded us already in the seventh century that food is essential for human sur…

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Questioning Our Filters 55:42

11M ago55:42

55:42

Medicine, like any other skill or knowledge system, needs to be rooted in both subjectivity and objectivity. By valuing either one over the other, we deprive ourselves of an essential part thereof. Can traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy help us find a more balanced way of making sense of the world than the cold, rational, evidence-based ca…

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More on Compassionate Practice 1:14:10

12M ago1:14:10

1:14:10

What makes somebody a master physician? What can we learn from historical texts about some limitations and possibilities, strengths and weakness of Chinese medicine that are no longer visible in the modern clinical context, especially as practiced in the West? How can we acquire and transmit skills to adapt Chinese medicine more flexibly, beyond th…

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Compassionate Practice, from Seattle To Taiwan to Nepal 39:03

12M ago39:03

39:03

How does the training and practice of Chinese medicine change depending on one’s location? What is the difference in patient expectations, scopes of practice, and lineage versus institutional training and licensing? And what is really behind this supposed contrast between biomedicine, perceived as instantly effective and ideal for emergencies and s…

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Healing Soundbath for the World by Dr. Hood 19:58

1y ago19:58

19:58

Catching up on the news this morning, I felt a strong need to do something so I got in touch with my friend and colleague Dr. Brenda Hood, whose tuning forks are magical. I just felt like the world had a little need for some of her healing magic, and she was happy to oblige. So here is yet another spontaneous recording session, created in response …

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Cultivating the Ineffable 1:04:12

1y ago1:04:12

1:04:12

Today’s conversation started out with an innocuous email I sent to Leo, requesting that we explore that aspect of any good healer’s practice that is challenging to speak about and analyze rationally, let alone measure, certify, or transmit. And yet, we all know how powerful a healer can be, not because of their technical expertise but because of so…

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May Guanyin Ease Our Sorrow 1:14:39

1y ago1:14:39

1:14:39

This episode is a spontaneous response to the intense sorrow that I see so many of my friends in multiple places of the world experiencing right now, whether directly or indirectly. So I have invited my dear friend Leo Lok for a conversation about suffering, sorrow, Guanyin, compassion, and processing and transforming emotions. We invoke the healin…

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Truth East and West and in Between 52:28

1y ago52:28

52:28

How do we cultivate the ability to hold two opposite experiences of reality at the same time and thereby somehow get closer to the truth in between? How do we overcome the limitations of language in describing the ineffable while still appreciating its analytic function? If we can use language in communication with others like multiple fingers poin…

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Simon's Time Adventure Part 3 28:00

1y ago28:00

28:00

If you thought sundials were a thing of the past, Simon has some out of this world facts in this episode that might just change your mind. You’ll meet an ancient insect, and check out an incredibly famous ancient tomb. Better bring your hat and sunscreen, because it all happens in a seriously hot desert in Ancient Egypt! ALL OF SIMON'S EPISODES ARE…

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The Yellow Emperor's Broken Heart 1:02:11

1y ago1:02:11

1:02:11

What does it mean when the Yellow Emperor mourns and why might that matter to you? Does he “lord it over” his subjects and discuss medicine and needles because the exploitation of a healthy population yields more taxes? Or does he love and care for the people like a parent for their children and is heartbroken about their suffering? How do we read …

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All The Way Up PT 2/2 50:29

1y ago50:29

50:29

Cambridge Rindge & Latin Soccer Coach and Harvard Graduate Student, Niko Emack joins the podcast as we discuss his path from a Division 1 Athlete at UMASS Amherst to coaching as well as his full-ride admission into Harvard Graduate school as well as work as an activist in light of George Floyd, and his experience in a cockpit as a pilot in training…

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Food as Medicine 55:40

1+ y ago55:40

55:40

A quote from Sun Simiao (translation by Dr. Wilms): “When a person’s body is balanced and harmonious, you must merely nurture it well. Do not recklessly take medicinals, because the strength of medicinals assists only partially and causes the persons’ organ Qi to be imbalanced, so that they easily contract external trouble. All things that contain …

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Responsibility Versus Fault 1:02:00

1+ y ago1:02:00

1:02:00

As just one example of the dynamic polarities, and the sweet spot in between, that we so love in Chinese medicine, this episode explores the difference between responsibility and fault. How does our perspective shift when we consider placing or accepting responsibility as opposed to faulting ourselves or others in our attempts to explain outcomes t…

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The True Medicine of Yangsheng 53:58

1+ y ago53:58

53:58

In this episode of "A Pebble in the Cosmic Pond," I am joined by my two dear friends Leo Lok and Z'ev Rosenberg. Both are experienced practitioners of Chinese medicine in the US with a strong classical foundation and shared commitment to not only practicing but also LIVING Chinese medicine. It is fascinating to me to hear how they arrive at their s…

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The Circle and the Kite 1:06:45

1+ y ago1:06:45

1:06:45

In this inaugural session of the podcast, my co-conspirator Leo Lok and I introduce our new podcast by comparing it to two activities: flying a kite and completing a circle. Find out how we use these two metaphors to explore different directions for future conversations, such as: the fertile relationship between oral lineage transmission and textua…

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Pebble in the Cosmic Pond Trailer 2:51

1+ y ago2:51

2:51

This is just a short trailer to introduce you to our podcast. Here are some RESEARCH LINKS: Additional Information Subscribe to my newsletter! Translating Chinese Medicine: Dr. Wilms' website for learning classical Chinese Imperial Tutor Mentorship by Dr. Wilms Happy Goat Productions (Dr. Wilms' website) Leo Lok's courses - All Courses - Voices of …

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Just a goofy bonus thing 1:10

1+ y ago1:10

1:10

... to make you laugh...By Sabine Wilms PhD

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Simon's Time Adventure Part 2 22:40

1+ y ago22:40

22:40

Where can you see lots of giant bulls, a Chinese horse and some hairy mammoths? Right here in part 2 of Simon's Time Adventure, that's where. You'll even find out what it's like to draw on a cave wall with rocks. Oh yeah, don't forget to check out the oldest star map in the world. It all happens in a French valley, 17,000 years before a very famous…

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Simon's Time Adventure Part 1 16:35

1+ y ago16:35

16:35

In part one of Simon's latest adventure, you'll find out who would win "The LongitudeBattle". A world famous laser beam, or the mobile phone in your pocket? You'll also hear what the most famous clock in the world sounds like. Bring your umbrella, it all starts in the middle of the night, in a very rainy, capitol city. ALL OF SIMON'S EPISODES ARE A…

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Simon's Earth Evolution Part 2 25:44

2y ago25:44

25:44

Where can you check out 700 million years of history in 25 minutes? Right here in the second half of Simon's Evolution adventure, that's where. There's an ice age, loads of extinctions, a close up look at flying reptiles, a meteor as big a s a mountain and more volcanos than you can shake a stick at! Hold on tight, it's a wild ride. ALL 38 OF SIMON…

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Simon's Earth Evolution Part 1 34:36

2y ago34:36

34:36

Where would you find a talking bus, 2 Giant telescopes, lots of volcanos, a flying saucer and a toxic ocean? Right here in Simon's latest adventure, that's where. Visit the only museum that really is out of this world, and find out what on earth has been going on for the last 4 billion years!! ALL OF SIMON'S EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE AT simonsadventur…

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All The Way Up PT 1/2 1:00:09

2y ago1:00:09

1:00:09

Cambridge Rindge & Latin Soccer Coach and Harvard Graduate Student, Niko Emack joins the podcast as we discuss his path from a Division 1 Athlete at UMASS Amherst to coaching as well as his full-ride admission into Harvard Graduate school as well as work as an activist in light of George Floyd, and his experience in a cockpit as a pilot in training…

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Simon's Kangaroo Adventure-PREVIEW 8:40

2y ago8:40

8:40

On this adventure you can imagine spotting one of Australia's most famous lizards enjoying an afternoon snack, and then have an evening picnic with a mob of Red Kangaroos. This time it's all happening in the Red Centre of Australia. You won't need a four-wheel drive, just your imagination! THIS IS SHORTENED PREVIEW OF THE COMPLETE EPISODE WHICH CAN…

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Simon's Weaver Ant Adventure 45:38

2y ago45:38

45:38

This is definitely Simon's BIGGEST Adventure ever, but to get into it, you'll have to become tiny! Along the way you'll imagine getting sprayed with Pheromones, you'll check out a mini medieval village, and stroll past some very serious security guards, straight into the Queens royal chamber. It's all happening way up in the ancient treetops of Aus…

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Simon's Brain Tree Adventure 1 PREVIEW 16:55

2+ y ago16:55

16:55

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Simon's Atmosphere Adventure PREVIEW 10:06

2+ y ago10:06

10:06

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Simon's Braintree Adventure 3 Part 2 PREVIEW 13:15

2+ y ago13:15

13:15

Do you ever talk to yourself? Everyone does, and by the end of this this episode, you'll know why! You'll get a little taste of what it's really like inside your brain, find out why you even have a brain, and what you shouldn't say to a chimpanzee! It's brain-facts galore in here, so come and join Simon on his guided tour of your brain. THIS IS SHO…

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Simon's Braintree Adventure 3 Pt 1 PREVIEW 15:21

2+ y ago15:21

15:21

In the first part of Simon's biggest Braintree Adventure ever, you'll be imagining Vacuum cleaners, Cephalopods and furry mammals who like playing video games. It's all happening in the top level of Simon's Treehouse. Get ready to press play, and find out what his computer Chloe has in store for us this time! THIS IS SHORTENED PREVIEW OF THE COMPLE…

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Simon's Three-Toed Sloth Adventure-Preview 9:52

2+ y ago9:52

9:52

Look out South America, here we come! We're going deep into the Amazon Rainforest where the famous Three-Toed Sloth lives! They're slow but they're good at hiding. You'll also see one of Simon's frog relatives, if you look really closely, because it's even better at hiding than the Sloths. This is a shortened preview version of the whole episode wh…

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Simon's African Elephant Adventure-Preview 8:40

2+ y ago8:40

8:40

Simon says this adventure is totally huge! We're back in the hottest continent, with the longest river and the worlds fastest and tallest animals. You're sure to find out some things you never knew about African Elephants, as well as meeting the only insect on the planet that can navigate by the stars! This is a shortened preview version of the who…

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Simon's Echidna Adventure-Preview 7:21

2+ y ago7:21

7:21

On Simon's latest adventure he's gone in search of another "Aussie Icon". A sharp looking creature that only lives in Australia. To make it really interesting, it all takes place in the oldest rain forest in the world, 12o million years old to be exact! If you don't like getting wet you might want to imagine an umbrella, they're not called rain for…

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Simon's Platypus Adventure-Preview 9:58

2+ y ago9:58

9:58

Come and join Simon on his first Night-Time adventure! You can imagine using your Detail Detective skills to search out the famous Duck-Billed Platypus. You'll never believe how they find their food. Along the way, you'll also find out what those Kookaburras are laughing at all the time! This is a shortened preview version of the whole episode whic…

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Simon's Caterpillar Adventure-Preview 9:33

2+ y ago9:33

9:33

In this adventure with Simon you get to imagine being so tiny, you can hide under a mushroom or look inside a snails mouth! You'll also meet the smartest caterpillar on earth, or maybe it's the sneakiest, you decide! This is a shortened preview version of the whole episode which can be found at BANDCAMP Amazing adventures hosted by Simon, the one a…

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Simon's Panda Adventure-Preview 9:12

2+ y ago9:12

9:12

Is a Red Panda really a Panda, and what's interesting about a Giant Pandas eyes? Simon answers both of these questions by taking you on an imaginary adventure to the bamboo forests in the middle of China. This is a shortened preview version of the whole episode which can be found at BANDCAMP Amazing adventures hosted by Simon, the one and only Fact…

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Simon's Hot Air Balloon Adventure-Preview 9:51

2+ y ago9:51

9:51

Get ready for a Sky-High Adventure when Simon invites you to ride in his amazing hot air balloon. Float high above the trees and use your Detail Detective binoculars to check out the yummy treats they have for breakfast in France. See you up there! This is a shortened preview version of the whole episode which can be found at BANDCAMP Amazing adven…

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