Hints and Guesses

Kent Dobson
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Conversations about Spirituality, Religion, Doubt, Sacred Texts, Nature, Soul, Love, Death, God and all the Good Stuff

  1. 4 days ago

    Ubermensch, Prometheus, and the Don't Die Movement

    Here are a few thoughts on Bryan Johnson and the Don't Die movement, Nietzche's image of the Ubermensch (beyond human), and the Prometheus myth.  Enjoy!

  2. 5 June

    Shadow and Soul: Into the Labyrinth

    Here's an episode exploring the human shadow.  I offer here an image of the psyche, a way to think about projection, and a myth that helps.  Enjoy!

  3. 9 Apr

    In a Locked Room with Six Big Ideas

    This episode explores Robert Bly's poem, One Source of Bad Information, how I got my Enneagram number wrong for 20 years, and a little of how ended up back in the church.  Special thanks to may Patrons who keep this podcast going.  Enjoy!

  4. 17 Jan

    Examen, AI and 3 Kinds of People

    It's the time of year to do a like searching spiritual inventory, a Great Annual Examen.  This requires discernment, a word that's not all that common anymore.  I also want to talk a little about AI and about becoming the kind of person who joins the Cosmic Dance.  Happy New Year.  Enjoy!

  5. 30/11/2025

    Risk Longing: On the First Day of Advent

    A winter storm canceled church, so here's a sermon of sorts.  Enjoy!

  6. 25/11/2025

    Maybe you need a Blessing

    Happy Thanksgiving!  Here are a few thoughts on blessing, pilgrimage, monastic creativity, and the new dark age.  Wishing you all many blessings.  May the road rise to meet you.  Enjoy!

  7. 13/10/2025

    Shadow and the Prophetic Imagination

    The ancient prophets were something like the first shadow detectors, and had the courage to externalize their vision of the world.  What ever happened to such prophetic imagination?  Are there any lessons we can metabolize from the prophets in our age of madness?  What would it be like to stand between the way of power and the way of denial, a creative alternative to the tantalizing polls of scapegoating and blame?  Enjoy!

  8. 17/09/2025

    Covenant with Limit

    I'm borrowing this phrase "covenant with limit" from Martin Shaw.  Perhaps it's time to reconsider how freedom is actually found.  In this episode, I discuss briefly Wendell Berry's poem Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front, the ancient art of fasting, and the imaginative possibility that we might want to make a covenant with limits before we go mad in the wrong direction.  Enjoy!

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Conversations about Spirituality, Religion, Doubt, Sacred Texts, Nature, Soul, Love, Death, God and all the Good Stuff

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  • Creator
    Kent Dobson
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
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