Encountering Silence

This is a wonderful podcast on silence and contemplation. It has very wise and thought-provoking guests. Although the background of the hosts seems to be Catholic Christian, the podcast itself crosses boundaries of faith and denomination to explore the basic human need we all have (even if we ignore it) for silence to encounter something beyond ourselves. I am often disappointed, though, that the sound quality is so uneven. Listening to a recent interview with Cynthia Bourgeault, I could barely hear her and would turn the volume up on my speaker to catch what she was saying. Then suddenly Kevin Johnson would ask a question and his voice would blast out of the speaker forcing me to turn the volume way down. It was very frustrating having to constantly have a hand on the volume control. I recognize that this podcast is often recorded from a video platform (even before Covid-19), but other podcasts are also recorded this way without the resulting huge variance in voice levels. It would really benfit from some post-interview sound engineering.

Really love the content and the depth of the conversations with insightful guests! 💛

About halfway through the episode I listened to was about 20 seconds of silence. That’s only 0.6%. Where can I find a podcast with at least two minutes of silence?

I came across this podcast while doing a search for contemplative content. This is the time of year where I intentionally let my mind take a back seat and allow myself more space to “encounter.” The conversations between the co-hosts are insightful and engaging - a nice mix of both head and heart. I also appreciate the plentiful show notes that are included with each episode.