THE CREATIVITY, SPIRITUALITY & MAKING A BUCK PODCAST
EPISODE 51: Eternalism and A.I.
Ramin Nazer is a multi-talented artist, podcaster, comedian, game creator and musician based out of LA. He is best known for his consistent stream of unique, psychedelic-spiritual, bite-sized art for the social media age, as well as his podcast, with comedian Shane Mauss, Mind Under Matter, where they take a hilarious and scientific approach to human behavior.
In this episode of the Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck podcast, Ramin and David explore the individual’s place in an ever-changing and technologically-advancing world.
EPISODE 50: A Mindful Approach to Panic
Dan Harris is an author, podcaster, and retired American journalist for ABC News. He was an anchor for Nightline and co-anchor of the weekend edition of Good Morning America. After an on-air panic attack, Dan dedicated himself to meditation and spreading the word about its benefits. His 10% Happier Podcast features interviews with top meditation teachers and practitioners.
In this episode of the Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck podcast, Dan and David discuss happiness, panic and anxiety, and tools to help us move from resistance to acceptance.
EPISODE 49: The Mind-Body Interplay
Dr. Sará King is a neuroscientist, medical anthropologist, social entrepreneur, public speaker, and yoga and mindfulness meditation instructor. She has over 20 years of experience as a research scientist, and specializes in the study of the relationship between mindfulness, complementary alternative medicine, and social justice. She is the scientific consultant for Peace in Schools, a dharma teacher with Presence Collective, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurology, and the founder of MindHeart Consulting, a scientific consultancy offering seminars, research and development, and trauma healing circles.
In this episode, Sará and David talk trauma, dream-work, and the sense of self.
EPISODE 48: The Relative & the Absolute
Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson works at the intersection of politics, law, and contemplative practice. A journalist, meditation teacher, and professor, Jay is the author of ten books and over three hundred articles. Jay is also a teacher, podcast host, and editor at the Ten Percent Happier meditation startup, which makes serious contemplative practice available to a contemporary audience. Jay is also an affiliated assistant professor at Chicago Theological Seminary and a visiting fellow at the Center for LGBTQ & Gender Studies in Religion.
In this episode, Jay and David explore mindfulness, mysticism and more.
EPISODE 47: We Were Made for These Times
Kaira Jewel Lingo is a mindfulness meditation teacher, author, and mentor who guides people to transform and heal through embodied presence, stillness, and play. She is a Buddhist teacher who has spent decades weaving mindfulness and meditation with social justice. Her new book, We Were Made for These Things, helps readers to learn about navigating change.
In this episode, Kaira chats with David about the power of spiritual community and self-assessment.
EPISODE 46: Joining Heaven & Earth
This episode is taken from a segment of the Dharma Moon Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training.
In it, David explores how mindfulness meditation is the primary tool on our journey of joining Heaven and Earth, which are our highest aspirations and our day-to-day practicalities as well as the role of humanity within this paradigm.
EPISODE 45: In Tune - Music As The Bridge To Mindfulness
Richard “Wolfie” Wolf is an Emmy Award™ winning composer, multi-Platinum RIAA awarded record producer and songwriter, teacher and noted author. Wolf is on the faculty of The University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music where he teaches a class on “Music & Mindfulness” which was the first course at a university level to explore the special relationship between the two practices. His book In Tune: Music As The Bridge To Mindfulness is acclaimed as an innovative guide to contemplative practices for musical people.
In this episode, Richard joins David for a conversation about music, mindfulness, and success.
EPISODE 44: PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING & THE MIDDLE WAY
Matt Sydal is an American professional wrestler. Between 2000 and 2007, Sydal wrestled on the independent circuit, for promotions including NWA Midwest, IWA-Mid South, and Ring of Honor, winning both singles and tag team championships.Matt is known for his high flying, lucha libre-inspired style of wrestling, and was named the Wrestling Observer Newsletter‘s Best Flying Wrestler in 2008.
In this episode, Matt Sydal joins David to talk about wisdom gained through imperfection, and how professional wrestling connects to the Middle Way.
EPISODE 43: COMPOSING DHARMA
Sean Callery is an Emmy-winning composer who has received 17 Emmy nominations and 4 wins, making him one of the most nominated composers of all time. He has won or been nominated for awards on projects such as Jessica Jones, Homeland, and others. He also has three soundtrack albums featuring music from the 24 series, and two soundtrack albums featuring his score for Marvel’s Jessica Jones.
In this episode, Sean and David discuss true fearlessness, how Trungpa Rinpoche heard music, and the symphony of impermanence.
EPISODE 42: MINDFUL HOMES
Anjie Cho is a creator of holistic spaces, specifically focused on designing architectural interiors, and teaching feng shui and meditation. She is the author of Mindful Homes and Holistic Spaces. Since 1999, she has been designing beautiful and nourishing spaces (inner and outer) with balance and harmony, informed by the ancient practice of feng shui and meditation.
In this episode, Anjie joins David Nichtern to inspire listeners to revitalize their homes and their lives through the practice of mindful design.
EPISODE 41: INFINITY AND EMPTINESS
Acharya Shunya is the first female head of her spiritual lineage in India that traces back to 2,000 years ago. She is a truth teller who promotes authenticity, self-remembrance, and divine feminine pathways to awakening. She is the author of three bestselling books and her newest book, Roar Like a Goddess, is an inclusive and feminist spirituality that breaks tradition while honoring her Vedic roots.
In this episode, Acharya joins David to discuss form and formlessness, Hindu lineages, enlightenment and vulnerability, rebirthing the self, and much more.
EPISODE 40: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, TECHNOLOGY, & SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
Justin Evans is currently COO of PlayFitt and has been building exceptional companies, digital strategy and brand experiences for nearly twenty years.
In this episode, Justin joins David to talk about merging Buddhist wisdom with A.I. technology and business.
EPISODE 39: CHANTING, MUSIC, & SRI SIDDHI MA
Nina Rao is a devotional singer. She tours with Krishna Das, playing cymbals, singing, and acting as his business manager. Nina has two of her own albums, “Antarayaami – Knower of All Hearts” and “Anubhav”. Nina regularly leads kirtan, workshops, and retreats in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York and beyond.
In this episode, Nina joins David to share the clarity and wisdom of her Guru, Sri Siddhi Ma, and discuss chanting, music, Maharaj-ji, the Goddess, and Hanuman.
A BUDDHIST VIEW: SETTLING INTO PRACTICE
In this episode of A Buddhist View, David talks about stepping onto the path of meditation and settling into practice.
It is the new year, now is the time to sit down, settle in and dig into mindfulness and meditation practice. The question is, what are you doing that gets in the way of your practice taking root? In this episode, David offers wisdom that every beginning or struggling meditator needs to hear.
A BUDDHIST VIEW: FRUITLESS DESIRES
In this episode of A Buddhist View, David and Michael Kammers weave tangible Buddhist perspectives on working with desire in the modern world.
Tapping into the spontaneous wisdom of the moment, the Dharma Moon Duo dive into spontaneity, desire, the Buddhist Wheel of Life, ignorance, reality, Bubble Theory, polarization, and compassion.
EPISODE 38: THE ENNEAGRAM AS SKILLFUL MEANS
Susan Piver has an international reputation as an exceptionally skillful meditation teacher. She teaches workshops and speaks on mindfulness, innovation, communication, relationships, and creativity. In 2012, she founded The Open Heart Project, the world’s largest online-only meditation center. Susan is also a New York Times bestselling author. Her newest book is The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship.
In this episode, Susan rejoins David to discuss how the understanding the Enneagram system can support your practice.
A BUDDHIST VIEW: FREEDOM FROM DOUBT
In this episode of A Buddhist View, David and Michael offer freedom from doubt, exploring its connection to relationships, uncertainty, meditation, leadership, accomplishment, and mistakes.
The duo highlight the difference between uncertainty and doubt—exploring how uncertainty is something to be embraced and spiritually worked with, but when left uncontrolled it solidifies into lingering doubt. From this vantage, they describe meditation as the gentle process of rather than actively trying to fix something, instead becoming familiar with it.
A BUDDHIST VIEW: PRECISION
In this episode of A Buddhist View, Michael Kammers and David explore the concept of precision through the clear lens of Buddhism.
David also shares a Dharma Talk offering the Buddhist view on the concept of precision. Exploring the importance of precision for developing clarity in our mindfulness and meditation practice, as well as our navigation of the inner and outer world, he describes its role in cultivating discernment (prajna), clear seeing (vipassana), and the abstract watcher (the witness).
A BUDDHIST VIEW: CREATIVITY & COMPASSION
This time on the CSM Podcast, Michael Kammers and David discuss the connection between creativity and compassion, offering insight into balancing artistry with wellbeing.
Speaking to the name of the podcast – Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck – David and Michael explore how we can balance creativity and compassion in our lives. Using the example of being a band leader—a position familiar to both of their hearts—they contemplate how one can hold a strong and directed creative vision (which may involve letting some individuals go) while still holding it all in true compassion and serving everyone’s best interest.
EPISODE 37: RETHINKING THE DHARMA
Lama Rod Owens is a Buddhist minister, author, activist, yoga instructor, queen, and author. His book, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger, is an LA Times Best Seller. He is considered to be one of the leaders of the next generation of Dharma teachers.
In this episode, Lama Rod Owens joins David Nichtern to discuss re-thinking the Dharma in a way that feels more appropriate for the times.
EPISODE 36: APPLIED DHARMA
Miriam Parker is an interdisciplinary artist who uses movement, paint, video art, and sculpture/installation. Her work has been influenced by her experience as a dancer, her study of Buddhism and phenomenology, and her connection to the free jazz tradition. Miriam has been teaching meditation in NYC studios, non-profit organizations, and corporate settings for nearly 10 years.
In this episode, David and Miriam have a vulnerable conversation about the nature of practice and how to apply it in our creative lives.
DAVID'S VIEW: MINDFUL LEADERSHIP
In this timely David’s View episode, Michael Kammers & David Nichtern offer perspectives on the nature of freedom and how mindful leadership affects the systems we live within.
Michael and David discuss the importance of mindful leadership. Taking an honest look at our current leadership models in the United States, the Dharma Moon Duo offers insight into dancing and conflict resolution, ego and intention, capacity and dysfunction, as well as discernment, communication, and freedom.
EPISODE 35: A MINDFUL HEADSPACE
Evelyn Lewis Prieto is a mindfulness and meditation teacher, and Director of Meditation at Headspace and a graduate of the Dharma Moon Meditation Teacher Training.
On this podcast episode, David Nichtern invites her to share how her journey brought her to become Director of Meditation for Headspace and discuss merging ancient meditation techniques with modern technology and how our motivation, intention, and personal practice impacts the world.
EPISODE 34: WORTHINESS AND EMPOWERED HUMILITY
In this episode of the Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck, David Nichtern and comedian and actor Pete Holmes discuss worthiness and empowered humility.
Pete Holmes is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster. You can listen to him on his podcast You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes or check out his new TV show, How We Roll. His recent book, Comedy Sex God offers a comedic and autobiographical philosophical inquiry on living a spiritual life.
DAVID'S VIEW: WHO AM I?
David Nichtern and Michael Kammers dive into a discussion on existence, perception, and temporality by responding to a submitted question—how can we define existing?
A popular quote by Chögyam Trungpa is “actually, you don’t exist”. Grappling with this concept can be difficult. David and Michael discuss parameters we can look to in order to understand existence such as appearance, time, identity, perception and relativity.
EPISODE 32: FIERCE AND TENDER WISDOM
In this episode of the Creativity, Spirituality & Making A Buck Podcast, David Nichtern and Mirabai Starr chat about masculine versus feminine energy, embodying fierce and tender wisdom, and shifting the paradigm of women in spirituality.
Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialogue. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss.
DAVID'S VIEW: THE 3 R'S OF MINDFULNESS - REACTIVITY
The theme for this conversation comes from Michael’s cousin, who asked him how to be less reactive at work.
David and Michael discuss how reactivity is usually governed by the three Kleshas – passion, aggression, and ignorance.
They discuss the sequence of reactivity, and Michael explores how reactivity can be about lacking the spaciousness needed to be responsive.
EPISODE 31: DEITY -TATTOOING DHARMA
Dharma-driven tattoo artist, Robert Ryan joins joins David for a Bhakti-infused discussion on tattooing Hindu Deities, and art as a spiritual access point.
Robert Ryan is a tattoo artist, painter, musician, business proprietor, and Dharma practitioner. Building from his stunning first book of artwork, The Inborn Absolute, Robert recently released a mystical art tome entitled, Deity, featuring incredible paintings of Hindu Deities adorned with Dharma commentaries. To dive deeper, visit Robert’s Instagram, or book a tattoo.
THE 3 R'S OF MINDFULNESS - RESILIENCE
Investigating resilience as a factor of mindfulness, David Nichtern & Michael Kammers offer tangible thought experiments for uncovering our relationship with attention.
David Nichtern and his self-proclaimed “pod-kick” Michael Kammers are back for another David’s View uncovering the ‘Three R’s of Mindfulness.’ Moving on from last episode’s discussion on resonance, the Dharma Moon duo explore the intricacies of this week’s topic—a key one for the times—resilience.
EPISODE 30: PEAK MIND
The author of Peak Mind, Amishi Jha PhD, joins David for a chat around the perfect marriage of neuroscience and mindfulness meditation.
Amishi Jha, PhD is Director of Contemplative Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami. Prior to her current post, she was an Assistant Professor at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sharing on the rather difficult existential period the world has been experiencing, Dr. Jha describes how ancient mindfulness techniques and modern brain studies are the perfect marriage for this time.
DAVID'S VIEW: THE 3 R'S OF MINDFULNESS - RESONANCE
Through a happy little accident in their conversation, David and his student Michael end up on the subject of resonance. In a world where everything is so purposeful, accidents can be useful.
They discuss aimless wandering, seeing without looking, and how loving awareness fits in with seeing things as they are.
EPISODE 29: FINDING AUTHENTICITY THROUGH ADVERSITY
David Nichtern welcomes Erica Kidder for a conversation about her new book, how we’re all capable of finding authenticity through adversity, and the importance of living with intentionality.
Erica Kidder is an equity advocate, author, and speaker. She is dedicated to erasing conventional identity classification boxes, embracing and helping others to celebrate all experiences, intersectionalities and virtues that make us unique. Her new book, Black, Mixed With, will be available soon. Learn more at ericakidder.com.
DAVID'S VIEW: CREATIVITY & DHARMA
Swooping in from above with another David’s View episode, David Nichtern and Michael Kammers explore the brimming intersection of two things as close to their hearts as anything could be—Creativity & Dharma.
Both skilled live performers and spiritual practitioners in their own right, they shed light on how improvisation, discipline, structure, and intuition fit into music and Buddhism.
EPISODE 28: THE DHARMA IN DIFFICULT TIMES
Spiritual Renaissance Man, Stephen Cope, joins David for a wide-spanning conversation connecting art, music, meditation, yoga, Trungpa Rinpoche, and dealing with critics.
Stephen Cope, MSW, Scholar-in-Residence and Kripalu Ambassador, is the founder and former Director of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living. He is the author of several best-selling books, including his new release due out January 2022, The Dharma in Difficult Times: Finding Your Calling in Times of Loss, Change, Struggle, and Doubt. For more info please visit StephenCope.com
DAVID'S VIEW: A HEALTHY RECIPE FOR GETTING THERE
In this pseudo-kōan of an episode, David and Michael ask us to start poking holes in our conception of reality and offer a healthy recipe for ‘getting there’.
Two seemingly simple questions, “Where are we trying to get and where are we if we are not already there”, lead Michael and David down the deeper rabbit hole of how we conceptualize our experiences.
EPISODE 27: MUSIC IS MY DHARMA
Welcoming guitar legend, Robben Ford, to the Creativity, Spirituality, & Making a Buck podcast, David invites his longtime friend and fellow student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche into a deeply entertaining discussion spanning from live music and inner artistry, to applying Buddhism and Eastern philosophical concepts to our everyday lives.
To begin, David recollects experiencing Robben play a mind-blowing show in NYC at the Blue Note with jam wizard John Scofield.
DAVID'S VIEW: WHAT THE HECK IS MINDFULNESS?
Introducing this mini-episode, host, Michael Kammers, welcomes David into part three of a discussion around the question: ‘What the heck is mindfulness?’
Focusing this time on our practice post-meditation, Michael invites David to share insightful wisdom on how to keep the dharma flowing once we step off the cushion.
EPISODE 26: WAY OF THE MOMMYSATTVA
David Nichtern welcomes Jenna Hollenstein for a conversation around her new book, Mommysattva, and embracing the true nature of motherhood.
Jenna Hollenstein, MS, RDN, CDN, is a nutrition therapist, meditation teacher, author, and mother to Domenico. She has led the Open Heart Project Mommy Sangha (a community of moms who meditate) for five years. Jenna’s new book, Mommysattva: Contemplations for Mothers Who Meditate (or Wish They Could), is now available.
DAVID'S VIEW: WHAT THE HECK IS MINDFULNESS?
In part two of this multi-part series, David Nichtern and Michael Kammers dive into what mindfulness is by exploring the common misguided ideas around meditation.
Listen or watch as David and Michael discuss the possibilities of mindfulness and how it can strengthen ones’ resilience, kindness and compassion.
EPISODE 25: AWAKENING YOUR INNER SHAMAN
David Nichtern and Marcela Lobos have a conversation around her book, Awakening Your Inner Shaman, and the commonalities shared by Shamanism and Buddhism.
Marcela Lobos has been initiated in the healing and spiritual traditions of the Amazon and the Andes. She was born and raised in Chile, where she leads expeditions, working with women shamans who belong to a matriarchal society that still holds the wisdom and passion of Mother Earth.
DAVID'S VIEW: WHAT THE HECK IS MINDFULNESS?
In part one of this multi-part series, David Nichtern and Michael Kammers dive into what mindfulness is by exploring the common misguided ideas around meditation.
Listen or watch as David and Michael discuss the possibilities of mindfulness and how it can strengthen ones’ resilience, kindness and compassion.
EPISODE 24: THE ROCK WARRIOR'S WAY
Rock Climbing Pioneer, Arno Ilgner joins David to share how to face our fears, follow our inspirations, and become more authentic human beings by following the mental training of The Warrior’s Way.
Rock Climbing Pioneer, Arno Ilgner joins David to share how to face our fears, follow our inspirations, and become more authentic human beings by following the mental training of The Warrior’s Way.
DAVID'S VIEW: MINDFULNESS AT WORK
Welcome back to David's View!
This is the third in a series of short episodes where David and producer Michael Kammers sit down to discuss ways that we can apply the principles and practices explored in the CSM podcast and book.
In this episode, David and Michael explore ways that we can bring a sense of sacred outlook into our work lives.
EPISODE 23: FILM SCORES THAT DON'T EXIST WITH JAMIE CATTO
Jamie Catto joins David to share on Ram Dass, creative projects as devotional acts, the value of success, death, suicide, the power of Yin, and sweetening your self-talk.
Jamie Catto facilitates professional, personal, and creative breakthroughs, drawing from his own processes in ground-breaking film production, philosophy voyages and music.
DAVID'S VIEW: GROUNDLESSNESS
A series of short episodes where David and producer Michael Kammers sit down to discuss ways that we can apply the principles and practices explored in the CSM podcast and book.
In this episode, David and Michael discuss the experience of groundlessness in mindfulness meditation practice - giving context for groundlessness in our practice and how we can work with it.
EPISODE 22: MAGICAL THINKING IS HIGHLY STRATEGIC
Chris-Anne Donnelly joins David Nichtern for a free-flowing conversation about creativity and muses, tarot cards, archetypal energy, and why magical thinking is highly strategic.
Chris-Anne Donnelly is a deck creator, artist, and magic-maker, as well as a marketing strategist. Learn more about her at chris-anne.com.
DAVID'S VIEW: RIGHT LIVELIHOOD
This is the first in a series of short episodes where David and producer Michael Kammers sit down to discuss ways that we can apply the principles and practices explored in the CSM podcast and book.
In this episode, David and Michael explore how with the foundation of a mindfulness-awareness practice we can align our values with our actions in society to create right livelihood.
EPISODE 21: CONSCIOUS MARKETING
Conscious Marketer, Kylie Slavik, joins David to discuss channeled creativity and purpose-driven storytelling at the mindful intersection of spirituality and marketing.
Kylie currently serves as Director of Storytelling & Brand Development at Conscious Marketer. For more info, please visit ConsciousMarketer.com.
EPISODE 20: MIXING MIND WITH SPACE
Patricia Gift of Hay House joins David Nichtern for a conversation about her work in publishing, the remarkable beings she’s met on her journey, and the concept of mixing mind with space.
Patricia Gift is Vice President, Editorial, at Hay House, one of the world’s leading publishers of self-help and transformational books.
EPISODE 19: BUDDHIST WISDOM FOR REALIZING YOUR CREATIVE VISION
David Nichtern and Daniel Aitken share a conversation around the creative process and meditation, manifesting our visions, and Trungpa Rinpoche’s Shambhala teachings.
Daniel Aitken is the CEO and publisher of Wisdom Publications, a non-profit charitable publisher of books, podcasts, and online courses on contemporary and classical Buddhism, mindfulness, and meditation.
EPISODE 18: SHAMANIC WISDOM
Anthropologist, Alberto Villolda, PhD, joins David to illuminate ancient shamanic wisdom to heal our modern world through imbibing the natural, intuitive flow of consciousness, nature, and service.
Dubbed the ‘Indiana Jones of the Spirit World,’ Alberto Villoldo, PhD, is a medical anthropologist who has studied the shamanic healing practices of the Amazon and Andes for more than 25 years.
EPISODE 17: THE AUTHENTIC COLLEAGUE
David Nichtern and Michael Carroll share a conversation around what they learned from Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and how that translates into the concept of the authentic colleague in the modern-day workplace.
Michael Carroll is an authorized teacher in the Kagyu-Nyingma and Shambhala lineages in the tradition of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. He is the author of Awake at Work, The Mindful Leader, Fearless at Work, and Mindful Leadership Training.
EPISODE 16: MAKING FRIENDS WITH YOURSELF
Meditation Teacher and author Susan Piver and David discuss making friends with yourself, overcoming unworthiness, the weaponization of egolessness, and expanding our definition of Sangha.
Susan Piver is a New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including The Hard Questions, the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, and The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships.
EPISODE 15: HONORING YOUR INTUITION
PART TWO: David Nichtern welcomes renowned music executive, Danny Goldberg to talk about honoring your intuition in your work, what it really means to manage an artist, and setting up a spiritual practice that works for you.
Danny Goldberg is a music executive who has spent decades in the business. His latest book, Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain, is now available.
EPISODE 14: NOT KNOWING
PART ONE: David Nichtern welcomes Danny Goldberg to talk about the Zen concept of not knowing and the brilliance of Bernie Glassman, plus Danny lends his business expertise to David’s ideas of clarifying your offering and taking it to the marketplace.
Danny Goldberg, host of the Rock & Roles Podcast, is a music executive who has spent decades in the business. His latest book, Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain, is now available.
EPISODE 13: TRANSFORMING NEGATIVE KARMAS
Krishna Das joins David Nichtern for some chanting and chatting about transforming negative karmas, the path of surrender, and the connections between Hinduism and Buddhism.
David welcomes Krishna Das, and they explore how a spoonful of syrupy music helps the medicine of mantra go down.
EPISODE 12: EFFORT AND LETTING GO
David Ellner, the multidimensional entrepreneur, joins David Nichtern to discuss new beginnings, embracing uncertainty, and letting go.
David Ellner is the Founder and CEO of Panna. Formerly, Ellner was the president of Digital and Business Development for 19 Entertainment, home to the hit television series American Idol.
EPISODE 11: A COSMIC MOMENT
Ethan Nichtern, David’s number one and only son, visits the CSM podcast to talk about what lessons we can learn from the current viral pandemic and maintaining a dharmic perspective through it all.
With a recent history that seems pulled straight out of fiction, what are we to make of the present moment that the world finds itself in?
EPISODE 10: MUSIC AND MEDITATION
Virtuoso guitarist and meditation practitioner Julian Lage joins David Nichtern for a conversation around creating a vision for what we have to offer the world and how we can hone our creativity with meditative practice.
Award-winning guitarist Julian Lage has been widely acclaimed as one of the most prodigious guitarists of his generation.
EPISODE 9: SHARING THE RESONANCE
David Nichtern welcomes music producer David Kahne for a conversation around sharing creative resonance, connecting with the flow of the world, and the one long song of our lives.
David Kahne is a music producer, composer, arranger, engineer, and former executive. David has also written three full-length orchestral ballets, and composed the score for the feature film, Bloom.
EPISODE 8: SUCCESS AND CONTENTMENT
Comedian and host of The Duncan Trussell Family Hour Podcast, Duncan Trussell joins David Nichtern for a conversation about navigating success and contentment in our spiritual and career paths.
Duncan shares what he learned from his first encounters with success in the comedy business. He and David talk about how our perspective around success shifts overtime.
EPISODE 7: POWER AND FAME
David Nichtern welcomes legendary manager and supermensch Shep Gordon for a conversation around service, power and fame, and shooting Alice Cooper out of a canon.
Shep Gordon has been responsible for managing the careers of Alice Cooper, Groucho Marx, Raquel Welch, Luther Vandross, Kenny Loggins, and countless others.
EPISODE 6: BRINGING DHARMA INTO DAILY LIFE
The CEO and publisher of Wisdom Publications, Daniel Aitken, shares a conversation with David Nichtern around bringing the wisdom and practices of the Dharma into our daily lives.
Daniel Aitken is the CEO and publisher of Wisdom Publications, a non-profit charitable publisher of books, podcasts, and online courses on contemporary and classical Buddhism, mindfulness, and meditation.
EPISODE 5: YOU CAN'T SERVE FROM AN EMPTY PLATE
Yoga instructors Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee join David for a conversation around nurturing creativity and integrating our spiritual calling with our livelihood.
How do we reconcile our creative or spiritual calling with our need to make a living wage?
EPISODE 4: THE BUSINESS BODY
Entrepreneur Michael Mayzel joins David to break down the anatomy of the business body and discuss integrating the business and spiritual worlds.
Michael Mayzel is longtime entrepreneur and co-founder of Lowepro International, a partner of Blue Spirit Retreat Center in Costa Rica, and runs Shanti Sounds Costa Rica with his wife, Ayi.
EPISODE 3: FOLLOWING THE DREAM
Comedian, actor and writer Pete Holmes joins David Nichtern for a conversation about maintaining balance while pursuing our dreams and navigating the road to success.
How can we pursue our aspirations with greater direction? Pete and David talk about making progress on the road to success by keeping options open, networking and proactivity.
EPISODE 2: IN THE BHAV
David speaks with his longtime friend, Jamie Lee Curtis, about her meditation practice, the bhav of creativity, and playing to your strongest suits in life.
Jamie Lee Curtis is an iconic actress, author of best-selling children’s books, photographer, producer, activist, and entrepreneur. Her next movie, Knives Out, opens in theaters this November. To learn more about Jamie, you can follow her on Twitter.
EPISODE 1: THE MEDITATIVE MIND
David Nichtern sits down with psychologist and author Daniel Goleman for conversation around the intersection of awareness, creativity and business.
Daniel is an internationally known psychologist and author. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half. With more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 40 languages.
