Buddhist Geeks

Vince Fakhoury Horn

Booking Overview

An interview-led Buddhist practice and Dharma show that regularly features teachers, scholars, authors, and experienced practitioners discussing contemporary Buddhism, meditation, and socially engaged practice, alongside solo episodes from the host. Credible pitches include Buddhist scholars, meditation teachers, authors of substantive books, and practitioners with meaningful work connecting Dharma to social justice or modern life; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need established expertise or a notable body of work.

Metrics

Episodes: 493

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

buddhistgeeks@substack.com

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Host

Vince Fakhoury Horn - Buddhist teacher and Dharma practitioner focused on contemporary and pragmatic approaches to Buddhist practice. He studied religious studies at Naropa University and leads retreats and training pro...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Buddhist teachers, meditation instructors, religious-studies scholars, authors, and practitioners with substantial experience or original work in contemporary Buddhist practice.

Required Achievements:

Published books or significant contributions to Buddhist studies and practice, Leadership in Buddhist teaching, retreats, or communities, Substantive work connecting Buddhism with social justice, culture, or modern life

Recent Guest Discussions

Brian Newman - Retreat Design, Reintegration After Intensive Meditation Practice, Community, And Individual Choice-making

Emily Horn - Retreat Design, Concentration, Mindfulness, Heartfulness, Individual Choice-making, And Buddhist Community

Rima Vesely-Flad - Buddhism, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Palestine, Grief, Rage, And Socially Engaged Dharma

Mushim Patricia Ikeda - Working-class Dharma, Japanese American Buddhist Experience, Zen Training, Affordability, And Mutual Aid

Recent Topics

Buddhism, Dharma, Meditation, Mindfulness, Buddhist Studies

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Buddhist Geeks

Imaginal Meditation

September 22, 2026

In “Imaginal Meditation,” Emily West Horn introduces an approach to imaginal practice—drawing on Vajrayana deity yoga, Jack Kornfield, Chögyam Trungpa, and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche—to show how invoking, dissolving, and embodying the image of the Buddha can loosen the boundary between self & world, inclining the mind toward non-duality.💬 TranscriptEmily Horn: So I want to explore imaginal meditation with you all today. And I want to start just simply with the Buddhist Geeks definition of it,...

The Grammar of Social Metta

September 16, 2026

Vince Fakhoury Horn on the grammar of social metta—why a metta phrase needs a wish and only optionally a subject, how Sharon Salzberg’s “pith metta” shortens the phrase once the wish starts coming true, and why open-heartedness is a byproduct of the practice rather than its purpose, so there is always more to aspire to.💬 TranscriptVince Horn: Today as we continue to unfold the social metta instructions I wanted to talk a little bit about the grammar of social metta, meaning the linguistic str...

Social Metta Works!

September 09, 2026

In “Social Metta Works!”, Vince Fakhoury Horn traces the origin story and practical mechanics of practicing loving-kindness out loud and together, making the case that metta—a fundamentally pro-social practice—works better when it stops being something we do silently, alone in our own heads.If you’d like to learn more about Social Metta, and how to share these pro-social practices with others, I’m beginning a Social Metta Faciltiation training for all hardcore members of the new Pragmatic Dha...

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