Contemplify

Paul Swanson

Booking Overview

Contemplify is a contemplative-education podcast featuring thoughtful exchanges with scholars, creatives, and teachers about contemplative practice in everyday life. It’s a strong fit for authors and educators in spirituality, theology, and ethics who can offer practical takeaways rooted in lived experience.

Metrics

Episodes: 192

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 465 followers

Contact Information

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Host

Paul Swanson - Host of the Contemplify podcast. He is a husband, father, and contemplative educator at the Center for Action and Contemplation, and co-host of Another Name for Every Thing with Richard Rohr. The s...

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Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Recognized scholars, theologians, spiritual educators, and/or creative practitioners with authored books or major creative work, plus demonstrable expertise in contemplative practice, spiritual formation, and its application to daily life (often with a justice/healing/ethics lens).

Required Achievements:

published books, major creative productions or public-facing educational work, leadership in institutes or long-running teaching programs, media recognition (e.g., PBS tie-ins) or nationally distributed work

Recent Guest Discussions

Sasha Waters - Mary Oliver; Attention And Devotion; The Sacred Interplay With Nature; Practical Contemplative Takeaways.

Beverly Lanzetta - Divine Feminine; Dark Nights Of The Soul; Contemplative Practice; Mystical Activism And Theology.

Dr. Liza J. Rankow - Soul Medicine; Healing, Justice, And Wholeness; Personal And Social Transformation; Practical Tools For Courage And Rebuilding.

Recent Topics

Contemplation, Spirituality, Theology, Mysticism, Ethics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Contemplify

Noah Davis on The Last Beast We Revel In

September 01, 2026

"Noah Davis is a poet whose capacious imagination runs on river sounds and open air." — Adrian Matejka, Pulitzer Prize Finalist and editor of Poetry. Noah Davis is an award-winning poet, whose collection The Last Beast We Revel In was my first read on my sabbatical. The poetry of Noah Davis is sensual, enlivening all senses whether it be the howling earth, family, dalliances with the beloved, or the creatures that companion and sustain us. This is his second collection of poems, his lyricism ...

Todd Goddard on Jim Harrison (author of Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, A Writer's Life)

August 01, 2026

Todd Goddard is an award-winning writer with a Ph.D in literary studies to go along with J.D. Todd Goddard joins me to talk about his unparalleled work on one of my literary heroes, the poet and writer, Jim Harrison. Goddard's book, Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, A Writer's Life. Devouring Time is the finest biography my eyes have met. Nuanced, gritty, and touching…matching the seasons of Jim Harrison's life and revealing the textures of one of the most compelling writers and poets of the last...

Sasha Waters on Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

July 01, 2026

Sasha Waters, an American documentary and experimental filmmaker, feminist and educator. She has produced and directed over twenty films and we are here today to talk about her latest, Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World, which will be theatrically released July 3rd (see dates and locations of screenings here) and will air nationally on the PBS series American Masters on August 25th, 2026. I cannot urge you enough, run to see Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World if it is pl...

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