The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern

Ethan Nichtern

Booking Overview

This is a Buddhist teachings and mindfulness interview podcast that also explores psychology, spirituality, art, culture, and politics, typically featuring authors, clinicians, spiritual teachers, and other thought leaders. PR agencies could credibly pitch Buddhist teachers, meditation experts, psychologists, mental-health professionals, authors, and scholars with substantive work relevant to contemplative practice or social issues; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 182

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

connect@ethannichtern.com

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Host

Ethan Nichtern - Author, meditation teacher, and Buddhist educator who has taught meditation and Buddhist psychology since 2002. He leads the Yearlong Buddhist Studies Program for Dharmamoon.com and has written mul...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Authors, Buddhist or interfaith spiritual teachers, psychologists, meditation experts, scholars, and thought leaders with established expertise, published work, or a distinctive body of experience related to contemplative practice and social or cultural issues.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Established teaching or clinical practice, Academic or professional expertise, International speaking experience, Leadership of a relevant initiative or project

Recent Guest Discussions

Christopher Willard - The Effects Of Patriarchy On Men And Boys; Masculinity; Emotional Attunement; Psychology; Spirituality; Mental Health; And Buddhist Perspectives On Social And Cultural Issues.

Erica Bassani - Women Spiritual Teachers; Relationships With The Sacred; Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, And Nondual Traditions; Women's Spiritual Experience; And Her Book Women In Love With The Divine.

Recent Topics

Buddhism, Mindfulness, Meditation, Psychology, Spirituality

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern

Ep 182 - The Three Poisons

September 08, 2026

On the latest episode of The Road Home podcast, we dive into one of the deepest and most crucial teachings of Buddhist philosophy of the mind: the three poisons. These could also be called the three confused habitual responses to the present moment. In this dharma talk, we go "under the hood" of how our moment by moment experience unfolds, and how our observation of our confusion can be simplified to the exploration of three simple momentary experiences, as well as our three confused reaction...

Ep. 181 - You Must Be Somebody Before You Can Be Nobody with Noel Coakley

August 03, 2026

On the latest episode of The Road Home podcast, Ethan was joined by friend Noel Coakley. A brilliant and kind psychotherapist and Dharma teacher, Noel has a style as a spiritual thinker and teacher all his own. They discussed his journey into working with the mind, his interest in relational mindfulness and psychology, how The Beastie Boys got him into the Dharma, and what it's like to teach Buddhist meditation at a Bluegrass festival. Ethan also tried to rope Noel into Ethan's controversial ...

Ep. 180 - What's Up With The Dudes? with Dr. Chris Willard

July 07, 2026

Recently I was talking to my friend Dr. Chris Willard, and he mentioned a desire to have a conversation about the effects of patriarchy on men, and especially younger men, from both a psychological and spiritual perspective. Like myself, Chris is a progressive Buddhist dad, and like me, he cares about helping people develop a more emotionally attuned approach to life. Chris has a particular clinical focus on working with younger people, including younger boys and men. What followed was a wide...

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connect@ethannichtern.com

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