The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern

Ethan Nichtern

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Booking Overview

The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern blends Buddhist teachings with practical mindfulness, using conversations with authors and thought leaders to connect meditation to psychology, art, culture, and even politics. It’s a strong platform for guests who can translate contemplative practice into accessible, lived insight for a general audience.

Metrics

Episodes: 178

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Ethan Nichtern - Author and teacher focused on Buddhist teachings and mindfulness practice. He has taught meditation and Buddhist psychology classes and workshops across the U.S. and online since 2002, leads/heads ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Typically authors and experienced practitioners/teachers in mindfulness, yoga, meditation, or adjacent fields (psychology/ethics) with a public-facing body of work (books) and practical experience applying these ideas in real-world contexts.
Required Achievements:  
Published book(s) on mindfulness/meditation or related lived practice, Notable real-world teaching or program leadership (e.g., prisons/correctional programming, community work), Recognized memoir or thought leadership connected to wellbeing, grief, or ethical transformation

Recent Guest Discussions

Bryan Welch - Grief And Loss; Loving Someone Affected By Addiction; Buddhist-informed Compassion And Mindfulness Around Suffering

Oneika Mays - Mindfulness And Metta Practice; Applying Contemplative Practices In The Prison-industrial Complex; Social Justice And Liberation Through Restorative Practices

Recent Topics

Mindfulness, Buddhism, Meditation, Psychology, Ethics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern
:

Ep. 178 - What Acceptance Means (and What It Doesn't)

June 09, 2026

In this solo episode, Ethan takes on the practice of "acceptance." He gets into the nitty gritty of how frequently we spiritual folks misinterpret the meaning of acceptance, turning it into an unhealthy bypass of what we're actually experiencing. By doing so, we miss the transformative (and not at all passive!) possibilities of what practicing acceptance can truly do for ourselves and others. He offers a three-step practice for working with acceptance, and applies this to practicing acceptanc...

Ep. 177 - Love is Messy: The Dharma of Relationships with Devon and Nico Hase

May 27, 2026

Ethan welcomes teachers and authors devon and nico hase to discuss their new book, This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership. Devon and nico are a rare pair in the Dharma world. Each from a varied background and students of multiple traditions of wisdom, they bring two varied and brilliantly contemporary approaches to their practice and teaching. In this flowing conversation, they discuss with Ethan some of the secrets of lasting intimacy, keys to fighting well and t...

Ep. 176 - Loving an Addict and Making Friends with Grief

May 18, 2026

Ethan welcomes author, meditator, entrepreneur and organic farmer Bryan Welch for a heart-opening conversation about grief, loss, and loving someone who can't be saved. In his gripping new memoir, The Gift of a Broken Heart, Bryan movingly recounts his own journey through deep grief at the loss of his 25-year-old son to addiction. The book describes, in searing detail, the pain of parents grappling with an adult child's mental illness and, finally, his death in the throes of the disease. As B...

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