The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern

Ethan Nichtern

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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: 180

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

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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. 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...

Ep. 179 - The Power of Women Spiritual Teachers with Erica Bassani

June 22, 2026

After a brief memorial to the late Tenzin Robert Thurman, Ethan welcomes author and seeker Erica Bassani to discuss her new book, Women in Love with the Divine. Erica's book explores what it means to be a woman committed to a relationship with the sacred in today's world. On a quest to answer this question for herself, Erica Bassani shares stories from her encounters with a dozen women spiritual teachers from Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Nondual traditions. They dis...

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...

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