Daniel makes his pod debut and shares his power rankings .

Click here to send me a text message ... Out here, on the far side of conventional religion, no path is more compelling than the one that leads us to know our natural place within the larger earth community. And there may be no better modern guide than Bill Plotkin, the author of four books on the subject and the founder of the Animas Valley Instit…

Aaron's back from Italy talking wine, Skokie heads, and g league.

Click here to send me a text message ... We dwell within a realm of spacious possibility; and it dwells within us. The mystic experiences this firsthand. So does any seeker alert to the subtle movements of the heart. Cynthia Bourgeault knows the territory well. She's lived it, and she's written about it. But, being human, she's also continuing to l…

Turb joins the pod to talk week 3 games, G league (and G league North), Bears and a little week 4 preview

Click here to send me a text message ... Soul has only one agenda--that we live into who we really are and offer our unique gifts in service to the world. Soul is less concerned about the obstacles that that may plant in our path. So, for rugged mountain guide Bruce Howatt, the call to finally show up in the world--as Julianna--must have felt like …

Brian, Aaron, and Mova take a very long time to talk about injuries, week 1 matchups, free agent pick ups and week 2 games.

With most of the G league draft behind us Brian, Aaron and Kosta share their thoughts of the teams so far

The defending champion and runner up draft their divisions for the 2024 season, G league banter and a little analysis of the keepers that have been announced already

Click here to send me a text message ... Intuition is our portal to knowing everything. What our rational mind doesn't know, and can't know, is available to us through those flashes of insight that solve problems, give us direction, and suggest meaning and purpose for our lives. Kim Chestney, author of The Illumination Code: 7 Keys to Unlock Your Q…

AK, KG and BP give their post draft and schedule analysis of the Bears season

Click here to send me a text message ... By the time an author scores a major publishing deal they are usually beyond the reach of mere mortals. So, when it happens to a friend, there is a unique sense of privilege watching the process unfold from the inside. Such is the case with Jessica Waite, whose memoir, "The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards" is…

Click here to send me a text message ... So many writers hide their light under a bushel, thinking they don't deserve the term "writer." But writing groups can put the lie to that fear, coaxing us and our words out from hiding. The UnderStory Collective is the writing group I belong to. I invited them to the Cave to share the reassuring and embolde…

AK and KG are back and better than ever giving their expert pre draft analysis.

Click here to send me a text message ... You can hear it in her voice. This is a woman who knows herself and her place in the universe. But fortunately for us, she believes that that place is to help others find their voice too. "Writing by Heart" is Meredith Heller's invitation to find the inner path to yourself ... through poetry. It's a book. Bu…

Click here to send me a text message ... Psychedelics can show us what's beyond our ordinary consciousness. Meditation can help us to live day by day from that place. But in the end all practices fall short: the spiritual journey requires a letting go, not a holding on. Zen teacher Ryushin uses words only to point beyond those words ... to the actu…

Click here to send me a text message ... The Ordinary Reality we experience every day may not be the only reality there is. It may not even be the real one. Non-Ordinary Reality is a fantastical cosmos populated by Spirit Beings—plants, animals, and people—who are devoted to our health and wholeness. It's the job of shamans like Wade Prpich to trav…

AK provides some hot takes just before free agency begins

Click here to send me a text message ... It's like we're walking around blindfolded. We feel we are alone in the universe while spirit guides hover close by, waiting for us to acknowledge them. We feel it all comes down to our wills and to our efforts while energy pours into our hearts from a cosmic Source. Reiki Master Jan Thompson knows those spi…

Click here to send me a text message ... There's something encoded in our souls that seeks hope even in the face of hopelessness. That spark, that gene, that impossible dream is what allows us to discover new stories to replace the old ones and to usher in the new world we seek. Activist, storyteller, and writer Gareth Higgins, in his book, How Not…

Click here to send me a text message ... Teresa Hanlon was doing ministry within her church long before she was ordained. But when she became a priest, her Church excommunicated her and inhibited her from doing the work she loved. Providentially, for her and the other women priests ordained within the Catholic tradition (if not in the Roman Catholi…

Click here to send me a text message ... Everything we do reflects Soul. Because Soul is about what's inside. How we dress is one way we let our inner self out, to be seen. Barry Foster, known by some as "the best dressed man in church land," knows that our sartorial choices are so much more than fashion statements. They are about who we are. Resou…

A new champion is crowned for the 2023 season.

Click here to send me a text message ... Here's a song I wrote a few years ago that has become special to me. I often use it to close my performances of music and storytelling. This version is just a demo, meaning the song is still in development. But I wanted to share it with you as is, as a small gift at New Years. Enjoy! Song Credit: Music and l…

Click here to send me a text message ... Set in 1995, when people still smoked and few had cell phones, this retelling of the Christmas story imagines a young couple overwhelmed by circumstances larger than themselves and by a dark and inhospitable world seemingly incapable of welcoming their newborn. Until the city utility truck arrives, and then …

Jeopardy returns; can Kosta redeem himself?

Click here to send me a text message ... After days, weeks, even years of preparation, each Vision Quester headed off for a three-day solo fast on a mountainside in Southwestern Colorado. Every experience was unique. But everyone had an experience, a Soul Encounter, that awakened us to our place in the Universe. Here, Vincenzo Falone and I tell our…

AK and KG play jeopardy before they take a deep dive into the first round of the playoffs

AK and Kosta keep it brief with not much left to play for in the final week of the season. G talk gets spicy.

Click here to send me a text message ... Eleven days camping on a Colorado mountainside, three of those days a solo fast, seeking an encounter with Nature that might grant us a vision of our mythopoetic identities, our unique place in the Universe: it would have been an ambitious undertaking for someone half our age. But somehow Vincenzo Falone, fr…

No intro this week. AK and KG get right into discussing the top 6 teams and even discuss the G league.

AK and KG are back after a 1 week hiatus. They are full from Thanksgiving and also full of opinions on trades.

Click here to send me a text message ... A few gurus and spiritual leaders have given all the others a bad name. But yoga and meditation instructor Vickie MacArthur has a story to tell about Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Zen Master, whose gaze was all it took to change her life, filling her with divine love. It's a story we may need to hear. Vick…

We mix things up this week as Plotkin and Mehdi discuss all the trades that went down this week

AK and KG are joined by the new number one manager in the league.

Click here to send me a text message ... We might deny it, but we're all creative. We might not make a painting, but we might make a garden or a business or a home. Visual artist Jan Handy speaks with me about the challenges and the joys of following our Muse. It's everyone's calling. Resources Jan's email address: jajhandy@gmail.com Books mentione…

AK and KG have have a special intro by request and wrap up the spooky season.

AK and KG are joined by their youngest guest to date.

Click here to send me a text message ... Is our spirituality shaped by our sexuality? Or are we shaped more by the social constructs of that sexuality? Counselling psychologist and professor emeritus Kevin Alderson has spent his career specializing in LGBTQ+ issues and helping people to accept themselves, whatever their sexuality. Only when we love…

AK and Kosta get ready for Halloween and of course discuss the week that was in Skokie Heads

Click here to send me a text message ... What if our place in the Universe isn't a job, or a role, or anything the world might recognize as useful? What if it's more subtle and more fundamental than how the world sees us? What would that look like? And how would we even know if we'd found it? Celia McBride's memoir, O My God: An Un-becoming Journey…

AK and Kosta are joined by not 1, but 2 special guests to discuss the results of last week and preview the upcoming week.

AK and Kosta go for round 2 of music trivia and then are joined by a special guest to recap last weeks action.

Click here to send me a text message ... Jesus told a parable about a wealthy man who increased his holdings and expanded his storage facilities for all his goods, until the day came when he was informed that his soul was required of him. Would that he had cared for his soul before it was taken away. James Hollis has been counselling, writing, and …

Aaron surprises Kosta with a throwback game followed by the usual hilarious commentary on the week that was.

AK and Kosta learn how to navigate without Plotkin. They provide hilarious insight on last week results and upcoming match ups.

Click here to send me a text message ... Prophets don't call themselves prophets. They speak their words or write their books until people start to notice. Then they may open a wisdom school or create magical live events or succumb to interviews with podcasters. All this describes Stephen Jenkinson. When he writes, or speaks, or performs, you feel …

AK goes solo with his amateur draft analysis.

Click here to send me a text message ... Out here on the far side of conventional religion it is important that the seeker find a few guideposts. Otherwise the open landscape can feel overwhelming. Thomas Moore has been a seeker's lodestar for over thirty years, ever since he reintroduced us to the language of “Soul” in his best-selling book, “Care…

Click here to send me a text message ... Darold Black loves people and he loves pictures. So it's no surprise that our conversation about wisdom turned into personal stories about life. Wisdom doesn't come to us as lofty ideas. It comes to us as images from the heart. Darold is working on a documentary series called "E5," an attempt to capture the …