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Commune with Jeff Krasno
The Commune Podcast is where we explore the ideas and practices that help us live healthy, connected, purpose-filled lives. Each week host Jeff Krasno speaks with teachers, spiritual leaders, doctors, and storytellers on topics related to personal and societal well-being — from nutrition and integrative medicine to spirituality and personal growth to environmental regeneration and civic engagement. In addition to being a podcast, Commune is also an online course platform with more than 100…
Episodes
Commune with Jeff Krasno138. Healing Through Understanding with Elena Brower
When we say, “The nation needs to heal,” what does that actually look like on a personal level? In today’s conversation with yoga teacher Elena Brower, we…
Commune with Jeff Krasno137. Commusings: Communion
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno136. Commusings: A Solemn Pledge
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno135. Commusings: Be Ready
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno134. A Mindful Nation with Rep. Tim Ryan
Rep. Tim Ryan (D) is the congressman from Ohio’s 13th district and former presidential candidate. He is a daily meditator and the author of A Mindful Nation…
Commune with Jeff Krasno133. Commusings: Good Grief
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno132. Love and Rage with Lama Rod Owens
Lama Rod Owens is a Buddhist minister, Black activist, and author of Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger. As he says in this podcast, "Anger is…
Commune with Jeff Krasno131. Commusings: The Rona
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno130. Can Americans Like Each Other Again? with Ash Ambirge
A native of New Milford, Pennsylvania, author Ash Ambirge often serves as a translator, of sorts, between the languages of “rural America” and “coastal elite…
Commune with Jeff Krasno129. Yoga is Politics with Seane Corn
Seane Corn is a yoga teacher and passionate political activist who believes social issues cannot be separated from yoga and spirituality. Today we discuss how…
Commune with Jeff Krasno128. Commusings: The Middle Way
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno127. Can the Courts Preserve Democracy?
Judge Vaughn R. Walker served as a U.S. District Judge from 1989 to 2011, and while he was nominated by two Republican presidents, he also presided over many…
Commune with Jeff Krasno126. Commusings: Small Is Beautiful
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno125. The Light and Dark of Western Spirituality with Jules Evans
Jules Evans is a prolific philosopher who writes on a wide variety of topics from stoicism and cognitive behavioral therapy to Artisotle and ayahuasca. Today’s…
Commune with Jeff Krasno124. Commusings: Antisocial Media
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno123. The Origins of QAnon
This week, Jeff interviews the hosts of the Conspirituality podcast – Derek Beres, Julian Walker, and Matthew Remski – on the white nationalist and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno122. Commusings: You Split. I Choose.
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno121. Ending Racism in One Generation with Justin Michael Williams
During this summer of reckoning on social justice, Justin Michael Willams took a step back from his social media and realized that in the flood of traumatizing…
Commune with Jeff Krasno120. Parenting in a Pandemic with Dr. Rebecca Branstetter
School psychologist and conscious parenting author Dr. Rebecca Branstetter has some advice for you in today's podcast: You are not homeschooling your child…
Commune with Jeff Krasno119. Commusings: A Bridge to America’s Future
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno118. Real Talk with #GIRLBOSS Sophia Amoruso
In her early 20’s Sophia Amoruso launched an eBay store selling vintage clothing. A few years later, Nasty Gal skyrocketed to $100 million in revenue and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno117. Commusings: From Straw To Steel
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno116. Faith, Love and Resilience with Sharon Salzberg
Self-compassion is a muscle we have to remind ourselves to flex, and Sharon Salzberg is one of the most experienced trainers for that exercise. In this…
Commune with Jeff Krasno115. Commusings: The Other Epidemic
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno114. Till Sex Do Us Part w/Schuyler Grant, Dave & Erin Kennedy
The word “love” spurs a sense of excitement and wonder, while “commitment” feels weighted by social pressure, monogamy, and laundry lists. But it doesn’t have…
Commune with Jeff Krasno113. Canary in a Coal Mine
The silhouette of Colin Kaepernick is ubiquitous. Stenciled on sidewalks and spray painted on boarded-up businesses, the image of Kaepernick has become an…
Commune with Jeff Krasno111. From the Archives: Why Forgive?
Is forgiveness a gift you give... yourself? Dr. Robert Enright, founder of the International Forgiveness Institute, shares facts that will shift your…
Commune with Jeff Krasno110. Commusings: Walking Among the Divine
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno109. How to be Plastic-Free with Kate Nelson
While going to college in Santa Barbara, California - Kate Nelson looked around in the middle of a party at the sea of Red Solo cups half filled with beer and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno108. Commusings: Navigating Post-Truth
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno107. Truth and Conspiracy with Charles Eisenstein
Our society's war of narratives is preventing us from having thoughtful, meaningful conversations around a shared goal. How did we get here? And how can we…
Commune with Jeff Krasno106. Commusings: Who Am I?
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno105. The Poetry of Life with Jacqueline Suskin
As humans, we often struggle to express our emotional realm, which can feel confusing, shadowy, and private. But words are vessels for emotions, and poetry can…
Commune with Jeff Krasno104. Commusings: Interdependence Day
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno103. EVRYMAN with Ashanti Branch, Touré, and Sascha Lewis
We have to change the paradigm of what it means to be a man in our society. For so long, the ideal man was someone who suppressed his emotions, never showing…
Commune with Jeff Krasno102. Pandemic of Love with Shelly Tygielski
When COVID-19 swept through her community, Shelly Tygielski had a simple idea: Connect people who can give directly with those in need. Within days her…
Commune with Jeff Krasno101. Commusings: Finding Fatherhood
Today, in honor of Father’s Day, I share with you a piece entitled Finding Fatherhood. This episode is dedicated to my loving father.
Commune with Jeff Krasno100. Dying with Dignity with Ann Grant
Our approach to dying is a reflection of how we think about so many other different parts of our life, which for many of us is based on fear. Though death is…
Commune with Jeff Krasno99. Commusings: Privilege
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno98. Healing Through Sound with Jeralyn Glass
Jeralyn Glass has dedicated her life to healing through sound, and plays her crystal singing bowls in a wide range of venues, from concert halls to cancer…
Commune with Jeff Krasno97. Commusings: 8 Minutes, 46 seconds
Each week Jeff has been writing a Sunday article called Commusings where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno96. The Breaking Point with Anasa Troutman
What's different this time? Today, African-American community leader Anasa Troutman discusses race relations in America, and how the pandemic, unemployment…
Commune with Jeff Krasno95. For Those Battling in Paper Armor
The global pandemic conscripts a different type of soldier, wearing a different sort of uniform. Dubbed "essential workers," they fight an invisible enemy that…
Commune with Jeff Krasno94. Sacred Space with India.Arie
India.Arie is a prolific singer-songwriter and the winner of 4 Grammy awards, but today on the show we talk about a different dimension of her life that has…
Commune with Jeff Krasno93. Urban Coliving with Robert O'Neill
When you fly over a city and see all those backyard swimming pools and barbecues, do you ever wonder: What if we shared more resources? What if we had…
Commune with Jeff Krasno92.The Fourth Way with Biet Simkin
Raised by a shaman in New York City and signed to Sony Records at 19, Biet's life has been a rollercoaster of highs and lows, clarity and addiction. Now dubbed…
Commune with Jeff Krasno91. You Are a Coral Reef with Ara Katz
Like a reef or rainforest, what we call a human is actually a multispecies superorganism — technically a "holobiont." We evolved to exist with our microbes and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno90. To My Fellow Mothers in Quarantine with Schuyler Grant
None of us imagined motherhood under these conditions. Some of us are essential workers navigating front-line jobs, but most of us are now stay-at-home moms…
Commune with Jeff Krasno89. What Drug Companies Don't Disclose with Allison Behringer
Capitalism bombards us with the message, “You’re not enough, but to compensate we're going to sell you a product.” This gets particularly dangerous when the…
Commune with Jeff Krasno88.Tapping to Let Go with Nick Ortner
Is your personal narrative true? Or do you manipulate and aggregate past phenomena to support your current story? Today, Nick Ortner, CEO of The Tapping…
Commune with Jeff Krasno87. Happiness Right Here with Danielle LaPorte
Our patterns of behavior are often rooted in our lack of self-worth. When there is something wrong on the inside, our instinct is to look for external agents…
Commune with Jeff Krasno86. Stay Woke with Justin Michael Williams
What is the new world story that will spin out of our situation? Meditation doesn’t necessarily lead to a passive life — it can also encourage an active one…
Commune with Jeff Krasno85. Return to Local with Helena Norberg-Hodge
If ever there was an opportunity to introduce a more local way of life, one not engineered for corporate globalism, it is now. Today’s guest is the founder and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno84. A Nutritional Wasteland with Ocean Robbins
Why are so many of us sick when we value health? The American way of processing and marketing food is spreading. All over the world waistlines are expanding…
Commune with Jeff Krasno83. Allow Yourself to Let Go with Tracee Stanley
When information overloads us, we need a reset. But how do we really surrender and let go of so much thinking? Today, Tracee discusses how Yoga Nidra can help…
Commune with Jeff Krasno82. How to Support Your Immune System with Dr. Mark Hyman
In today’s episode, Dr. Mark Hyman shares a wide range of options for boosting your immune system — from food groups and supplements to practices and rituals…
Commune with Jeff Krasno81. Home Alone in Our Heads with Light Watkins
Spending quality time with our own minds can be terrifying for our socially oriented species, and yet here we all are, home alone with thoughts for company…
Commune with Jeff Krasno80. Coronavirus - The New Human Story
Eventually this crisis will end, and at that point we have an opportunity to rewrite the story of humanity. Will we use this pause in business-as-usual to…
Commune with Jeff Krasno79. Coronavirus and Our Common Humanity
The spread of the coronavirus reflects our inter-connectivity, starkly highlighting our intertwined destiny and common humanity. We are not just individuals…
Commune with Jeff Krasno78. Inquire Within with In-Q
In-Q is a national poetry slam champion, multi-platinum songwriter and jaw-dropping performer with an incredible talent for weaving sound, rhythm, and insight…