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The Garrison Institute Presents: The Common Good

The Garrison Institute Presents: The Common Good

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What does it mean to live for the common good? To explore the threads that bind us all, the Garrison Institute, a non-profit organization exploring the intersection of contemplation and engaged action in the world, offers the new podcast series, The Garrison Institute Presents. Hosted by Garrison Institute co-founder, urban visionary and award-winning author Jonathan F.P. Rose, the show’s debut season, titled The Common Good, journeys into the nature of life, mind, and compassionate action. The show focuses on integrating the interdependent nature of life, the nature of the mind, and compassion in action.The Garrison Institute Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • Rupert Spira: Inner Peace and the Nature of Being

    Rupert Spira: Inner Peace and the Nature of Being
    19 Oct 2026
    In this conversation, Steve Varley sits down with spiritual teacher, author, and artist Rupert Spira at the Garrison Institute to explore nonduality, the nature of being, and the discovery of lasting peace and happiness. Reflecting on his journey from ceramic artist to spiritual teacher, Rupert discusses how beauty can reveal the reality beneath appearances, why his teaching increasingly speaks of being, love, and devotion, and how different spiritual traditions lead toward a recognition of our shared nature. They explore the relationship between inner peace and responsibility to others and whether artificial intelligence could ever experience consciousness. We’d love to hear your thoughts about the podcast, please send us a note at podcasts@garrisoninstitute.org to let us know what you think. Produced by The Garrison Institute and The Podglomerate.
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    48 min
  • Peter Senge: Organizational Learning and Systems Thinking

    Peter Senge: Organizational Learning and Systems Thinking
    5 Oct 2026
    In this episode of The Common Good, Jonathan F.P. Rose speaks with Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline, about systems thinking, organizational learning, personal mastery, and the deeper forms of awareness needed to address today’s interconnected challenges. Senge explores how generative social fields and “ethical space” can help people move beyond fragmentation and cultivate collective intelligence. He also draws on Indigenous wisdom, Buddhist traditions, and contemporary science to consider awareness, interdependence, and our relationship with community and Earth. We’d love to hear your thoughts about the podcast, please send us a note at podcasts@garrisoninstitute.org to let us know what you think. Produced by The Garrison Institute and The Podglomerate.
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    1 hr and 4 min
  • Roshi Joan Halifax: Impermanence and Interdependence

    Roshi Joan Halifax: Impermanence and Interdependence
    21 Sep 2026
    Roshi Joan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, social activist, author, and pioneer in end-of-life care. In this conversation with Gretchen Steidle, she reflects on a lifetime of contemplative practice and service, exploring what death and dying can teach us about impermanence, grief, fear, interdependence, and living with greater courage and compassion. Drawing on her encounters with Thich Nhat Hanh, her work with dying patients and healthcare professionals, and her experiences in prisons and hospitals, Roshi Joan describes contemplative practice as a way of encountering reality as it is. She explores our cultural fear of mortality, the illusion of control, and the role of interdependence in social change. She also shares her recent experience encountering the threshold of death with peace, acceptance, and gratitude, and asks: What will serve this moment? We’d love to hear your thoughts about the podcast, please send us a note at podcasts@garrisoninstitute.org to let us know what you think. Produced by The Garrison Institute and The Podglomerate.
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    57 min
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