Alan Watts Being in the Way
Take a deep dive into the collected recordings of Alan Watts with Alan’s son, Mark Watts.
Being in the Way is a podcast series that explores the Alan Watts Archive’s 100-hour tape collection - including recordings not heard in 40 years. We will meet some of the people being influenced by the works of Alan Watts today and learn a little of the history behind how these remarkable recordings were made.
Mark and his guests offer reflections on Alan’s ideas— ideas that were radically innovative and groundbreaking in the sixties and seventies, and yet seem to have come of age today.
Being in the Way is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization, in partnership with Ram Dass' Be Here Now Network.
Check out all of the Alan Watts Organization's offerings at alanwatts.org.
Philosophy
Religion & Spirituality
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self-Improvement
Education
Society & Culture
- Update frequency
- every 37 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 37
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Ep. 36 – Seeing through The Net
In this new, technological age, Alan Watts explains how seeing reality via only one perspective can lead to a fragmented view of the world; instead, he encourages listeners to adopt both the analytic…
00:46:17 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Ep. 35 – Dreaming the World
Diving into the cosmic drama of reality, Alan Watts describes the world as a divine dream which is poetic, playful, and only sometimes serious.
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00:54:16 |
Thu 15 May 2025
Ep. 34 – Confucianism vs. Taoism
Breaking free from cause-and-effect and the formal ideas of Confucianism, Alan Watts describes mutual arising as the key idea of the Tao.
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00:59:59 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
Ep. 33 – Zen Reconsidered
Re-familiarizing us with Zen traditions, Alan Watts inspires listeners to move beyond going through the motions of practice.
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00:51:27 |
Fri 22 Nov 2024
Ep. 32 – Zen and the Art of the Controlled Accident
Focusing on cosmic balance, Alan Watts outlines the fundamentals of Taoism and how to skillfully interfere with our environment.
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00:42:28 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
Ep. 31 – Religion of No Religion
Explaining the delicate balance of religiousness, Alan Watts lectures on the principle of leaving no trace.
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00:53:34 |
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Ep. 30 – Flow: Symbolic Reality vs. Real Reality
In a lecture on symbolic reality versus real reality, Alan Watts explains the importance of total sensory awareness and looking at our motivations.
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00:42:15 |
Thu 02 May 2024
Ep. 29 – Philosophy of the Tao
Join us on a journey of contemplation and enlightenment in this captivating introduction to Taoism.
Discover the profound wisdom of Taoist philosophy with Alan Watts as he invites us to embrace the …
00:46:27 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Ep. 28 – Limits of Language
Taking a trip through the constructs of form and labeling, Alan Watts philosophizes about the limits of language.
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00:53:58 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Ep. 27 – Love Of Waters
In celebration of the waters that bring life to all things, Alan Watts reflects on the separation between human civilization and the natural world.
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00:23:05 |
Mon 15 Jan 2024
Ep. 26 – Relevance of Eastern Philosophy
Using wisdom from Eastern philosophies, Alan Watts explains why Westerners should let go of any preconceived notions of God.
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01:01:38 |
Wed 22 Nov 2023
Ep. 25 – Religion and Sexuality
Bringing awareness to ecstatic grace, Alan Watts enlightens us on the sexual archetypes formed by religion.
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00:28:30 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
Ep. 24 – Myth of Myself
This time on the Being in the Way Podcast, Alan Watts delves into questions of identity, purpose and buying into the ‘Myth of Myself’.
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00:43:52 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
Ep. 23 – Out of the Trap Pt. 2
Picking up from our last episode, Alan elucidates faith versus belief, and how our individual existence is connected with the totality of the universe.
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00:29:34 |
Fri 23 Jun 2023
Ep. 22 - Out of the Trap Pt. 1
Delving into the historically complicated human relationship to divinity, Alan Watts describes the trap of separateness.
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00:31:50 |
Wed 24 May 2023
Ep. 21 – Joyous Cosmology
Offering us the possibility of waking up, Alan Watts contemplates the joyous cosmology that we are God playing the roles of ordinary people.
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01:09:34 |
Mon 13 Mar 2023
Ep. 20 – Man is a Hoax
Sifting down behind the cultural myth of man as separate, Alan explores how we are all actually Earth, the Universe, and the Big Bang.
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00:34:25 |
Mon 30 Jan 2023
Ep. 19 – Improbable and Magical: A Tribute To G.K. Chesterton
In this unique episode of Being in the Way, Alan Watts offers tribute to the life, humor, magic and ‘nonsense wisdom’ of writer, G. K. Chesterton.
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00:44:42 |
Mon 26 Dec 2022
Ep. 18 – The Unpreachable Religion
Exploring modern culture as actually anti-materialistic, Alan tackles matters of sedentariness, sensuousness, isolation, work, play, God, and sexuality.
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00:29:20 |
Mon 14 Nov 2022
Ep. 17 – Learning the Human Game
Alan Watts pulls back the veil of ‘the human game,’ digging into language, ethics, finding balance, and the art of the controlled accident.
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00:43:44 |
Mon 17 Oct 2022
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