Radiant Whispers
All we have to comfort, guide us and sustain us in this straggling path called life are the radiant whispers that we grasp as a distant “sunrise of wonder” in our spiritual practice, in great works of literature, music, art, and in nature and blue skies. These are the Radiant Whispers. That's what this podcast is about. We will talk about culture and society, about ancient and modern history, literature and art with dramatized readings of poetry, fables, theatre, novels and stories. Subscribe -let's find radiant whispers everywhere.
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 64
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
How Democracies Perish, by Jean-François Revel
Jean-François Revel (1924-2006) was a French Jean-François Revel, a French philosopher, novelist and satirist (1924–2006), published a fascinating book in 1983 entitled How Democracies Die. This book…
00:15:50 |
Sat 30 Aug 2025
I love my wife. My wife is dead. - Richard Feynman’s Love Letter to His Dead Wife
What a physics genius wrote... sixteen months after losing the love of his life...
Richard Feynman was many things: a Nobel Prize–winning physicist, an enthusiastic teacher, a devoted father, and—bel…
00:04:46 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
About Desiderata and Max Ehrmann
The name Desiderata comes from Latin and means ‘things desired’ or ‘essential’, an appropriate title for a poetic manifesto on how to live wisely and well.
Max Ehrm…
00:03:28 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Rumi: Dance of the Atoms
Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273) was a Persian mystic, poet and scholar whose voice still resonates with astonishing force more than eight centuries later. He was born in what is now Afghanistan and was…
00:01:25 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Control your anger before it controls you - 10 strategies that change lives
🔥 How to Control Anger Before It Controls You - 10 Life-Changing Strategies
If anger has made you say or do things you later regret, this episode is for you.
Here you'll discover 10 strategies proven…
00:12:08 |
Fri 02 May 2025
10 Tips for Overcoming Fear
Fear doesn't have to control you or your actions. In this episode, I reveal 10 effective strategies for dealing with any fear, from the fear of being ridiculed to the fear of death. If you've ever fe…
00:11:22 |
Sat 29 Mar 2025
Forgiveness, by María Popova
This is a poem by the extraordinary Maria Popova, a luminous intellectual with an encyclopaedic mind and spirit who publishes a weekly review entitled ‘The Marginalian’, to which you should subscribe…
00:01:47 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Why Christ is the best that could ever happen to your mind and your world
It is essential to seek help for both the body and the mind. When we face mental or emotional problems, seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness. We do not hesitate to go to the doctor when w…
00:13:17 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Virtue Signalling - look what a good person I am!
Virtue Signalling is a political phenomenon that we observe all the time but rarely stop to reflect on its nature. Virtue Signalling is what we do when we join marches, political parties or trends, n…
00:30:16 |
Fri 20 Dec 2024
Doomerism: The Pernicious Force Defining Our Age - by Andrew Torba
The recent US presidential election was a disturbing spectacle. We saw political professionals and self-appointed “experts” resort to intimidation, shaming, and apocalyptic doom and gloom to manipula…
00:07:03 |
Tue 12 Nov 2024
Today, I woke up with the gift of this day
This morning meditation is a call to action for you to choose and reinforce your excellent and healthy intention and purpose for the day. It's a proactive step to take before the inertia of the day s…
00:10:01 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
Canticle Of Brother Sun, by St Francis of Assisi
This is a modern, versified version of the original text by St Francis of Assisi, written in medieval Italian 800 years ago, in 1225. As a great mystic, St Francis calls all of nature to praise God: …
00:03:50 |
Mon 26 Aug 2024
No one can do you better than you, by Lisa Nichols
This is a beautiful and inspiring text by Lisa Nichols, a hymn to human resilience. It is part of her excellent “Speak and Inspire” course at www.mindvalley.com (https://home.mindvalley.com/quests/en…
00:05:27 |
Sat 27 Jul 2024
I Bind Unto Myself Today (St Patrick's Breastplate)
Join me to pray together every morning this powerful prayer known as "The Breastplate of St. Patrick," which was written in the 9th century in Ireland. I invite you to pray this prayer every morning …
00:03:47 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Psalm 27, Prayer Of The Aborted Baby
Psalm 27 from the Bible was written over three thousand years ago by King David, "the sweet singer of Israel". It is a profound prayer of praise to God and a plea for protection and comfort in the mo…
00:04:00 |
Fri 17 May 2024
Luvina, by Juan Rulfo
A jewel of Spanish-language literature, quintessentially Mexican and universal at the same time. The story of a town that is all dust, loneliness and silence “where sorrow makes her nest”.
Origina…
00:25:20 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Why celebrate Christmas?, by Nicky Gumbel
Every year, Christmas is the greatest celebration around the globe. No other event makes us get together as families and friends like Christmas. And yet, Christmas is also the worst time of the year …
00:29:23 |
Tue 19 Dec 2023
If Hamas Wins, We All Lose
Reducing the conflict in Gaza to a question of Palestinian-Israeli differences is an unforgivable mistake. The conflict that has been raging in Gaza for decades is the conflict between Islam and worl…
00:36:12 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
The Daydreams of Atheism
My atheist friends love to cite Immanuel Kant, David Hume and Voltaire as leading thinkers who opened new horizons for humanity, freeing it from the religious prejudices that had enslaved it for cent…
00:38:05 |
Fri 27 Oct 2023
Jack and the Beanstalk, by Roald Dahl
Jack and the Beanstalk,
by Roald Dahl
This version of the classic children's story is way funnier... and it rhymes!
Roald Dahl is a genius: his plot twists are mind-blowing, and that ending too! B…
00:07:28 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
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