INTERVIEWS

Exposing the Corporate “Mindfulness” Racket, Current Affairs podcast with Nathan Robinson, January 31, 2023.

McMindfulness: How a Simple Breathing Technique Became a $6 Billion Dollar Industry - YouTube documentary by Dmirtry Bondar, January 8, 2023.

McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Spirituality. Erschopfung statt Gelassenheit -Warum Achtsamkeit die falsche Antwork auf ziemlich jede Frage ist, with Kathrin Fischer, November 15, 2022.

Mindfulness: l’última moda de la indústria del benestar? Els beneficis de l’atenció plena a la venta dels esquemes capitalistes. Diari de Barcelona, Per Laura Santos, Mariana Lopez, Judit Valles, April 5, 2022.

How Buddhist practices became a popular-a and profitable-part of corporate culture. KCBS Radio, with Eric Thomas, March 19, 2022.

Make up your mind: Mindfulness becomes vital amid COVID pandemic. The New Indian Express, Smitha Verma, December 26, 2021.

McMindfulness with Ron Purser, Rising Laterally podcast with Arjun Sachdev & Jay Beaulieu, December 20, 2021.

The Time of Our Lives, Institute of Art and Ideas (IAI) Live TV Debate, October, 14, 2021.

Mindfulness = Capitalist Spirituality? (w/Dr. Ron Purser), It’s Not Just in Your Head podcast, September 8, 2021.

McMindfulness: Episode 22: Ron Purser, Moral Matters podcast with Wendy Dean, M.D., September 2, 2021.

Ron Purser: Beyond McMindfulness. Active Pause podcast with Serge Prengel, August 3, 2021.

Uncovering the Capitalist Agenda of Mindfulness Gurus with Ron Purser, The Rewired Soul podcast, July 12, 2021.

Ron Purser interview Robinson College, University of Cambridge. May 20, 2021.

A New Vision of Reality (ep2: Ron Purser) - TSK for the 21st Century. The Integral Stage. May 20, 2021.

McMindfulness on The Mindful Symposium: A Science Podcast, The Mindful Coogs (University of Houston). April 27, 2021.

CNN Tonight, Brasil. TV segment on McMindfulness. April 14, 2021

Ron Purser on McMindfulness (In Conversation) with Della Duncan, Upstream podcast, February 23, 2021.

Spiritual Entrepreneurship and Mindfulness Will Not Save You, The Chauncey DeVega Show, March 15, 2021.

Discussing the Origins of Mindfulness with Ron Purser, Technology for Mindfulness podcast (Robert Plotkin host), July 1, 2020.

How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, Radio New Zealand, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, February 15, 2020.

McMindfulness - Interview with Ron Purser, Wavelengths (Ian Butler host), Pacific Coast TV, February 1, 2020.

EV-126 McMindfulness with Ron Purser, Embrace the Void podcast, January 22, 2020.

54 - The Spiritual Face of Unfettered Capitalism with Ronald Purser, Southpaw podcast with Sam Yang. January 21, 2020

McMindfulness with Ron Purser, ON CONTACT with Chris Hedges, RT America, January 11, 2020.

McMindfulness: spiritual individualism and the imperative of interdependence, KBOO (Portland Public Radio), Old Mole Variety Hour with Joe Clement, January 6, 2020.

How Southern California is Turning Mindfulness Into a Business, TV interview on Inside the Issues with Alex Cohen, Spectrum 1 New West LA, January 3, 2020.

Mindfulness (with Sam Harris & Ron Purser) James Veitch’s Contractual Obligations, BBC, December 7, 2019.

Ep. 264: How Neoliberalism Uses “Mindfulness” to Create Compliant and Weak People - The Chauncey DeVega Show, December 13, 2019.

McMindfulness: how capitalism hijacked the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness. Tapestry with Mary Hynes, Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) Radio. November 22, 2019.

A Public Interview with Dr. Ronald Purser on His New Book McMindfulness. Shrink Wrap Radio podcast # 663 (recorded at Copperfields Books, Sebastopol, California).

Gongs, meditation and dance:why mindfulness is big business. Daniel Garrahan, Financial Times, October 10, 2019.

McMindfulness: how mindfulness robs us of true power. Interview with Whitney Fishburn on Docu-Mental podcast. October 4, 2019.

How the Mindfulness Movement has become the New Capitalist Spirituality, Progressive Commentary Hour with Gary Null, Progressive Radio Network, October 1, 2019.

McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, The Radical Therapist podcast with Chris Hoff, September 23, 2019.

The Mindfulness Myth, with Ronald Purser and Helen Lewis, Intelligence Squared podcast, September 20, 2019.

The Gary Null Show - How the Mindfulness Movement has become the new Capitalist Spirituality. September 18, 2019

McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, New Books in Buddhist Studies podcast with Alex Carroll. September 18, 2019.

Ron Purser: Beyond McMindfulness MUSING MIND Podcast with Oshan Jarrow, September 17, 2019.

McMindfulness: Ron Purser, Connected and Disaffected podcast, September 2, 2019.

The commercialization of mindfulness. REDACTED TONITE with Lee Camp, RT Channel TV interview, August 29, 2019.

Aug 30, 2019 06:34

Native American activism & the commercialization of mindfulness

This week Redacted VIP opens with an interview with Ronald Purser, the author of a book on the commodification of mindful living. Purser and Lee Camp go over the many ways that consumer culture and marketing have taken advantage of the trend toward mindfulness and similar practices.The practices people are using to escape the never ending stress under capitalism have been commercialized by capitalists. The marketers won't leave you alone for a second of your life, including when you're using yoga, meditation, or mindful walking to escape the everyday stresses of living under capitalism.

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Ron Purser #580, What Matters Most podcast with Paul Samuel Dolman, August 27, 2019.

Ronald Purser, McMindfulness on Loveline with Dr. Chris, Channel Q radio. August 20, 2019.

McMindfulness, interview on KPFA (Berkeley 94.1) UpFront with Brian Edwards-Tiekert (1:34). August 19. 2019.

McMindfulness - Ron Purser, The Order of Things podcast with Alec Opperman, August 13, 2019.

McMindfulness, Robert Wright & Ronald Purser, The Wright Show, August 7, 2019.

McMindfulness - Ronald Purser in Conversation with Hettie O’Brien (The New Statesman) at Bristol Transformed, August 8, 2019.

The Limits and Misuses of Mindfulness, Ronald Purser & Daniel Simpson, Watkins Book Event, August 6, 2019.

McMindfulness, Tricycle Talks podcast, July 30, 2019.

The Selling Out of Mindfulness, EarthRise Podcast with Derek Beres, July 22, 2019.

Interview on BBC Radio Ulster, Sunday Sequence with Audrey Carville, July 14, 2019. 21:00 - 29:00 minute segment.

The Mindfulness Conspiracy, The Guardian Long Reads Podcast, July 8, 2019.

McMindfulness: The New Capitalist Spirituality. Curious Bodhi podcast, July 4, 2019.

On Mindfulness, A New Correction podcast with Lev Moscow. July 4, 2019.

How ‘McMindfulness’ Manipulates Us into Coping Instead of Protesting. KQED, Forum show with Mina Kim, July 3, 2019.

McMindfulness and its Discontents, Groundless Ground Podcast with Lisa Dale Miller, June 24, 2019.

Neoliberal Mindfulness, The Imperfect Buddhist Podcast, August 1, 2018

Who Owns Mindfulness? Australian Broadcasting Company, Earshot radio, October 30, 2017

Interview on The Naked Monk (May 19, 2015)

Interview on Things Unseen Podcasts (with Sharon Salzberg and Arianna Huffington)

Shrinkwrap Radio Interview: Reflections on the Mindfulness Boom with Dr. Ron Purser (Feb. 2015)

Episode 178: The Secular Buddhist: Buddhist Questions About Mindfulness

Episode 288 Buddhist Geeks Podcast Interview More_Than_Paying_Attention (June 5, 2013)