Conversations on Flourishing
The UEF podcast: long-form conversations with academics, artists, and business leaders. Each episode explores how love, learn, and play have shaped their lives — and the questions that make those lives possible: flourishing, false narratives, religious literacy.
Episode One
The Midnight Philosopher
Philosopher Matthew Nini on why our best thinking happens at night — and how wonder, learning, and serious play keep a mind alive.
Episode Two
Sonic Alchemy
Musician Lana Jade on making music with AI, the alchemy of self-love, and what a life of love, learning, and play sounds like.
Episode Three
The Deep Water of Parent University
A conversation with Michael O'Neal on Parent University, love, learning, play, unity, service, and lifelong learning.
Episode Four
An Evening With a Flourishing Family
Christophe Porot speaks with Daniel and Natalie Gundersen about family, time, children, play, inner longings, and the love, learn, play mindset.
Episode Five
Hindu and Catholic, Priest and Scholar
A conversation with Francis X. Clooney, S.J., on comparative theology, Hindu and Catholic learning, spiritual play, doubt, abundance, and the love, learn, play mindset.
Episode Six
Magical Movements
An interview with Dr. Alejandro Chaoul on Tibetan yoga, the natural state of mind, playfulness, and the love, learn, play mindset.
Episode Seven
Living Your Life on Purpose
An interview with Nina Hirlaender on mysticism, pilgrimage, Franciscan freedom, conscious living, and the path toward flourishing.
Episode Eight
Philosophers Reunite Through LLP
Professor Charles Taliaferro on philosophy in prison, scholarship without ego, forgiveness, unlearning, and flourishing through love, learning, and play.
Episode Nine
Thinking Impossibly
Professor Jeffrey J. Kripal on anomalous experiences, the limits of materialism, and why listening seriously to impossible stories can help humanity tell a better story.
Episode Ten
Loving through Silence
Romain Demaunt is the CEO of a healing company who has found a new mission in life: to bring loving, learning, and playing through moments of silence. It may sound like a paradox as we often associate those vibrant mindsets with noise and interpersonal conversation. But sometimes, Romain believes, we need a moment of silence together to truly appreciate one another.