# Walking With The Monks

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Podcast: [Big Questions with Cal Fussman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-questions-with-cal-fussman-9404)
Published: 2026-01-20T08:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 741

## Resource

A brief encounter with Buddhist monks on their walk for peace from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., leads Cal to wonder what Martin Luther King Jr. might have thought if he'd seen the large crowd of Americans gathered in gratitude for their journey.

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