# Keeping Cool With the Joneses Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-7651813/keeping-cool-with-the-joneses Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-7651813/keeping-cool-with-the-joneses.md Podcast: [Dharma &](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-7651813) Published: 2026-07-01T16:52:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/dharmaand/3060714 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/397965/3060714/dharmaand/2026_08_11_09_27_17_a0904984-e822-4bf1-bd8d-65e50d353dd0.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dharma-7651813/episodes/keeping-cool-with-the-joneses Duration seconds: 2385 ## Resource Hi all, This is a talk about how to work with competitive energy and how to transform it from something destructive into something creative. I gave this talk at the River Road Unitarian Universalist Church on Wednesday, June 24th. Upcoming Offerings [ NEW ] July 15th, 7:00-8:30 PM , Drop-in Session, RRUUC, 6301 River Rd, Bethesda, MD 20817 July 29th, 7:00-8:30 PM , Drop-in Session, RRUUC, 6301 River Rd, Bethesda, MD 20817 September 13th, 8:30-9:30 AM, Inaugural event for the Riverside Meditation Community, 4000 Virginia Place, Brookmont, MD 20816 [ SAVE THE DATE ] March 11-14, 2027 Insight Meditation Residential Retreat, Seven Oaks Retreat Center, Madison, VA (Now with more single rooms!) Get full access to Devin Maroney at devinmaroney.substack.com/subscribe ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dharma-7651813/episodes/keeping-cool-with-the-joneses/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-7651813/keeping-cool-with-the-joneses.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.