{"podcast":{"title":"Clear Mountain Monastery Project","slug":"clear-mountain-monastery-project-3695945","podcast_index_feed_id":3695945,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/clearmountainmonastery/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.clearmountainmonastery.org/","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19513480/Podcast_cover_Mtsi9xknl.jpg","author":"Clear Mountain Monastery","episode_count":100,"summary":"Dharma talks from monastics at Clear Mountain, an aspiring Buddhist Forest monastery in the greater Seattle area. The Forest Tradition represents a return to the simple way of life taught by the Buddha. Monastics aspire to live as the early disciples did: dwelling in the forest, studying the teachings, and devoting themselves to meditation. To learn more, visit https://wwww.clearmountain.org.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T18:18:52.716137+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-mountain-monastery-project-3695945"},"episode":{"title":"The Hard Knox of Metta: How to Survive Prison, Forgive Your Prosecutor, & Love Anyone | Amanda Knox","slug":"the-hard-knox-of-metta-how-to-survive-prison-forgive-your-prosecutor-love-anyone-amanda-knox","published_at":"2026-06-09T21:14:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-mountain-monastery-project-3695945/the-hard-knox-of-metta-how-to-survive-prison-forgive-your-prosecutor-love-anyone-amanda-knox","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-mountain-monastery-project-3695945","url":"https://clearmountainmonastery.podbean.com/e/the-hard-knox-of-metta-how-to-survive-prison-forgive-your-prosecutor-love-anyone-amanda-knox/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/1v20oj5dxrzqtwka/yt_video_idyABkhia0E_hxdnc8.mp3","summary":"In this interview, Ajahn Nisabho speaks with Amanda Knox, who was falsely convicted of murder in 2009, about her journey to find meaning in prison and forgiveness afterwards. The conversation delves into Amanda's practice of meditation, loving-kindness (metta), and advice for those struggling to forgive.BioAmanda Knox is an exoneree, journalist, public speaker, author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Waiting to Be Heard, and host of the podcast Hard Knox. Her second book, FREE: My Search for Meaning came out in 2025. Between 2007 and 2015, she spent nearly four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn’t commit. She has since become an advocate for criminal justice reform and media ethics. She sits on the advisory council for the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice, serves as an Innocence Network Ambassador and is on The Innocence Center Board of Directors. And she is the recipient of the 2024 Innocence Network Impact Award and the 2025 Catalyst of Change Award from the Washington Innocence Project. To find out more, visit https://www.amandaknox.com/.00:00 Introduction01:48 Amanda Knox's background and bio03:06 What led to the Italian prison05:22 Wishing for a meditation practice during the darkest times05:49 The moment of conviction — an existential crisis08:27 Accepting \"this is my life\"10:14 Surviving day by day without a practice12:44 Life after prison: who am I now?13:32 The Vipassana retreat disaster15:56 What brought her back to practice18:48 Don Salo: the Catholic priest who became her lifeline22:31 Plagued by \"why\" questions — and metta practice24:50 The idea of reaching out to her prosecutor27:28 Questioning her own motives29:33 Showing up to give, not to get32:16 The Four Noble Truths and turning toward suffering3…","meta_description":"In this interview, Ajahn Nisabho speaks with Amanda Knox, who was falsely convicted of murder in 2009, about her journey to find meaning in prison and for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3571,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/clear-mountain-monastery-project-3695945/episodes/the-hard-knox-of-metta-how-to-survive-prison-forgive-your-prosecutor-love-anyone-amanda-knox/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-mountain-monastery-project-3695945/the-hard-knox-of-metta-how-to-survive-prison-forgive-your-prosecutor-love-anyone-amanda-knox.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}