{"podcast":{"title":"Deconstructing Yourself","slug":"deconstructing-yourself-57243","podcast_index_feed_id":57243,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/deconstructing-yourself","website_url":"https://deconstructingyourself.com","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/42/27/fa/ba/4227faba-743f-4b34-8a46-5ad37ffbd99f/a8f04bc49fa95ff9c41dc54dbf496cd3611bdf06e6fc984a359899ae116e4a2de4a208efded4b6a6271986a4f51fe4494a55c22f381a7d91659fb1ca60cae3cc.jpeg","author":"Michael W. Taft","episode_count":112,"summary":"Dedicated to liberation in all its forms, Deconstructing Yourself is passionate about fearlessly investigating, attempting, and questioning all things to do with awakening, meditation, mindfulness, brain hacking, consciousness, neurofeedback, and more. Your host Michael W. Taft interviews some of the most interesting thinkers, authors, and teachers around, as well as other offerings. In this hard-hitting, radical, and fun podcast we look at secular post-, non-, un- Buddhism, Vajrayana, nondual Hindu Tantra, philosophy, the neuroscience of the sense of self, neurofeedback and the consciousness hacking movement, aspects of artificial intelligence, entheogens, and much more. If you’re looking for fresh directions, free from dogma and conformism, think of the Deconstructing Yourself podcast as the radical cafe where you can hear from the most interesting luminaries either from the outside edges of dharma, or a fresh take from more traditional teachers. If you’re interested in more, check out the Deconstructing Yourself website at https://deconstructingyourself.com .","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T06:18:15.814279+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deconstructing-yourself-57243"},"episode":{"title":"Tantra, Aghora, and Death, with Dr. Robert Svoboda","slug":"tantra-aghora-and-death-with-dr-robert-svoboda","published_at":"2024-11-11T00:12:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deconstructing-yourself-57243/tantra-aghora-and-death-with-dr-robert-svoboda","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deconstructing-yourself-57243","url":"https://deconstructingyourself.com/tantra-aghora-and-death-with-dr-robert-svoboda.html","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/b808f1d0-0327-4961-aa27-6f3e07eacbbc.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Host Michael Taft talks with author and ayurvedic physician Dr. Robert Svoboda about the cemetary practices of the radical nondual Aghora sect, the story of his mentor Vimalananda’s initiation into Aghora and meeting with the goddess Smashan Tara, the path of bhakti vs. the path of jnana, working with the close karmic connections called rnanubandanas, and the importance of continuous remembrance of death. Dr. Robert Svoboda is an American author and ayurvedic doctor who gives lectures and courses around the world, related to the subjects of ayurveda, jyotish, tantra, and Eastern religion. Svoboda is the first Westerner to graduate from a college of ayurveda and be licensed to practice ayurveda in India. He is author of eleven books, including Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution (1989), and the Aghora trilogy about his guru, Vimalananda, and the Aghori sect. Dr. Svoboda’s website You can support the creation of future episodes of this podcast by contributing through Patreon . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Host Michael Taft talks with author and ayurvedic physician Dr. Robert Svoboda about the cemetary practices of the radical nondual Aghora sect, the story…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3531,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/deconstructing-yourself-57243/episodes/tantra-aghora-and-death-with-dr-robert-svoboda/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deconstructing-yourself-57243/tantra-aghora-and-death-with-dr-robert-svoboda.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}