{"podcast":{"title":"Let's Talk Religion","slug":"let-s-talk-religion-4777682","podcast_index_feed_id":4777682,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/61c869811c6a7900119a34ed","website_url":"https://youtube.com/c/LetsTalkReligion","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61c869811c6a7900119a34ed/1660584278871-343f2c79c17b989b43e24dd5ea025270.jpeg","author":"Filip Holm","episode_count":179,"summary":"This podcast aims to educate on the subject of religion from an academic perspective and to open up for informed discussions on the subject. You will find episodes discussing the big religions of the world and historical overviews of important figures from different religious traditions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T12:18:06.212729+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-talk-religion-4777682"},"episode":{"title":"Abu Zayd al-Balkhi - The Man Who Discovered Mental Health 1,000 Years Too Early","slug":"abu-zayd-al-balkhi-the-man-who-discovered-mental-health-1-000-years-too-early","published_at":"2026-01-03T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-talk-religion-4777682/abu-zayd-al-balkhi-the-man-who-discovered-mental-health-1-000-years-too-early","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-talk-religion-4777682","url":"https://shows.acast.com/lets-talk-religion/episodes/abu-zayd-al-balkhi-the-man-who-discovered-mental-health-1000","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/61c869811c6a7900119a34ed/e/69581a286c77c8cb7a765693/media.mp3","summary":"Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is often seen as a modern invention—but its core ideas were explored over 1,100 years ago by the 9th-century scholar Abu Zayd al-Balkhi. In this video, we explore al-Balkhi’s groundbreaking writings on mental health, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, and the connection between thoughts and behavior—ideas that closely resemble modern psychology and CBT. Find me and my music here: https://linktr.ee/filipholm Support Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligion Or through a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/talkreligiondonate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is often seen as a modern invention—but its core ideas were explored over 1,100 years ago by the 9th-century scholar Ab…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2158,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/let-s-talk-religion-4777682/episodes/abu-zayd-al-balkhi-the-man-who-discovered-mental-health-1-000-years-too-early/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-talk-religion-4777682/abu-zayd-al-balkhi-the-man-who-discovered-mental-health-1-000-years-too-early.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}