{"podcast":{"title":"The Observing I Podcast","slug":"the-observing-i-podcast-6981412","podcast_index_feed_id":6981412,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/110f92d40/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://theobservingi.com/podcast","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45697328/fbed198bae865fd5.jpg","author":"David Johnson","episode_count":155,"summary":"Award winning podcast about philosophy, psychology, and the human experience. Pirate radio for the mind. New episode every Tuesday. theobservingi.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T06:19:44.735536+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-observing-i-podcast-6981412"},"episode":{"title":"No Exit, No Problem: Pema Chödrön’s Inner Frontier","slug":"no-exit-no-problem-pema-ch-dr-n-s-inner-frontier","published_at":"2026-06-09T14:48:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-observing-i-podcast-6981412/no-exit-no-problem-pema-ch-dr-n-s-inner-frontier","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-observing-i-podcast-6981412","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-johnson/episodes/No-Exit--No-Problem-Pema-Chdrns-Inner-Frontier-e3ki62i","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/110f92d40/podcast/play/121230866/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-9%2F7d080f20-6528-ca5e-65f1-1fc626d297ae.mp3","summary":"In this episode of The Observing I , we enter the work of Pema Chödrön, exploring shenpa, groundlessness, tonglen, and the uncomfortable spiritual practice of staying present when everything in us wants to escape. Rather than treating awakening as a way to rise above pain, Pema points us back into the exact moment we get hooked: the tight chest, the old story, the message we want to send, and the small space where something other than habit can begin. Much love, David x","meta_description":"In this episode of The Observing I , we enter the work of Pema Chödrön, exploring shenpa, groundlessness, tonglen, and the uncomfortable spiritual practic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2435,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-observing-i-podcast-6981412/episodes/no-exit-no-problem-pema-ch-dr-n-s-inner-frontier/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-observing-i-podcast-6981412/no-exit-no-problem-pema-ch-dr-n-s-inner-frontier.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}