Meru Podcast Episode 1: Let’s Get This Show on the Road

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Meru Podcast Episode 1: Let’s Get This Show on the Road

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Jun 2, 2018

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First Episode and the beginning of a journey into questioning and understanding the Indic consciousness and worldviews. Get ready for some philosophy, mythology, history, culture and good old fashion knowledge and fun. Join us on the Meru Podcast!

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Jun 2, 2018

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Episode 4a: Varna Ashrama and Purushartha-Dharma and Artha: Hi Everyone, Join Racchit and Mukunda as they discuss the ideas of Varna, Ashrama and by Meru Media
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Interview with Professor Pankaj Jain: Meru Media Interview Series Episode 1 Interview with Professor Jain Guest: Professor Pankaj by Meru Media
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Episode 2: Impetus – The Value of Indic Culture: Welcome to Episode 2! Join me and Racchit as we discuss what is driving us to take up this endeavor of discussing, promoting and preserving Indic Culture and Thought. We weave around from topic to topic and have a very broad discussion, some funny, som by Meru Media
42 min listen
Simulcast with the Brown Pundits: Identity, Race, History, Pakistan, Bangladesh and much more: Join Mukunda as he speaks to Razib Khan and Omar Ali of the Brown Pundits. by Meru Media
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Discussion with Kushal Mehra, Host of The Carvaka Podcast: In this episode, Mukunda speaks to Kushal Mehra, the host of The Carvaka Podcast. We discuss Hindutva, Social Media, Hinduism, Secularism, Indian Politics, Philosophy, Morality, and other topics. by Meru Media
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After Midnight Musing with Raghu: Music, Sports, and Mahabharata: Raghu Kumar, a successful entrepeneur and founder of Upstox and Rain Hedge Fund, and I decided to record a podcast at 1 am in the morning in his sons play room sitting on baby stools, sometimes random decisions produce really interesting conversations. by Meru Media
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Meru Podcast Episode 1: Let’s Get This Show on the Road: First Episode and the beginning of a journey into questioning and understanding the Indic consciousness and worldviews. Get ready for some philosophy, mythology, history, culture and good old fashion knowledge and fun. Join us on the Meru Podcast! by Meru Media
31 min listen
Meru Manthan Series: Judaism and Hinduism A Discussion with Rabbi Alan Brill: We are launching a new series called Meru Manthan: The Churning of Ideas, where we by Meru Media
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Episode 3: Framework for Understanding Indic Reality: Welcome to Episode 3, The Framework for Understanding the Indic Reality, History, and Ideas. We by Meru Media
58 min listen
Western Foundations of the Caste System: Discussion with Dr. Prakash Shah: Join Mukunda and Racchit, as we speak to Prof. Prakash Shah, Department of Law at Queen Mary University of London, about the Caste System and its conceptual foundations in the Western world. We discuss the idea of Caste and how much of it was developed by Meru Media
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A Conversation with Prof. Nicholas Sutton: Join Mukunda as he talks to Prof. Nicholas Sutton, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. They discuss Prof. Suttons journey into Hindu thought and his life of studying Dharma, Philosophy, Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata and other texts/traditions. They delve int by Meru Media
99 min listen
Media and Hinduism: Discussion and Conversation with Prof. Vamsee Juluri: Join Racchit and I as we trialogue with Prof. Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco. We discuss the media on the whole. depiction of Hindus in the media, Hinduphobia, Prof. Juluris books and many other topics. M by Meru Media
107 min listen
Episode 4b: Varnashrama-Kama and Moksha: In this second part to Episode 4a, Racchit and Mukunda discuss Kama and Moksha, the last two parts the Purusharthas. They explore the various ideas of Kama as sex, desire, pleasure and other roles then connect it to the modern world. Finally they brief by Meru Media
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Indology, Textual Criticism and the Mahabharata: Interview with Prof. Joydeep Bagchee: Mukunda and Prof. Joydeep Bagchee discuss Indology, Philology, Historism and the Mahabharata. We discuss the issues and history of Indology and Philology then we jump to the basics of the composition of the Mahabharata and the themes that it delves into by Meru Media
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Sikhism: Conversation with Jodh Singh on the History, Ideas, and Practices of Sikhi Dharm: Join Mukunda as he talks to Jodh Singh (Twitter@jungnihang) about Sikhism. We go through a detailed history of 10 Gurus, the socio-political environment in that period, the practices of the Sikhi Dharm and other topics. If you want to learn and understan by Meru Media
134 min listen
Interview and Discussion with Suhag Shukla, Esq. Executive Director of Hindu American Foundation: Join Mukunda as he speaks to Suhag Shukla, Esq., the Executive Director of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), a non-profit and non-partisan Hindu advocacy group in the United States. In this podcast, we discuss a myriad of topics including growing up by Meru Media
129 min listen
Conversation and Interview with Gopi Shankar Madurai, Founder of Srishti Madurai and LGBTQIA Hindu Activist: Join Mukunda as he talks to Gopi Shankar Madurai, Founder of Srishti Madurai and an by Meru Media
112 min listen
Interview and Discussion with Nithin Sridhar: Meru Media Video Interview with Nithin Sridhar Mukunda and Nithin discuss a wide host of topics relating to Vedanta, Indic Culture, Menstruation Ideas across Cultures, the Sabarimalai Controversy, Sati, including: Advaita Vedanta (starting at 10 min mark by Meru Media
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Meru Manthan Episode 2: Conversation and Discussion with Father Francis X. Clooney: Join Mukunda as he speaks to Father Francis X. Clooney, Professor of Comparative Theology at the Harvard Divinity School. Father Clooney is a scholar of Hinduism specifically Visisthadvaita Vedanta and SriVaishnavism, he is equally a practicing Catholic by Meru Media
90 min listen
Interview and Discussion with Professor Jeffery Long: Meru Media www.meru.media themerumedia@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/themerumedia Subscribe to get new weekly content on our website, like us on Facebook and Twitter Dont forget to add us to your podcasts on Itunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotif by Meru Media
147 min listen
Tamil Poetry and the Azhwars: A Conversation with Prof. Archana Venkatesan: Join Mukunda and Krishna as we speak to Professor Archana Venkatesan, Professor of Religious Studies at University of California, Davis. She is an expert and translator of Tamil Bhakti poetry specifically the poetry or pasurams of the Azhwars, a group by Meru Media
123 min listen
Discussion with Sham Sharma, host and creator of the Sham Sharma Show: Join Mukunda as he speaks to Shambhav Sharma, the host and creator of the Sham Sharma show. In this atypical Meru podcast, (we focus more on social and political issues), we discuss a myriad of topics including Shams life in India, my time in India, free by Meru Media
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An Acharya from the West: A Conversation with Sri Rama Ramanuja Achari: Join Mukunda as he speaks with Sri Rama Ramanuja Achari, also known as Rami Sivan, by Meru Media
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Conversation with Prof. Stephen Phillips: Join Mukunda as he speaks to Professor Stephen Phillips of the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Phillips is an academic in Philosophy with a wide area of expertise in the Indian/Hindu Philosophical systems particularly Nyaya, Vedanta, and Yoga. by Meru Media
131 min listen
Hinduism and Society: Conversation with Indu Viswanathan and Parth Parihar: Join Mukunda as he speaks to Indu Viswanathan and Parth Parihar. Both Parth and Indu are Phd. candidates, Indu in Education at Teachers College and Parth in Economics at Princeton. Indu and Parth are involved deeply in engaging with Hindu traditions/idea by Meru Media
140 min listen
Narrative and the Puranas: A Conversation with Prof. Raj Balkaran: Join Mukunda as he speaks to Professor Raj Balkaran, Oxford Centre of Hindu Studies. He is a scholar of the Puranas and Narratives and the author of The Goddess and the King in Indian Myth. He is also the host of an amazing podcast called New Books in by Meru Media
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Interview and Discussion with Prof. Ramdas Lamb: Meru Media www.meru.media themerumedia@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/themerumedia Join Mukunda and Professor Ramdas Lamb, Professor of Religious Studies and Hinduism at the University of Hawaii, Manoa and the author of Rapt in the Name: Ramnamis, Ra by Meru Media
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Sri Vaishnava Dharma, Modernity and an Upanyasaka: A Conversation with Dushyanth Sridhar by Meru Media
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Polytheism: A discussion with Dr. Edward Butler: Join Mukunda as he speaks to Dr. Edward Butler, Phd. Dr. Butler specializes in ancient Greco-Roman philosophy particularly Platonism and Neo-Platonism along with expertise in Polytheistic thought and philosophy. We speak at length about polytheism and by Meru Media
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Caste, Dalits and Hindu Society: Conversation with Prof. Guru Prakash: Join Mukunda as he speaks to Prof. Guru Prakash, Professor of Law at Patna University in Bihar. Prof. Prakash is a Dalit scholar and activist, who writes, studies and speaks on Dalit Issues in India and Hindu society. In this episode, we discuss a host o by Meru Media
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Meru Podcast Episode 1: Let’s Get This Show on the Road

Meru Podcast Episode 1: Let’s Get This Show on the Road

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