<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><title><![CDATA[News from Tuwhiri]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conversations around the kind of books that help people find meaning in a difficult world – from secular Buddhist publisher, The Tuwhiri Project. <br/><br/><a href="https://tuwhiri.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">tuwhiri.substack.com</a>]]></description><link>https://tuwhiri.substack.com/podcast</link><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:08:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/29773.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[Ramsey Margolis | Tuwhiri]]></author><copyright><![CDATA[Creative Commons]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[tuwhiri@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:new-feed-url>https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/29773.rss</itunes:new-feed-url><itunes:author>Ramsey Margolis | Tuwhiri</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Publishing books on early Buddhism, its retrieval and a secular adaptation to 21st-century conditions PLUS thought-provoking books that may not be obviously dharma books, but which serve the ethic of care that is central to the dharma</itunes:subtitle><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Ramsey Margolis | Tuwhiri</itunes:name><itunes:email>tuwhiri@substack.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"><itunes:category text="Buddhism"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"><itunes:category text="Philosophy"/></itunes:category><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/29773/ea0da561c278973f3b420097b9775507.jpg"/><item><title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Fracher in conversation with Ramsey Margolis]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>In this conversation, Ramsey let those present know that we were going to be celebrating Jeff’s book, <strong>The Secular Path to Well-being: Practical Dharma for Today</strong>.</p><p>As someone who meditates and who writes, Jeff was asked what his daily routine looks like, and how these practices relate to his life as a whole.</p><p>He sends out the <a target="_blank" href="https://jeffreyfracher.substack.com"><strong>Practical Dharma</strong></a> newsletter once a week, and teaches Serenity Sangha online twice a week. He spoke on how this relates to his writing.</p><p>He also mentioned the effect that reading Stephen Batchelor’s <strong>Buddhism Without Beliefs</strong> had on him when he read it in the late 90s.</p><p>Here’s an example of Jeff’s writings:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://secularbuddhistnetwork.org/the-judge-in-the-room-and-why-it-is-important">https://secularbuddhistnetwork.org/the-judge-in-the-room-and-why-it-is-important</a></p><p>Thank you <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/294785794-cathryn-jacob">Cathryn Jacob</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/107724631-paul-regan">Paul Regan</a>, and many, many others for tuning into this live video with <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/539637-jeffrey-fracher">Jeffrey Fracher</a>! </p> <br/><br/>Get full access to News from Tuwhiri at <a href="https://tuwhiri.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">tuwhiri.substack.com/subscribe</a>]]></description><link>https://tuwhiri.substack.com/p/jeffrey-fracher-in-conversation-with</link><guid isPermaLink="false">substack:post:206922575</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Margolis | Tuwhiri and Jeffrey Fracher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:32:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206922575/e4ea79693c39246aad7216f13119d827.mp3" length="37595157" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Ramsey Margolis | Tuwhiri and Jeffrey Fracher</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>2350</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/29773/post/206922575/ea0da561c278973f3b420097b9775507.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winton Higgins on his novel, ‘Love Death Chariot of Fire’]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the very first episode of <strong>The Tuwhiri Project Podcast</strong>. In this episode, Winton Higgins and Ramsey Margolis, both members of Tuwhiri’s editorial board, discuss Winton’s new novel, <em>Love, death, chariot of fire</em>.</p><p>A novel that tells the story of the last ten years in the life of Reg Mitchell, the man who designed the well-known Spitfire fighter plane, and who finds out he’s terminally ill just when his country, his family, and everything he holds dear face the prospect of invasion by Nazi Germany. </p><p>Three years after Mitchell’s death, when Spitfires battled the Luftwaffe, they carried a very personal message from Mitchell for the Nazi chieftains: a message about decency, according to Winton, and one that’s worth recalling now.</p><p>This novel is published by Brandl & Schlesinger on 1 June 2020, and will be available as a paperback and in digital formats.</p><p>You can subscribe to <strong>The Tuwhiri Project Podcast</strong> on your favourite podcast channel.</p><p>What did you think of the conversation? Comment by clicking on the link below:</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to News from Tuwhiri at <a href="https://tuwhiri.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">tuwhiri.substack.com/subscribe</a>]]></description><link>https://tuwhiri.substack.com/p/winton-higgins-on-his-novel-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">substack:post:485117</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Margolis | Tuwhiri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 01:51:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/485117/0aa65957b51e8d7289be274946936ccb.mp3" length="33333333" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Ramsey Margolis | Tuwhiri</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>880</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/29773/post/485117/ea0da561c278973f3b420097b9775507.jpg"/></item></channel></rss>