The 100th episode brought so much joy and tears and gratitude. Hearing you laugh and talk together about the challenges, insecurities and vulnerabilities that are being felt as you transition into this next iteration of Thay’s teaching. Holding you all in the light - thank you.

Brother Pháp Hữu's authenticity, presence and heartfelt sharing of Buddhism in the lineage of Thích Nhất Hạnh (Thầy), brought beautifully forward by Jo Confino's thoughtful inquiry and storytelling, inspires my continuous hope in this tradition, this path, and our shared humanity in this beautiful yet fragile world. As a longtime listener of the podcast, I want to say thank you.

Brother Phap Huu is amazing. His honesty and his laugh and his ability to express serious ideas easily and humbly is inspirational. I love hearing about his journey and I am so glad that this podcast is available. That he can tell us some of the history of Plum Village is such a treat and a treasure. I admire him greatly.

This is an excellent podcast on Buddhism. With each episode I am gaining a deeper understanding of Buddhist teachings and practices and how I might integrate these practices and teachings into my daily life.

Such a wonderful time of calm reflection and learning.

I’m new to podcasts and stumbled on this one. First for ambient noise in the background and now I am hooked. I enjoy listening to the insights and advice as well as the stories of others. This podcast is saved under my favorites and has me contemplating a possible future retreat. I recommend listening to this podcast.

This podcast is a real gift and complements all the other wonderful resources offered by plum village on YouTube and the app. I listen to dharma talks/excerpts and practice every day, and only recently started listening to this podcast. I find it very helpful in a different way, and comforting. In particular I found the two part series with sister true dedication on sitting meditation/the 16 exercises of mindful breathing incredibly helpful for applying the practice in my own life. Also the episode with Nick on deep healing. Thank you Br Phap Luu and Jo ❤️

This podcast is so comforting and grounding.

High quality content, discussions, and messages. Plum Village app is very good too! For anyone else in a recovery, this content has probably saved lives. Thank you.

Although I have known about Plum Village for a long time, I was unaware that they had a podcast until a few Days ago. I find listening is exactly what I need at this time of my life. It’s giving me a foundation grounding and for going through challenging times in life. But it also opens the door for joy and deep connection with life around me I’m so grateful for having found this beautiful podcast.

I enjoy listening

I have loved this podcast over the years, but increasingly, it just feels like yet another complaining session about anyone in the “out group”. It’s Buddhist in content, but Fox News in form… just a list of complaints about what the “most people” are doing wrong. Thay’s teachings felt like a gift of sight into something I could not yet grasp. This podcast increasingly feels just mired in a “we do it better than them” framework. I believe spirituality, even when encountering real world work, is beyond this.

Of course I still love you guys, but really missing Phap Huu’s short meditations at the end. Please bring back!

This podcast is wonderfully informative and helpful when it sticks to Buddhism and the teachings of the Buddha, but when they stray into politics I just feel embarrassed for them and their Sangha. To think that they have the right view about trans kids (which is child abuse IMO), “climate change”, or Trump is both arrogant and ill informed. They need to get out of their political echo chamber or just stick to what they do best: Buddhism.

I found this show a couple months ago and can’t get enough of it! I have gone all the way back to the beginning recently and find the newer episodes just and engaging and easy to listen to as the newer ones. I love how they humanize the monastic’s and the practices. I am grateful for Brother Phap Huu & Jo! Please never stop!

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I’ve listened to this moving spiritual friendship unfold between Brother Phap Huu, Jo Confino, Sr. True Dedication, the dear friends and listeners, as I walk each day after work. It’s been a welcome re-introduction to Plum Village and helps me connect to the community, sangha, TNH’s life, and Thay as my spiritual teacher. Keep it up, y’all! This is fierce, real & relevant medicine for these times.

I have loved this show for a long time, but I have noticed that more and more, Brother Pham Huu has been rambling. It would really help if he kept his comments shorter and more succinct.

Thank you for this enlightening , beautiful and heartwarming episode.

Thank you for this podcast that accompanies me in the way I’m learning to accompany myself.

I found this podcast a few months back and it’s much more than a great listen. This is a place of refuge to quiet the mind, learn, and explore your thoughts and your experience as a human being. Thank you guys for this wonderful verbal hug. Your words are a gift.

I found this podcast while I was searching for something to anchor and calm me during this tumultuous time in the world. Now the soothing voices of Jo, Brother Phap Huu and their cast of amazing speakers and their profound insights guides me through a half an hour meditation every day. Thanks for being there in the world!

Life changing community and fantastic podcast

I sit and listen. I love this. :)

It is such a pleasure to listen to Jo and Brother Phap Huu. Their depth of knowledge, compassion, and genuine love for sharing brings me joy. This podcast made a tremendous impact upon my life and cannot thank them enough for sharing their thoughts with us.

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If you’re looking to come home to yourself and get glimpses of freedom this plum village offering is a great tool. It doesn’t require anything of you other than a willingness to listen open-heartedly. Jo Confino, Brother Phap Huu and their guests share freely and unself-consciously to help listeners experience the depths of love, self-love, and the nature of interbeing. It’s all so quietly lovely. Most nights I use this podcast as my lullaby. Ahhh…

In these frightening, chaotic times, just listening to these kind, calm voices speak about stillness, intention, love, mindfulness…is a healing balm & a reminder of the goodness that still exists. Thank you for taking the time & care to make these podcast offerings available to us all.

So happy to have found this podcast a few years ago. I always come back to it and it’s also so reliving to my day to day experiences. The present moment episode is a quick favorite of mine. 🩵

This podcast has recently become a listening ritual of mine when I am driving. It brings a sense of calm and peace to the day. Thank you both (and to those who are guests) for taking the time to make these episodes.

I’ve gone many months away from this podcast. I’ve forgotten about it all together many times. But, somehow, when I am feeling truly low, it finds me once more. Or maybe I find it. Nonetheless, when I hurt, this is here. I have never found a better podcast, and I don’t need to.

I can’t believe that I found this podcast. In a time where it is cold and dreary in my part of the world, this podcast has brought a lot of light. It has motivated me to start meditating using the Plum Village app, actually! I feel like I could listen to every episode multiple times because of how much wisdom there is in each one. I am so glad I started listening now as there is such a treasure chest of episodes to choose from every time I want to listen to one which has practically become a daily enjoyable task for me. I started it while driving one day, not wanting to listen to music and then my practice grew while being in the shower. Now I try and like to sit down and listen to the words, the banter and all the knowledge on wisdom and joy. Thank you for making this podcast! I have fallen in deep admiration for the Plum Village teaching and see the benefits in my every day.

I turn to this podcast each day to find peace, guidance, and friendship through life’s up and downs. The hosts are wonderful, gentle, humble and introspective. I find the lessons invaluable to my inner peace.

Every episode delivers peace, wisdom, and guidance from the warmth of the hosts and their guests. I’m working through the past episodes and each is truly nourishing.

My absolute favorite thing about this podcast is all of the laughter and banter between Brother and Jo. Laughing and joyousness isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when I think about Buddhism so this podcast has been a real treat.

This podcast is truly nourishing. With authenticity and wisdom, the discussions provide perspective, humor, and insight. It has become an invaluable companion to my inner life.

I can’t say enough positive things about this podcast. The hosts and guests are interesting and enlightened and yet very very real and down to earth.

I was struggling and found this podcast. I listened I wept. I am learning.

This podcast is a breath of fresh air at a time when the air waves are saturated with discouraging news and divisive messages. I feel immediately calmer and more grounded to Earth and in reality when I hear the opening music and the voices of Brother Phap Huu and Jo Confino. Thank you for sharing your wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings and reminding us that we are all capable of living true and happy lives through compassion and understanding! <3 My only criticism is that Jo tends to dominate the conversations and sometimes seems more focused on sharing his own experiences (and expertise) rather than diving into the theme’s substance and exploring questions with Phap Huu, who after all is the Buddhist monk…

So grateful for this podcast. Learning so much and viewing myself and others in a new light.

I am so grateful for this show. I feel like I’m sitting with two friends as Jo Confino and Brother Phap Huu discuss various topics on Zen and Buddhism. I’ve shared it with non-Buddhist friends who have found so much meaning and comfort in the podcast too. It’s my regular listener for my 45-minute commute to work and it starts my day with positive energy.

I have been listening to The Way Out Is In since August of 2024, I am so grateful because it’s so helpful and settling. The topics they discuss are always relevant and resonant. Life is full of ups and downs and the downs can be vary hard to manage, this podcast provides wisdom that is calming and helps me to manage my emotions when anger, doubt, fear etc. arise in my mind. Brother Phap Huu is wise beyond his years and his calm voice and demeanor are a pleasure to listen to. Joe Confino is also a pleasure to hear and a vital part of this wonderful collaboration! Thank you to these two wonderful and wise men! 🙏🪷

When I began listening to these podcasts, I wrote in a review: “ I’m learning so much more from these podcasts than from Dharma Talks, because the practical application of Thay’s teaching is discussed. I especially enjoy hearing Brother Phap Huu’s personal applications in his daily life, and also stories about Thay. I’m able to apply more to my life because of these podcasts.” I’m not enjoying them as much now because I’m hearing a lot of Buddhist teaching on ancestors. I would prefer these podcasts to reach non-Buddhist listeners like they did in the beginning. I believe their teaching of ancestors and “no self” are psychologically damaging, so I don’t listen now. We need to remember that we are uniquely created, like snowflakes, and learn how to find our uniqueness and learn to work with others’ uniquenesses in bringing peace to our world.

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It had a small political content early on but stayed focused on Buddhism. In fact, they seemed to intentionally avoid political discussions. All that went out the window once Master Thich Nhat Hanh died. After mourning his death, they seem to throw off all controls. Thay sought to transcend politics, and if anyone had cause to hold hate or bigoted views it would have been him, but he didn’t. He sought to spread love and understanding. Phap Huu does a good job staying grounded and has a firm understanding of the dharma and is able to convey it in a down to earth way, but he is doing that less and less, while more and more time is being devoted to the whackadoodles who say things like “I was told we only have 10 years to sort out the climate crises or we are all doomed. And that was a year ago, so now we only have 9 years left.” BTW, that was in an episode like 2 years ago I think. So does Jo think we are all going to die in 7 years still? Is he going to admit he was totally wrong and misguided, and presented a false view of what the Buddha thought. Most of what he says runs opposite to the teachings, and shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the way of the universe. Jo Confino sounds like a cheesy Christian preacher complete with straw man arguments. He, and now all the guests, tell these ridiculous stories that were “told” to them, “it was an American”, that contain statements that no one would say. Every single time it is “an American”. I didn’t know bigotry was a foundational principle of Buddhism. I must of missed that sutra. He blames everything wrong in his life and his thinking on Western society. I lived in Western society all life and have never heard anyone talk like he does before he was “saved”. The way he talks about his wife, his infantile neediness and greediness, his thoughts about what it means to live in the western world (a dichotomy that the Buddha would have eschewed), belie HIS Narcissistic Personality Disorder, not society. He’s like that guy in the office that no one likes because they are so self centered and sociopathic that no one wants to be around, and when everyone is tired of his toxicity he ups and quits and goes on a spiritual journey. But what they really do is play at the new schtick and learn the words, but never understand them, not to mention internalize them. I’ve met so many preachers that do this, with all their “SCIENCE SAYS…” sermons full straw man arguments, logical fallacies, and putting on a pious show. He really isn’t qualified to be teaching Buddhism. I have listened to every episode to this point, but have unsubscribed because I no longer learn anything other than Plum Village is based on bigotry and performance of Buddhism and not actually attaining enlightenment. Their thoughts are filled with bickering, catastrophizing everything, and blaming all evils on Western society with America as their scapegoat. I don’t want this negativity in my life. If Brother Phap Huu and Sister True Dedication for example hosted the podcast, maybe I would listen again. But this cheesy political nonsense mascarading as Buddhism just ain’t cutting it.

If there is anything I am addicted to it’s this podcast. Love it so much! So relaxing and inspiring.

I had followed the teachings years ago and I’m so grateful to have found this podcast!

I am so glad I came across this podcast. I am new to the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and this podcast has done an excellent job of explaining and educating me on Buddhist practices. I particularly loved episode #14 when Brother Jo explained what it meant to be at home with himself. That episode made me teary eyed and hopeful. Thank you both so much for sharing.

I deeply appreciated the in-depth explanation of being with painful feelings. So practical and applicable to us all. Well-done!

I am grateful and appreciate Jo and Brother Phap Huu keeping the joy, wisdom, and hope of the Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh alive even after his passing. This is the spiritual part of life I would not be getting without them. I hope to go to some retreats and experience TNH’s wisdom in dharma talks, meditative walks, experienced with a communal sangha