
Show overview
Hardcore Zen has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 105 episodes. That works out to roughly 40 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 19 min and 25 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 20 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 78 episodes published. Published by hardcorezen.
From the publisher
Zen teacher/author Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen, Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen, Don't Be a Jerk, Sit Down and Shut Up, and many more books about Zen, shares his thoughts about Zen and other stuff.
Latest Episodes
View all 105 episodesThe Elimination of Suffering
Is Zen a Form of Buddhism?
Meditation and Pain
Don't Criticize Buddhists!
Does Everyone Experience Karma the Same Way?
Ep 144Sometimes Pain is Bad
Shohaku Okumura has an interesting explanation of Dogen's essay on pain.
Ep 143Sometimes Pain is Good
Is it really...?
Ep 142Self and Time
Dogen said that the self arrays itself and looks at itself. What does that mean?
Ep 141Life is Just Life, Death is Just Death
What more can I say? A lot apparently!
Ep 140Zen Author David Chadwick 1945-2026
A tribute to my friend and one of the great Zen writers.
Ep 139My Ketamine Experience
Can drugs make you Enlightened?
Ep 138Self Power vs. Other Power
What does that even mean??
Ep 137Science Proves Buddhism! ... Or Does It?
Why am I not all excited by the latest evidence that science proves Buddhism is true?
Ep 136Blowing Zen?
Is playing the flute the same as doing zazen?
Ep 135Radical Acceptance: The Only Approach That Makes Sense
Ep 134Why Doesn't Zen Talk About Loving Kindness?
Buddha never met man he didn't like!
Ep 133How to Achieve One-Pointed Concentration
Or do you really need to?
Ep 132Are We LARP-ing Zen?
Is Western Zen just live action role playing?
Ep 131What If There is ABSOLUTELY No Zen Teacher Nearby?
Like if you're living on a remote island or something.
Ep 130Why Do You Need a Teacher to Study Buddhism
So you don't become a cult leader! And other reasons...