What's This Tao All About?

A podcast by Tod Perry

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Religion & Spirituality

103 Episodes

  1. Show 97 — Radical Acceptance

    Published: 4/14/2025

  2. Show 96 — Getting Unstuck and Chuang Tzu’s Morality

    Published: 3/24/2025

  3. Show 95 — The Tao of Play and Chuang Tzu’s ‘Good Fortune’

    Published: 3/3/2025

  4. Show 94 — William Martin, Author of ‘Daily Tao: 365 Meditations on the Tao Te Ching’

    Published: 2/10/2025

  5. Show 93 — Excess Baggage and the ‘Kingly Man’

    Published: 1/20/2025

  6. Show 92 — Praise and Action vs. Non-Action

    Published: 1/2/2025

  7. Show 91 — Manifestation and Senselessness

    Published: 12/11/2024

  8. Show 90 — Taoism and Recovery with Buddy C.

    Published: 11/5/2024

  9. Show 89 — The Inner Law

    Published: 8/12/2024

  10. Show 88 — Born in Tao

    Published: 7/29/2024

  11. Show 87 — Chuang Tzu and liberation

    Published: 7/8/2024

  12. Show 86 — Dr. Totton’s Final Journey

    Published: 1/28/2024

  13. Taoism

    Published: 6/12/2023

  14. Show 85 — Interview: Benjamin Hoff, Author of the ‘Tao of Pooh’ and ‘Eternal Tao Te Ching’

    Published: 12/22/2021

  15. Show 84 — Returning

    Published: 12/19/2021

  16. Show 83 — Chapters 66, 68, and 49

    Published: 7/3/2021

  17. Show 82 — Healing Pandemic Trauma, Listener Mail, and Chapter 70

    Published: 6/7/2021

  18. Get additional shows by subscribing to “What’s This Tao All About?” on Patreon!

    Published: 4/26/2021

  19. Show 81 — Living in the Now and Communication

    Published: 3/29/2021

  20. Show 80 — Lieh Tzu on What’s Normal, Chakras, Chapter 37

    Published: 3/15/2021

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What’s this Tao all About? is a lighthearted journey through the wisdom of the Tao that originally began in 2015 as a dialogue between journalist Tod Perry and Dr. Carl Totton, a member of the Martial Arts Hall of Fame, Doctor of Psychology and founder of the Taoist Institute in North Hollywood, California. In this first-of-its-kind Taoism podcast, Dr. Totton and Tod discussed the basic concepts of Taoism, the chapters of “The Tao Te Ching,” and most importantly, how you find peace and happiness in today’s world. In 2024, after Dr. Totton had some health setbacks, George Thompson joined the show to continue its goal of learning just what this Tao is all about. George is a filmmaker, tai chi teacher, and popular Taoist communicator on YouTube, where he has over 230,000 subscribers. “What’s This Tao All About?” covers essential Taoist topics such as wu-wei, te, pu, yin and yang, qi, and Chinese medicine while providing an overview of basic Taoist practices, including meditation and qi gong. You’ll also learn about the work of important Taoist philosophers such as Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lu Dong Pin, Benjamin Hoff, and Alan Watts. Taoism can be a bit confusing for the average beginner; this show is dedicated to making the philosophy's abstract concepts understandable and accessible to just about everyone.