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Jan 2018
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#044 Headspace - Could Mass Meditation C...

Russell Brand
About this episode
Co-founder and voice of the Headspace app, Andy Puddicombe joins me to discuss his striving to teach meditation and mindfulness within a consumerist society via an interesting journey from the UK to becoming a Tibetan Buddhist monk and training with the Moscow State Circus.

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