This Spiritual Life brings together the very best contemporary scholars into conversation with distinguished practitioners, with a particular emphasis on scholar-practitioners who, like host Zayin Cabot, Ph.D., bridge the worlds of academic study and lived practice.

Rather than promoting any single worldview, the podcast is committed to creating space for substantive dialogue between serious scholarship and authentic spiritual inquiry. Guests represent diverse traditions and approaches, unified by a commitment to both intellectual honesty and transformative practice.

Each episode explores a few central questions: What is this spiritual life, how might it be lived, and what story do you have to tell? Listeners can expect thoughtful, wide-ranging conversations that touch on philosophy, history, ritual, embodiment, mysticism, and contemporary challenges. The goal is not to resolve differences but to illuminate them by showing how varied paths can open fresh perspectives on what it means to live a spiritual life today.

If you’re a scholar, practitioner, or scholar-practitioner working at the intersection of ancient wisdom and contemporary insight, Zayin welcomes a conversation about appearing on the show.