Cuke Audio Podcast

With Guest Berry Crawford

Berry Crawford is an ordained Zen practitioner/teacher with Clear Mind Zen and also practices with Valley Streams Zen Sangha in Sacramento, California. He does video podcasts, one with yours truly, that one can find at simplicityzen.com.

With Guest Lawrence Shainberg

Lawrence Shainberg is the author of Ambivalent Zen and the Recent Four Men Shaking: Searching For Sanity with Samuel Beckett, Norman Mailer, and My Perfect Zen Teacher and other books you can see at lawrenceshainberg.com.

With Guest Eric Arnow

Eric Arnow came to the SFZC toward the end of Shunryu Suzuki's life. For the last 15 years or so he's been living in Thailand with a lot of time spent in China practicing Zen - and a few trips to Russia. You can find more on and by Eric at his Bumble Buddhist Blog  on Wor Press. There are links to that and stuff he's written about Asia etc and photos on his cuke.com page.: cuke.com/people/arnow-eric.htm

With Guest Ken Knabb

Ken Knabb is famed for his Bureau of Public Secrets (bopsecrets.org), his writings on the Situationist movement and Kenneth Rexroth. He's had a long time association with the Berkeley Zen Center.

Shunryu Suzuki Lecture - 65-07-30-B - the whole talk

A Shunryu Suzuki lecture, lightly edited. In Suzuki's voice and read by DC.

Shunryu Suzuki Lecture - 65-07-30-B - clip 4

A clip from a Shunryu Suzuki lecture, lightly edited. In Suzuki's voice and read by DC.

Outtakes - Poop

Outtakes from Zen Is Right Here and Zen Is Right Now, two DC books with vignettes about Shunryu Suzuki. 

Outtakes - Emptiness

Outtakes from Zen Is Right Here and Zen Is Right Now, two DC books with vignettes about Shunryu Suzuki. 

With guest Peter van der Sterre

Peter van der Sterre came to the SFZC in 1972, was ordained by Richard Baker, received transmission from Norman Fischer, and is the founding teacher of the Oak Street Zendo in San Francisco (oakstreetzendo.org) and the 7th Street Zendo in Boise, Idaho.

Shunryu Suzuki Lecture - 65-07-30-B - clip 3

A clip from a Shunryu Suzuki lecture, lightly edited. In Suzuki's voice and read by DC.