This podcast series is aimed at helping us to transcend our fear and anger so that we can be more engaged in the world in a way that develops love and compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s calligraphy ‘The Way Out Is In” highlights that the way out of any difficulty is to look deeply within, gain insights and then put them into practice.
"The Way Out is In" is co-hosted by Brother Phap Huu, Thich Nhat Hanh's personal attendant for 17 years and the abbot of Plum Village's Upper Hamlet, and Jo Confino, who works at the intersection of personal transformation and systems change.
The podcast is co-produced by the Plum Village App and Global Optimism, with support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation.
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Asking for Help (Episode #115)
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Oct 1 1 h 09 min
Paths of Change and Resistance (Episode #114)
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Sep 17 1 h 28 min
You Are Already the Person You Want to Become – Live Recording with Q&A Session (Episode #113)
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Sep 3 2 h 10 min
Dharma and Business (Episode #112)
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Aug 13 2 h 02 min
A Quiet Beauty in Everything (Episode #111)
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Jul 30 1 h 17 min
Hiking Zen (Episode #110)
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Jul 16 1 h 29 min
Father (Episode #109)
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Jul 2 1 h 58 min
Renewing Buddhism – Live New Delhi Recording (Episode #108)
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Jun 18 1 h 27 min
In the Footsteps of the Buddha (6/6) | Loss and Transformation (Episode #107)
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May 28 1 h 34 min
In the Footsteps of the Buddha (5/6) | The River of Life (Episode #106)
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May 14 1 h 39 min
In the Footsteps of the Buddha (4/6) | Fourfold Sangha: The Living Community (Episode #105)
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Apr 30 1 h 57 min
In the Footsteps of the Buddha (3/6) | The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings (Episode #104)
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Apr 16 1 h 51 min
In the Footsteps of the Buddha (2/6) | Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree (Episode #103)
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Apr 2 1 h 43 min
In the Footsteps of the Buddha (1/6) | The Buddha: Down to Earth (Episode #102)
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Mar 19 1 h 44 min
Calm in the Storm Q&R, Part Two (Episode #101)
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Mar 5 1 h 31 min
One Hundred Years of Thich Nhat Hanh (Episode #100)
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Feb 19 2 h 08 min
Walking the Path (Episode #99)
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Feb 5 1 h 34 min
Inner Space (Episode #98)
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Jan 22 1 h 35 min
Calm in the Storm Q&R, Part One (Episode #97)
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Dec 25 2025 1 h 36 min
Self-Forgiveness (Episode #96)
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Dec 12 2025 1 h 25 min
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These teachings and conversations in this podcast changed and saved my life by leading me to practices that have helped me achieve true peace and presence.
kajcon · Aug 2026
Thank you for this valuable and beautiful foundation to my growing knowledge of the dharma. Your work here is such a vital resource for those of us on the path. Thank you from the bottom of my open and thirsty heart.
WeaselEve&Dearjes · May 2026
Thank you for this podcast. I needed this. It helps center me and keeps me focused on what’s important.
Update on 5/18/26: never have I ever listened to 106 episodes of anything, but I have now listened to every one you have made and I enjoy it just as much as I did from the beginning. I learn so much from each and every person involved and for that I thank you.
dontwanttowriteareview · May 2026
I appreciate this podcast and especially this episode. I use the Plum Village app (which also contains this podcast) and Episode 73 helped me immensely. It gives a concrete, clear path on dealing with painful feelings. Thank you.
Elizabeth Sc · May 2026
I have loved this podcast over the years, but increasingly, it just feels like yet another complaining session about anyone in the “out group”. It’s Buddhist in content, but Fox News in form… just a list of complaints about what the “most people” are doing wrong. Thay’s teachings felt like a gift of sight into something I could not yet grasp. This podcast increasingly feels just mired in a “we do it better than them” framework. I believe spirituality, even when encountering real world work, is beyond this.
ekmarino · Oct 2025
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