{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Buddhability","title":"Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding on what it takes to be authentic","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8e95a7cb\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1624,"description":"Great artists are authentic. It’s how they are able to connect to enormous audiences, yet each person experiencing the music, or art, feels directly spoken to. What would you do if you could go through life with this kind of genuine, inspiring power?\r\n\r\nBeing yourself, truly yourself, is hard. Today, we speak with legendary Grammy-winning jazz musicians Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding about how Buddhism has helped them become their most authentic selves.\r\n\r\nP.S. The book mentioned in the episode is called Reaching Beyond: Improvisations on Jazz, Buddhism, and a Joyful Life.\r\n\r\n\r\nCheatsheet:\r\n\r\n1:25 Introduction to Wayne & Esperanza\r\n2:41 How Esperanza discovered Buddhism\r\n5:22 Why Wayne started chanting\r\n7:11 How Wayne discovered a deeper purpose to playing music\r\n8:10 How chanting helped Wayne see himself more clearly\r\n12:23 Esperanza on authenticity as a musician\r\n17:35 Wayne on how Buddhism can help you check yourself\r\n19:25 Esperanza on how to unlock your own capacity\r\n20:34 Some notes on Esperanza’s “life force”\r\n21:48 On Wayne & Esperanza’s friendship\r\n23:33 Wayne’s advice to anyone who feels stuck with their art or work\r\n24:57 A key lesson from today’s conversation","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ajGdaFVXQdQ3HytTaqBKAiF5Huk2qkLdKcWvWB5oclw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE0MTg0LzE2MDEz/MTA2MTEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}