What's This Tao All About?

What's This Tao All About?

81 episodes

What’s this Tao all About? is a lighthearted journey through the wisdom of the Tao that originally began in 2015 as a dialogue between journalist Tod Perry and Dr. Carl Totton, a member of the Martial Arts Hall of Fame, Doctor of Psychology and founder of the Taoist Institute in North Hollywood, California. In this first-of-its-kind Taoism podcast, Dr. Totton and Tod discussed the basic concepts of Taoism, the chapters of “The Tao Te Ching,” and most importantly, how you find peace and happiness in today’s world. In 2024, after Dr. Totton had some health setbacks, George Thompson joined the show to continue its goal of learning just what this Tao is all about. George is a filmmaker, tai chi teacher, and popular Taoist communicator on YouTube, where he has over 230,000 subscribers. “What’s This Tao All About?” covers essential Taoist topics such as wu-wei, te, pu, yin and yang, qi, and Chinese medicine while providing an overview of basic Taoist practices, including meditation and qi gong. You’ll also learn about the work of important Taoist philosophers such as Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lu Dong Pin, Benjamin Hoff, and Alan Watts. Taoism can be a bit confusing for the average beginner; this show is dedicated to making the philosophy's abstract concepts understandable and accessible to just about everyone.

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Show 86 Dr. Tottons Final Journey

Published: Jan. 28, 2024, 7:40 p.m.
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Escape from Freedom

Published: Aug. 6, 2023, 5:59 p.m.
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Taoism

Published: June 12, 2023, 11:57 p.m.
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Show 85 Interview: Benjamin Hoff, Author of the Tao of Pooh and Eternal Tao Te Ching

Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 5:05 p.m.
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Show 84 Returning

Published: Dec. 19, 2021, 7:50 p.m.
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Show 83 Chapters 66, 68, and 49

Published: July 3, 2021, 4:27 p.m.
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Show 82 Healing Pandemic Trauma, Listener Mail, and Chapter 70

Published: June 7, 2021, 3:38 a.m.
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Show 81 Living in the Now and Communication

Published: March 29, 2021, 3:43 a.m.
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Show 80 Lieh Tzu on Whats Normal, Chakras, Chapter 37

Published: March 15, 2021, 6:25 a.m.
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Show 79 Behaving Naturally and Chapter 34

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 4:28 a.m.
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Show 78 Disabilities, Guns, and Chapter 32

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 4:56 a.m.
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Show 77 Self-Discipline and Chapter 7

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
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Show 76 Jane English and Ten Thousand Things Launch

Published: Nov. 15, 2020, 9:04 p.m.
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Show 75 Chuang Tzus Person of Tao and Death

Published: Oct. 18, 2020, 7 p.m.
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Show 74 Tao of Emotions and Chapter 79

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 3:14 a.m.
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Show 73 The Tao of Jordan Peterson, Chapter 78

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 5:02 a.m.
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Show 72 Social Aspects of Wu-Wei, Listener Mail, and Chapter 71

Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 3:03 a.m.
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Show 71 Leadership and Action vs. Non-Action

Published: Aug. 9, 2020, 10:45 p.m.
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Show 70 Self-Care During Crisis

Published: July 27, 2020, 4:50 a.m.
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Show 69 Ambiguity, Education, Jane Goodall, Chapter 73

Published: May 31, 2020, 10:39 p.m.
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Show 68 Experience Totality and Chapter 77

Published: May 18, 2020, 2:43 a.m.
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Show 67 Chuang Tzus Greatest Hits and Chapter 67

Published: April 12, 2020, 2:53 a.m.
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Show 66 Coronavirus, Free Will, and Chapter 80

Published: April 5, 2020, 10:37 p.m.
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Show 65 Alan Watts Backwards Law and Chapter 65

Published: Feb. 10, 2020, 12:11 a.m.
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Show 64 Gratitude and Chapter 64

Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 4:39 p.m.
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Show 63 Chuang Tzus Self-Transformation Through Oblivion

Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 6:45 a.m.
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Show 62 Listener Mail and Chapter 41

Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 1:11 a.m.
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Show 61 Karmic Footprints and Chapter 48

Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 7:55 p.m.
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Show 60 Desire and Chapter 29

Published: Nov. 11, 2019, 4:51 a.m.
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Show 59 Tao of Anxiety, Chapters 58 and 63

Published: Sept. 22, 2019, 10:12 p.m.
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Show 58 Lieh-Tzu and Chapters 50 and 56

Published: Sept. 7, 2019, 8:50 p.m.
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Show 57 The Empty Boat

Published: Aug. 26, 2019, 3:13 a.m.
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Show 56 The Tao of Happiness and Chapters 46 and 47

Published: June 29, 2019, 11 p.m.
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Show 55 The Tao of Carl Jung and Chapter 44

Published: June 21, 2019, 3:04 a.m.
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Show # 54 Feeling the Tao, Dude and Chapters 35 and 43

Published: June 3, 2019, 3:56 a.m.
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Show # 53 The Environment and Tzu-Jan

Published: March 25, 2019, 3:23 p.m.
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Show # 52 Taoist Morality and Chapter 28

Published: March 11, 2019, 4:34 a.m.
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Show # 51 Psychic Cleansing and Chapter 45

Published: Dec. 4, 2018, 4:14 p.m.
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Show # 50 The Meaning of Life and Chapter 38

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 3:38 a.m.
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Show # 49 Your True Self and Chapter 27

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 5:14 a.m.
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Show #48 10-Day Gong and Listener Mail

Published: Aug. 26, 2018, 7:46 p.m.
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Show # 47 Peace in Chaos, Chapter 10, More Alan Watts

Published: Aug. 12, 2018, 6:41 p.m.
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Show # 46 Alan Watts Tao: The Watercourse Way and Chapter 9

Published: July 30, 2018, 2:11 a.m.
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Show # 45 The Tao of Love and Chapter 39

Published: May 15, 2018, 1:18 a.m.
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Show #44 The Te of Piglet and Chapter 25

Published: April 29, 2018, 10:18 p.m.
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Show #43 The Tao of Anarchy

Published: April 16, 2018, 3:50 a.m.
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Show # 42 Death, Forgiveness, and Chapter 24

Published: Feb. 11, 2018, 10:20 p.m.
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Show # 41 Chapter 13 and The Last Jedi

Published: Jan. 28, 2018, 7:45 p.m.
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Show # 40 Balance and Chapter 23

Published: Jan. 15, 2018, 4:34 a.m.
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Show # 39 Zen and Taoist Perspective on Knowledge

Published: Oct. 3, 2017, 12:07 a.m.
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Show # 38 Tao of Creativity and Chapter 19

Published: Sept. 20, 2017, 4:02 p.m.
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Show # 37 Chapters 11 and 18

Published: Sept. 4, 2017, 4:50 p.m.
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Show # 36 Chapter 6, Listener Mail, Taoist Priests

Published: June 30, 2017, 1:11 a.m.
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Show # 35 The Western Mind, Taoist History, and Chapter 4

Published: June 12, 2017, 3:57 p.m.
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34 Digital Detatchment

Published: May 31, 2017, 2:50 a.m.
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Show # 33 The Essence of Tao and Listener Mail

Published: March 27, 2017, 2:32 a.m.
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Show # 32 10% Happier and Te

Published: March 13, 2017, 2:12 a.m.
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Show 31 The Tao of Pooh

Published: Feb. 27, 2017, 6:28 a.m.
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Show 30 Martial Arts and Christianity

Published: Dec. 21, 2016, 5:38 a.m.
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Show 29 Chuang Tzu and Indoctrinating Your Kids

Published: Dec. 6, 2016, 6 a.m.
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Show 28 Tao Te Trump

Published: Nov. 21, 2016, 6:09 a.m.
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Show 27 Women in Taoism, Chapters 22 and 26

Published: Sept. 26, 2016, 4:19 a.m.
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Show 26 Tods Top 15 Finale, Meditation and Creativity

Published: Sept. 13, 2016, 5:15 a.m.
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Show 25 Tods Top 15 and Listener Mail

Published: Aug. 29, 2016, 5:13 a.m.
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Show 24 Chapter 21 and Listener Mail

Published: Aug. 2, 2016, 5:01 a.m.
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Show 23 Lu Dongbin and Chapter 20

Published: July 18, 2016, 5:23 a.m.
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Show 22 Re-Igniting Your Practice and Disagreements

Published: July 4, 2016, 9:07 p.m.
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Show 21 Chapters 16 and 14

Published: May 31, 2016, 4:23 a.m.
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Show 20 Taoist Health and Tod Translates The Tao Te Ching

Published: May 16, 2016, 6:05 a.m.
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Show 19 Living in the Moment and Listener Mail

Published: May 2, 2016, 4:18 a.m.
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Show 18 Binary Thinking, Mirror Mind, and Chapter 19

Published: April 18, 2016, 5:36 a.m.
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Show 17 Chuang Tzu pt. 2 and Chapter18

Published: April 11, 2016, 6:18 a.m.
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Show 16 Listener Mail and Chapter 36

Published: April 4, 2016, 4:45 a.m.
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Show 15 Being and the I Ching

Published: Feb. 16, 2016, 5:42 a.m.
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Show 14 Daily Taoist Practices and the Wu-Wei of Business

Published: Feb. 8, 2016, 5:35 a.m.
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Show 13 Chuang Tzus Inner Chapters

Published: Feb. 1, 2016, 6:31 a.m.
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Show 12 Chapter 81 and Qigong

Published: Nov. 30, 2015, 6:11 a.m.
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Show 11 Immortality and Star Wars

Published: Nov. 23, 2015, 6 a.m.
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Show 10 The Three Treasures and Chapter 17

Published: Nov. 17, 2015, 6:13 a.m.
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Show 9 The Uncarved Block and Chapter 57

Published: Oct. 26, 2015, 5:05 a.m.
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Episode 8 Chapters 13 and 33

Published: Oct. 19, 2015, 6:09 a.m.
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Episode 7 A World out of Balance

Published: Oct. 13, 2015, 6:08 a.m.
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Episode 6 God?

Published: Oct. 5, 2015, 4:32 a.m.
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Episode 5 Te (or the Tao In-Action)

Published: Sept. 28, 2015, 5:06 a.m.
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Epiosode 4 Meditation

Published: Sept. 21, 2015, 6:42 a.m.
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Episode 3 Social Status, Yin and Yang

Published: Sept. 14, 2015, 5:28 a.m.
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Episode 2 Busy Brags vs. the Art of Non-Doing

Published: Sept. 6, 2015, 7:15 p.m.
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Episode 1 The First Step

Published: Aug. 28, 2015, 6:21 a.m.
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