Dr. Robert Ganung, chaplain and teacher at Taft School, joins Rick to explore how deep contemplative practice can ground a life of service, justice, and education. Drawing from Celtic Christianity, Buddhism, Vedanta, and the civil rights tradition, Robert shares...
Humanizing Awakening – Maggie Gilewicz – Transcript Maggie Gilewicz Interview Summary Maggie Gilewicz is a transformational coach, Hellenistic astrologer, and author of Awakening to be Human, based in a decade-long personal journey through awakening....
Swami G Interview Rick: Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump. My name is Rick Archer and my guest this week is Swami G. And when you hear the name Swami G, if you are familiar with Indian names probably you think I am saying like Gandhi Ji or Maharshi Ji or something...
Maggie Gilewicz supports those navigating the journey of awakening. Her work is devoted to humanizing awakening by bringing honesty, nuance and emotional depth to a path often clouded by spiritual idealism and bypassing. Through her one-on-one sessions, astrology...
Gary Crowley interview Rick: Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump. My name is Rick Archer and my guest this week is Gary Crowley. Gary was referred to me by his publisher, just as Chuck Hillig was, same publisher, Connie Shaw, Sentient Publications, because he has a...
Lawence Pintak – Lessons from the Mountaintop – Transcript Lawrence Pintak Interview Summary: Lawrence Pintak is an award-winning journalist, former CBS Middle East correspondent, and scholar with a PhD in Islamic Studies who has spent three decades as...
George Thompson is a filmmaker, teacher, and founder of Balance is Possible!— a 15-person team on a mission to inspire balance for people and planet. His films and teachings have touched over 25 million people and he is supported by renowned changemakers...
Enlightenment, AI, and Advaita Vedanta – Swami Sarvapriyananda – Transcript Swami Sarvapriyananda Second Interview Summary Swami Sarvapriyananda discusses the intersection of Advaita Vedanta and modern consciousness studies, including recent debates at...
Fali Engineer Interview Rick: Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump. My name is Rick Archer and my guest this week is Fali Engineer. And I don’t know Fali very well, but he comes very highly recommended by a friend of ours, a mutual friend of ours named Charles...
Swami Sarvapriyananda has been the Minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of New York since January 2017. He joined the Ramakrishna Math in 1994 and received sannyasa in 2004. He served as an acharya (teacher) of the monastic probationers’ training...
Healing the Intimate Divide – Savita Veera – Transcript Savita Veera interview Summary: Savita Veera is a Western Australia-based spiritual teacher and healer who experienced spontaneous awakenings triggered by childhood trauma and the sudden death of a...
Awakening to the True Source – Karyn O’Beirne – Transcript Karyn O’Beirne Interview Summary: Karyn O’Beirne, a former atheist turned interfaith minister, shares her spiritual journey from skepticism to awakening, emphasizing that grace is...
John Speer Interview Rick: Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump, the weekly show in which we have a conversation with someone who has had a spiritual awakening. My name is Rick Archer, and my guest tonight is John Speer. And in a minute, John will introduce himself...
Christina Guimond has always been oriented toward the mysterious, even from early childhood. She grew up in a Catholic family in Nova Scotia, Canada, and later settled in Montreal, where she married and raised four children. When her youngest was ten, a...
Remembering Our True Nature – Emeline Lambert – Transcript Emeline Lambert Interview Summary Emeline Lambert is a former professional ballet dancer and actress (House of the Dragon, Django) who experienced a sudden spiritual awakening during a Vipassana...
Karyn’s spiritual journey was documented in her book Findings from the Hunting Party’s Scout, which chronicles her four most intense years of spiritual growth as an ordinary working soccer mom into an embodied awakened faith leader. After a life-changing...
The Light Within Us Knows the Way – David Ditchfield – Transcript David Ditchfield Interview Summary David Ditchfield was a struggling alcoholic in 2006 when his coat caught in train doors at Cambridge station, dragging him under a speeding train During...
Brad & Pam Keene Interview Rick: Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump. This is a weekly show in which people who have had a spiritual awakening talk about their experience. My name is Rick Archer and my guests this time, this episode, are Brad and Pam Keene. We...
Chuck Hillig Interview Rick: Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump. My name is Rick Archer and my guest this week is Chuck Hillig. Chuck, since you and I first– since you and I made a date to have this interview, your name has popped up a few times here and...
In this powerful interview, David Ditchfield recounts his extraordinary near-death experience (NDE) following a horrific train accident in Cambridge, UK, in 2006. Once at rock bottom as a functional alcoholic, David was transformed spiritually after being pulled...
Christopher Roberts Interview Rick: Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump, the show in which we discuss spiritual awakenings or shifts with people who have actually had one. My name is Rick Archer and my guest this time is Christopher Roberts. I met Chris a few weeks...
Gopi Krishna and Kundalini Research – Michael Bradford – Transcript Michael Bradford Interview Summary: Michael Bradford worked with Gopi Krishna in India for six years and has studied Kundalini for 45+ years as Director of Publications for the...
The Moment Everything Shifted – Sue Berkey – Transcript Sue Berkey interview Summary: Guest Background: Sue Berkey is a yoga teacher, rebirther, artist, and single mother living in Fairfield, Iowa for 26+ years Awakening Moment: Her spiritual awakening...
In this conversation, Emeline Lambert shares her profound spiritual journey, beginning with her childhood experiences of feeling extremely out of place in a world that seemed illusionary and pointless. “Who am I?” was the question that was always too terrifying to...
BatGap Community Survey Analysis October 2025 Executive Summary This survey of 541 BatGap community members reveals a deeply engaged, appreciative, and spiritually mature audience that values the platform’s commitment to authentic spiritual...