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Teacher and close friend Amir Flesher uses light and levity in discussing the teachings of the Buddha, non-attachment, and being a new father.

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Today we talk to three insiders in the sex business: veteran porn agent Mark Spiegler, newbie adult film actress Tara Lynn Foxx, and sex shop employee Barry L, of Durham, North Carolina. The trio attempt to explain what life is like, navigating amidst America's greatest recession since the Big One.

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David Eng is an ambient musician, drummer & poet who resides in Los Angeles, CA. His work is influenced by a schizophrenic array of musical genres & philosophical texts: Deleuze & Guattari, Slavoj Žižek, Baudrillard, Henri Lefebvre, DJ Spooky, Andrei Tarkovsky, surrealism, situationist theory, and classical minimalism. He is particularly interested in using sound to assess our lived experience of space & time.

Beyond that, David is an enthusiast of burritos, pico-pop, punk/hardcore/thrash, dubstep, incredibly strong coffee, Tokyo Techno Girl, robotic dolphins, and much more. He's on Twitter as TheHapacalypse - links to much of his stellar music can be found there.

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Jonathan Mann is a Berkeley based singer-songwriter who, since January 1st, 2009, has written, performed, and recorded a song each and every day. His subjects range from the absurd to the political, from humorous to touchingly personal.

I talked with him in his home about his artistic process and how he earns his daily bread (he writes incredibly catchy jingles and enters video contests). We share some laughs - then write a song together.

You can visit Jonathan on the web at http://rockcookiebottom.com.

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Welcome to Hot Bread for the New Planet. I'm your host, Sam Benjamin - so pleased to have you here.

The purpose of this podcast is to discuss a wide variety of provocative topics with exceptional educators, visionaries, and unique thinkers of all stripes.

Today we speak with Noah Levine, Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist, as well as author of notable books "Dharma Punx" and "Against the Stream."

Recently, I had the pleasure to study with Noah for one month at Big Sur's Esalen Institute. Always an engaging and articulate lecturer, Noah often used the word "Dharma" in his lectures to speak of a concept of "truth." Our discussions ranged from right speech to right action, from suffering to compassion - but did not often touch upon sex or sexuality for a prolonged period. I wondered whether there existed in the teachings of the Buddha a "Dharma of Sex" - which is to say, teachings that concerned honesty and close self-examination in an area of life that often defies such introspection.

What follows is our short discussion. Enjoy.

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