Heavy Things Lightly
Hosted by John Heers and John · John Heers
4.9from 143 ratings
- 257
- Episodes
- 21
- Transcribed
- 143
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 502K
- YouTube views
About Heavy Things Lightly
This “Enlightened” New World utopia isn’t turning out to be all it was cracked up to be. Society is disenchanting, but are the only alternatives hiding out in the hills or burying yourself in books? With an air of levity and a touch of humor, John Heers teaches how to examine the confusing New World by calling upon the mind and wisdom of oft-forgotten Old. Heavy Things, Lightly. johnheersftf.substack.com (https://johnheersftf.substack.com/s/podcast?utm_medium=podcast)
- Publisher
- John Heers
- Category
- business · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Jun 2020
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
21 of 257 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Demons, Deception, and Why Your Spiritual Practices Might Be Dangerous
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Fox News Reporter Who Quit to Live an Orthodox Homesteading Life
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why They Left NASA to Start St. George's Classical Academy
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Demons, Deception, and Why Your Spiritual Practices Might Be Dangerous
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I don't know where the visual question is. No, no, no. I like it. I'm trying. I'm trying. I'm going to try to keep you going on this straight line because I think people are really interested in your insights as per your own experiences. But, I mean, you wrote a book and a pamphlet here, this e-book, that it does this deep dive where I think you just touched on my big takeaway is there's something about humble persistence and a willingness to realize you're probably deluded most of the time. Is that a major theme? Do I have that right? Yeah, I mean, there's that quote, I forgot which thing it's attributed to, but it's like the spiritual life begins when you begin not to trust your own thoughts. […]
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- Justine Alter
- Holly Hickman
- James Joyce
- Juliana Joyce
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- YouTube views
- 501,758
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 84 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 59 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
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- Quality
- 91
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts Heavy Things Lightly?
John Heers and John host the show. Published by John Heers.
How often do new episodes come out?
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