When becoming and un-becoming who you are one step at a time isn’t quite enough, take two. Join multi-passionate audionaut, Stephen Henning, in questions of life, art, and spirit as we look to the sky, the subterranean, and the beautiful boundary layer we all inhabit.
The robell Series: WDYPYS?: An Interplanetary Tale of Love, Loss, and Bread
ROB BELL pulls up a stool to the Ravel table! Stephen and Emily get to spend a whole 90 minutes with the singular Robell (with one B) in the great living room in the sky. Stephen guides our time together as he deep dives into Rob's newest NOVEL entitled Where'd You Park Your Spaceship? There are readings to and by the author as we touch on ideas like imagination, Big Magic, generative art, integration/disintegration/reintegration, a love affair with tomatoes, the ideal notion of Platonic CIRCLES versus Lines and trajectories, the zimzum of love and loss, ungrieved grief, delicious secret breads, bee pollen potions, and the classic "may you..." blessing gifted to us by the Dill Tudd of our universe, Rob Bell. PIDDLE. PIDDLE. PIDDLE.
Rob Bell:
Website: robbell.com (https://robbell.com/)
Where'd You Park Your Spaceship? (https://robbell.com/book/spaceship/)
What's A Knucka? (https://robbell.com/book/whats-a-knucka/)
Instagram: @realrobbell (https://www.instagram.com/realrobbell/)
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May you gaze softly at the sky. May you breathe deeply, sleep soundly, and have courage to take your next Two Steps.
16 Dec 2025
The Second Immortal
I recorded this episode beneath a waning crescent moon, on the threshold of the winter solstice, reflecting on the many ways humans mark light and darkness across cultures. And among my many readings in this reflective season, I find and offer a reading of Alan Watts’ parable The Second Immortal, as a meditation on the quiet holiness of ordinary life. May it be an invitation to notice that what we’re seeking may already be living itself through us.
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Mentioned in the episode:
The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, translated by Stephen Mitchell (https://bookshop.org/a/113174/9780061142666)
Devotions by Mary Oliver (https://bookshop.org/a/113174/9780399563263)
Awareness by Anthony De Mello (https://bookshop.org/a/113174/9780385249379)
The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Stephen Mitchell (https://bookshop.org/a/113174/9780609810347)
Become Who You Are by Alan Watts (https://www.amazon.com/Become-What-You-Alan-Watts/dp/1570629404)
Timestamps:
00:00 - Opening
05:06 - The Second Immortal
May you gaze softly at the sky. May you breathe deeply, sleep soundly, and have courage to take your next Two Steps.
6 May 2025
Audionaut Series: Thirsty Pups
Welcome to Two Steps with Stephen Henning! This is the inaugural launch of my “contemplative audionaut series”. An experimental podcast style where I invite you to listen in a contemplative sit.
My two definitions of this term I coined, contemplative audionaut, are as follows:
An explorer of inner and outer worlds of experience through sound, guided by reflection, curiosity, and deep listening.
A sonic adventurer charting the infinite cosmos between the ears.
Most podcasts offer a wealth of information. I’d like us to consider a new approach of inner formation.
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Timestamps:
[5:34] - Body Scan
[10:00] - Audionaut Launch
[20:37] - Walk Out
May you gaze softly at the sky. May you breathe deeply, sleep soundly, and have courage to take your next Two Steps.
27 Jan 2025
Multi-Passionate Audionauts, Unite!
Welcome back to Two Steps with Stephen Henning! On this episode, I tell a story about a failed experiment, a friend to introduce, and a set of words that have unlocked all sorts of possibilities for my soul.
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Mentioned in the episode:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (https://open.spotify.com/album/55RTkgUCP7t80hiTUhATMH?si=rzu8xUqMR2258EmtcIm_9w) full soundtrack by Howard Shore
Erika Musser on Know Normal People (https://pca.st/zwzor9gl) podcast
The Secret Life of Freelancers (https://erikawrites.kit.com/e3f6db50a1) - Erika's newsletter
Bhagavad Gita (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99945.Bhagavad_Gita?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=09sXQUTkgP&rank=2) translated by Stephen Mitchell
Tao Te Ching: A New English Version (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/439655.Tao_Te_Ching?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cPcGbmDEI6&rank=2) translated by Stephen Mitchell
The Truth Podcast (https://pca.st/thetruth)
Timestamps:
[0:00] - Introductions
[2:02] - A Failed Experiment
[5:41] - My Friend, Erika
[7:07] - Multi-Passionate People
[9:40] - A Charcuterie Board of Future Topics
[22:44] - The Invitation
May you gaze softly at the sky. May you breathe deeply, sleep soundly, and have courage to take your next Two Steps.
23 Dec 2024
Two Steps With Stephen Henning
Welcome to Two Steps With Stephen Henning! Allow me to introduce myself in a few different facets, explain a bit on what this podcast is called and why, and invite you into an embodied exercise on your dreams and aspirations.
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Mentioned in the episode:
Rob Bell - robbell.com (https://robbell.com/)
The Next Right Thing Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-right-thing/id1268826768) with Emily P Freeman
Frozen II: The Next Right Thing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFkClV2gM-s) - performed by Kristen Bell
Richard Rohr - cac.org (https://cac.org/)
Timestamps:
[0:00] - Introductions
[5:52] - Other Projects
[6:50] - The meaning of "Two Steps"
[9:53] - Dreams (as borrowed from Rob Bell)
[13:47] - But What Happened To One Step At A Time?
[15:44] - Two Steps, Again
[18:00] - Email Offerings
[20:12] - Contemplative Audionauts
[21:54] - Get In Touch
May you gaze softly at the sky. May you breathe deeply, sleep soundly, and have courage to take your next Two Steps.
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