Bruce Lee Podcast
Episodes
#106 The Void
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"The void may be said to have two aspects: It simply is what it is. It is realized; it is aware of itself. And to speak improperly, this awareness is ...
#105 Becoming a Warrior Part 2
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a follow up to episode #87 Becoming a Warrior. In this episode, we revisit what it is to Become a Warrior, Shannon shares her progres...
#104 Listener Wisdom
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have a special episode where Shannon and Sharon share wisdom from Bruce Lee Podcast listeners. We asked for our listeners to share their ...
#103 The Moon and the Stream
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"Fluidity of mind – the moon in the stream – where it is at once movable and immovable." Your mind is the moon and all the thoughts and awareness ...
#102 The Intelligent Mind
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanations, with conclusions; nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is ...
#101 The Complete Human
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"The conformer seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression; rather he faithfully follows a pattern. As time passes, he will probably learn ...
#100 Freedom
30 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's the 100th episode of the Bruce Lee Podcast! For this monumental episode Shannon and Sharon discuss freedom. Freedom, both what it is and how we c...
#99 Someone Real
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"Somehow, one day, you will hear, "Hey, now that is quality. That is someone REAL." I would like that." We are still drawn to Bruce Lee and his perfor...
#98 Bruce Lee Library - Tao Te Ching
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee was a prolific reader; we have around 1,700 books in the Bruce Lee Archive. In the Bruce Lee Library series we will explore different books ...
#97 Linda Lee Cadwell – Stories of Bruce
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have a special guest on the podcast, Shannon's mom Linda Lee Cadwell! Linda joins us to share her firsthand stories of Bruce and their li...
#96 5 Ways of Flow
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Five Ways of Flow The highest truth is inexpressible. Spiritual cultivation cannot be cultivated. In the last resort nothing is gained. There is noth...
#95 Transcendence
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"A struggle of any nature can never be settled satisfactorily until the absolute fact is touched. Where neither opponent can affect the other – not ...
#94 The Center
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Help support the Bruce Lee Podcast and check out our Podcast Bundle on the Bruce Lee Store! Any item is 15% off and if you buy the entire bundle it is...
#93 Conquer Yourself Part 2 – The Keys
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"A man is born to achieve great things if he can conquer himself." Last episode we talked about the things with which we shackle ourselves, and this e...
#92 Conquer Yourself Part 1 – The Fetters
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"A man is born to achieve great things if he can conquer himself." When Bruce Lee says "conquer" it is not about subjugating yourself, but instead it ...
#91 Brandon Lee
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode of the Bruce Lee Podcast honoring Brandon Bruce Lee. We just celebrated Brandon's birthday February 1st and coming up on Mar...
#90 Broken Rhythm
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Broken Rhythm is Bruce Lee's technique for creating an opening in combat. "Ordinarily, two people (of more or less equal ability) can follow each othe...
#89 The Tools
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"The Tools" are what you have in your arsenal at your disposal to tackle life head-on. Bruce Lee repeatedly wrote about different Tools he used in lif...
#88 Artist of Life
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Most people know Bruce Lee as an actor and martial artist, but he defined himself as an Artist of Life. This term comes from a series of drafts of his...
#87 Becoming a Warrior
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee is a true warrior. A warrior is often thought of in the physical sense, as a fighter and physically strong. But it is possible to be a warri...
#86 Core Values at Work: Part 3
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In our final Core Values at Work Episode Shannon and Sharon discuss Relationship, Communication, and Trust. These Core Values are derived from Bruce...
#85 Core Values at Work: Part 2
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we continue our conversation on Core Values at Work, and this week we talk about the Core Values Change and Curiosity. Bruce Lee thou...
#84 Core Values at Work: Part 1
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Many companies have core values, which are a set of values that they share throughout the company on how everyone should proceed in their jobs. At t...
#83 Compassion
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For Bruce Lee the notion of compassion extends beyond the common definition that compassion is "allowing ourselves to be moved by suffering and wantin...
#82 How You Give
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"It's not what you give, it's how you give it." Bruce Lee is talking about how you approach life, how you show-up in the world. It's not what you're d...
#81 Natural Action
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee referred to Natural Action in different ways. He would write about "spontaneous action" or "naturalism" or used a Taoist term "wu wei" which...
#80 Kristen Ulmer Author of "The Art of Fear"
10 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon met former Kristen Ulmer at the Spartan Race in Lake Tahoe. Kristen is the author of The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won't Work and What ...
#79 Peace of Mind
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"All in all, the goal of my planning and doing is to find the true meaning in life – peace of mind." Achieving peace of mind was Bruce Lee's ultimat...
#78 Motivation When You're Stuck
27 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For our end of year episode we asked our listeners to submit questions they wanted us to answer or advice they wished they could receive from Bruce Le...
#77 It's Not About What Happens
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"It's not about what happens; it's about your reaction to what happens that matters." This is a big Bruce Lee concept and a big concept for moving thr...
#76 Podcast Challenge Winner #7: Dina Lewicki
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we talked with our final Podcast Challenge winner, Dina, who called us all the way from Germany! Dina is a recent fan of Bruce Lee. She g...
#75 Reform the Formula
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Many people are still bound by tradition; when the elder generation says 'no' to something, then these other people will strongly disapprove of it as...
#74 To Hell with Circumstances
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"To hell with circumstances, I create opportunities." Patience was something that Bruce Lee tried to cultivate. His wife Linda said that he would get ...
#73 Bruce Lee Podcast Challenge Winner #6: Mahmoud Hamed
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we sit down with another Bruce Lee Podcast Challenge Winner, Mahmoud Hamed! He shares with us his experience with the challenge and how a...
#72 Bruce Lee Podcast Challenge Winner #5: Mary C.
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we talked with another Bruce Lee Podcast Challenge winner, Mary C. If you've been following the Bruce Lee Challenge, then you know th...
#71 Bruce Lee Podcast Challenge Winner #4: Bryce Young
08 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We had a chance to talk with another Bruce Lee Podcast Challenge winner, Bryce Young, who came all the way from Montana to record with us. Bryce share...
#69 The Easy Life
26 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." Sometimes this quote is misunderstood—out of context it seems like ...
#68 Defeat is a State of Mind
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Defeat is a state of mind; no one is very defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and it...
#67 "One Family" Film Director John Alan Thompson
12 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Director John Alan Thompson joined us to discuss the film project we worked on together, "One Family." John discovered he wanted to be a filmmaker at ...
#66 Podcast Challenge Winner #3: Michael R.
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We had a great time talking with Bruce Lee Podcast Challenge winner Michael R. about his experience with the challenge. Michael first discovered Bruce...
#65 Podcast Challenge Winner #2: Katrina R.
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we had the pleasure of chatting with another Bruce Lee Podcast Challenge winner, Katrina R. Katrina knew about Bruce Lee as a kung fu mas...
#64 A Population of Misfits
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"The times of drastic change are times of passions. We can never be fit and ready for that which is wholly new, we have to adjust ourselves and every ...
#63 Research Your Own Experience
14 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own." The idea of constantly researching an...
#62 True Flow: Bridging the Gap
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of True Flow comes directly from Bruce Lee's physical study of martial arts and specifically from his art of Jeet Kune Do, which literally tr...
#61 Confrontation
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When Bruce talked about confrontation he was talking about it on two levels, physical confrontation and then confrontations between people in everyday...
#60 Choiceless Awareness
24 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Choiceless Awareness is a path to peace of mind. It means having awareness in the moment as things are unfolding but not making a choice or judgment o...
#59 Faith
17 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Often the immediate association with the word "Faith" is a religious one, but that's not the type of faith we are talking about in this episode. The d...
#58 Podcast Challenge Winner #1: Kyoko @Jinjabrew
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We were overwhelmed with the responses for the Bruce Lee Podcast Challenge and found it impossible to pick just one winner, so we'll be having several...
#57 Self-Knowledge
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"All knowledge ultimately means Self-knowledge." For all of his adult life, Bruce Lee was on a journey to understand the truest essence of himself. We...
#56 Podcast Live Event: Guest Osric Chau
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We had our first live taping of the Bruce Lee Podcast last Thursday, July 20th celebrating the podcast's one-year anniversary and honoring the 44th an...
#55 1 Year Anniversary: Shannon and Sharon share their podcast challenge stories
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We are having our first live event tonight, Thursday, July 20th, at 6pm at the Central Library in Downtown Los Angeles. It's first come first serve wi...
#54 Gentleness
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gentleness was key to Bruce Lee's philosophy of life and practice as an artist. Bruce equated gentleness with his idea of emptiness, non-resistance in...
#53 Meaning Of Life
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What is the meaning of life? "The meaning of life is that is to be lived." What he means by this is that life is meant to be engaged with, present in,...
#52 Hack Away the Unessentials
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to "hack away the unessentials"? "It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, ...
#51 Three Stages of learning, technique & cultivation
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The three stages are of learning, technique, and cultivation, have all been touched upon in previous episodes, but this week we dive deeper into each ...
#50 Intuition
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Intuition is often described as your "gut feeling," but Bruce Lee defined intuition in many different ways--as body feel, the root, the creative tide ...
#49 Meditation
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation has been around for thousands of years, but it's recently become popular with a broad audience. Modern people need it to create peace from ...
#48 Art of Soul
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Art of Soul is about living the artist's life and mastering the art of living as a whole human being. "The ultimate aim of the artist is to lay ho...
#47 The Six Diseases
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The six diseases of the mind are obstacles that you will confront on your path to wholeness and fluidity. The Six Diseases: The desire for victory The...
#46 The Mind is a Fertile Garden
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"The mind is a fertile garden – it will grow anything you wish to plant – beautiful flowers or weeds. And it is with successful, healthy thoughts ...
#45 Dissolving Our Attitude
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee often carried notes to himself or affirmations on notecards in his wallet. One of these read: "Be aware of our conditioning. Drop and dissol...
#44 Charles Russo: Author of Striking Distance: Bruce Lee and the Dawn of Martial Arts
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we sit down with journalist Charles Russo, author of "Striking Distance: Bruce Lee & the Dawn of Martial Arts in America." His book covers B...
#43 Be a Nobody
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee often carried around philosophical ideas written on small index cards as reminders throughout his day. One of these was: "Inwardly, psycholo...
#42 The Underdog & The Top Dog
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee played many characters that were unassuming and didn't want to get into fights, but then could kick everyone's butt in 10 seconds when he ne...
#41 Unity
13 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee lived his life as a human being who was connected to all of humankind—one unified family on this planet. He said, "You know how I like to ...
#40 Real Truth
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Truth was an important concept to Bruce Lee and it shows up often in his journal entries. But the way he used the word "truth" was not to describe a f...
#39 Experience and Imagination
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Taky Kimura once wrote Bruce Lee a letter saying that the students at Bruce's Gung Fu studio were asking for more techniques. Bruce wrote back that th...
#38 Confidence
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee embodied so much confidence both onscreen and off that you might have assumed that he was born that way. But in fact, self-confidence was a ...
#37 On Being Human
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Being a real human being" is a concept that comes up often in Bruce's writings, he didn't want to be considered just an actor or a martial artist, bu...
#36 Gung Fu
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gung fu translated means: discipline and training toward the mastery of some skill. It is applied to martial arts but it can be applied to anything. U...
#35 Personal Liberation
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of Personal Liberation was very important to Bruce Lee. This idea was so important that his wife Linda included the quote "Your inspiration c...
#34 Living the Oneness of Things
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Life is wide, limitless, there is no border, no frontier." Bruce Lee believed that there were no limitations or borders in life, and this is reflecte...
#33 Friend of Bruce Lee: Daniele Bolelli
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with Daniele Bolelli. Shannon first met Bolelli when he was interviewed for the documentary "I Am Bruce Lee" and later she was a gue...
#32 Finger Pointing Away to the Moon
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Don't think. FEEEEEEEEL! It's like a finger pointing away to the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger or you will miss all of the heavenly glory!" ...
#31 The Root
02 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Root was an important concept to Bruce Lee. The Root is where real knowledge and real personal expression can spring from, the starting point and ...
#30 Purpose
26 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee was driven by his own Purpose in life: "All in all, the goal of my planning and doing is to find the true meaning in life: peace of mind." B...
#29 In My Own Process
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
During one of the busiest times in his life, Bruce Lee wrote a letter to himself titled "In My Own Process". When Bruce wrote this, he had just halted...
#28 Day in the Life of Bruce Lee
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss a typical day in the life of Bruce Lee, his habits and activities on an average day when he wasn't filming. The Wing Luke Museum ...
#27 Energy: Vital Life Force
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When Bruce Lee was 21 he wrote: "I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, gr...
#26 Friend of Bruce Lee: W. Kamau Bell
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we sit down with Friend of Bruce Lee, and self-professed Bruce Lee geek, W. Kamau Bell! He's a comedian and TV host. He hosts CNN's United S...
#25 The Art of Dying
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When Bruce Lee spoke about the Art of Dying, he did not mean dying in the literal sense, but as a metaphor for letting go of the past and things that ...
#24 Poetry
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee started writing poetry when he moved from Hong Kong to the U.S. at age 18. He wrote poetry to express his feelings of contemplativeness, lov...
#23 Yin Yang
08 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Yin Yang symbol is circle with two interlocking teardrop shapes in complimentary colors with a dot on each side. It's used in popular culture, but...
#22 Linda on Bruce and Brandon
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce's wife and Shannon's mom Linda Lee Cadwell joins us again and she shares more stories about Bruce, telling of his spirit of generosity and chari...
#21 Bruce's Bday Wish: Be Water, My Friend
27 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
11/27/16 is Bruce Lee's birthday and he would have been 76 years old today. In honor of his birthday we are reposting the Be Water, My Friend episode ...
#20 Nutrition and Fitness
23 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
At the request of fans, this week we discuss Bruce Lee's approach to nutrition and fitness! Nutrition and fitness were ongoing obsessions for Bruce du...
#19 Friend of Bruce Lee: Steve Aoki
17 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with Friend of Bruce Lee Steve Aoki. Steve is a Grammy nominated Electro house musician, DJ and record producer. Steve's unique musi...
#18 The Individual Over Any Established System
10 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system." From a very young age Bruce Lee wa...
#17 Affirmations Part 3: Willpower
03 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we are finishing up our 3-part discussion of Bruce Lee's affirmations with the 7th and final affirmation: Willpower. Affirmatio...
#16 Affirmations Part 2: Emotions, Reason, and Conscience
27 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue our discussion of Bruce Lee's Affirmations with three more concepts: Emotions, Reason, and Conscience. Even though we are discus...
#15 Affirmations Part 1: Memory, Subconscious Mind, Imagination
20 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss Bruce Lee's affirmations. These are 7 ideas he wrote on small note cards and carried with him always: Memory, Subconscious Mind, ...
#14 Joy & Laughter
13 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lee, was an extremely joyous person who loved to laugh. It's an often overlooked part of his personality but he loved to joke and play around, a...
#13 Linda Lee Cadwell on Bruce Lee's Family Life
06 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we have a special guest Linda Lee Cadwell, Bruce Lee's wife and Shannon's mom. Linda shares stories of her life with Bruce, how...
#12 The Medicine For My Suffering
29 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observ...
#11 Walk On
22 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"Walk on." There's a story behind this famous quote. In 1969, Bruce severely injured his back during a routine training session because he didn't warm...
#10 Simplicity, Directness, Freedom
15 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we talk about the three core tenets of Jeet Kune Do: Simplicity, Directness, Freedom. Bruce Lee applied these tenets to martial...
#9 Harmony
08 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"Under the sky, under the heavens, we are but one family." This week we discuss harmony. Harmony was an important part of Bruce Lee's philosophy and t...
#8 Change
01 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"To change with change is the changeless state." Change often brings fear, and many times we resist. But if you can flow and be adaptable, you can mov...
#7 Emotional Content
25 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"What was that? An Exhibition? We need emotional content. Now try again!" What did Bruce Lee mean by "Emotional Content?" He was describing the feelin...
#6 Goals, Mistakes, Success
18 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about how Bruce Lee documented his goals, valued mistakes and created a personal definition of success. A dedicated journal writer, ...