religion
Hosted by Daniel Truran · religion · EN-US
Exploring music, near-death experiences, their intersections, and pretty much everything else.
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchA Part of Something is hosted by Daniel Truran. The show has published 15 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Solo Episode: It’s All Sunbeams" (27 October 2026, 23 minutes), "Noah Smith: Remembering Mayne Smith, Pioneering Musician, Scholar, Community Builder, and Dad" (20 October 2026, 99 minutes), and "Solo Episode: More Than What You Do for a Living" (13 October 2026, 27 minutes).
A Part of Something publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 15 episodes.
Booking probability for A Part of Something is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. A Part of Something requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. A Part of Something's contact route on record: public web form.
Daniel Truran hosts A Part of Something, a religion podcast with 15 episodes published.
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Episode #16
Sometimes the most extraordinary things are hiding in plain sight. In this freewheeling solo episode of A Part of Something , I reflect on a little moment of wonder involving a ray of morning sunlight—and how easy it is...
Episode #15
Daniel talks with his cousin Noah Smith about Noah’s father, Mayne Smith, a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and longtime figure in the Northern California folk and roots-music community. Mayne co-founded the Redwood...
Episode #14
Daniel hits record without knowing exactly what he wants to talk about—and eventually finds himself thinking about work, money, calling, identity, God, and what it means to be more than the thing you do for a living. He...
Episode #13
Steve Perron once wanted to be a priest. He also wanted to be a Beatle. The singer-songwriter and retired broadcast journalist joins Daniel to discuss his book, What’ll We Do with All the Churches? , which traces his...
Episode #13
In D. Scott Rogo’s books on otherworldly music, people describe music that seems to come out of nowhere—while sitting on a back porch, spending time in nature, or gathering at someone’s deathbed. They describe it as...
Episode #12
Storyteller, humorist, and musician Andy Offutt Irwin joins Daniel to talk about making people laugh, paying attention, and remembering what it feels like to be a kid. Andy’s album Banana Seat was recorded in Daniel’s...
Episode #11
In this solo episode, Daniel considers three different ways people respond to near-death experiences: belief, skepticism, and the idea that an experience may be real while still being deceptive or misleading. Along the...
Episode #10
At age 25, Vinney Tolman was found dead in a restaurant bathroom, placed in a body bag, and later resuscitated by a rookie paramedic. In this wide-ranging conversation, the author of The Light After Death recounts his...
Episode #8
In this short solo episode, Daniel begins with the human voice—perhaps our oldest melodic instrument—and wonders where melody comes from. Is our response to melody simply a byproduct of the brain’s machinery for...
Episode #7
In this warm, wide-ranging conversation, author, illustrator, and songwriter Warren Hanson shares the winding creative path that led from advertising art to a career making beloved books. Warren reads from A Cup of...
Episode #6
In this solo episode, Daniel wanders through the differences between light and sound, the human voice, ancient bone flutes, hunting bows, the origins of music, mathematical proof, an overenthusiastic interpretation of...
Episode #5
In 1977, musician, author, and psychic Gary Wimmer had an extraordinary experience that changed the way he understood life, consciousness, and death. In this conversation, Gary recounts the days leading up to that...
Episode #4
Neil Salsich has built a wide-ranging musical life—fronting The Mighty Pines, appearing on The Voice , collaborating across projects, and now hosting his own podcast, Meet Me in Music . In this conversation, we talk...
Episode #3
Conductor, percussionist, educator, and former college marching band director Sebastian Buhts has followed his musical curiosity from a family tradition of marimba playing to orchestral percussion, conducting, and the...
Episode #2
It's launch day! In this brief solo episode, I share a couple of updates before we dive into the first interviews. I explain why I decided to replace my planned Substack read-aloud, why I'm intentionally keeping the...
Episode #1
Welcome to the very first episode of A Part of Something . Why does music matter? What can near-death experiences teach us about creativity, purpose, and the human experience? In this introductory episode, host Daniel...
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