ZLORD podcast

Before the pandemic, teZa and Carter Lord, cohosts of ZLORD, started podcasting to document their 6-month car-and-tent camping trip. Now, the journeyers continue with their long-planned exploration of South America. In Bolivia, the pair discuss topics such as the Indigenous people of the Andes' use of their sacred plant, coca. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com for more about hosts. 

As they depart on a long-anticipated South American sojourn—hurricane Ian blasts full force toward their Florida home. Here cohosts Carter and teZa first share their numbed exasperation as they deal with myriad circumstances surrounding an unusually fierce flood-and-wind storm PLUS the everyday exasperating circumstances of international travel in our post-Covid world; and then, two days later—the...

A lively conversation about how much or how little of both planning and spontaneity makes for a balanced, happy, safe life—and a fun trip to unknown places. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com about cohosts of ZLORD podcast. 

This episode shows teZa revealing knowledge she's gleaned from having obsessed about the link between sex and her own spirituality. Everything she says is based on her own life's journey, as documented in her 4 nonfiction books: see tezalord.com for cohost's books/art/activism. Cohost Carter asks questions mostly here. This is a topic that a lot of people are interested in, sometimes without even...

We all lose it every now and then. We're human. Even those of us who want to experience life from its highest plane of pleasant possibilities as ZLORD's cohosts teZa and Carter often say they do, have to deal with "a bad day" or a "bad thing happening." Yet---being angry, disappointed, sad, jealous---negative emotions sometimes overwhelm us. What to do when this happens? In this episode the talk i...

The title of this episode is not a question, but a statement. teZa and Carter Lord, cohosts of ZLORD go deeper into their last episode's topic, "to continually keep trying in life." Here, using personal experiences of their own, they examine in detail one of the many inspiring statements made by the famous physicist Albert Einstein, who married spirituality to his approach of exploring scientific...

Sounding groggy and hoarse, both Carter and teZa, ZLORD's cohosts, are recovering from their first do-see-do with Covid-19. Even though they've tried their best to avoid it, the virus got them at an indoor family wedding. Ok, so they got sick. Here they explain how getting sick isn't anyone's fault, and there's no blame or shame in contracting this worldwide plague. With anything in life, we keep...

Many of us realize there are just as many positive opportunities these days as there are so-called "bad" things happening. It's all how we perceive life, how things affect us. In this episode ZLORD cohosts teZa and Carter Lord discuss how it's always a choice, how we perceive any aspect of life. Specific examples of choosing to be positive are given for challenging situations. All around us, every...

Ever wonder what's the fascination with balls that athletes have? Or what the symbolism of a ball, a sphere, a circle is in terms of how it relates to our subconscious? In this episode cohosts teZa & Carter Lord explore the many facets of what a ball, a sphere, a circle means to we explorers of the higher consciousness of Oneness. If you like what you hear Please Subscribe, and give us a review, t...

Cohosts teZa & Carter Lord share about how keeping things simple--in expectations, relationships, possessions, and what's most important, our spiritual life--we can attain higher states of fulfillment because we have less to weigh us down. Examples are given of choices both hosts have made, and what they observe in others' lifestyles. tezalord.com and carterlord.com for more about these two long-t...

Many folks are experiencing worry, anger, sadness, and all sorts of negative emotions over the state of the world today. Does this help anything? NO! In this episode Carter and teZa Lord, cohosts of ZLORD, discuss the whys and wherefores of staying positive and accepting what IS, even when what things seem unacceptable. They use Viktor Frankl's astounding account of surviving the Nazi death camps,...

Cohosts Carter and teZa Lord discuss the whys and wherefores of the very common human tendency to put others down who are different, in any way. And how to heal our brokenness--we must stop this destructive habit. Compassion has to be awakened in all of us if we're to resolve the crisis of current times, with our global family of humankind fearful and worried about so many things. The long-married...

Many people are suffering today. War, infringment of personal rights, civil and global shuffling of powers are causing a lot of increased mental health issues for enough people for a new US Federal hotline (988) to be offered now. Here, teZa goes solo while Carter travels. She offers what she sees, feels, and knows is an opportunity for great positive change in our present state of agitated spirit...

Freedom is a big deal to every human on planet Earth. But really, do we think of it in terms of "spiritual freedom"? Here cohosts teZa and Carter Lord approach this episode's topic with experience and sincerity, sharing from deep places about their own understanding, and several others close to them. Your idea of what you thought "freedom" is may alter after hearing this! Please see Carter's video...