A talk given in Jyväskylä, Finland on August 28, 2009. Part 1 of 2, in which Brad tells his story. Basically, the bio part of Brad's first book in talk form. If you've already read the book, you might want to jump ahead to the other episodes. If you haven't read Hardcore Zen, this talk is an introduction to Brad and his history with Buddhism.Part 2 is the Q&A from the same talk.