On April 23, activist/actor Peter Coyote discussed his on-screen career, and some of the memorable experiences and mentors that informed his career, as well as his spiritual practice. He also told us a few of the things he likes to read, watch, and listen to in his spare time. Find out what he likes below!

What have you read or seen over the past year (book, play, film, etc…) that moved or surprised you?

Tony Judt’s essays, H IS FOR HAWK by Helen McDonald

FILM: Timbuktu, Leviathan, Tangerine, Ida, Birdman, Boyhood.

What are you listening to right now?

Rachael Price – from Lake Street Drive, The Woods Brothers, Fatoumata Diawara, James McMurtry, and always jazz (be-bop) and Dylan.

What’s the last great book you read?

Great?  Anna Karenina.  Should be great?  Light Years by James Salter and A Story as Sharp as a Knife by Robert Bringhurst.

What’s one thing you’re a fan of that people might not expect?

Country music, welding and my 1952 Dodge Power Wagon.

What’s your favorite comfort food?

Bachelor rice and chopped chicken fried up watching Justified or Newroom or Episodes or Veep or House of Lies on TV