Beautiful and Terrible: A Bonus Episode
There is this quote by writer and theologian Frederick Buechner. He writes, “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.” …But I always sort of wanted to amend his o...
13 Aug 202418min
Listen Again: Rabbi Steve Leder—Don’t Come Out Empty Handed
How should you show up for people in grief? What do you say? What should you do? Why is it that beauty can exist alongside deep suffering? What can be said at funerals when the person who died was com...
6 Aug 202455min
David Fajgenbaum: Hope Wears Sneakers
This is the story of one young doctor’s race against the clock as he searches for a cure for his own rare disease. In this conversation, Kate and David Fajgenbaum discuss: how love can turn hope in...
30 Juli 202445min
Listen Again: Lisa Damour—Understanding Today’s Teenagers
How hard is it to be a parent today? After a pandemic? With social media breathing down our necks? It’s so hard! Navigating the delicate balance between granting independence and providing guidance ca...
23 Juli 202457min
Thomas Lynch: Good Grief
What do you learn standing so close to the edge with so many people? Listen for wisdom on mortality and hope—like how the habits of love are hard to break and what makes a ‘good funeral’ directly from...
16 Juli 202451min
Listen Again: Kwame Alexander—To Be Loved Like That
Our most precious relationships are often our most complicated, aren’t they? Poet and bestselling author Kwame Alexander wrote an honest book of poems and essays that name the difficult and beautiful ...
9 Juli 202440min
Suleika Jaouad: You Are Not The Bad Thing
There is a strange tension when we want so badly for the people we love to support us, but want to shield them from the pain at the same time. This is a beautiful, terrible kind of love. In this con...
2 Juli 202432min
Abigail Marsh: Extraordinary Empathy
Are some people more empathetic than others? By studying those on the opposite end of the compassion spectrum–those with psychopathy–researcher Dr. Abigail Marsh discovered something surprising. In ...
18 Juni 202452min
