Listen Again: Rob Delaney—A Heart that Works is a Heart that Hurts
Comedians have the ability to be unsparingly honest in ways that buck all cultural norms. It’s a truth-telling that so many of us crave. Cue Rob Delaney. Rob is a comedian, actor, writer, and direct...
20 Aug 202445min
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 202416min
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 202453min
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 into...
30 Jul 202442min
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 Jul 202454min
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 Jul 202449min
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 Jul 202437min
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 conv...
2 Jul 202430min
