Public theology. Human flourishing. The good life.
What if you’re wrong about what it means to be happy?
In spite of unprecedented access to things that give pleasure - buy this pill, eat this food, go on this trip - mental health issues are increasing globally at an astonishing rate. It’s clear that the modern idea of happiness is lacking something.
In this episode, Edith Hall offers an ancient definition of happiness from Aristotle that might just be the solution to our crisis of despair. “It’s a way of life, it's not a psychological state,” she says. “To live well…submit yourself to your own best self, and don't let transient temptations derail you.”
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Jeffrey Rosen: The Pursuit of Happiness
Meghan Sullivan: What It Takes to Live a Good Life
Gretchen Rubin: The Happiness Project
Rebecca DeYoung: The Seven Deadly Sins
Dacher Keltner: How Awe Will Transform Your Life
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This is our unabridged interview with Cyntoia Brown Long.
On August 7th, 2019, Cyntoia Brown Long was released from the Tennessee Prison for Women.
It was 13 years after she had been sentenced to life without parole for the murder of a man to whom she had been sex-trafficked.
In this special episode, Cyntoia tells an uncensored account of the great personal and systemic brokenness which led to her imprisonment, and the dramatic, at times hard-to-believe nature of the grace and providence which brought her to faith and ultimate release.
Please be advised this episode contains details upsetting to some listeners, including references to sexual assault and trafficking. Additional resources are available at NO MORE.
Show Notes
Resources mentioned:
"Free Cyntoia" by Cyntoia Brown Long
Similar NSE episodes:
Anthony Ray Hinton: An Innocent Man on Death Row
Greg Boyle: Homeboys, Delight, Gladness
Bill Haslam: Humility and the Art of Politics
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On August 7th, 2019, Cyntoia Brown Long was released from the Tennessee Prison for Women.
It was 13 years after she had been sentenced to life without parole for the murder of a man to whom she had been sex-trafficked.
In this special episode, Cyntoia tells an uncensored account of the great personal and systemic brokenness which led to her imprisonment, and the dramatic, at times hard-to-believe nature of the grace and providence which brought her to faith and ultimate release.
Please be advised this episode contains details upsetting to some listeners, including references to sexual assault and trafficking. Additional resources are available at NO MORE.
Show Notes
Resources mentioned:
"Free Cyntoia" by Cyntoia Brown Long
Similar NSE episodes:
Anthony Ray Hinton: An Innocent Man on Death Row
Greg Boyle: Homeboys, Delight, Gladness
Bill Haslam: Humility and the Art of Politics
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This is our unabridged interview with Quincy Byrdsong.
How are the world’s poor and oppressed affected by inequity in healthcare systems?
In the United States, “health inequity started with slavery,” says Dr. Quincy Byrdsong, himself a longtime healthcare professional. Since slavery was abolished, health inequities have not gone away, but have become more complex and subtle.
In this episode, Dr. Byrdsong discusses how such cases as the infamous Tuskegee syphilis trials have allowed racism and classism to persist in healthcare systems, and what might be done in response to such injustice.
Show Notes
Resources mentioned this episode:
Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:
Andre Churchwell: Diversity, Virtue, Healthcare
Willie James Jennings: The Christian Imagination
Transcript of Abridged Episode
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How are the world’s poor and oppressed affected by inequity in healthcare systems?
In the United States, “health inequity started with slavery,” says Dr. Quincy Byrdsong, himself a longtime healthcare professional. Since slavery was abolished, health inequities have not gone away, but have become more complex and subtle.
In this episode, Dr. Byrdsong discusses how such cases as the infamous Tuskegee syphilis trials have allowed racism and classism to persist in healthcare systems, and what might be done in response to such injustice.
Show Notes
Resources mentioned this episode:
Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:
Andre Churchwell: Diversity, Virtue, Healthcare
Willie James Jennings: The Christian Imagination
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This is our unabridged interview with Jerry Mitchell.
In the 1990s, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell started working on a handful of closed murder cases from the Civil Rights Era which he believed were never brought to justice. Since then, Jerry’s work has led to 24 convictions in Civil Rights murder cases.
In this episode, he tells some of the most jaw-dropping stories from his life’s work, from the discovery of sealed spy records which reveal government involvement in racial murder, to interviews with klansmen who made threats on his life.
“Them trying to threaten me really made me more determined to do it than ever,” he says. “A life of fear is not worth living.”
Show Notes
Resources mentioned this episode:
"Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era"
Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:
Dr. Fred Gray: Doing Justice Alongside MLK and Rosa Parks
Eddie Glaude: On James Baldwin’s America
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In the 1990s, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell started working on a handful of closed murder cases from the Civil Rights Era which he believed were never brought to justice. Since then, Jerry’s work has led to 24 convictions in Civil Rights murder cases.
In this episode, he tells some of the most jaw-dropping stories from his life’s work, from the discovery of sealed spy records which reveal government involvement in racial murder, to interviews with klansmen who made threats on his life.
“Them trying to threaten me really made me more determined to do it than ever,” he says. “A life of fear is not worth living.”
Show Notes
Resources mentioned this episode:
"Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era"
Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:
Dr. Fred Gray: Doing Justice Alongside MLK and Rosa Parks
Eddie Glaude: On James Baldwin’s America
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This is our unabridged episode with Clay Hobbs.
What if you knew you had one year left to live? With just 365 days left on earth, how would you spend them?
After a terminal cancer diagnosis, host Lee C. Camp’s friend Clay Hobbs was faced with this exact question. Doctors estimated he would die before the year was out, and Clay took them literally. He chose a date, marked it on a calendar, and began planning accordingly.
In today’s intimate episode, Lee shares several conversations with Clay in the last year of his life. The friends discuss coming to terms with a terminal diagnosis, saying goodbye, and how the practice of facing death may help us all lead more intentional lives.
Show Notes
Resources mentioned this episode:
On Death And Dying - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life - Winifred Gallagher
Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:
Oliver Burkeman: Time Management for Mortals
Burying 250 Friends: Greg Boyle on Community Amidst Gang Violence
The Opposite of Faith is Certainty: Christian Wiman
Dacher Keltner: How Awe Will Transform Your Life
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What if you knew you had one year left to live? With just 365 days left on earth, how would you spend them?
After a terminal cancer diagnosis, host Lee C. Camp’s friend Clay Hobbs was faced with this exact question. Doctors estimated he would die before the year was out, and Clay took them literally. He chose a date, marked it on a calendar, and began planning accordingly.
In today’s intimate episode, Lee shares several conversations with Clay in the last year of his life. The friends discuss coming to terms with a terminal diagnosis, saying goodbye, and how the practice of facing death may help us all lead more intentional lives.
Show Notes
Resources mentioned this episode:
On Death And Dying - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life - Winifred Gallagher
Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:
Oliver Burkeman: Time Management for Mortals
Burying 250 Friends: Greg Boyle on Community Amidst Gang Violence
The Opposite of Faith is Certainty: Christian Wiman
Dacher Keltner: How Awe Will Transform Your Life
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Our guest today says that for 50% of our lives, we are not paying attention to what we’re doing.
In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, many of us are coming to terms with the fact that our capacity for paying attention is laughably weak. Our work, mental health, and relationships suffer because of it. But what if there was a tried-and-true way to change this, something like “push-ups for your brain?”
Neuroscientist Amishi Jha has dedicated her career to studying this question, and the results are in. In this episode, she describes the practice of mindfulness meditation - why it can work for everyone (not just the spiritual folks), and how it only takes 12 minutes each day to reach one’s “Peak Mind.”
Show Notes
Resources mentioned this episode:
Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:
Naomi Shihab Nye: The Life Changing Benefits of Paying Attention
Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit
Kristin Neff: The Power of Self-Compassion
Dacher Keltner: How Awe Will Transform Your Life
Transcript for Abridged Episode
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Our guest today says that for 50% of our lives, we are not paying attention to what we’re doing.
In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, many of us are coming to terms with the fact that our capacity for paying attention is laughably weak. Our work, mental health, and relationships suffer because of it. But what if there was a tried-and-true way to change this, something like “push-ups for your brain?”
Neuroscientist Amishi Jha has dedicated her career to studying this question, and the results are in. In this episode, she describes the practice of mindfulness meditation - why it can work for everyone (not just the spiritual folks), and how it only takes 12 minutes each day to reach one’s “Peak Mind.”
Show Notes
Resources mentioned this episode:
Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:
Naomi Shihab Nye: The Life Changing Benefits of Paying Attention
Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit
Kristin Neff: The Power of Self-Compassion
Dacher Keltner: How Awe Will Transform Your Life
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