What is it like to be an Asian American?

In light of the beginning of AAPI month, we present a re-airing of our episode from 2021 with Karen Korematsu and Eugene Cho, two Asian-Americans with unique stories of grief and hope.

Karen Korematsu tells the story of her father Fred Korematsu, a famed Japanese-American civil rights activist who refused Franklin Roosevelt’s executive order to report to what FDR himself called “a concentration camp” on American soil shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Eugene Cho discusses his experiences as a Korean-born American immigrant, and how we might learn to love our neighbors in the face of political polarization and racial discrimination.

Show Notes:

Similar episodes

Eugene Cho: Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk

Elise Hu: Obsessed with Beauty

Resources mentioned this episode

Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk by Eugene Cho

The Korematsu Institute

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes - Eugene Cho

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes - Karen Korematsu

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Today, we’re sharing a special episode from The Gist—hosted by Mike Pesca.

Sir David King, formerly the UK's Government Chief Scientific Adviser, is now the Founder and Chair at Cambridge's Center for Climate Repair. He advocates carbon capture technology as part of the mix of solutions to climate change. Many environmentalists are not sold.

Mike Pesca has established a seven-year connection to his audience as host of The Gist. For thirty minutes each day, Pesca challenges himself and his audience, in a responsibly provocative style, and gets beyond the rigidity and dogma. The Gist is surprising, reasonable, and willing to critique the left, the right, either party, or any idea.

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This is our unabridged interview with Suzanne Stabile.

What is the Enneagram, and how can it help us live a good life?

“The unexamined life is not worth living,” said Socrates. But if that’s true, how are we to go about examining our lives, and what templates or metrics are we to use?

One of the best places to start, suggests author and speaker Suzanne Stabile, is the ancient wisdom tool known as the Enneagram. What at first glance seems like a Myers-Briggs-esque personality test for grouping humanity into neat piles is actually a tool for observing our way of seeing and being in the world and helps us see that not everyone experiences the world in the same way. Using the Enneagram, she says, “I teach people who they're not. I don't teach people who they are.” In this episode, she gives an overview of the ways in which the Enneagram just might help us become more understanding, compassionate, holistic people.

Show Notes:

Similar episodes

Ian Cron: Recovery, the Enneagram, and Being Human

Tara Brach: Radical Acceptance

David Brooks: Can We Save Society by Knowing Each Other?

Kelly Corrigan: How Vulnerability Leads to Connection

Resources mentioned this episode

The Road Back to You by Suzanne Stabile and Ian Cron

The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile

The Enneagram Journey podcast

Suzanne’s website

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

Transcript for Abridged Episode

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What is the Enneagram, and how can it help us live a good life?

“The unexamined life is not worth living,” said Socrates. But if that’s true, how are we to go about examining our lives, and what templates or metrics are we to use?

One of the best places to start, suggests author and speaker Suzanne Stabile, is the ancient wisdom tool known as the Enneagram. What at first glance seems like a Myers-Briggs-esque personality test for grouping humanity into neat piles is actually a tool for observing our way of seeing and being in the world and helps us see that not everyone experiences the world in the same way. Using the Enneagram, she says, “I teach people who they're not. I don't teach people who they are.” In this episode, she gives an overview of the ways in which the Enneagram just might help us become more understanding, compassionate, holistic people.

Show Notes:

Similar episodes

Ian Cron: Recovery, the Enneagram, and Being Human

Tara Brach: Radical Acceptance

David Brooks: Can We Save Society by Knowing Each Other?

Kelly Corrigan: How Vulnerability Leads to Connection

Resources mentioned this episode

The Road Back to You by Suzanne Stabile and Ian Cron

The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile

The Enneagram Journey podcast

Suzanne’s website

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

Transcription Link

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This is our unabridged interview with Bill McKibben.

“If we are to take heart from the really good things about American history, we have no choice but to reckon first with the dark sides of it,” says Bill McKibben, journalist, author, and activist.

One of the most prominent of environmental activists and authors, McKibben also discusses racial justice, the economic impact of suburbanization, and the relation of the Christian church to social change in America.

Show Notes:

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Katharine Hayhoe: The Most Polarized Issue in the United States

Debra Rienstra: Healing the Earth

Peter Harris: The Collapse of the Biosphere

Chris Doran: Hope in the Age of Climate Change

Resources mentioned this episode

The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon by Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben Interview Notes

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Believe it or not, a 2020 PEW study revealed that the most polarized issue in the US is climate change.

How did we get here? How have the warnings of climate science been ignored by half the country? How serious is the climate problem, how immediate are the consequences, and what can regular people like us really do about it?

In this episode, four voices discuss the subject from all angles. We hear from cognitive scientist John Cook on the history of climate misinformation, climate researcher Katharine Hayhoe on what the science is actually saying, theologian Debra Rienstra on the ways religion impacts climate-based decisions, and activist Bill McKibben on the ways we can help here and now.

Show Notes:

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Katharine Hayhoe: The Most Polarized Issue in the United States

Debra Rienstra: Healing the Earth

Bill McKibben: The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon

Peter Harris: The Collapse of the Biosphere

Chris Doran: Hope in the Age of Climate Change

Resources mentioned this episode

2020 PEW Study on Climate Polarization

The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon by Bill McKibben

Saving Us by Katharine Hayhoe

Refugia Faith by Debra Rienstra

John Cook Interview Notes

Katharine Hayhoe Interview Notes

Debra Rienstra Interview Notes

Bill McKibben Interview Notes

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This is our unabridged interview with Pádraig Ó Tuama.

What if, to be a peacemaker, one might have to wade into trouble and stir the waters oneself? What if, to be a theologian, one might have to leave some of the most troubling questions about God unanswered? What if, to be a poet, one might have to do away with flowery abstraction and accept the nitty-gritty of real life?

Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of the podcast Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios, is all of these things - peacemaker, theologian, poet. In this episode, he shares beautiful and troubling stories from his peacemaking work in Northern Ireland, discusses why one must be ready to accept nuance as a condition for any fruitful outcome, and offers observations about the makings of a good life.

Show Notes:

Similar episodes

John Dear: How to Be Nonviolent

Michael T. McRay: I Am Not Your Enemy

Poetry as Politics: Poet Laureates Tracy K. Smith and Marie Howe

Azim Khamisa: Ending Violence Through Forgiveness

Resources mentioned this episode

"The Facts of Life" - Pádraig Ó Tuama

Being Here by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Sorry for Your Troubles by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Readings from the Book of Exile by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Poetry Unbound

Corrymeela’s website

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

Link to Transcript for Abridged Episode

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What if, to be a peacemaker, one might have to wade into trouble and stir the waters oneself? What if, to be a theologian, one might have to leave some of the most troubling questions about God unanswered? What if, to be a poet, one might have to do away with flowery abstraction and accept the nitty-gritty of real life?

Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of the podcast Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios, is all of these things - peacemaker, theologian, poet. In this episode, he shares beautiful and troubling stories from his peacemaking work in Northern Ireland, discusses why one must be ready to accept nuance as a condition for any fruitful outcome, and offers observations about the makings of a good life.

Show Notes:

Similar episodes

John Dear: How to Be Nonviolent

Michael T. McRay: I Am Not Your Enemy

Poetry as Politics: Poet Laureates Tracy K. Smith and Marie Howe

Azim Khamisa: Ending Violence Through Forgiveness

Resources mentioned this episode

"The Facts of Life" - Pádraig Ó Tuama

Being Here by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Sorry for Your Troubles by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Readings from the Book of Exile by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Poetry Unbound

Corrymeela’s website

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

Transcription Link

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This is our unabridged interview with Azim Khamisa.

How do you forgive the man who killed your son?

In 1995, Azim Khamisa’s only son Tariq was shot and killed while delivering a pizza. The killer was a 14-year-old gang member named Tony Hicks, and due to a recent change of law in the state of California, Tony was tried as an adult and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

But instead of responding with a call for outrage or revenge, Azim did the unthinkable: he forgave his son’s killer, and he fought for his release.

“My interpretation of this tragedy was that there are victims at both ends of the gun,” he says. In this episode, he tells the full story of how he uses his experience to help end youth violence, even recruiting his son’s killer to join in the work. It is one of unimaginable grief, staunch faith, and unwavering compassion.

Show Notes:

Similar episodes

Forgiving My Mother’s Murderer: Sharon Risher

Burying 250 Friends: Greg Boyle on Community Amidst Gang Violence

Resources mentioned this episode

TKF’s website

Azim’s website

Azim’s TED Talk

Email Azim: [email protected]

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

Link to Transcript for Abridged Episode

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How do you forgive the man who killed your son?

In 1995, Azim Khamisa’s only son Tariq was shot and killed while delivering a pizza. The killer was a 14-year-old gang member named Tony Hicks, and due to a recent change of law in the state of California, Tony was tried as an adult and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

But instead of responding with a call for outrage or revenge, Azim did the unthinkable: he forgave his son’s killer, and he fought for his release.

“My interpretation of this tragedy was that there are victims at both ends of the gun,” he says. In this episode, he tells the full story of how he uses his experience to help end youth violence, even recruiting his son’s killer to join in the work. It is one of unimaginable grief, staunch faith, and unwavering compassion.

Show Notes:

Similar episodes

Forgiving My Mother’s Murderer: Sharon Risher

Burying 250 Friends: Greg Boyle on Community Amidst Gang Violence

Resources mentioned this episode

TKF’s website

Azim’s website

Azim’s TED Talk

Email Azim: [email protected]

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

Transcription Link

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This is our unabridged interview with Dacher Keltner.

“Brief doses…help your heart, your immune system, your stress, your reasoning, your relationships,” says psychologist and bestselling author Dacher Keltner. And believe it or not, he’s not describing some new miracle drug or medical treatment.

He’s talking about the experience of awe.

He defines awe as “the feeling we have when we encounter vast, mysterious things.” It’s something we all have experienced, but often talk about rather sheepishly. Dacher has spent considerable time seeking it out and studying it, and the results are in. In this episode, he shares his findings, and offers all the ways in which awe is a necessary component to a happy, healthy, flourishing life.

Show Notes:

Similar episodes

Jennifer Wiseman: How Science Produces Wonder

David Desteno: Can Religion Make You Happier?

Judith Moskowitz: How to Flourish Amidst Stress

Resources mentioned this episode

Awe by Dacher Keltner

AlanCowan.com

Ming Kuo’s 21 pathways by which nature is good for one’s health

Brian Sutton and Tammy Rogers performing “Nachstucke”

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

Transcript for Abridged Episode

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