Ep. #201: Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times, with Monica Guzman

08/08/23 • 27 min

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"I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times" is as encouraging a book as I can imagine. It is a curiosity guidebook par excellence, chock full of tips and tricks and a lovely reminder that, as author Monicá Guzmán puts it, “understanding the people who confound us is always, always worth it.” Monicá Guzmán, founder of Reclaim Curiosity, is senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels. She dedicates her days -- and, as best I can tell, most of her nights and weekends as well -- to helping the rest of us build our curiosity muscle so we can, together, build trust and save our democracy. You're going to want to get to know Monicá Guzmán: https://www.moniguzman.com Check out Braver Angels: https://braverangels.org Theme music by Sean Balick. “Shift of Currents” by Aeronaut, via Blue Dot Sessions.

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Ep. #200: Street Wisdom, with David Pearl

I can think of no better way to mark the rather miraculous milestone of my 200th episode than with a conversation about walking and wonder. David Pearl is an innovator in business and the arts. He's also inventor and founder of Street Wisdom, an exercise in meticulous whimsy that helps us find inspiration from strolling the streets around us. "If you’re not curious, you tend to stay in the highways, not the byways, and you tend to stay within boundaries that your brain says, 'You're safe, you're knowledgable.' ... And you can go far, but you don’t go wide." ~ David Pearl Theme music by Sean Balick. “Derailed" by Depot, via Blue Dot Sessions. Check out David Pearl here: https://www.davidpearl.net And Street Wisdom here: https://www.streetwisdom.org

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Ep. #202: On Open-Earedness, with Tim McKenry

"Open-earedness" describes our willingness to explore new music. I’ve come to think of it as the auditory equivalent of open-mindedness. Good news: there's delightfully compelling evidence that choosing to be curious about music is good for our health and well-being! Tim McKenry, professor of music at Australian Catholic University, is a spirited advocate for reclaiming our tolerance of the unfamiliar and making music an intentional and expanding part of our lives. Go ahead, open those ears! Tim McKenry at theconversation.com: https://theconversation.com/why-do-we-stop-exploring-new-music-as-we-get-older-200080 Theme music by Sean Balick. “Pxl Htra” by The Fence, via Blue Dot Sessions.