Life Examined KCRW
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- Society & Culture
KCRW's Life Examined is a one-hour weekly show exploring science, philosophy, faith — and finding meaning in the modern world. The show is hosted by Jonathan Bastian. Please tune in Sundays at 9 a.m., or find it as a podcast.
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‘The Perfectionist’s Guide’: Learning to control our quest for the ideal
Psychologist Katherine Morgan Schaflter talks about her book The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control , the universal desire to seek perfection, and the need for greater self-awareness in managing perfectionism.
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‘The Sympathizer’ author Viet Thanh Nguyen on new memoir ‘A Man of Two Faces’
Pulitzer-prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his memoir “ A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial ” and the challenges and pain he faced growing up a Vietnamese refugee.
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Midweek Reset: Cultivating Attention
This week, Gloria Mark , Professor at the University of California at Irvine and author of the book “Attention Span:A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity,” explains how much harder it has become to resist the urge to be distracted mostly because of the constant access to our our digital devices. Mark says we should be more cognizant of these types of distractions and suggests asking yourself before you next reach for your phone whether doing so will provide any value.
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Scott Galloway: Can the youth still make it in America?
Scott Galloway discusses his book "The Algebra of Wealth" and the growing disconnect between young people and their economic futures.
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Midweek Reset: Kieran Setiya on failure + process
This week, Kieran Setyia, professor of philosophy at MIT and author of “ Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way ” reflects on failure and suggests we push back on how we frame our lives through successes and failures, winners and losers. Doing so, Setyia says, doesn’t make us succeed more but allows “failure to take a different shape and have less centrality” in how we value our lives.
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Uprooted: Climate migration and scientist activism
Journalist Abraham Lustgarten and scientist-turned-activist Rose Abramoff discuss the impacts of climate research on human migratory patterns and activism.