No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp

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No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp Podcast

Exploring what it means to live a good life. What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits, practices, and dispositions that contribute to authentic human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.  You'll hear from best-selling authors, philosophers, scientists, artists, psychologists, theologians and even the occasional politician—courageous, impassioned people taking seriously the question of how to live a good life. Striving for a good life is No Small Endeavor, and we’re here with you on the road. Learn more at nosmallendeavor.com.

  1. Unabridged Interview: Edith Hall

    10 HR. AGO

    Unabridged Interview: Edith Hall

    This is our unabridged interview with Edith Hall.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.”Show Notes:Resources mentioned this episode:Aristotle’s Way by Edith HallSimilar No Small Endeavor episodes:Jeffrey Rosen: The Pursuit of HappinessMeghan Sullivan: What It Takes to Live a Good LifeGretchen Rubin: The Happiness ProjectRebecca DeYoung: The Seven Deadly SinsDacher Keltner: How Awe Will Transform Your LifePDF of Lee’s Interview NotesTranscript of Abridged EpisodeJOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live showsSubscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.comSee Privacy Policy: Privacy PolicyAmazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

    56 min
  2. Edith Hall: How Ancient Wisdom can Change Your Life (Best of NSE)

    5 DAYS AGO

    Edith Hall: How Ancient Wisdom can Change Your Life (Best of NSE)

    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.”Show Notes:Resources mentioned this episode:Aristotle’s Way by Edith HallSimilar No Small Endeavor episodes:Jeffrey Rosen: The Pursuit of HappinessMeghan Sullivan: What It Takes to Live a Good LifeGretchen Rubin: The Happiness ProjectRebecca DeYoung: The Seven Deadly SinsDacher Keltner: How Awe Will Transform Your LifePDF of Lee’s Interview NotesTranscription LinkJOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live showsSubscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.comSee Privacy Policy: Privacy PolicyAmazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

    48 min
  3. Unabridged Interview: Cyntoia Brown Long

    SEP 3

    Unabridged Interview: Cyntoia Brown Long

    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 NotesResources mentioned:"Free Cyntoia" by Cyntoia Brown LongThe JFAM FoundationSimilar NSE episodes:Emi Nietfeld: AcceptanceAnthony Ray Hinton: An Innocent Man on Death RowGreg Boyle: Homeboys, Delight, GladnessBill Haslam: Humility and the Art of PoliticsPDF of Lee’s Interview NotesTranscript for Abridged Episode JOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live showsSubscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.comSee Privacy Policy: Privacy PolicyAmazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

    1h 8m
  4. Cyntoia Brown Long: Free Cyntoia (Best of NSE)

    AUG 29

    Cyntoia Brown Long: Free Cyntoia (Best of NSE)

    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 NotesResources mentioned:"Free Cyntoia" by Cyntoia Brown LongThe JFAM FoundationSimilar NSE episodes:Emi Nietfeld: AcceptanceAnthony Ray Hinton: An Innocent Man on Death RowGreg Boyle: Homeboys, Delight, GladnessBill Haslam: Humility and the Art of PoliticsPDF of Lee’s Interview NotesTranscription LinkJOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live showsSubscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.comSee Privacy Policy: Privacy PolicyAmazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

    48 min
  5. Unabridged Interview: Quincy Byrdsong

    AUG 27

    Unabridged Interview: Quincy Byrdsong

    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 NotesResources mentioned this episode:Tuskegee Syphilis StudySimilar No Small Endeavor episodes:Andre Churchwell: Diversity, Virtue, HealthcareWillie James Jennings: The Christian ImaginationTranscript of Abridged EpisodeJOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live showsSubscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.comSee Privacy Policy: Privacy PolicyAmazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

    50 min
  6. Quincy Byrdsong: Tuskegee, Healthcare, Justice (Best of NSE)

    AUG 22

    Quincy Byrdsong: Tuskegee, Healthcare, Justice (Best of NSE)

    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 NotesResources mentioned this episode:Tuskegee Syphilis StudySimilar No Small Endeavor episodes:Andre Churchwell: Diversity, Virtue, HealthcareWillie James Jennings: The Christian ImaginationTranscription LinkJOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live showsSubscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.comSee Privacy Policy: Privacy PolicyAmazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

    48 min
  7. Unabridged Interview: Jerry Mitchell: Murder, Race, and Faith

    AUG 20

    Unabridged Interview: Jerry Mitchell: Murder, Race, and Faith

    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 NotesResources mentioned this episode:"Mississippi Burning" (1988)"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 ParksEddie Glaude: On James Baldwin’s AmericaRobert Jones: White Too LongTranscript for Abridged Episode JOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live showsSubscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.comSee Privacy Policy: Privacy PolicyAmazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

    59 min
  8. Jerry Mitchell: Murder, Race, and Faith (Best of NSE)

    AUG 15

    Jerry Mitchell: Murder, Race, and Faith (Best of NSE)

    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 NotesResources mentioned this episode:"Mississippi Burning" (1988)"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 ParksEddie Glaude: On James Baldwin’s AmericaRobert Jones: White Too LongTranscription Link JOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live showsSubscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.comSee Privacy Policy: Privacy PolicyAmazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

    48 min
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Exploring what it means to live a good life. What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits, practices, and dispositions that contribute to authentic human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.  You'll hear from best-selling authors, philosophers, scientists, artists, psychologists, theologians and even the occasional politician—courageous, impassioned people taking seriously the question of how to live a good life. Striving for a good life is No Small Endeavor, and we’re here with you on the road. Learn more at nosmallendeavor.com.

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