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3/8/21 Family Estrangement

Many people dealing with estrangement in their family don’t talk about it because of shame and fear of judgement. Dealing with estrangement takes an enormous emotional toll on the people involved. You are not alone! There are things that can sometimes help family members reunite. Nurse Rona will be joined by Dr. Joshua Coleman, author … Continued


In this hour we will learn about the radical socialist herstory of International Women’s Day with two American scholars, Eillen Boris, Professor at U.C Santa Barbara and Professor Premilla Nadasen from Barnard College. And while IWD doesn’t generate mass marches anymore in the U.S., Women’s Day is still an important day for protest and celebration in many places … Continued


Is life worth living? Can believing in something help make it a reality? Do emotions generate actions, or is it the other way around? John Kaag describes how William James, the nineteenth-century philosopher and psychologist, approached and answered these questions. John Kaag, Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life Princeton University Press, 2020