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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane
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Jane Golden and Mural Arts Philadelphia: the power of public art
6d ago00:50:02Tap to summarizePhiladelphia is known for its thousands of beautiful and bold murals. They are everywhere! While creating these canvasses involves a team of artists, organizers and local residents, for the last forty years the mastermind, the mover and shaker, has been Jane Golden, the founder and Executive Director of Mural Arts Philadelphia. She is a force to be reckoned with, utterly devoted to the power of art to change lives. After some serious soul-searching she has decided to retire, a huge decision for her and for the city. Marty sat down with Jane Golden for an interview at WHYY with an audience filled with Jane fans. We’re playing that conversation on this week’s show.
Transcribe →Reflections on living and dying from an end-of-life doula
2w ago00:50:01Tap to summarizeDiane Button is an end-of-life-doula. She has spent countless hours with people in their last days as they share their regrets, hopes, desires and dreams.
Transcribe →How humor can help us through dark times
3w ago00:50:02Tap to summarizeStand-up Chris Duffy explores the power of humor to connect us with others and to help us weather tough times.
Transcribe →How to Cope with Uncertainty
4w ago00:49:58Tap to summarizeIn a new book, Waiting for Dawn:Living with Uncertainty, author Marisa Renee Lee grapples with navigating life’s unstable and overwhelming moments. She writes about her own experience with grief throughout her life and her chronic illness of long Covid. Instead of forcing positivity and control, Lee says we should lean into the unknown, the stress and the loneliness during unforeseen dark times.
Transcribe →Repairing the roots of moral injury
May 100:50:28Tap to summarizePsychologist Michael Valdovinos felt the pain of moral injury when serving in Afghanistan. His book is Moral Injuries: When Good Conscience Suffers in a World of Hurt
Transcribe →Online gambling addiction and the growing public health crisis
Apr 2400:50:29Tap to summarizeHarry Levant was once addicted to gambling. He’s now a therapist who helps others struggling with problem-gambling. He talks about the growing public health crisis.
Transcribe →How about a little self-acceptance?
Apr 1700:50:30Tap to summarizeHarvard psychologist Ronald Siegel explains why so many of us believe we’re never good enough and why being “special” is overrated,
Transcribe →The benefits of talking to strangers
Apr 1000:50:28Tap to summarizeSocial psychologists Gillian Sandstrom and Erica Boothby on why small moments of conversation with people we’ve never met make us happier and the world a kinder place.
Transcribe →The human need for intimacy
Apr 300:50:15Tap to summarizeKinsey Institute director and sex researcher Justin Garcia on why the need for intimacy is vital for our wellbeing and has helped us survive as a species.
Transcribe →Fawning and the trap of people-pleasing
Mar 2700:50:31Tap to summarizeClinical psychologist Ingrid Clayton used fawning as a coping strategy growing up in an abusive home. It helped her in those frightening moments but came at a terrible price.
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