Lux Narayan starts his day with scrambled eggs and the question: "Who died today?" Why? By analyzing 2,000 New York Times obituaries over a 20-month period, Narayan gleaned, in just a few words, what achievement looks like over a lifetime. Here he shares what those immortalized in print can teach us about a life well lived. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Folge vom 24.10.2017What I learned from 2,000 obituaries | Lux Narayan
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Folge vom 24.10.2017Stories from a home for terminally ill children | Kathy HullTo honor and celebrate young lives cut short, Kathy Hull founded the first freestanding pediatric palliative care facility in the United States, the George Mark Children's House. Its mission: to give terminally ill children and their families a peaceful place to say goodbye. She shares stories brimming with wisdom, joy, imagination and heartbreaking loss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Folge vom 24.10.2017To raise brave girls, encourage adventure | Caroline PaulGutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up -- and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to spark a little productive risk-taking and raise confident girls with stories and advice from firefighter, paraglider and all-around adventurer Caroline Paul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Folge vom 24.10.2017Why women should tell the stories of humanity | Jude KellyFor many centuries (and for many reasons) critically acclaimed creative genius has generally come from a male perspective. As theater director Jude Kelly points out in this passionately reasoned talk, that skew affects how we interpret even non-fictional women's stories and rights. She thinks there's a more useful, more inclusive way to look at the world, and she calls on artists -- women and men -- to paint, draw, write about, film and imagine a gender-equal society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.