Author, Activist, Educator and Meditation Teacher, Ruth King, shares how important it is that we transform racism from the inside out. Her book, Mindful of Race, implores us to look at our conscious and unconscious biases, our racial history and to deeply explore how we’ve been conditioned to think about race. It’s time for us to ask ourselves the question “ ... Show More
Oct 13
The Vanishing Family: Your Brain, Dementia, Genetic Risk and the Question...Would You Want to Know? With Robert Kolker
What would you do if you had a 50 percent chance of developing a devastating genetic form of dementia—and you could take a test to find out whether you carried the mutation?In this episode, Journalist and Bestselling Author Robert Kolker joins me to talk about his newest book The ... Show More
48m 32s
Sep 29
What Does it Mean to Live a Good, Meaningful Life? Despite the (really) Hard Stuff. With Kieran Setiya.
A wonderful encore episode. I loved talking to today’s guest, Kieran Setiya, an Author and Professor of philosophy at MIT. I’ve always loved philosophy, but I was especially taken with the way Kieran applies it to our most challenging events, as well as to our day to day lives. I ... Show More
56m 15s
Nov 2018
Ruth King on Healing Racism
Ruth King is an emotional wisdom author, coach, and consultant. She's a guiding teacher at Insight Meditation Community of Washington and she's on the teacher's council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. In addition, she's the founder of Mindful Members Insight Meditation Communit ... Show More
52m 30s
Feb 2019
How we can start to heal the pain of racial division | Ruby Sales
"Where does it hurt?" It's a question that activist and educator Ruby Sales has traveled the US asking, looking deeply at the country's legacy of racism and searching for sources of healing. In this moving talk, she shares what she's learned, reflecting on her time as a freedom f ... Show More
20m 31s
Jul 2024
A 12-Minute Meditation to Remember That We Belong to Each Other with Ruth King
This week, Ruth King offers a guided meditation practice from her heart to yours. Ruth King, a teacher, author, and founder of the Mindful of Race Institute, invites us to savor stillness and feel deeply into the ways our lives are interconnected. Imagine the gentle rustling of l ... Show More
14m 22s
May 2023
S17 BONUS EPISODE: Rachel Cargle on reimagining the life we want to live.
TW: A heads-up that we talk about racism in this episode, and that we mention the murder of George Floyd and how this impacted Rachel's anti-racism work.Rachel Cargle is a public academic, activist and author. Her debut book, A Renaissance of Our Own, is out TODAY and asks us to ... Show More
55m 58s