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π° Newsletter Topic πΈπ» Society & Culture π‘ Ideas: Big and Small π€°π» Motherhood π Relax & Escape π§ Growth π¨βπ©βπ§βπ§ For the Family β Series
π£= explicit language π = frank content β οΈ = sensitive topic
π° “If your days are feeling chaotic, family meetings are definitely a good place to start!”
“This episode talks yearly, monthly, and weekly meetings, why they work, and how you can start doing them with your own family. “
Listen to The Unfiltered Motherhood Podcast | Combat the Chaos with Family Meetings (45 min)
πΈπ» “A resort should be relaxing”
“But the HBO series The White Lotus, which takes place at a resort of the same name, is instead uncomfortable, even painful. The show is about the way self-involved rich guests interact with a staff that has no choice but to tolerate them.”
Listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour | The White Lotus (22 min)
π‘ You 2.0
β οΈ “In a fit of anger or in the grip of fear, many of us make decisions that we never would have anticipated. As part of our You 2.0 summer series, we look at situations that make us strangers to ourselves β and why it’s so difficult to remember what these “hot states” feel like once the moment is over.
Listen to Hidden Brain | In the Heat of the Moment (52 min)
π€°π» How to run your family like a business
“Having elementary-aged kids at home can mean a maze of tough decisions about how to run your family and what’s right for your small children. Economist Emily Oster offers ways to streamline decision-making with strategies β and data β that work in the business world.”
Listen to Life Kit | A Business-Minded Way To Make Tough Family Decisions (18 min)
π Who runs the world?
“We human beings think we run the world, that weβve got things under control. Then an animal shows up, and things donβt go as planned. This week, seals, wolves, and a moose drop in and show us who isn’t boss.”
Listen to This American Life | When the Beasts Come Marching In (61 min)
π§ ” Here’s a talk about tears “
“Crying isn’t something to be afraid or ashamed of. Exploring the science behind the mood-boosting power of crying, childbirth and lactation educator Kathy Mendias shows how tears can enhance your physical and mental well-being and deepen your relationship to yourself and others.”
Listen to TED Health | The mood-boosting power of crying | Kathy Mendias (14 min)
π¨βπ©βπ§βπ¦ “From favorite numbers to numbers that weβre suspicious of”
“In this short, writer Alex Bellos tells Robert how, from the very first time humans ever used numbers, we couldnβt help but give them human-like qualities. Our feelings for these digits may all come down to some serious, subconscious inner-mathβ¦.a deeply human arithmetic buried in our heart.”
Listen to Radiolab for Kids | For the Love of Numbers (20 min)
β “All physicians are taught, βFirst do no harm.β
“But what happens when a doctor does harm his patients? Dr. Robert Henderson was a veteran spinal surgeon in Dallas when he got an unusual phone call from a local hospital: a new surgeon had operated so poorly that a patient whoβd walked in on her own two feet now couldnβt even wiggle her toes. The surgery was so bad, in fact, he asked himself whether this person possibly be an impostor impersonating a physician?”
Listen to Dr. Death | Three Days in Dallas | 1 (40 min)