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Exploring what it means to live a good life.
What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits, practices, and dispositions that contribute to authentic human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
You'll hear from best-selling authors, philosophers, scientists, artists, psychologists, theologians and even the occasional politician—courageous, impassioned people taking seriously the question of how to live a good life.
Striving for a good life is No Small Endeavor, and we’re here with you on the road.
Learn more at nosmallendeavor.com.
What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits, practices, and dispositions that contribute to authentic human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
You'll hear from best-selling authors, philosophers, scientists, artists, psychologists, theologians and even the occasional politician—courageous, impassioned people taking seriously the question of how to live a good life.
Striving for a good life is No Small Endeavor, and we’re here with you on the road.
Learn more at nosmallendeavor.com.
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What happens when you get a self-dubbed “yankee Jewish feminist” talking about Jesus?
Turns out, you get a fascinating conversation leaving folks of all faiths and worldviews with much to think about.
Amy-Jill Levine is a brilliant professor of New Testament, and, perhaps surprisingly, a practicing Jew. In this episode, she uses her knowledge of Jewish culture to highlight common mis-readings of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’s stance on societal and gender norms, and how “Christian fragility” can impede one’s ability to address religious and social questions honestly.
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Amy-Jill Levine: Jewish, Yankee Feminist, New Testament Professor
John Dear: Taking the Beatitudes Seriously
N.T. Wright and the Bancroft Brothers: Theology and Poetry
Jesuitical: How Young Catholics See the World
Resources mentioned this episode
Sermon on the Mount: A Beginners Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven by Amy-Jill Levine
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
Transcription Link
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This is our unabridged interview with Angela Williams Gorrell.
What is joy? Is it equatable with happiness, or pleasure, or both? Is it to be found in a career, or a romantic partner, or a religion? And if we were to manage it, would our lives forever be free from sorrow, pain, and suffering?
In this episode, author and professor Angela Williams Gorrell, who was teaching a class on joy at Yale when she lost three people that she loved in a four-week span, describes her personal experience of finding joy amidst loss.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
Philip Yancey: Where the Light Fell
Azim Khamisa: Ending Violence Through Forgiveness
Kelly Corrigan: How Vulnerability Leads to Connection
William Paul Young: Author of The Shack
Christian Wiman: The Opposite of Faith is Certainty
Resources mentioned this episode
The Gravity of Joy by Angela Williams Gorrell
The Epidemic of Despair
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes - Angela Williams Gorrell
Link to Transcript for Abridged Episode
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What is joy? Is it equatable with happiness, or pleasure, or both? Is it to be found in a career, or a romantic partner, or a religion? And if we were to manage it, would our lives forever be free from sorrow, pain, and suffering?
In this episode, two guests discuss joy, describing both what it is and, perhaps more importantly, what it is not. Author and professor Angela Williams Gorrell, who was teaching a class on joy at Yale when she lost three people that she loved in a four-week span, describes her personal experience of finding joy amidst loss. And Yale theologian Miroslav Volf, himself no stranger to suffering growing up in a war torn country, explains the connection between joy and sorrow.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
Philip Yancey: Where the Light Fell
Azim Khamisa: Ending Violence Through Forgiveness
Kelly Corrigan: How Vulnerability Leads to Connection
William Paul Young: Author of The Shack
Christian Wiman: The Opposite of Faith is Certainty
Resources mentioned this episode
The Gravity of Joy by Angela Williams Gorrell
The Epidemic of Despair
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes - Angela Williams Gorrell
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This is our unabridged interview with Karen Korematsu.
What is it like to be an Asian American?
In light of the beginning of AAPI month, we present a re-airing of our episode from 2021 with Karen Korematsu and Eugene Cho, two Asian-Americans with unique stories of grief and hope.
Karen Korematsu tells the story of her father Fred Korematsu, a famed Japanese-American civil rights activist who refused Franklin Roosevelt’s executive order to report to what FDR himself called “a concentration camp” on American soil shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Show Notes:
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Eugene Cho: Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk
Elise Hu: Obsessed with Beauty
Resources mentioned this episode
The Korematsu Institute
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes - Karen Korematsu
Transcript of Abridged Episode
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What is it like to be an Asian American?
In light of the beginning of AAPI month, we present a re-airing of our episode from 2021 with Karen Korematsu and Eugene Cho, two Asian-Americans with unique stories of grief and hope.
Karen Korematsu tells the story of her father Fred Korematsu, a famed Japanese-American civil rights activist who refused Franklin Roosevelt’s executive order to report to what FDR himself called “a concentration camp” on American soil shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Eugene Cho discusses his experiences as a Korean-born American immigrant, and how we might learn to love our neighbors in the face of political polarization and racial discrimination.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
Eugene Cho: Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk
Elise Hu: Obsessed with Beauty
Resources mentioned this episode
Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk by Eugene Cho
The Korematsu Institute
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes - Eugene Cho
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes - Karen Korematsu
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Today, we’re sharing a special episode from The Gist—hosted by Mike Pesca.
Sir David King, formerly the UK's Government Chief Scientific Adviser, is now the Founder and Chair at Cambridge's Center for Climate Repair. He advocates carbon capture technology as part of the mix of solutions to climate change. Many environmentalists are not sold.
Mike Pesca has established a seven-year connection to his audience as host of The Gist. For thirty minutes each day, Pesca challenges himself and his audience, in a responsibly provocative style, and gets beyond the rigidity and dogma. The Gist is surprising, reasonable, and willing to critique the left, the right, either party, or any idea.
Listen to more episodes of The Gist and follow the podcast: https://pod.link/873667927
This is our unabridged interview with Suzanne Stabile.
What is the Enneagram, and how can it help us live a good life?
“The unexamined life is not worth living,” said Socrates. But if that’s true, how are we to go about examining our lives, and what templates or metrics are we to use?
One of the best places to start, suggests author and speaker Suzanne Stabile, is the ancient wisdom tool known as the Enneagram. What at first glance seems like a Myers-Briggs-esque personality test for grouping humanity into neat piles is actually a tool for observing our way of seeing and being in the world and helps us see that not everyone experiences the world in the same way. Using the Enneagram, she says, “I teach people who they're not. I don't teach people who they are.” In this episode, she gives an overview of the ways in which the Enneagram just might help us become more understanding, compassionate, holistic people.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
Ian Cron: Recovery, the Enneagram, and Being Human
Tara Brach: Radical Acceptance
David Brooks: Can We Save Society by Knowing Each Other?
Kelly Corrigan: How Vulnerability Leads to Connection
Resources mentioned this episode
The Road Back to You by Suzanne Stabile and Ian Cron
The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile
The Enneagram Journey podcast
Suzanne’s website
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
Transcript for Abridged Episode
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What is the Enneagram, and how can it help us live a good life?
“The unexamined life is not worth living,” said Socrates. But if that’s true, how are we to go about examining our lives, and what templates or metrics are we to use?
One of the best places to start, suggests author and speaker Suzanne Stabile, is the ancient wisdom tool known as the Enneagram. What at first glance seems like a Myers-Briggs-esque personality test for grouping humanity into neat piles is actually a tool for observing our way of seeing and being in the world and helps us see that not everyone experiences the world in the same way. Using the Enneagram, she says, “I teach people who they're not. I don't teach people who they are.” In this episode, she gives an overview of the ways in which the Enneagram just might help us become more understanding, compassionate, holistic people.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
Ian Cron: Recovery, the Enneagram, and Being Human
Tara Brach: Radical Acceptance
David Brooks: Can We Save Society by Knowing Each Other?
Kelly Corrigan: How Vulnerability Leads to Connection
Resources mentioned this episode
The Road Back to You by Suzanne Stabile and Ian Cron
The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile
The Enneagram Journey podcast
Suzanne’s website
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
Transcription Link
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This is our unabridged interview with Bill McKibben.
“If we are to take heart from the really good things about American history, we have no choice but to reckon first with the dark sides of it,” says Bill McKibben, journalist, author, and activist.
One of the most prominent of environmental activists and authors, McKibben also discusses racial justice, the economic impact of suburbanization, and the relation of the Christian church to social change in America.
Show Notes:
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Katharine Hayhoe: The Most Polarized Issue in the United States
Debra Rienstra: Healing the Earth
Peter Harris: The Collapse of the Biosphere
Chris Doran: Hope in the Age of Climate Change
Resources mentioned this episode
The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon by Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben Interview Notes
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Believe it or not, a 2020 PEW study revealed that the most polarized issue in the US is climate change.
How did we get here? How have the warnings of climate science been ignored by half the country? How serious is the climate problem, how immediate are the consequences, and what can regular people like us really do about it?
In this episode, four voices discuss the subject from all angles. We hear from cognitive scientist John Cook on the history of climate misinformation, climate researcher Katharine Hayhoe on what the science is actually saying, theologian Debra Rienstra on the ways religion impacts climate-based decisions, and activist Bill McKibben on the ways we can help here and now.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
Katharine Hayhoe: The Most Polarized Issue in the United States
Debra Rienstra: Healing the Earth
Bill McKibben: The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon
Peter Harris: The Collapse of the Biosphere
Chris Doran: Hope in the Age of Climate Change
Resources mentioned this episode
2020 PEW Study on Climate Polarization
The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon by Bill McKibben
Saving Us by Katharine Hayhoe
Refugia Faith by Debra Rienstra
John Cook Interview Notes
Katharine Hayhoe Interview Notes
Debra Rienstra Interview Notes
Bill McKibben Interview Notes
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This is our unabridged interview with Pádraig Ó Tuama.
What if, to be a peacemaker, one might have to wade into trouble and stir the waters oneself? What if, to be a theologian, one might have to leave some of the most troubling questions about God unanswered? What if, to be a poet, one might have to do away with flowery abstraction and accept the nitty-gritty of real life?
Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of the podcast Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios, is all of these things - peacemaker, theologian, poet. In this episode, he shares beautiful and troubling stories from his peacemaking work in Northern Ireland, discusses why one must be ready to accept nuance as a condition for any fruitful outcome, and offers observations about the makings of a good life.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
John Dear: How to Be Nonviolent
Michael T. McRay: I Am Not Your Enemy
Poetry as Politics: Poet Laureates Tracy K. Smith and Marie Howe
Azim Khamisa: Ending Violence Through Forgiveness
Resources mentioned this episode
"The Facts of Life" - Pádraig Ó Tuama
Being Here by Pádraig Ó Tuama
Sorry for Your Troubles by Pádraig Ó Tuama
Readings from the Book of Exile by Pádraig Ó Tuama
Poetry Unbound
Corrymeela’s website
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
Link to Transcript for Abridged Episode
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What if, to be a peacemaker, one might have to wade into trouble and stir the waters oneself? What if, to be a theologian, one might have to leave some of the most troubling questions about God unanswered? What if, to be a poet, one might have to do away with flowery abstraction and accept the nitty-gritty of real life?
Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of the podcast Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios, is all of these things - peacemaker, theologian, poet. In this episode, he shares beautiful and troubling stories from his peacemaking work in Northern Ireland, discusses why one must be ready to accept nuance as a condition for any fruitful outcome, and offers observations about the makings of a good life.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
John Dear: How to Be Nonviolent
Michael T. McRay: I Am Not Your Enemy
Poetry as Politics: Poet Laureates Tracy K. Smith and Marie Howe
Azim Khamisa: Ending Violence Through Forgiveness
Resources mentioned this episode
"The Facts of Life" - Pádraig Ó Tuama
Being Here by Pádraig Ó Tuama
Sorry for Your Troubles by Pádraig Ó Tuama
Readings from the Book of Exile by Pádraig Ó Tuama
Poetry Unbound
Corrymeela’s website
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
Transcription Link
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This is our unabridged interview with Azim Khamisa.
How do you forgive the man who killed your son?
In 1995, Azim Khamisa’s only son Tariq was shot and killed while delivering a pizza. The killer was a 14-year-old gang member named Tony Hicks, and due to a recent change of law in the state of California, Tony was tried as an adult and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
But instead of responding with a call for outrage or revenge, Azim did the unthinkable: he forgave his son’s killer, and he fought for his release.
“My interpretation of this tragedy was that there are victims at both ends of the gun,” he says. In this episode, he tells the full story of how he uses his experience to help end youth violence, even recruiting his son’s killer to join in the work. It is one of unimaginable grief, staunch faith, and unwavering compassion.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
Forgiving My Mother’s Murderer: Sharon Risher
Burying 250 Friends: Greg Boyle on Community Amidst Gang Violence
Resources mentioned this episode
TKF’s website
Azim’s website
Azim’s TED Talk
Email Azim: azim@azimkhamisa.com
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
Link to Transcript for Abridged Episode
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How do you forgive the man who killed your son?
In 1995, Azim Khamisa’s only son Tariq was shot and killed while delivering a pizza. The killer was a 14-year-old gang member named Tony Hicks, and due to a recent change of law in the state of California, Tony was tried as an adult and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
But instead of responding with a call for outrage or revenge, Azim did the unthinkable: he forgave his son’s killer, and he fought for his release.
“My interpretation of this tragedy was that there are victims at both ends of the gun,” he says. In this episode, he tells the full story of how he uses his experience to help end youth violence, even recruiting his son’s killer to join in the work. It is one of unimaginable grief, staunch faith, and unwavering compassion.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
Forgiving My Mother’s Murderer: Sharon Risher
Burying 250 Friends: Greg Boyle on Community Amidst Gang Violence
Resources mentioned this episode
TKF’s website
Azim’s website
Azim’s TED Talk
Email Azim: azim@azimkhamisa.com
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
Transcription Link
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This is our unabridged interview with Dacher Keltner.
“Brief doses…help your heart, your immune system, your stress, your reasoning, your relationships,” says psychologist and bestselling author Dacher Keltner. And believe it or not, he’s not describing some new miracle drug or medical treatment.
He’s talking about the experience of awe.
He defines awe as “the feeling we have when we encounter vast, mysterious things.” It’s something we all have experienced, but often talk about rather sheepishly. Dacher has spent considerable time seeking it out and studying it, and the results are in. In this episode, he shares his findings, and offers all the ways in which awe is a necessary component to a happy, healthy, flourishing life.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
Jennifer Wiseman: How Science Produces Wonder
David Desteno: Can Religion Make You Happier?
Judith Moskowitz: How to Flourish Amidst Stress
Resources mentioned this episode
Awe by Dacher Keltner
AlanCowan.com
Ming Kuo’s 21 pathways by which nature is good for one’s health
Brian Sutton and Tammy Rogers performing “Nachstucke”
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
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“Brief doses…help your heart, your immune system, your stress, your reasoning, your relationships,” says psychologist and bestselling author Dacher Keltner. And believe it or not, he’s not describing some new miracle drug or medical treatment.
He’s talking about the experience of awe.
He defines awe as “the feeling we have when we encounter vast, mysterious things.” It’s something we all have experienced, but often talk about rather sheepishly. Dacher has spent considerable time seeking it out and studying it, and the results are in. In this episode, he shares his findings, and offers all the ways in which awe is a necessary component to a happy, healthy, flourishing life.
Show Notes:
Similar episodes
Jennifer Wiseman: How Science Produces Wonder
David Desteno: Can Religion Make You Happier?
Judith Moskowitz: How to Flourish Amidst Stress
Resources mentioned this episode
Awe by Dacher Keltner
AlanCowan.com
Ming Kuo’s 21 pathways by which nature is good for one’s health
Brian Sutton and Tammy Rogers performing “Nachstucke”
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
Transcription Link
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This is our unabridged interview with Philip Yancey.
What do we do with the painful parts of our life story?
Anybody familiar with Philip Yancey’s work knows that it has cost him more than time to be a bestselling author and journalist. It has cost him a lifetime of pain, loss, and deep spiritual struggle.
Philip intentionally waited until recently to write down his story to protect some of the people in it, but now in his seventies, he’s released “Where the Light Fell,” his memoir that shares all the messy details about growing and beyond - losing his father, childhood poverty, parental abuse, ruinous fundamentalist Christianity, militant atheism, a nearly fatal car accident, and more.
In this episode he shares how he managed to come to new understanding in the face of suffering. “A writer really only has one gift,” says Philip Yancey, “and that's the gift of his or her own life.”
Show Notes
Similar episodes:
William Paul Young: Author of The Shack
Amy Grant: Fame, Vulnerability, and Staying Grounded
Kelly Corrigan: How Vulnerability Leads to Connection
Christian Wiman: The Opposite of Faith is Certainty
Resources mentioned this episode:
Where the Light Fell by Philip Yancey
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Soul Survivor by Philip Yancey
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
Transcript for Abridged Episode
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What do we do with the painful parts of our life story?
Anybody familiar with Philip Yancey’s work knows that it has cost him more than time to be a bestselling author and journalist. It has cost him a lifetime of pain, loss, and deep spiritual struggle.
Philip intentionally waited until recently to write down his story to protect some of the people in it, but now in his seventies, he’s released “Where the Light Fell,” his memoir that shares all the messy details about growing and beyond - losing his father, childhood poverty, parental abuse, ruinous fundamentalist Christianity, militant atheism, a nearly fatal car accident, and more.
In this episode he shares how he managed to come to new understanding in the face of suffering. “A writer really only has one gift,” says Philip Yancey, “and that's the gift of his or her own life.”
Show Notes
Similar episodes:
William Paul Young: Author of The Shack
Amy Grant: Fame, Vulnerability, and Staying Grounded
Kelly Corrigan: How Vulnerability Leads to Connection
Christian Wiman: The Opposite of Faith is Certainty
Resources mentioned this episode:
Where the Light Fell by Philip Yancey
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Soul Survivor by Philip Yancey
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
Transcription Link
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This is our unabridged interview with Tara Brach.
How do you accept yourself fully, just as you are? And if you did, would you ever grow?
“Being at peace with how we are in the moment is the precondition to transformation,” says psychologist and meditation teacher Tara Brach.
In this episode she provides us with a simple practice to find peace and transformation known by the acronym RAIN.
“We have amazing potential to change some of the habits that cause ourselves or others harm,” she says, “but we won't be able to access that if we're at war with ourselves.” Hear Tara’s stories from a life of practicing mindfulness, putting on display the wisdom and healing that come from pausing to accept the world as it is.
This episode contains a brief mention of disordered eating. If you are in need of support, contact the National Alliance for Eating Disorders at 1-866-662-1235
Show Notes
Similar episodes:
Kristin Neff: Self Compassion
Curt Thompson: The Power of Being Known
Suzanne Stabile: Enneagram Wisdom and Living Well
William Paul Young: Author of The Shack
Resources mentioned this episode
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
RAIN meditation with Tara Brach
Tonglen meditation with Pema Chodron
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How do you accept yourself fully, just as you are? And if you did, would you ever grow?
“Being at peace with how we are in the moment is the precondition to transformation,” says psychologist and meditation teacher Tara Brach.
In this episode she provides us with a simple practice to find peace and transformation known by the acronym RAIN.
“We have amazing potential to change some of the habits that cause ourselves or others harm,” she says, “but we won't be able to access that if we're at war with ourselves.” Hear Tara’s stories from a life of practicing mindfulness, putting on display the wisdom and healing that come from pausing to accept the world as it is.
This episode contains a brief mention of disordered eating. If you are in need of support, contact the National Alliance for Eating Disorders at 1-866-662-1235
Show Notes
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Resources mentioned this episode
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
RAIN meditation with Tara Brach
Tonglen meditation with Pema Chodron
PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes
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