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Season 3, episode 4: coronasomnia to kasamas

How do you sleep when so much of life is unsettled? In this memoir episode, Laura Joyce Davis talks about her own coronasomnia, finds some tips from sleep experts — and most of all, the way forward through building a new creative community. #creativity #community #memoir #pandemiclife

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May_2021 Nate Davis May_2021 Nate Davis

Season 2, episode 33: symbolic starter

How can breaking bread--or injera--together make a place home? Last year was the year of the sourdough starter. Today we reflect on how food gives us comfort and community when we need it most. #food #community #culture #cooking

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Season 2, episode 32: a good age

In the face of physical decline, how is “acceptance” not just “resignation” dressed up in zen clothing? After an injury forced him to step back from the sports that helped him feel young, Nate Davis started to reckon with his own aging--and explore how other people feel about their age. #aging #memoir #growth

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Season 2, episode 31: a good life

What if life’s biggest tragedy could also be life’s greatest blessing? When lifelong ski patrol and EMT instructor Posie Mansfield lost her leg a month after she lost her husband, it seemed like everything she loved had been taken away from her. A decade later, she tells us why that loss is the greatest gift of her life. #interview #amputee #faith

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Season 2, episode 30: a good death

In this episode we reflect on some of our own experiences of death, and get some fresh perspective from Sarah Chavez. She pulls back the shroud on the modern funeral industry, points out how social issues can also affect the dead, and suggests better ways for us all to engage with this natural part of life. 

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