It's what you need to know!The second half of your life may bring new challenges and opportunities. We are here to help you navigate Medicare, caring for aging parents or a spouse, retirement options, new employment options, health challenges and so much more. Let us know what you want more information about and we will be happy to provide. Your host Kathryn Watson brings in experts in all areas to interview. Listen to real people who offer real advice about living life to the fullest in the ...
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Two friends, Amy Watson & Sarah Ullrich, understand the need to continue the conversation after completing a really great book that you didn't want to end. You know that feeling you get when you finish a good book, and you simply can't move on? Find yourself needing just a little more? This multi-trope romance podcast gives you the opportunity to dig deeper with us into books we love as we discuss all the reasons we can't move on.
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Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens. Find her online at @katecbowler. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/
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Going in-depth with pop culture, Drew Dixon and Tyler Burns go deeper with the writers of Christ and Pop Culture each week.
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Welcome to Mama Earth Talk. I am your host Mariska Nell. I am so grateful to have you here. If you are new to sustainability, already on the journey or just curious to learn more about the topic, then you are in the right spot. Mama Earth Talk is a podcast that takes a deep dive into the three pillars of sustainability (environmental, social and economic). Since its inception, it quickly grew into a forum that showcases the amazing hope through the incredible contribution many around the wor ...
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In every deep relationship, there comes a point where we are asked to give up something of ourselves or change in ways we never anticipated. Who will this make me? What will this love cost? Tembi Locke fell in love with an Italian chef named Saro when she was studying abroad in Italy during college. Their romance was a story for the big screen. (Qu…
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Kathryn Mannix: Living with the End in Mind
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What if you started thinking really concretely about small, hard choices? That’s exactly what palliative care physicians do every day. They help us think about what we really want—knowing that we have limited time and limited resources. You’re going to love our guest today, Dr. Kathryn Mannix, palliative care physician and cognitive behavioral ther…
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True to Aly Martinez's MO, this story is full of twists and turns, and we break down all the mind-blown moments while Sarah reminds Amy of all the humor sprinkled throughout.Av Amy & Sarah
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Father Greg Boyle: Unshakable Goodness
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Sometimes you really need someone to believe that you are good. Unshakably good. Over 30 years ago, Father Greg Boyle started working with gang members in Los Angeles through Homeboy Industries. The lessons that he learns from whom he calls “homies” are contagious. Every day, they teach him about what it means to heal, to belong to one another, to …
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187: Sustainable Business Insights: Paul Hargreaves on B Corp and The Fourth Bottom Line
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In this episode, we talk to Paul Hargreaves, the CEO of Cotswold Fayre and Flourish, two award-winning businesses committed to sustainability. Paul's company was one of the first in the UK to certify as a B Corp, setting a powerful example for other companies looking to balance purpose and profit. He’s also a speaker and author of Forces for Good a…
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Christie Watson: The Absurdity (and Joy) of Midlife
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Nurse and writer Christie Watson found herself in a grocery store fish-finger freezer and realized something was very, very wrong. Why was she so desperate for more? (And also, why was she so extremely overheated? Oh wait…hormones?) In this hilarious and hopeful conversation, Christie speaks with Kate about the importance of prioritizing joy in the…
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Quiet Beautiful Things by Samantha Christy
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A single father who discovers he has a four-year-old daughter without any means to communicate has us breaking down this complex journey and the struggles he faces while he makes a connection with his daughter's mentor and advocate in the process.Av Amy & Sarah
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Listen Now: Kate Bowler on Soul Boom
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This week we have something special for you. Kate Bowler joins Rainn Wilson to explore the complexities of American Christian traditions and the nature of suffering on Soul Boom. Kate delves into her personal journey with stage four cancer, her struggles with the American healthcare system, offering profound insights into faith, resilience, and the…
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Sharon McMahon: Drops Make an Ocean
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It is a hard time to be a person in the world given the volatile political climate or state of our world or the realities we’re facing in our family. But the weight of the world’s problems are not on your shoulders alone. Sharon McMahon, America’s Government Teacher, joins Kate for a hopeful conversation that reminds us all of the small, faithful w…
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We all experience seasons where all we can do is scratch our heads and say, “WHAT EVEN HAPPENED?!” Dr. Francis Collins led the National Institutes of Health during 2020—our season of collective “WHAT EVEN HAPPENED!?” He is still picking up the pieces of heartbreak from how people responded to one another and to science at the time. Yet he hasn’t lo…
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Where You Belong by Stacy Williams
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This football romance has us swooning over the hero as we gush about this story with the perfect combo of angst, humor, and depth.Av Amy & Sarah
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Is it possible for anyone to change—change their mind, change their theology, change their priorities? What does it mean to hope when we live in such uncertainty? Richard B. Hays is a world-renowned scholar of the New Testament. He is also a dear friend and colleague of Kate Bowler. Richard and Kate were both unexpectedly diagnosed with cancer at t…
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Nicholas Kristof: Hope is a Muscle
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof understands how to hope—especially in the face of despair or disappointment. He has spent his life shining a light on global tragedies like the Tiananmen Square massacre or the genocide in Darfur. And yet, despite all the horrors he has born witness to, he maintains a sense of hard-won optimism. “H…
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The Problem with Players by Brittainy Cherry
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This second-chance baseball romance has plenty of banter and chemistry, and an actual rocket scientist throws Amy for a loop!Av Amy & Sarah
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In this episode, we dive into the concept of the circular economy, exploring how it differs from the traditional linear model and why it’s essential for a sustainable future. From understanding the role of design in extending product lifecycles to discovering innovative companies like Loop by Terracycle and Herman Miller, we highlight real-world ex…
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Introducing Season 13 of Everything Happens
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Are you living your best life now? Not always? GREAT, ME NEITHER. My name is Kate Bowler. I’m a Duke professor, bestselling author, and your friendly neighborhood Canadian. This is a show for people who have learned that life is… well, complicated. And we need better language to tell the truth about all of our ups and downs and in-betweens. I’ve al…
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Listen Again: Rob Delaney—A Heart that Works is a Heart that Hurts
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Comedians have the ability to be unsparingly honest in ways that buck all cultural norms. It’s a truth-telling that so many of us crave. Cue Rob Delaney. Rob is a comedian, actor, writer, and director. His memoir, A Heart That Works is an unsparing account of the death of his beautiful son, Henry. Rob lives in London with his family where Kate visi…
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The banter and the "all in good fun" pranks between the MMC and FMC in this story keep us laughing....and now we want cider donuts!Av Amy & Sarah
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Beautiful and Terrible: A Bonus Episode
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There is this quote by writer and theologian Frederick Buechner. He writes, “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.” …But I always sort of wanted to amend his original words. Because the more honest truth is: “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Be a little afraid.” Life is so beauti…
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Listen Again: Rabbi Steve Leder—Don’t Come Out Empty Handed
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How should you show up for people in grief? What do you say? What should you do? Why is it that beauty can exist alongside deep suffering? What can be said at funerals when the person who died was complicated? These are just a few of the questions I wanted to ask Steve Leder—a bestselling author and a rabbi who has presided over a thousand funerals…
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What I Should've Said by Max Monroe
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This small-town romance has us discussing all of the secrets our MMC and FMC are keeping as the story unfolds. The twists and turns from this story brought on a lot of surprises and we chat about each of those while we laugh and cry together.Av Amy & Sarah
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185: From Milestones to Community A Journey in Sustainability and Connection
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In this episode, I am thrilled to return after a brief hiatus to share some exciting personal and professional updates. I recently graduated with a post-grad degree in Environmental Science, making the Dean's List, and am now diving into a Master's in Sustainable Design with a focus on transforming sustainability in the pet industry as well as a Ma…
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David Fajgenbaum: Hope Wears Sneakers
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This is the story of one young doctor’s race against the clock as he searches for a cure for his own rare disease. In this conversation, Kate and David Fajgenbaum discuss: how love can turn hope into action what limited agency means how small steps can lead to big change This episode originally aired in 2020. Stay tuned to the end to hear an incred…
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