The op-ed columnist for The New York Times joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his memoir, which details the danger of war zones and oppressive regimes – and the exhilaration of telling the stories of unsung heroes.
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Fear Is Natural–But It Can Be Controlled
Eva Holland, correspondent for Outside magazine, joins us to talk about her own battle with fear and the methods she employed to overcome it.
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Cheer Up! Why It’s A Great Time To Be Alive
Gregg Easterbrook joins us to make the case that things aren’t as bad as they seem.
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Finding Optimism In Old Age
This hour, we’ll talk to Willard Spiegelman about finding optimism in old age, which he writes about in his memoir, “Senior Moments: Looking Back, Looking Ahead.”
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Second Guessing Optimism
This hour, we’ll talk about how focusing on the obstacles that stand in our way can help us to overcome them with NYU psychology professor Gabriele Oettingen, author of Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation.
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