When external markers of adulthood are at a standstill, how do we continue to facilitate our personal evolutions? Listen in as Priya Parker helps a young woman design a gathering to mark her sister’s birthday and her transition into adulthood.

Birthdays: Light At The Middle of the Tunnel

Together Apart is part guide, part reminder of the resiliency of the human spirit to still creatively meaningfully gather, even while we have to be apart. The show is hosted by Priya Parker, a conflict facilitator whose expertise is in how we gather. Together Apart is produced by Magnificent Noise, in partnership with The New York Times.

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We are in a moment where the Fourth of July is being contested and some are asking, why haven’t we always celebrated June 19th as the true day of freedom for all?

Juneteenth: Freedom for All

Listen in as artist, activist, and facilitator, Alicia Walters creates a gathering for Black people to dream and shows us how we can all witness, honor and protect those dreams.

Centering Blackness: A World Re-imagined

How do we celebrate the graduates in our lives and help them close an important chapter during a pandemic?

Graduation: A Sunset Rise

This week, we host a Together Apart Digital Speed Dating Experiment with the owner of an IRL speed dating company to see if virtual dating could be meaningful, fun, and even a little disarming.

Playing Cupid in Quarantine

Engaged couples around the world are trying to decide whether to postpone, forge ahead, or modify their weddings.

Birthdays: Light At The Middle of the Tunnel

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