Kari talks with Faith Scott, a writer, therapist, TEDx speaker, and all-around amazing human about what "place" means to her. Drawing on inspiration from bell hooks and Nicholas Galanin, Kari and Faith explore ideas of generational migration, belovedness, and what it means to find "home." Faith's Substack: https://faithscott.substack.com/ Poetry Anthology, Shaking off the Ashes: https://inkedelephantpublishing.com/product/shaking-off-the-ashes/ bell hooks book, Belonging; a Culture of Place: https://www.routledge.com/Belonging-A-Culture-of-Place/hooks/p/book/9780415968164 Faith's TEDx Talk (coming soon): https://www.tedxojai.com/watch

This short episode features Kari thinking out loud about where we can find solace amidst chaos. She invites listeners to think about how to identify solid ground when everything feels scary and tenuous. It is so easy to get caught up in the overwhelm of the news cycle and lose sight of the things that are there for us when we need them. Connect with Kari O'Driscoll

Eleanor Vincent is an author whose latest book is called Disconnected: Portrait of a Neurodiverse Marriage. In this memoir, she recounts her experience of courtship and marriage to a man on the autism spectrum and paints a picture of what it was like to build up hope, fall in love late in life, and fight to connect with her husband when their brains were wired in fundamentally different ways. Kari and Eleanor talk about relationship dynamics that start in childhood, romantic love, and grief. Connect with Kari O'Driscoll

Kari and Aggeliki talk about writing, how it relates to life, and Aggeliki's new novel, Unlucky Mel. Exploring themes of caregiving, workplace politics, and humor, the book is tremendously entertaining and relatable. Aggeliki's work can be found here- LinkTree Preorder Unlucky Mel here www.cornellpress.com

In this episode, Kari and Nina McCollum talk about what it's like to be a caregiver to kids and parents simultaneously. In the last couple of decades, the emergence of the so-called Sandwich Generation has put an enormous strain on families (mostly women) to navigate the pressures of raising kids and caring for elders within systems that weren't designed to support them. Nina's website: www.NinaWriteNow.com Link to the private Facebook Group for The Sandwich Generation

Garrett Bucks is a writer and organizer dedicated to creating spaces where White folks can have conversations about what it means to really create communities where we all thrive and talk honestly about racism and the way it affects us. Come listen as he explains why the movie ET is a perfect metaphor for how he thinks about whiteness. Garrett Bucks' website https://www.garrettbucks.com/ Kari's memoir about growing up with a Filipino brother and a Vietnamese sister https://www.cavankerrypress.org/product/truth-has-a-different-shape/

Dr. Paul Zeitz, a physician, activist, and author, joins Kari to talk about his new book, Revolutionary Optimism. They explore ideas of overwhelm and grief and share tips for how to stay focused on love in challenging times, and use that love to fuel our activism. Dr. Paul Zeitz website: https://drpaulzeitz.org/ Sign up sheet for the next Grief and Rage Workshop that begins June 24: Sign up here Kari's website: www.kariodriscollwriter.com

Join Kari and Jason Sole to talk about what it means to be in community with each other in ways that heal and repair rifts, and why abolition is a key part of this. Jason's experiences as a Black man in the United States, holding healing circles, and his lived experience with violence and incarceration give him a strong perspective on what it means to find "justice," and where we can't find it. This timely conversation can help us frame the police response to student encampments at colleges and universities all over the US and the world right now. www.kariodriscollwriter.com Jason Marque Sole on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-marque-sole-68340114/ Humanize My Hoodie: https://www.humanizemyhoodie.com/ A Case for Love documentary: https://www.fathomevents.com/news/documentary-inspired-by-presiding-bishops-teachings-on-love-due-for-nationwide-theatrical-premiere-jan-23/

Kari talks with Judy Ryan Hall about how her tongue cancer and the subsequent treatment radically changed her relationship to her body and to food. The treatment not only resulted in serious complications that kept her hospitalized for an extended period of time, but it left her unable to taste most food. As someone who has always loved food and being in a human body, the last few years have been a practice of reinventing these connections. Meet the host Kari O'Driscoll Books by Kari O'Driscoll

Kari and Rachael talk about how they came to their parenting philosophies, examine the complexities of parenting, and look at how their ideas changed over time. Exploring ideas of discipline and attachment and how we often parent as a reaction to the way we were parented, this conversation is full of insight and laughter. youthwell website: https://youthwell.org/ Happy, Healthy Teens book: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781475863796/Happy-Healthy-Teens-Why-Focusing-on-Relationships-Works