Knowledge Quest: A Student Experience Podcast

Is it compassionate to be brave? Is it brave to show compassion? On this episode we tease a part the relationship between compassion and bravery. We explore what outward compassion looks like, along with a close look at bravery and self-compassion. Come along as Ryan Spencer teaches us new ways to grow our bravery and love. 

As humans we talk about bravery all the time, who has it, who doesn't, but do we ever consider how amazing it is that we live in a world where we get to witness bravery in others and ourselves. Do we take time to be inspired, or awestruck by the potential and wonder of bravery? On this week's episode, Maria Vasquez teaches us techniques from her background as an art historian for really seeing and experiencing the form and function of bravery. Get ready to touch life with your eyes, as Maria says.

Bravery is more than just facing failure, it's actually failing and then determining what to do next. Mya Cluff, ceramic artist out of Bozeman, Montana uses her art and her experience as mother and fellow human being to remind us that the art of bravery requires flexibility, creativity, perseverance, and self-kindness. 

Music Credit: Quantum Jazz, All About the Sun. Trimmed to fit audio needs.

This week on the show we look at bravery through the lens of performance and owning the self. Bravery can sometimes feel slippery or elusive, but Joseph Frederick Allen provides insights and inspiration from his work as an actor and creator during the best and worst of times. Come join us as we discuss the cost of bravery.

Where do our ideas of bravery come from? Are they from pop culture? Are they from stories? Do they come from our culture and our people? In this episode Tonio Nguyen calls us to consider the stories of our ancestors as power source capable of filling us with bravery and strength. Journey through this conversation as we call on ethno-cultural truths to uncover other ways of knowing bravery. 

This week sit down with Slade as he meets with Darcie Chin who talks through the chilling nature of the unknown and how she utilizes bravery to overcome life's challenges and mysteries. Darcie's story is about mental health, it's about her journey to motherhood, it's about being a human being. Learn how to "do differently" as Darcie says, and build your bravery. 

Early this year I had an experience where someone called me brave. No joke, I didn't know why they said that about me. At the same time, I was reading reflection after reflection from my students where they wished they had more bravery. I believe things happen for a reason, so I went with it and dedicated this entire season to uncovering as much as I could about bravery. 

Where does bravery come from? How do we grow it? How do we call on it when we need it? This episode explores perhaps both familiar and unfamiliar questions when it comes to being brave. Join the conversation with Dr. Jeremy Van Tress, Founder and President of Smile Inside, as he shares his story of navigating early childhood trauma, military service as an Army Ranger, and now as he battles ALS. Jeremy's not trying to be a superstar, he just wants what's best for those around him. What Jeremy teaches us here, is that in anything we face, "the person is the product", and that being brave is an every day choice. 

Who are you without your job? Your family? Your hopes or dreams? Join me as I talk with my friend Jo, who tells her story of letting go and redefining what it means to face our fears of loss. You will not believe the turn of events that turned Jo's life upside down and inside out. 

How do we put our passions together and claim our dream job? There are lots of answers for that question, but to get started on finding some answers I talk with my friend Kyle Kuhns, CEO of XX Artists. He is a social media guru who represents the likes of Lilly Singh and Brie Larson, and on this episode he talks through how he faced his fears as a young college students, departed from the normal path, and built his dream job from the ground up. You won't want to miss this.