Living The Questions

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Kelly Blynn is an activist and urban planner. She’s a graduate student at MIT, a co-founder of climate activist group 350.org and has spent three of years working on sustainable transport in Washington DC. In her life and work, she spends her time thinking about building sustainable and equitable solutions, so in this episode she asks: how can we live together?

Zach Kerzee is a Methodist minister, bread-baker and part-time farmer. He's a recent grad of Harvard Divinity School and the founder of Simple Church, a church without a building that meets for dinner every Thursday. His central spiritual practice has been simplicity, so in this episode we explore his question, 'How can I live more simply?'

Helen Marriage works with artists to create extraordinary, large-scale events that appeal to the widest-possible audience. She is the Director of Artichoke and was awarded a Loeb Fellowship by the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In this episode we explore her question, “What is it we are afraid of?”

Melissa Bartholomew is furthering racial justice and healing by dismantling structures of oppression. A former lawyer, a Baptist minister, a trainee social worker, and now a PhD candidate at Boston College, Melissa's work is as holistic as it is grounded in her own family's history. In this episode, we explore her work, studies and experience of racial reconciliation, forgiveness and justice-making.

Eric Feigl-Ding is an epidemiologist, nutritionist and economist who taught at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and is the co-founder of Happy Vitals. 

Lauren Taylor is the co-author of The American Health Care Paradox and a PhD student at Harvard Business School. A public health scholar and practitioner, Lauren has been part of successful teams in her research and professional life. She also played Lacrosse for Team USA. In this episode we explore how these partnerships have challenged and changed her.

Lawrence Levy is the former CFO of Pixar, a graduate of Harvard Law School and now, one of the co-founders of Juniper Path, a secular meditation group. In this conversation, we talk about the risks and opportunities of changing professions and following a calling. 

Wayne Muller is a therapist, minister and author. He's spent the last thirty-five years working with people suffering abuse, alcoholism, poverty, illness and loss. He is also founder of Bread for the Journey, a network of ordinary people who engage in grassroots, neighborhood philanthropy through micro-grants.

Together, we explore telling the truth, sabbath time and sadness. 

Vanessa is the Assistant Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and a third-year student at the Harvard Divinity School. Originally from Los Angeles, she's worked in New York in the education and non-profit sectors and is writing her first book on her experience of praying Charlotte Brontë's book Jane Eyre.