Disabilities, emapthy, understanding yourself, and community.

Dr. Luca Badetti tries to embrace both abilities and inabilities, arguing that this is the best way to become a more complete and connected human being: by encountering disability. Professor at Loyola and DePaul University, as Director of Community Life at L'Arche holding a PhD in Disability Studies, in his TED talk Luca shares powerful stories from his live-in experience with persons with and without intellectual disabilities, inviting everyone to befriend and accept their own perceived limitations to stimulate human growth.

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SNL, Police Academy, shifting careers, writing, and what really matters in life. Tim has performed on SNL for years, starred in movies like Police Academy, musicals like Wicked, paid for Eddie Murphy's dentist. We discussed what really matters in life—even when you reach fame.

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TV shows, race, sexuality, and comedy. Ashley shares her personal stories with no filters, touching important topics like gender, race, unconventional relationships, and sexuality. She writes for The A.V. Club, Vice, and The Chicago Reader.

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Physical comedy, aging, changing ideas, and opening up to infinite beauty. Adrian is a co-founder of 500 Clown and a physical performer known across continents for his skill and shows.

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Mental disabilities, social justice, theater, and becoming a catalyst. Lisa spent over 30 years connecting people with developmental disabilities, marginalized communities, and incarcerated women to their own still point through art and theater.

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Being constructive, learning from failures, comedy, yes and, and mental flexibility. Kelly is a historical producer from the legendary The Second City theater where improvisation was born. He helps to study improvisation under the lenses of business and behavioral science. Get more on https://sim.show.

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Chicago, history, 20th century, urban development, and cities as living organisms. Dominic is a historian and author who spent almost 4 decades analyzing Chicago and its history. Professor at Columbia College and the University of Chicago, he published several books on "the most American city".

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Comedy, teaching, improvisation, adapting and changing, empowering others. Anne is an author, writer, comedy professor and researcher. She created the Comedy Studies program at Columbia College Chicago.

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Honesty, self-improvement, comedy, and surreal reality. Rachael is a comedian and legendary Chicago performer and teacher from Chicago's The Second City and the Annoyance Theater.

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Comedy, empathy, sickness, stepping up, laughing, and the balance between fun and seriousness in life. Susan is an improviser and iconic comedian from Chicago's The Second City, the Annoyance Theater, and iO Theater.

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