The Soft Spot

Wake Up Babe, It's Time to Doomscroll!


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Feeling down about what you've been seeing on the news? Us, too! Join Fiona and Elsa for a chat with media & war specialist Noémie Oxley and AFP journalist Jurgen Hecker, both professors at the American University of Paris. They share insights from their respective fields and discuss what makes something news, personal and global context colliding, and why not all emotions are necessarily actionable. What does it mean to reclaim agency over our emotions and the way we consume news?


*Please note this episode contains brief descriptions of war and violence.

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The Soft SpotBy Fiona Schlumberger