In Season 7, Episode 3 of The Kindness Podcast, Nicole talks with Adam Schluter.

Together, they answer the questions: What does kindness look like when we're talking to strangers? and What does kindness look like when we're trying to connect in a world that feels disconnected?

Our guest, Adam Schluter has spent over eight years independently exploring the dying art of genuine human connection – unfunded. It’s not a trick or special skill—he’s an artist, not a psychologist—driven by the intrinsic value of something he believes the world is losing. He’s been published multiple times in National Geographic and given a TEDx talk on it (below) so his spontaneous and intuitive approach belies the emotional intelligence required to actually do what he does so naturally. Adam’s lens on life is both curious and compelling. However, it’s his ability to hold space for others in a way that enables people to candidly share their own perspectives with us that is so powerful. In listening radically to each other in a respectful and undivided space people are able to share their beautiful, humanising vulnerability and wisdom with us. In capturing this seemingly dying art of genuine connection, we aim to celebrate something we all need as humans – real, face-to-face community.

Be sure to check out these links:

• To the whole project: hellofromastranger.com
• For the Monday Night Dinners: https://www.hellofromastranger.com/monday-night-dinner
  • The trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPT4qlo-PZ0

The documentary on the whole project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W72niMR2Dwo&t=4s