Podcast Club: January Theme: Kindness

Podcast Club:

January Theme: Kindness

January 24 at 6:30 pm at the Nelson Library (lower level)

What is a podcast club?

It’s like a book club, but for podcasts!

Listen to the episodes below and then join us on January 24^th to discuss what we learned. A great way to learn something new in an accessible way and connect with others!

We’re starting off the new year with a little kindness.  We’ll look at how practicing kindness not only affects our mental health, but also our physical health, how we can fight hatred and bridge division with empathy and kindness, why raising kind kids will serve them well as adults and  that contrary to what many of us think, we actually are uniquely wired for kindness and compassion.

Email Heather at hgoldik@nelson.ca to register.

Hidden Brain:
The Science of Compassion (20 minutes)

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/679805551/the-science-of-compassion

This episode looks at the science of compassion, and why doing good things for others can make a big difference in your own life.

Kind World:
The surprising benefits of raising kind kids (16 minutes)

https://www.wbur.org/kindworld/2020/07/21/kids-kindness

Adam Grant, organizational psychologist at UPenn, says kids who are taught kindness and caring at an earlier age may be more likely to succeed as adults.

Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris:
The Evolutionary Case for Kindness  (57 minutes)

https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/dacher-keltner-374

In this episode, Dacher Keltner, an eminent scientist will make the case that, contrary to popular conceptions of evolution (dog-eat-dog, survival of the fittest), and contrary to a lot of what we see on the news, our species is actually uniquely wired for kindness and compassion.

Live Happy Now:
Living Longer and Happier Through Kindness With Kelli Harding (21 min)

https://www.livehappy.com/season-5/living-longer-and-happier-through-kindness-with-kelli-harding/

You’ve heard the old saying, “Kill them with kindness” – but what if the opposite was true? Kelli Harding’s book, The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness provides fascinating evidence of how kindness, compassion and human connection affect the body in profound ways—and how they can improve both our physical and mental health.

Happiness Lab:
The War for Kindness  35 minutes

https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-happiness-lab-with-dr-laurie-santos/the-war-for-kindness

Feeling you belong to a group can be great – but it also has a darker side, leading us down an unhappy path of hatred and violence towards people with different identities and backgrounds. Dr. Laurie Santos talks to Mina Cikara – whose homeland descended into a bloody civil war – and Jamil Zaki about how we can fight hatred with empathy, kindness and difficult conversations.