Conversations on Care: How to Give a Good Apology and Music for Mindfulness

Our Body Politic

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4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our Body Politic, host Farai Chideya looks back on our best advice from guests about how to take care of our relationships, communities, and ourselves. First we hear Farai’s conversation with authors Susan McCarthy and Marjorie Ingall about what it means to give and receive an apology. Then Farai talks with professor Andrea Roberts about celebrating Black Memory and Freedom on Juneteenth. We round out the show by listening back to Farai’s conversation with Jasmine Lamb, founder of Whut We Share and singer Geminelle about making music for mindfulness.

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0:00.0	Hi, folks, we are so glad that you're listening to Our Body Politic.
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0:56.7	This is Our Body Politic. I'm Farai Chidea. 2023 was a roller coaster of a year, filled with
1:04.7	moments of sadness, grief, and anxiety for many of us. We cover a lot of heavy topics on this show
1:10.7	because it's our job to understand
1:12.6	deeply what's going on in our world and to figure out what we can do about it. But we can only
1:18.5	shoulder all that heaviness if we also make sure we're taking care of each other and ourselves.
1:23.9	So we're looking back at conversations from this past year to remind ourselves how to do just that.
1:30.8	We start with two longtime journalists about how to stay compassionate, considerate, and accountable, even during turbulent times.
1:39.3	Veteran writers Marjorie Engel and New York Times bestselling author Susan McCarthy are co-creators of
1:44.8	SorryWatch.com and co-authors of the book Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, The Case for Good Apologies.
1:51.6	They're experts in the art and benefits of a good apology and what to do about bad ones. Welcome, Marjorie.
1:59.6	Hi. And welcome, Susan. Hey, great to be here. And I know you both, so if I crack up
2:06.8	during the interview, that's just part of the game. So let me start with you, Susan. So for those who
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