Eve Ensler | The Apology: a Conversation about Strength, Vulnerability, and Social Change
Hidden Forces
Demetri Kofinas
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2019
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 88 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Tony Award-winning playwright, author, performer, and activist Eve Ensler, about her latest book (The Apology), as the two share their life experiences in a deep discussion about gender roles and the responsibility of men in our changing social and cultural landscape.
Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her life for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father as a girl, Eve has long grappled with his betrayal and its effects for her whole life. In this deeply personal and open conversation, Demetri and Eve discuss chapters from the book, what it was like for Eve to grow up, how she dealt with her pain and trauma, and what lessons may exist for all of us.
Demetri and Eve also share personal life experiences, openly discuss the challenges men and women face and engage in a frank conversation about what will be required from all of us in order to move our society and our politics forward.
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| 0:45.7 | And with that, please enjoy this week's episode. Oh, What's up everybody? My guest this week is Eve Ensler. He was a Tony award-winning playwright, author, performer, and a prolific international activist. |
| 1:19.7 | She's probably best known for her episodic play, The Vagina Monologues, but she's also the founder and |
| 1:26.1 | co-founder of several mass action organizations, including V-Day, 1 billion rising, and the City of Joy, which is a revolutionary center for women, survivors of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| 1:42.0 | Those of you who heard the overtime to my... Republic of the Congo. |
| 1:42.8 | Those of you who heard the overtime to my episode with Johann Hari on depression and anxiety |
| 1:48.6 | will recall that Johann mentioned Eve and her book, The Ap apology, and how powerful it was. I hadn't read the book at the time, but I have now, and I can say that it stirred so many emotions in me that between the responsibility I felt to do her story |
| 2:07.3 | justice and the vulnerability I experienced in being opposite someone who speaks so courageously about the most intimate |
| 2:16.9 | details of her personal life, I was worried that I might not be up to the task. My hope from doing this episode is not just |
| 2:26.8 | that you find the conversation meaningful and that it adds value to your own |
| 2:31.6 | understandings about the subject of the book as well as the |
| 2:35.2 | larger movement for women's issues that Eve has been such a pillar of for over 40 years, but that the nature of the conversation serves as an example, however |
| 2:46.8 | imperfect, for the types of conversations that we need to be able to have, Not just about gender or racial issues, but about anything |
| 2:56.5 | where different people come from different perspectives, but who can still leave with a deeper |
| 3:01.6 | appreciation for the experiences and viewpoints of the other person. |
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