Forum From the Archives: Dacher Keltner on Finding Awe

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🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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How can we live the good life, one enlivened by joy, meaning and community? That’s the question UC Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner has been exploring for the last 20 years, and he says he’s found the answer: find awe. It’s the emotion we experience when we encounter vast mysteries — in nature, in art and even in sport. We talk to Keltner about the science of awe and we’ll hear what you find awe-inspiring. This segment originally aired January 9, 2023. Guests: Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley; author, "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.7	From KQED in San Francisco, this is Forum.
1:14.6	I'm Nina Kim.
1:15.6	We are greatly in need of awe, says Dacker Keltner, the quote, goosebumps we feel when we see the Grand Canyon, or amazement when we watch a child walk for the first time.
1:26.6	It is awe that opens us up to new insights
1:29.4	or makes us more inclined to share and connect with others.
1:33.1	So how do we cultivate more awe in 2023?
1:37.1	Keltoner, the UC Berkeley psychologist and happiness researcher,
1:40.3	has ideas, and we want to hear from you.
1:43.4	When have you felt awe-struck?
1:45.7	Join us after this news.
1:58.1	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. And in this hour, we talk about awe or what we feel in the presence of a
2:06.1	star-filled sky, perhaps, or when hearing a symphony, witnessing a basketball player's athletic grace,
2:12.2	or even a friend's profound generosity. Aw is something that psychologist Dr Keltner has been studying for a long time
2:20.4	as the director of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center,
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