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Okay so we're doing another emergency podcast. Last time was around the elections. The topic

at this time is the holidays. So we've got the group of people that you call when it's

9-1-1 time. So let's start with the newest guest on the podcast Kate Johnson.

Hi. Hi. Kate teaches Mindful yoga in New York City at the public school in the public

schools and Buddhist meditation at the interdependence project. Although she just said I don't

even know if I'm a Buddhist which is to make her a perfect Buddhist in my mind. She also

holds a BFA in dance from the Alvin Ailey School and Fordham University which undoubtedly

makes her very fun and holiday parties. I'm a winner. You can move. David Gels is here.

Hey David. Hi. David is a reporter from New York Times. This is third appearance on

the podcast. It's because I love him so much. He runs a section at the Times called Meditation

for Real Life which is awesome and he also wrote a great book called Mindful Work available

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