How to Find DELIGHT Today (and Every Day) with Ross Gay (Best Of)

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Ross Gay teaches us how to notice delight and joy in our everyday lives. We discuss: concrete ways to rediscover and capture joy every day; how to rebuild your “delight muscle”; how to dissolve the myth of disconnection between us; and how to “unknow” our people so we can delight in them. About Ross: Ross Gay is an American poet, essayist, and professor committed to healing the world through observing and articulating joy, delight and gratitude. He won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his 2014 book, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, which was also a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry. A devoted community gardener, Ross is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project. A college football player, he is a founding editor of the online sports magazine Some Call it Ballin'. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Pod Squad.
0:11.8	Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:13.9	Just get ready because our guest today is just an insider of joy and delight.
0:23.1	And we have been waiting for this conversation for a long time. Ross Gay is an American poet, essayist, and professor. I think at IU, right?
0:30.6	Yep. Yep. So Big Red, my mom said to say to you. Oh, really? I guess that's a thing.
0:35.5	Who is committed to the rigorous work of observing and articulating joy.
0:40.1	He won the National Book Critic Circle Award for Poetry and the Kingsley Tuffs Poetry Award for his 2014 book, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, which was also a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry.
0:52.3	A devoted community gardener, Ross is a founding
0:55.4	board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard.
0:59.3	So cool.
1:00.1	A nonprofit, free food for all, food justice, and joy project.
1:05.2	A college football player, he is a founding editor of the online sports magazine.
1:10.3	Some call it ball in.
1:11.8	It's literally like my world's colliding.
1:15.0	Football and joy.
1:17.6	Boom.
1:18.1	I know.
1:19.2	And I want to learn how to garden.
1:20.8	Welcome to us.
1:22.0	Thank you for being here.
1:23.9	Glad to be here.
1:24.8	Thank you for having me.
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