Joy
Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive
American Public Media
4.3 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Our first episode of Truth Be Told is finally here and we’re going in deep to take on one of the biggest questions of our time: How can I feel joy, when the world is burning?
Families are being separated at the border, drugs are ravaging our communities, the wealth gap between the rich and the poor is widening, and parts of California are literally being consumed by flames. It feels like the end of days – and yet we still want to laugh, dance, and love.
In this inaugural episode of Truth Be Told, host Tonya Mosley travels to her hometown of Detroit to talk with her grandmother, Ernestine Mosley, and New York Times best-selling author, adrienne maree brown. The three share captivating conversation and life lessons on how we all can and should cultivate joy.
Why the Strength Tarot Card?
The Strength card in tarot is a reminder that we have the power to overcome any obstacle. As we learn from our Wise Ones in this episode, it is our inner strength and our willingness to work through our fears that enables us to feel and embrace full, unabashed joy.
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| 0:00.0 | From K-QED. |
| 0:02.0 | There was this question my daughter asked me a few years ago, |
| 0:07.0 | it still haunts me. |
| 0:09.0 | She was about seven. |
| 0:11.0 | We were driving through San Francisco, the music was bumping, the sun was out, |
| 0:16.2 | and from the backseat she yelled out, mom, why are all the homeless people brown? |
| 0:23.6 | Outside of our windows I saw them black and brown people and despair, begging for a |
| 0:28.8 | helping hand. |
| 0:30.5 | I was speechless. How do I begin to explain that what she was seeing were the impacts of systemic racism? |
| 0:37.5 | I mean, I'm a journalist. I think about these questions all the time, but what's the right way to tell a child, how racism |
| 0:45.8 | can ravage our bodies and our minds? |
| 0:49.4 | I settled on an age-appropriate answer, but I wish I had a place I could go for that advice to talk it out. |
| 0:57.2 | This is that place. |
| 0:59.3 | I'm Tanya Mosley and you're listening to truth-be-told. |
| 1:02.4 | The advice show you've always wanted |
| 1:04.4 | where heart questions meet understanding ears where we people of color can be |
| 1:09.6 | candid about the frustrations we're feeling and come together in search of solutions. |
| 1:14.8 | Dear truth be told. |
| 1:16.6 | Truth be told, I need your help. |
| 1:18.3 | Our first question comes from someone we're calling Finding Joy. |
| 1:26.0 | I'm Muslim, I'm a woman, I'm brown. |
| 1:29.0 | The world is not safe for people like me to walk through it. |
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