Staying Curious, Embracing Change, and Relating to Media with Michael Krasny

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

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Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Rick and Forrest are joined by award-winning journalist Michael Krasny for an episode focused on how to stay curious, navigate times of transition, and relate to the modern media landscape in healthy ways. They use Michael’s recent experience with “retirement” as a jumping off point to explore how we can embrace change and stay curious before diving into a conversation focused on the modern media landscape. Topics include bothsides-ism, navigating challenging conversations, and finding the balance between what “knowing mind” and “don’t know mind.” About our Guest: Michael Krasny is the long-time host of the KQED Forum, and has interviewed some of the most prominent figures of the past 50 years, including Maya Angelou, Caesar Chavez, President Jimmy Carter, Carl Sagan, and President Barack Obama. Since retiring from the Forum, Michael has started his own podcast: Grey Matter with Michael Krasny. Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 1:45: What’s helped Michael navigate the transition to a new phase of life 3:45: Michael’s shift in identity post-KQED Forum 5:45: Curiosity and ‘usefulness’ 8:10: Preparing for interviews 11:10: How Michael became an interviewer 14:10: Shakespeare characters, the anxiety of influence, and corporal punishment 23:10: How the function of media has changed over time 26:05: Bothsidesism and offering balanced viewpoints 30:40: ‘Always don’t know’, and not being captured by our strengths 33:45: Overpreparation, anxiety, and the role of an interviewer 38:20: The value of spacious conversation vs. discourse through sound bytes 40:30: Recap Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code BEINGWELL at https://www.oneskin.co/ Go to BrioAirPurifier.com and use code BEINGWELL to save $100 on a Brio Air Purifier. Finally get that project off the ground with Squarespace! Head to squarespace.com/beingwell for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch use coupon code BEINGWELL to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Connect with the show: Subscribe on iTunes Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Forrest on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Visit Forrest's website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.7	If you're new to the podcast, thanks for listening today and if you've listened before, welcome
0:14.5	back.
0:15.5	I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, Rickazet clinical psychologist, the best
0:19.6	selling author, and he's also my dad, so dad, how are you doing today?
0:23.6	I'm doing really well and I'm especially happy to be doing this with our guest Michael
0:28.5	Krasnay, who among other distinctions, which you'll be naming in a minute for us, Michael
0:33.9	has been a real benefactor for me.
0:36.5	When I was a very, very, very, very small frog in a very, very big pond, Michael was willing
0:43.1	to have me on his very big radio show, which I'm endlessly grateful for.
0:49.5	Yeah, just as you said, Michael is the long time host of the KQED forum, a position he recently
0:55.1	retired from after 28 years of award-winning work with decades of experience in journalism
1:00.6	and broadcasting.
1:01.6	Michael has interviewed some of the most prominent figures of the past 50 years, including
1:06.0	people like Maya Angelou, Cesar Chavez, Mike Tyson, which was one of my personal favorite
1:11.1	interviews of his, President Jimmy Carter, Carl Sagan, and President Barack Obama.
1:16.0	He was also a professor at San Francisco State University and is taught at a number of
1:20.6	other institutes in the Bay Area, including Stanford and the University of San Francisco.
1:26.0	Along the way, Michael's found the time to author a number of books as well, including
1:30.3	Off-Mike and let there be laughter.
1:33.1	And since retiring from the forum has started his own podcast, Grey Matter with Michael Krasnay.
1:38.1	So Michael has been an absolute fixture in the Bay Area for the past 30 years, and it's
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