Susan Cain: A Daughter’s Bittersweet Longing for Her Mother [Divergence 4/6]

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Our Intergenerational Divergence series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel.

This episode is sponsored by an anonymous friend who supports our mission.

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to bestselling author Susan Cain about her bittersweet relationship with her mother, an Orthodox Jew and daughter of a prominent rabbi.

Susan’s book Bittersweet explores their journey together and grapples with what it means when our lives and relationships don’t exactly meet our expectations. In this episode we discuss:

How do our relationships with our parents change in adulthood?
Why are sad songs often some of our favorites?
How can we make meaning of the yearning we experience?

Tune in to hear a conversation about “longing for the source” and “uniting with the beloved of the soul.”

Interview begins at 11:01.

Susan Cain is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. She is also a speaker, influencer, and the creator of the newsletter community thequietlife.net.

References:

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain

“Rabbi Israel Schorr, 94; Led Brooklyn Synagogue”

The Letters Of J.R.R. Tolkien

Beit Yaakov on Torah

“Anthem” by Leonard Cohen

Einstein and the Rabbi by Naomi Levy

“Rav Shagar: Zionism and Exile Within the Home” by Ari Ze’ev Schwartz and Levi Morrow

Divrei Soferim 16 by Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin

Sin•a•gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought by David Bashevkin

Avodat Yisrael by Israel Hopstein of Kozhnitz

“The Transformation of ‘Next Year in Jerusalem’ in the Postwar American Haggadah” by Jonathan D. Sarna

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1:43.0	balancing modern sensibilities with traditional
1:45.5	sensitivities to give you new approaches to timeless Jewish ideas. I'm your host, David Bischepkin,
1:52.0	and this month we're continuing our exploration of intergenerational divergence. Thank you so much to
1:58.5	our series sponsors, Danny and Sarlah Terkel. We are so grateful for your
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2:25.4	I think one of the most frequent conversations that I have with my mother is talking about
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