The Hugging Amma with Comedian Kirk Fox

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Comedian Kirk Fox attended an event at a Hilton Hotel with a girl to meet and hopefully get a quick hug from Amma-The Hugging Saint. Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy! If you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, smarturl.it/storyworthy please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, Audible and Shari's Berries (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, you guys, it's Christine Blackburn with Storyworthy,
0:02.4	and I just want to give everybody a big shot out saying thank you so much for listening to the show for subscribing on iTunes, and don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at Storyworthy. Storyworthy Media, the best in story-driven content.
0:31.9	Guess what? Guess who's here?
0:34.1	Kirk Fox on Storyworthy. Thank you. Story Worthy.
0:47.3	Welcome to the Story Worthy.
0:51.7	Here are your hosts, Christine Blackburn and Hannah Sfini.
1:02.0	Welcome to Storyworthy.
1:09.9	My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm here with Hanna Sfini, and we're coming to you from the Ridge Community Church on 100th Street in Greenfield, Wisconsin.
1:10.7	Oh, okay.
1:13.2	Where they teach hugging without hurting.
1:15.3	I don't think that's a bad thing.
1:16.5	I didn't say it was a bad thing.
1:22.7	They actually have a podcast, and one of their episodes is entitled, How to Hug a Grinch,
1:25.2	loving the people who steal your joy.
1:26.4	Oh, wow.
1:27.2	I don't know.
1:28.8	I don't think I would hug them. Well, see, you know, perhaps you're not Christian enough. You turn the other cheek. Honest, I'm not Christian at all. I'll tell you the truth. That would not be enough then. That would be a complete lack of enough. All right, you guys. If you were not Christian at all. Looks like we're back in Wisconsin because. Oh, yeah.
1:44.4	Honest loves being here.
2:00.1	But we're here because our guest tonight, Kirk Fox, brings forth the topic. Amma, the hugging saint. Yes. So we're talking about. No, Amma. We're talking about hugging. And a lot of people do use hugging as therapy. They do. It's a big thing, apparently.
2:02.6	Suddenly people are hugging all over the place. You know, I was talking to my friend Debbie the other day, and she said she was doing something called, I think it was called Watsu. And I said, what's that? And she said, it's when you get in a pool and let somebody hold you. Okay. Not like a lover, like a person who who just holds you I think makes you feel like
2:20.0	you're back in the womb right right um yeah I have a better way to feel like I'm back in the
2:26.2	womb I like to enter a womb oh it's oh oh I'm sorry I'm what I'm saying is that's why men
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