Wajahat Ali
Work in Progress with Sophia Bush
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4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2020
⏱️ 142 minutes
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Summary
Wajahat Ali is a New York Times Contributing Op-Ed writer, public speaker, and self described “recovering attorney and tired dad.” He joins Sophia on "Work In Progress" for an interesting discussion ranging from his childhood and growing up in a Pakistani Muslim family, to the importance of addressing our history and confronting the ugliness to move forward, to parenting and how he made it through is daughter’s cancer diagnosis.
Executive Producers: Sophia Bush & Sim Sarna
Supervising Producer: Allison Bresnick
Associate Producer: Caitlin Lee
Editors: Josh Windisch and Matt Sasaki
Music written by Jack Garratt and produced by Mark Foster
Artwork by Kimi Selfridge.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, Sophia Bush here and I am thrilled to tell you about the new original audio book |
| 0:07.0 | that I was lucky enough to narrate, called Wild and Precious, a celebration of Mary Oliver. |
| 0:14.0 | This unique collection includes poems read by Oliver herself, |
| 0:18.0 | in addition to readings and personal recollections by artists and fans like Carmen Maria Machado, |
| 0:24.0 | Roske, Susan Cain, Busy Phillips, Rain Wilson and me. |
| 0:29.0 | You can pre-order Wild and Precious at pushkin.fm or wherever audio books are sold. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Jay Shetty and on my podcast on purpose, I've had the honor to sit down with some of the most incredible hearts and minds on the planet. |
| 0:42.0 | Oprah, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Hart, Lewis Hamilton and many many more. |
| 0:47.0 | On this podcast, you get to hear the raw real life stories behind their journeys |
| 0:51.0 | and the tools they used, the books they read and the people that made a difference in their lives so that they can make a difference in hours. |
| 0:58.0 | Listen to on purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:04.0 | Join the journey soon. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm Katie Curric. On our new season of my podcast, next question, |
| 1:10.0 | we're going to try something a little bit different. This time around, we're talking all about resilience. |
| 1:17.0 | Curric in the face of a person. |
| 1:19.0 | Digging deeper. |
| 1:20.0 | I feel stronger. It's finding strength within. |
| 1:23.0 | Think of this show as a toolkit to help you navigate this crazy world we live in. |
| 1:28.0 | We're digging deep into something psychologists are now calling post-traumatic growth. |
| 1:34.0 | Focus on those things that are within your control and you'll do better. |
| 1:37.0 | I am really excited for us to explore all these things together. |
| 1:42.0 | Listen to next question with Katie Curric on the iHeart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. |
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