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The Science of Happiness

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The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

Science, Social Sciences

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

When was the last time you went down a slide? Our guest tries a practice to bring more play into his life and explores what that means as a Black man in the U.S.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Climate change is going to require collective action.

0:04.0

But how can individual actions make a difference?

0:07.0

On a new episode of LifeKit, we're walking you through

0:09.0

what sort of climate-friendly choices can make an impact in your life

0:13.0

and the lives of others.

0:15.0

Listen to LifeKit, part of NPR's Climate Week,

0:18.0

wherever you get your podcasts.

0:20.0

I decided that I was going to take my 6-1, maybe 6-2, but up to a beautiful slide

0:41.0

that I see a lot of kids going down.

0:44.0

Today is a slide day.

0:47.0

I'm walking up here right now.

0:49.0

It's probably been like 13 years since I've gotten on the slide.

0:55.0

And I think most of it comes from a fear of like a black man's slide.

1:01.0

Now a slide around a bunch of little white kids.

1:05.0

So I end up walking up the stairs and there were some kids that were already going down the slide.

1:12.0

So pumping myself up.

1:15.0

I get up on the slide and we're going to see how this ends up going.

1:21.0

Lord have mercy hold on. Let me get down here.

1:26.0

Here I go.

1:32.0

What did play look like for you growing up?

1:35.0

And what does it look like for you now?

1:37.0

I'm Dacker Keltner and this is The Science of Happiness.

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