Finding Joy in Everyday Life; Government Transparency; Listening to Your Body
Almost two years ago, Archbishop Desmond Tutu travelled to India to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday. They spent a week together talking candidly about their struggles over a lifetime and the nature of one of its most elusive components: joy. That conversation was chronicled in the New York Times bestseller, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World. Douglas Abrams compiled the book.
Intro Music: Mardi Gras Mambo by The Meters
Outro Music: By Your Side by The 1975
Artists for Social Justice: Rachel Schutz
There is a growing sense, in the world of the arts, that social activism is an obligation, not an option; that the notion of the artist as a detached, and somehow separate, entity is a dated one. And that people who create and seek to inspire should do so with a social purpose in mind. Rachel Schutz is a performing artist and the founder of a new organization called Artists for Social Justice.
Intro Music: Slide (feat. Frank Ocean Migos) by Calvin Harris
Outro Music: Open Your Eyes by Sam Feldt & Hook N Sling
Civil Beat Reality Check: Budget Outlook for Honolulu
Senators sliced off the rail tax extension. They also challenged the City of Honolulu to more carefully consider where the money could be found within the City’s existing budget.
Outro Music: Heavy by POWERS
Good Government Bills: Brian Black
With so much focus on big-ticket issues like Honolulu’s rail project and declining State revenues, efforts to increase government transparency have taken a back seat during this year’s legislative session. Brian Black of the Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest shares a rundown of good, the bad and the indifferent good governance bills still alive in the legislature.
Outro Music: Long May You Run by The Stills Young Band
Using Intuition to Promote Wellness: Doctor Rachel
Medical science is not always the best at addressing chronic problems like general malaise, depression, body aches, or just being tired all the time. Rachel Carlton Abrams, known as "Doctor Rachel" is a physician who deals with what she calls Chronic Body Depletion, and treats it with a combination of conventional medicine, wellness practices, and intuition.
Intro Music: Nobody Sweeter by Grace Love and the True Loves
Outro Music: Still Feel Like Your Man by John Mayer