81 search results for “The Facing Project”
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S05 E02 – Food for Thought
How is food insecurity even possible when the United States is one of the richest countries in the world?
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S05 E01 – The Science of Grief
Does grief also have the ability to change our bodies in positive ways?
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S04 E09 – The Psychology of Forgiveness
Think for a second about the last time you forgave someone. Was it hard?
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S04 E08 – Life With Cancer
Did you know that nearly 40% of Americans will be diagnosed with some type of cancer during their lifetime?
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S04 E07 – Stopping the Cycle of Addiction
The stories of three woman from rural Kentucky whose lives have changed forever due to addiction.
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S04 E06 – Reclaiming the Disabled Narrative
What if the script were flipped, and those with a disability were the main characters finding their own love, adventure, and success?
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S04 E05 – More Than My Illness
Mental health is still stigmatized and misunderstood.
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S04 E04 – Teachers Are Heroes
Teachers and educators are facing challenges like never before, including battling misinformation, burned-out kids, parents, and of course—COVID.
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S04 E03 – Life After Prison
With an unemployment rate of over 27% for the formerly incarcerated, what does life on the outside look like for them?
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S04 E02 – Afghanistan, My Neighbor
In August, over 200,000 Afghans fled their country, but where did they go and what would be their fate?
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S04 E01 – Beyond the Binary
Bathrooms. Pronouns. Sports. Transgender people have become the center of a debate on who is allowed to exist and where.
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S03 E09 – Covert Racism
Racism has existed for millennia, but as laws and time have passed it can now show up in covert ways.
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S03 E08 – The Invisible Poor
38 million Americans live in poverty, but we like to pretend it doesn’t exist and could never happen to us.
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S03 E07 – Athletes & Activism
Professional athletes are often expected to temper and censor their statements despite their ability to influence positive change.
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S03 E06 – Hillbilly Queer
J.R. and Kelsey explore identity and family and discuss J.R.’s forthcoming father-son memoir.
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S03 E04 – Race, Tech, & the Fight for Equity
Today half of women in the tech field are likely to leave their positions by the age of 35.
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S03 E05 – Autism in Adulthood
In the next decade, 500,000 teens with autism will enter adulthood and age out of school-based services.
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S03 E03 – Food, Earth, & Sustainability
If all 7 billion people on Earth consumed the amount of resources as the average American, it would be as if the planet were shared with 72 billion people.
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S02 E08 – Big Changes in Small Towns
What do you imagine your community will be like in another generation?
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S02 E07 – Dying to be Perfect
A woman’s search for perfectionism leads to a battle with anorexia.