82 search results for “The Facing Project”
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7-9: Facing (In)Justice in Health
16 Stories on Resilience, Advocacy, and the Power of Voice in Confronting Inequity
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7-8: Exploring Love, Longing, Loss, and Home with Singer-Songwriter Cliff Ritchey
Stories behind music inspired by global travels and the simple country life.
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7-3: Morally Straight: How the Fight for LGBTQ Inclusion Changed the Boy Scouts—and America
Exploring its tangled past all the way through landmark policy changes in the mid-20teens.
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7-2: Forging Queer Leaders: How the LGBTQIA+ Community Creates Impact from Adversity
How crucible moments, such as coming out and code switching, have prepared better leaders.
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7-1: Big Red’s Mercy: The Shooting of Deborah Cotton and a Story of Race in America
On how a book unpacks the histories of segregation, violence, and systematic oppression toward Black Americans through the lens of the largest mass shooting in New Orleans’ history.
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6-11: Telling Own-Voices Stories with Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
On how writing the American and Viet Nam war from Vietnamese perspectives influences how stories are told.
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6-10: Love in the Time of Fentanyl
A conversation about how providing a safe and welcoming place to use drugs saves lives.
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6-9: Radical Love and Empathy with Author and Activist Sara Sharpe
And how a series of love letters provides space for bridge-building.
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6-3: An In-depth Conversation with Author and Hollywood Screenwriter Abdi Nazemian
Using identity and story as a gay Iranian-American to help build empathy and understanding.
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6-2: Telling Authentic Stories with Author Leah Johnson
On writing authentic stories for kids and the harmful effects of book banning in America.
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6-1: The Abortion Talks
Exploring civil discourse across major ideological divides.
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S05 E10 – Growing Food, Community, & Vibes in an Urban Food Desert
J.R. sits down with four of the faces who keep the Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm and its neighborhood thriving each and every day.
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S05 E09 – Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways: An in-depth discussion with author Brittany Means
J.R. and Brittany Means to discuss the power of the human spirit—and the written word—to combat the most harrowing of childhood memories.
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S05 E08 – A Place to Call Home
Not every eviction is equal.
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S05 E07 – Writing Tough Topics for Young Adults: An in-depth discussion with #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow
A discussion on writing for young adults and the themes of teenage depression, addiction, and self-harm that are often covered in her sought-after novels.
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S05 E06 – Searching for Peace on a Divided Island
J.R. travels to Cyprus to explore what led to the 1974 Turkish invasion and, ultimately, the Green Line.
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S05 E05 – The Empathy Effect
Time, culture, and climate determine if empathy grows, remains neutral, or worse—leads to anger or distress.
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S05 E04 – The First Step: An in-depth discussion with filmmakers and producers Lance & Brandon Kramer
A man’s attempts to bring people together across party lines to pass landmark criminal justice reform.
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S05 E03 – When Jealousy Strikes
With jealousy being such an innate emotion, how does one turn it off or use it for good?
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S02 E08 – Big Changes in Small Towns
What do you imagine your community will be like in another generation?
