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Fruitvale Station is the fictional account of an all too true story of the murder of Oscar Grant by Bay Area Rapid Transit police. I recorded this episode of the podcast moments after seeing an advanced screening of the film on Wednesday July 10th with my friend and former college roommate Dahni-El Giles. 

The movie is beautiful and hard to watch at the same time. You absolutely must see it. More info here http://www.fruitvalefilm.com/

In our conversation, Dahni-El and I reference the work of our friend Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff which you can find here: http://policingequity.org

#TheConfessional: An emotional post-viewing discussion of #FruitvaleStation, The #OscarGrant Film

From Louise Hay's "Meditations for Loving Yourself to Great Health"
The guided meditations in this audio program were created by Louise Hay, Ahlea Khadro, and Heather Dane to support you in changing your way of life to one that focuses on nourishing your body and treating it with love. Sit back, relax, and allow yourself to be guided to more loving choices.

Louise Hay -  Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Meditation

The galaxy is at war. Although the Rebel Alliance has won a few battles against the Empire, hope is fading. The Empire is about to finish building the greatest weapon the galaxy has ever seen-the Death Star. The rebels' only chance to defeat it now lies in the unlikely hands of a princess, a scoundrel, and a farm boy. . . . Acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Bracken delivers a captivating retelling of Star Wars: A New Hope like you've never experienced before. Since the premier of the original film, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker have become iconic, larger-than-life characters. The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy takes a deeper look at these three heroes as they join forces to defeat the evil that threatens their entire galaxy.

Star Wars: A New Hope The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy by Alexandra Bracken, read by Marc Thompson, Rebecca Soler

La Leccion De August on Audible: Coming Soon 

La Leccion De August by R.J. Palacio, Narrated by Carla Sicard and Rodrigo Godoy

Background, context, and transcript: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/10/03/ian-mcewan-nutshell-selfhood/

Excerpted from WBUR's On Point. Photograph of McEwan by Joost Van Der Broek.

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Ian McEwan reads from his novel "Nutshell"

David Sedaris: Six to Eight Black Men

The long-awaited first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln&rsquo;s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. &ldquo;My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,&rdquo; the president says at the time. &ldquo;God has called him home.&rdquo; Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy&rsquo;s body. From that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. Within this transitional state&mdash;called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo&mdash;a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie&rsquo;s soul. Lincoln in the Bardo&#160;is an astonishing&#160;feat of imagination and a bold step forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation. Formally daring, generous in spirit, deeply concerned with matters of the heart, it is a testament to fiction&rsquo;s ability to speak honestly and powerfully to the things that really matter to us. Saunders has invented a thrilling new form that deploys a kaleidoscopic, theatrical panorama of voices to ask a timeless, profound question: How do we live and love when we&#160;know that everything we love must end? Praise for Lincoln in the Bardo &ldquo;A luminous feat of generosity and humanism.&rdquo;&mdash;Colson Whitehead, The New York Times Book Review &ldquo;A masterpiece.&rdquo;&mdash;Zadie Smith &ldquo;Ingenious . . . Saunders&mdash;well on his way toward becoming a twenty-first-century Twain&mdash;crafts an American patchwork of love and loss, giving shape to our foundational sorrows.&rdquo;&mdash;Vogue &ldquo;Saunders is the most humane American writer working today.&rdquo;&mdash;Harper&rsquo;s Magazine &ldquo;The novel beats with a present-day urgency&mdash;a nation at war with itself, the unbearable grief of a father who has lost a child, and a howling congregation of ghosts, as divided in death as in life, unwilling to move on.&rdquo;&mdash;Vanity Fair &ldquo;A brilliant, Buddhist reimagining of an American story of great loss and great love.&rdquo;&mdash;Elle &ldquo;Wildly imaginative&rdquo;&mdash;Marie Claire &ldquo;Mesmerizing . . . Dantesque . . . A haunting American ballad.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly (starred review) &ldquo;Exhilarating . . . Ruthless and relentless in its evocation not only of Lincoln and his quandary, but also of the tenuous existential state shared by all of us.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews (starred review) &ldquo;It&rsquo;s unlike anything you&rsquo;ve ever read, except that the grotesque humor, pathos, and, ultimately, human kindness at its core mark it as a work that could come only from Saunders.&rdquo;&mdash;The National

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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, read by Author, Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, Various

Compara audiolibro - http://bit.ly/Motivacion-Audio

Narrar por Johnny Pena.

Como gerente, una de tus responsabilidades más importantes es motivar a tus empleados a dar lo mejor. Los gerentes que crean ambientes positivos, gratificantes y de mucha energía reducen el absentismo y los reemplazos, mientras incrementan dramáticamente la productividad y calidad. En Motivación, el experto en éxito Brian Tracy se basa en sus décadas de experiencia para sacar lo mejor de los demás al proveer 21 de los métodos más rápidos y poderosos para incrementar la eficiencia de cualquier persona o grupo. La mayoría de la gente está simplemente esperando por alguien que los inspire hacia la grandeza. Lleno de herramientas y estrategias comprobadas, esta guía esencial ayuda a cualquier gerente a inyectar adrenalina directamente al corazón de su equipo. Los lectores aprenderán como:

* Asegurar que los empleados ansíen volver al trabajo y se sientan apasionados acerca de lo que hacen
* Desafiarlos con tareas que les permitan ir más allá
* Satisfacer sus necesidades de autonomía y de ser parte de algo grande
* Disminuir sus miedos a fracasar e incrementar sus deseos de intentarlo
* Remover los obstáculos que limitan a la gente
* Proveer la realimentación que necesitan para alcanzar el triunfo
* ¡Y mucho más!

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MOTIVACION por Brian Tracy

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/04/02/meryl-streep-morning-song-sylvia-plath/

Recorded at Poetry & the Creative Mind 2014, hosted by The Academy of American Poets.

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Meryl Streep reads "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath

Recorded at The Universe in Verse 2018: https://www.brainpickings.org/the-universe-in-verse/

For poem text, context, and the story of how Carl Sagan may have inspired Angelou's poem, go here: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/05/09/a-brave-and-startling-truth-maya-angelou/

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The Universe in Verse: Janna Levin reads "A Brave and Startling Truth" by Maya Angelou

He told me to settle. He asked what was wrong with me. He called me an easy target. That was within minutes when I first met Caden Banks. I labeled him an asshole, but he was more than that. Arrogant. Smug. Alpha.

He was also to-die-for gorgeous, and my stepbrother's fraternity brother.

Okay, yes I was a little naive, a tad bit socially awkward, and the smallest amount of stalker-ish, but if Caden Banks thought he could tell me what to do, he had another thing coming.

I came to college with daydreams about being with my stepbrother, but what if I fell for the anti-stepbrother instead?

Anti - Stepbrother by Tijan on Audible:
http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B01M65BJWZ&source_code=AUDORWS0624169HGL

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Anti - Stepbrother by Tijan, Narrated by Bailey Carr and Vikas Adam

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/08/16/czeslaw-milosz-love/

"Love" by Czesław Miłosz (read by Maria Popova)

I interviewed David Sedaris in 2009, and I asked him about this essay: http://nyr.kr/BSaPI


David Sedaris on Undecided Voters in the 2008 Election

A selection from the new audiobook edition of essays from the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been called "the preeminent humorist of his generation" (Entertainment Weekly). 

From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that are not to be forgotten.

LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS is available in print and as an ebook from Little, Brown and Company and as an audiobook, on CD and as a digital download - written and read by David Sedaris.

Download:
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"Dentists Without Borders" by David Sedaris: an excerpt from LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS

A selection from "Understanding Understanding Owls," from LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, a new collection of essays from the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been called "the preeminent humorist of his generation" (Entertainment Weekly). 

From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that are not to be forgotten.

LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS is available in print and as an ebook from Little, Brown and Company and as an audiobook, on CD and as a digital download - written and read by David Sedaris, featuring music by Andrew Bird.

Download:
http://www.downpour.com/catalog/product/view/id/117657/s/let-s-explore-diabetes-with-owls/
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B00C6LVQ0E&qid=1366644580&sr=1-1
https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/lets-explore-diabetes-owls/id632396668
http://www.emusic.com/book/david-sedaris/lets-explore-diabetes-with-owls/10130935/
http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/lets-explore-diabetes-with-owls/171258

CD:
http://www.bookish.com/books/lets-explore-diabetes-with-owls-david-sedaris-9781619696990/8b7cb367-195b-4574-b0e2-2bff83899dd9
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lets-explore-diabetes-with-owls-david-sedaris/1112434933?ean=9781619696990
http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Explore-Diabetes-David-Sedaris/dp/1619696991/ref=tmm_abk_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1366644671&sr=8-1

Lets Explore Diabetes With Owls, written and read by David Sedaris - An Audiobook Excerpt

Published Sep 21, 2008 - Humorist and frequent traveler David Sedaris tells us how he's settled in as a 50-something ex-pat in Europe on the next Travel with Rick Steves. And he shares a few surprises about what he found in Japan - where he went to learn to quit smoking.  

David helps us tackle the gender of French nouns - sort of - and compares notes with Rick on the most irritating things about tourists in Paris, staying in hotels, and a dirty little secret about some flight attendants.   For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

David Sedaris: An American in Paris and Tokyo - Travel with Rick Steves

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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, read by Author, Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, Various

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