Who Are We? What Makes Us Care? Jim Shepard, Neil Patrick Harris, John Patrick Shanley & Artists Share Their Stories

Sustainability, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Politics, ... by Mia Funk

S10 E547
13:57
Episode notes

Can curiosity and empathy be taught? How can we expand our sense of solidarity through stories? In this episode, we explore the internal dialogues of artists, actors and writers to ask what it means to step into someone else's shoes.

(0:00) Novelist Jim Shepard discusses Literature as a Tool for Emotional Education and Exploring History

(2:05) Tony Award-winning Actor Neil Patrick Harris on Being Moved by Theater and its Ability to Bridge Worlds

(3:55) Novelist

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Keywords
Jim Shepard, Neil Patrick Harris, Katie Kitamura, Laura Eason, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Benoit Delhomme, Etgar Keret, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Adam Moss, John Patrick Shanley, Nicholas Kristof, The Creative Process, Empathy, Storytelling, Literature, Theater
What place this episode is about
City
New York, New York, New York, 10007, USA
Where this episode is made
City
Paris, Ile-de-France, France