The New Story Is with Dave Ursillo Podcast
1) Best Of: What is Trauma? And Stories of Recovery
70% of adults in the U.S. are estimated to have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives—that’s 223.4 million people.In this Best Of episode, we’re listening back to excer...Show More
2) Maybe America's political divisions aren't as "unprecedented" as we think
A disputed US presidential election? Narrowly avoided government shutdowns? Divisions over race relations stemming from the legacy of slavery in the United States?These issues were on the minds of Ame...Show More
3) The perils—and privilege—of self-identifying with your work
Doing work that feels authentic to "who you are" as a person can be quite a gift and privilege; not all of us get to do work that feels in integrity to our values and beliefs.And yet, one of the unsee...Show More
4) Can the men be saved? (If not, can we laugh about it?)
"What do our jobs do to our souls?"That is the big question asked in the debut novel of Ben Purkert called The Men Can’t Be Saved. Following a junior copywriter in New York City whose latest tagline w...Show More
5) Pillars of healthier cross-racial dialogue
How do we talk about race? How should we? And how do we hold healing, constructive dialogues about race when we come from different racial identities and experiences?Yseult Polfliet Mukantabana a...Show More
6) Centering women—and more than just peoples' suffering—in stories
What do we lose as a society when we only experience a person, a group of people, or an entire culture through their pain or losses—not their joys, successes, or humor?Alli Frank and Asha Youmans are ...Show More
7) How behavioral science explains "woke backlash"
"Woke backlash" refers to the appropriation of the term "woke" and how pockets of American society are pushing back against the progressive social justice moment.But why is today's so-called "woke bac...Show More
8) Best Of: Celebrating Disability Pride Month
Did you know that an estimated 61 million Americans live with a disability?While the challenges of living with a disability can range from mobility to cognition, independent living, hearing, vision, a...Show More
9) The true history of the White House
The White House is one of the most iconic structures known the world over—a symbol of democracy, and American power.But who built the White House? Who designed it? And why do so few of us know the tru...Show More
10) How do we help our kids build resilience?
Resilience is all the rage in education, mental health, and self-help circles these days. But what is resilience, really? And, what isn't resilience?Dr. Kate Lund is a licensed clinical psychologist o...Show More