Amanda Palmer Presents: An intimate conversation with Elizabeth Lesser. Recorded Aug 14, 2019 in Woodstock, NY. Elizabeth Lesser is an author and healer who co-founded Omega Institute in 1977. She is the author of "Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow," "Marrow: Love, Loss & What Matters Most," "The Seekers Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure" and, most recently, "Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes." In 2008 she helped...

One day in my early forties I looked around and realized that I occupied a very strange social space: I was good friends with both doctors and porn activists, climate scientists and avant-garde writers and musicians. When I began recording these conversations, I realized that I'd accidentally created what I've always yearned for: an excuse to randomly call up really creative and compassionate people, dispense with the superficial chat, and get to the core heart-to-heart discussion about...