The Power of Pleasure and Joy
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What if the most unselfish thing you could do was to pursue pleasure? To look for delight? To feel joy? We make the case for the transformative power of joy, pleasure and delight.
Original Air Date: October 12, 2019
Guests:
Ross Gay — Kathryn Bond Stockton — Laurie Santos — Lynne Segal
Interviews In This Hour:
365 Days Of Delight: A Poet's Guide To Finding Joy — A Queer Theorist On Ecstatic Kissing — Laboratory of Joy: A Psychologist On The Science of Feeling Good — The Revolution Will Be Joyful: Feminist Lynne Segal On Fighting Power With Pleasure — The People Power Of Happiness
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