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Effective Communication: Great Conversations Among Friends (featuring Robert Begley) (opens the original)
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Effective Communication - Introduction (Part I of II) (opens the original)
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In this next episode of our virtue series, we explore Effective Communication: bridging different contexts to facilitate learning and understanding, evoking authentic emotion, and inspiring right action.In this conversation:• Why a bridge is the right metaphor, and why every span is different• How shared concepts anchor us while each of us keeps a different vantage point• Journaling and thinking aloud in public as ways to know your own mind• Integrity, ethos, logos, and pathos in Aristotle’s mod
Curiosity: Great Conversations Among Friends (A Livestream Featuring Carrie-Ann Biondi) (opens the original)
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Can virtue have a dark side? Philosopher and Aristotle scholar Carrie-Ann Biondi says no — and makes the case in this livestream conversation on the virtue of Curiosity. writes the Substack newsletter Weekly Wonderings, translates Aristotle, and is finishing a book on secular spirituality that started with one friend’s offhand comment. In this conversation, she and hosts Chris Bush and K. Joia Houheneka dig into:The kindne
Live Recording: The Virtue of Curiosity (opens the original)
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Virtue #1 - Prime Mover Responsibility (Part II of II) (opens the original)
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In Part 2 of our deep dive on the virtue of Responsibility, the first of 11 virtues in our statement, we argue that the answer to the pivotal question “What moves the world?” isn’t buried in the plot of Atlas Shrugged. The answer is YOU!This episode builds on Part 1, where we described Responsibility as “being proudly causal” — consciously choosing your path/values/actions, and then owning both the direct and indirect consequences of those choices. Here, we progress the idea further, into
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