Nicholas Kristof: Hope is a Muscle
Episode description
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof understands how to hope—especially in the face of despair or disappointment. He has spent his life shining a light on global tragedies like the Tiananmen Square massacre or the genocide in Darfur. And yet, despite all the horrors he has born witness to, he maintains a sense of hard-won optimism. “Hope is a muscle,” he says, and one we can all learn to develop.
In this live conversation, Kate and Nicholas discuss:
- How to maintain hope in the year ahead
- Nicholas’ best argument as to why this is the best time to be alive
- His strategies to seeing pain and courage up close over and over again
- Why our small actions matter (even when it feels like a drop in the ocean)
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