WEBVTT - Coming Soon: Awe, our “Future Selves,” and Navigating Uncertainty

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin, Hey, there is Maya. I'm thrilled to be back

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<v Speaker 1>with a new season of A slight change of plans.

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<v Speaker 1>As a cognitive scientist who studies human behavior, I'm interested

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<v Speaker 1>in how we can do a better job of navigating change.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently is that

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<v Speaker 1>when we're in the throes of a big change, we

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<v Speaker 1>should seek out awe inspiring experiences. So we're kicking things

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<v Speaker 1>off with a mini series on the powerful and mysterious

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<v Speaker 1>emotion of awe. For our first episode, I talked to

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<v Speaker 1>a psychologist about as power to transform us.

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<v Speaker 2>These momentary experiences of awe through their challenges to your

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<v Speaker 2>belief system. You tend to look at the world more carefully,

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<v Speaker 2>you tend to entertain alternative hypotheses, and those are all

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<v Speaker 2>cognitive strategies that help us be more resilient.

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<v Speaker 1>We also dig into a type of awe known as

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<v Speaker 1>collective effervescence. It's the feeling we get when we experience

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<v Speaker 1>something transcendent with other people, like at a concert, a

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<v Speaker 1>sports game, or a political march.

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<v Speaker 3>There's this palpable excitement that occurs where you're all there

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<v Speaker 3>in this moment together and something magical is happening and

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<v Speaker 3>you're a part of it. You're fully engrossed. All of

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<v Speaker 3>your senses are being pulled into this moment, and that

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<v Speaker 3>moment is special.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll hear from world class violinist men kim Awe is

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<v Speaker 1>what initially drew her to a career in music, and

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<v Speaker 1>after she endured a tragic loss, it's what helped bring

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<v Speaker 1>her back to life.

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<v Speaker 4>It was almost like discovering music for the very first

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<v Speaker 4>time again, just realizing that everything, every emotion, everythool, everything

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<v Speaker 4>that's ever been discovered is in music.

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<v Speaker 1>And as always, you'll hear stories from people navigating the

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<v Speaker 1>uncertainty that comes along with change, like Sonya Vullob, who

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<v Speaker 1>learned there's a fifty percent chance she carries a deadly

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<v Speaker 1>genetic mutation.

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<v Speaker 5>Everything felt scary and not knowing was taking a huge

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<v Speaker 5>amount of energy from me. I would wake up every

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<v Speaker 5>day flipping the coin in my head and it was

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<v Speaker 5>like my mind did not have a place to rest,

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<v Speaker 5>it could never rest our.

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<v Speaker 1>Guests this season have so much wisdom to offer. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't wait for you to hear from them. New episodes

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<v Speaker 1>will hit your feed on Monday, October twenty third. All

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<v Speaker 1>Episodes of A Slight Change of Plans are free and

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<v Speaker 1>you can listen wherever you get your podcasts. See you

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<v Speaker 1>next week.