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Episode 20--"Could We Get Just TEN SECONDS of Emotional IQ Training in School?"

December 11, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 20

[Artwork explainer: comedian Kyle Dunnigan as Charlemagne. See more below.]

This special episode intertwines Great Podcast Moments--both silly and serious, from comedy & psychology podcasts--with original insights on related subjects. We begin our heartfelt, joyful exploration with a fun-yet-serious question posed by comedian Kyle Dunnigan in the opening moments of the episode:

(Excerpted audio borrowed from You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes)

"[Kyle Dunnigan]:
"Why don't they teach--This is my question. Okay, we learn how to count or whatever--do math, calculus--never gonna use it. All these things we're never gonna use.

Charlemagne! I know about Charlemagne! And I don't care, and it doesn't matter.

Why don't they teach ANYTHING--even like a half hour--on how to deal with our emotions?! Things we deal with 24/7, all day, keeps us up at night...

...Even a hint! Like: 'Oh, by the way'--Like 48 minutes of Charlemagne, and then like 'By the way, you don't have to believe all your thoughts!'

Then the bell rings, go to recess. Like: 'Oh, let me think about that--'

NOTHING!" [...]

[Pete Holmes]:
"A little bit of emotional intelligence training!"

[Kyle]:
"TEN seconds!"

[Pete]:
"Just give us ten seconds!"

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And more like that. Only different. Never not serious but also frequently silly.

You'll laugh, you'll learn--you'll love it.

Or you won't.

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CREDITS, LINKS:

Samantha Stiers, writer, poet extraordinaire

Kyle and Pete on You Made It Weird

Pema Chodron (buddhist nun, wisdom-spreader) on Not Giving Up On Ourselves

Bonnie Badenoch and "Everyone is Welcome Here"--on Insights at the Edge

Eric Zimmer telling the titular tale on The One You Feed

Night Guy!!

Chris Germer on Mindful Self-Compassion (on Insights at the Edge)

Healing Transgenerational Trauma and Polyvagal Theory--See Bessel van der Kolk in this essay from Brain Pickings ("our capacity to destroy one another is matched by our capacity to heal one another. Restoring relationships and community is central to restoring well-being")

Patti Smith's Commencement Speech (quoted in Brain Pickings)

Mary Oliver's on how books saved her life, from her essay collection Upstream (quoted in Brain Pickings)

But aren't we all?

MUSIC: Joplin, Lobo Loco, Heidi Juniper, Podington Bear

ARTWORK: Special thanks to Jason, Mary, Seth, and Jared