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A National Conversation

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Public radio station WNYC is broadcasting a series of live, call-in programs called “Indivisible”.  The series is scheduled for four days a week, at 9pm EST, Monday thru Thursday during the first 100 days of the new presidential administration.  Anyone can call in to discuss the topic of the night at one of 130 radio stations across the country.  You can listen live or hear past shows.  If nothing else, these shows can help us all break out of our respective ideological cocoons and hear other viewpoints.  The shows are thought provoking to say the least.  Tip: Focus on a caller who does not share your views and imagine that the voice is coming from an real person, with feelings, hopes and disappointments—just like you and me.

Find an ally you can trust

As we move forward into what will probably be a difficult time, we need to marshal our energy around an idea, a movement, a collection of activities through which we can find and establish Good.  We never really know who we can trust.  Perhaps this guy, this 44th President in whom so many invested so much hope might be a future partner.  Since he is not planning to fade away, you might want to get to know him a little better.

via The Audacity of Hope: A Reading List on Barack Obama — Longreads

The Tea Bus

Can you image buying a bus and traveling the country giving away tea to anyone who wants it, for free.  Now can you image that such is the nature of your life–for a decade? If that seems unusual, strange or even impossible, meet Giusepi Spadafora, the Tea Man.

The beauty of a phenomenon like this is that it shows us a different way of being.

Visit the Free Tea Party site. Wander around.  If nothing else, your heart will feel a little warmer.

You might want to donate some stuff through the “Ways to Share” link.  Visit the blog to see what’s happening lately.

And here is a New York Times article you might find interesting.