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July 28, 2025 52 mins
What if the way you consume the news could shape the world for the better?  In this stirring conversation, Lee C. Camp sits down with journalist and Buddhist practitioner Emma Varvaloucas, Executive Director of The Progress Network, to explore how we can reclaim our agency in a world addicted to anxiety.  Emma shares practical tips for engaging with the news that not only have the potential to reduce despair but may unlock new energy to take action for a better world. Drawing from her journey through Buddhism, therapy, and even psychedelics, Emma offers tools for transforming our inner world and renewing our civic imagination. This is not about wishful thinking, but a hopeful realism rooted in data, perspective, and the belief that how we see the world can help change it.  Show Notes  Resources: ⁠Emma Varvaloucas⁠ ⁠The Progress Network⁠ ⁠⁠⁠“How Populism Dies” by Kurt Weyland, Political Science Quarterly, 2022⁠⁠ ⁠Our World in Data: Share of Population Living in Extreme Poverty⁠ ⁠"Factfulness" by Hans Rosling⁠  Similar Episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Rainn Wilson⁠ ⁠Tara Brach⁠ ⁠Francis Collins⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Transcript⁠⁠⁠⁠  Want more NSE? ⁠⁠⁠⁠JOIN NSE+ Today!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our subscriber only community comes with bonus content, ad-free listening, and early access to tickets for our live shows.  Great Feeling Studios, the team behind No Small Endeavor and other award-winning podcasts, helps nonprofits and brands tell stories that inspire action. Start your podcast at ⁠⁠⁠⁠helpmemakeapodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.  Subscribe to episodes:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠ Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠ Google⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Us:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Lee:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Email List:⁠⁠⁠⁠ nosmallendeavor.com⁠⁠⁠⁠  See Privacy Policy:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Privacy Policy⁠⁠⁠⁠  Amazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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