On Being with Krista Tippett: religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas -- on public radio and online [OnBeing.org]

May 17, 2012
Sarah Kay is a 23-year-old spoken word poet has become a role model and teacher to teenagers around the world. Millions have viewed her TED talk, where she shared the main stage with figures like Bill Gates and Jamie Oliver. She puts words around what she knows about poetry, stories, and being human and connected in this age.
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Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye perform at Da Poetry Lounge in Los Angeles in 2011.

(photo: Da Poetry Lounge)

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Research psychologist Michael McCullough's science is showing how revenge and forgiveness have purpose in human biology and history. But from neighborhood arguments to civil wars, he says we can make forgiveness more possible, even magnetic.