EPISODE · Jul 15, 2020 · 57 MIN
Ep 17 Compassion is Half Sadness and Half Joy with Buddy Wakefield
from Cheaper Than Therapy with Vanessa and Dené
Buddy Wakefield is an American spoken word artist, a three-time poetry slam world champion, and the most toured performance poet in history. In this unbelievably powerful conversation, Vanessa and Dené talk to Buddy about the dangers of tranquil states of existence, how we can benefit from exploring our “scary thoughts,” and the victim, villain, and hero archetypes we’re being asked to question in our current climate.You can find Buddy on Instagram @buddywakefield and you can find his newest book of prose and poetry “A Choir of Honest Killers,” at writebloody.com.And if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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