How to Confront the Things that Suck (Live with John Green)

如何直面生活中的糟心事(与约翰·格林现场互动)

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

2025-04-18

1 小时 11 分钟
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Author and vlogger John Green looks around the world and sees a lot of things that suck. But rather than giving in to despair, he's trying to develop a sense of hope. He says the most "punk rock" thing to do is tackle our problems head-on.  John embraces the motto: "Human beings can be good news!" In a live discussion with Dr Laurie, he explains that if we work together we can decrease the suck in the world and increase the awesome.  This live event marked the publication of John's new book Everything is Tuberculosis - which argues that TB is a global disease that we can conquer right now if we put in a little bit of combined effort. Happiness Lab listeners have already raised tens of thousands of dollar to fight TB by donating to our appeal at GiveDirectly.org/tb. Get ad-free episodes to The Happiness Lab by subscribing to Pushkin+ on Apple Podcasts or Pushkin.fm. Pushkin+ subscribers can access ad-free episodes, full audiobooks, exclusive binges, and bonus content for all Pushkin shows.  Subscribe on Apple: apple.co/pushkinSubscribe on Pushkin: pushkin.fm/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • Pushkin.

  • Hey, Happiness Lab listeners!

  • On the last episode,

  • I spoke to bestselling author John Green about his mission to get us talking about tuberculosis.

  • TB is a disease we've been able to successfully treat for decades,

  • and yet millions of people still die because of it.

  • And that's partly

  • because we won't hand over the relatively small amounts of money needed to pay for treatment.

  • John thinks that's a scandal.

  • And if you agree,

  • we've launched an appeal to help send any cash you can spare to givedirectly.org slash tb.

  • That's givedirectly.org slash tb.

  • John's latest book, Everything is Tuberculosis,

  • is all about this awful disease that's shaped our world.

  • But that disease won't go away until we put in some effort to fight it properly.

  • John asked me to help him out at a launch event for the book in New York.

  • And that's what you're about to hear.

  • The evening started with John giving a short reading from Everything is Tuberculosis.

  • that explains how a visit to a clinic in West Africa and a meeting with a special young person sparked his interest in tackling TB.

  • Special thanks to Symphony Space for allowing us to share this episode with you.