"I was extremely uncomfortable. I was worried i wouldn't know what to say," she says. "And i did my best, ah, but i don't think i provided much comfort." The rabbi of her community sent an enormous bouquet of flowers for the new born baby and he knew that his role at that time wasn't to be a a pollyanna, but to bring some form of love into that room", she adds. 'That's an art that is worth mastering'
Leon Kass, long-time teacher of classic works at the University of Chicago and now Dean of Faculty at Shalem College in Jerusalem, talks about human flourishing with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on an essay from his book, Leading a Worthy Life, Kass gives a broad overview of Aristotle's ideas on how to live.
This episode also discusses the listeners' votes for their Top 10 EconTalk podcast episodes for 2020.