Intelligence Squared

Bittersweet: Finding Purpose in Sorrow, with Susan Cain

Jun 17, 2022

01:00:40

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Resilience Is Not Resilient, Is It?

02:42

Is There a Risk of Bitter Sweetening Into the Sensimental?

01:47

Is There a Greater Propensity as You Get Older?

02:03

Introduction

3min

The Last Night at the End of a Great Holiday

2min

The Bard of Bitter Sweetness

3min

The Bitter Sweet Quiz

2min

Can We Learn Itor if We're Too Too Bitter Sweet?

3min

The Inconsolable Longing For, We Know Not What

4min

Is It Too Early to Ask You What You Were Longing For?

3min

The Bitter Sweet Spot of Music

3min

Is There a Risk of Bitter Sweetening Into the Sensimental?

2min

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Resilience Is Not Resilient, Is It?

3min

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Is Bitter Sweetening Manifested in All These Cultures?

3min

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Is There a Relationship Between Ecstasy and Longing?

3min

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What's the Most Memorable Experience of the Bitter Sweet?

3min

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The Bitter Sweet Play List - I Have Many Favorites

4min

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Is There Such a Thing as Post Tramatic Growth?

2min

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Is Bitter Sweetness a Strategy?

2min

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Are There Practical Advantages to Having a Taste of the Bitter Sweet?

1min

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Is Bitter Sweet a Treatment for Depression?

3min

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Is There a Greater Propensity as You Get Older?

2min

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Do You Have a Passion for the Bitter Sweet?

3min

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Is There Any Difference Between Optimism and Bitter Sweetness?

2min

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Is There a Correlation Between Introverts and High Sensitivity?

3min

Susan Cain shot to fame in 2012 with her international bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, in which she urged society to cultivate space for the undervalued introverts among us. Now she's back with another book asking us to reassess how we think about self expression: Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. The book argues that by embracing the bittersweet at the heart of life – the sense that joy and sorrow are always paired – we can gain a heightened appreciation of the wonder and beauty of our own personal experience and throughout wider culture too. Our host for the discussion is writer, academic and broadcaster, Shahidha Bari.

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Intelligence Squared

Bittersweet: Finding Purpose in Sorrow, with Susan Cain

Resilience Is Not Resilient, Is It?

Is There a Risk of Bitter Sweetening Into the Sensimental?

Is There a Greater Propensity as You Get Older?

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