Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley
Kate Hanley
Finding the Throughline: Conversations about the Creative Process invites you into the minds of writers and other creatives as they open up about their process, their doubts, and what kinds of changes they’re thinking about making. The questions are mildly invasive, honestly, and the answers are unvarnished…and so refreshing! Whether your creative work is writing, painting, making music, parenting, or simply living, Finding the Throughline can help you get—and stay—inspired. Invigorated, even. For detailed show notes on each interview, visit katehanley.substack.com. And if you’d like to hear these interviews in one ad-free episode (as opposed to broken up into three shorter episodes with a few ads sprinkled in to keep the lights on), become a paid subscriber once you’re there..
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Oct 8, 2021 • 12min
Being a Better Person Online: Get a Grip on Your Screentime EP: 551
OK the pandemic did NOT help us have a healthy relationship to screens. Not that all screen time is bad, but... we could all pretty much use a check in on how much time we spend starting at a screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 7, 2021 • 11min
Are You Meaner Online Than in Real Life? EP: 550
There’s a scientific term for the phenomenon of acting differently online than you do in real life, it’s called the internet disinhibition effect. So if you get fired up and leave snarky comments or bad reviews, you're living out a scientific principle!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 6, 2021 • 20min
Are You Addicted to Your Phone? Maybe (Probably) Yes EP: 549
Smartphones are designed to be addictive. If you can't stop looking at yours, it makes sense. Does that mean there's nothing you can do? No. Dr. Jud Brewer, a New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist, and thought leader in the field of habit change, is here today to talk us through getting out of that craving state of mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 5, 2021 • 11min
Managing the Onslaught of Opportunities to Shop Online EP: 548
Anytime you are online (unless you’ve paid for a subscription service with no ads), SHOPPING IS EVERYWHERE!! It’s very, very hard to resist. Which is tough on our willpower, which is a finite resource that burns pretty quickly, our credit card balances, and the environment. Let's break that see, click, buy cycle. Or at least interrupt it. Fast Fashion Turning Parts of Ghana into Toxic Landfill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 4, 2021 • 12min
Being a Better Person Online: Keeping Relationships Strong in the Age of Texting EP: 547
All our connectivity makes a lot of things easier, but there are some things where you don’t really want to take the easy route: for example, fostering day to day closeness to people you love. Survey That Found that Americans Spend 59 Hours a Week on the Internet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 1, 2021 • 11min
DAY FIVE of the First-Ever Give a Shit Challenge: Commit to Something EP: 546
Well, you commit to something. Something that helps keep a very manageable amount of your energy directed toward making a difference. I'll also share how I came to be secretary of the PTO--and why I'm so glad I did, despite the meetings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 30, 2021 • 9min
DAY FOUR of the First-Ever Give a Shit Challenge: Get Out Your Wallet EP: 545
In what I think might end up being the shortest How to Be a Better Person podcast episode ever, your tiny assignment today is just ridiculously simple. But hearing why it matters so very much will help inspire you to do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 29, 2021 • 10min
DAY THREE of the First-Ever Give a Shit Challenge: Elevate the Need EP: 544
You may not have 50,000 followers on Instagram or a million followers on tiktok, but you still have influence. Today’s piece of the challenge is to take the information you gathered on who is already doing the work on the thing you want to help address, and use your influence to help spread the word about their work and their needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 28, 2021 • 10min
DAY TWO of the First-Ever Give a Shit Challenge: Find Someone Who’s Doing the Work EP: 543
Here’s a crucial thing to keep in mind when it comes to making a difference on issues big and small, global and local: You don’t need to be the savior rushing in a white horse. In fact, you'd likely only make things worse. Instead, your task today is to find someone who's already working on the thing you care about, so you can add your support to the cause. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 27, 2021 • 12min
DAY ONE of the First Ever Give a Shit Challenge EP: 542
This week on the podcast I’m doing something a little bit different. Because I’ve gotten such a great response to my free I Give a Shit sticker (it's a nice antidote to the I give zero effs thing that’s been floating around) and because there are just so many things happening in the world that, if you are a person who gives a shit, can really weigh on you, this week we're going to relieve some of that angst by doing something about the stuff that’s weighing heavy on our hearts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
