House Calls with Dr. Vivek Murthy | 5.1.2024 | Shankar Vedantam: Finding Connection & Purpose | Pt 2

What is our purpose, both individually and collectively? What lies in the balance of who we are now and who we will become?
In Part Two of this episode, the Surgeon General and Shankar Vedantam, host of “Hidden Brain,” go deep into conversation about our individual and national quest for meaning purpose.
This episode becomes deeply personal as both host and guest reveal their family’s hopes for coming to America, and the unimaginable ways in which those dreams were realized.

They find themselves asking where else on earth has what America can offer? And how can we remember and reinforce our ideals at moments the noise becomes too great?

(03:23) How can we encourage young people to dream about the future?
(09:21) How can we bring freshness and curiosity to our daily lives?
(11:57) What does it mean to be a tourist in our own lives?
(15:28) What is the power of having purpose in our lives?
(22:39) What’s the difference between goals and purpose?
(25:39) How would Dr. Murthy bolster America’s sense of purpose?
(28:58) What is the enormous possibility that the United States offers?
00:30:16:17 What story of America did Dr. Murthy see in the crowd at his swearing in ceremony?
00:32:51:17 Who are Shankar Vedantam’s Unsung Heroes?

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