Mayor Apologizes for 'Inebriated' Irish Joke
It's a real Erin go brouhaha.Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized Thursday for making a crack about public drunkenness during an event hosted by an Irish-American organization this week that has some...
View ArticleDave Bry Makes a Public Apology
Dave Bry discusses the many things he’s sorry for, and how he’s come to grip with his past and his regrets. In Public Apology: In Which a Man Grapples with a Lifetime of Regret, One Incident at a Time,...
View ArticleThe Culture Gabfest: Steak All the Way Through Edition
Slate's own Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss the nature of the celebrity apology, the new CBS show "Under the Dome," and debate the end of the humanities. Show notes at:...
View ArticleApologizing Executives: The Rise of the Emoter-in-Chief
When Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apologized about the rollout of the Obamacare website this week, she joined a growing number of leaders in business and government who have...
View ArticleSheryl Sandberg adds to the glut of non-apologies
Lucy Kellaway suspects that the vast majority of office apologies, delivered by both sexes, are insincere
View Article#46 - Episode 45 Redux
The last episode of TLDR was titled "Quiet, Wadhwa." It concerned a man named Vivek Wadhwa, but we did not ask him for comment. The episode was later removed.This week we look at the controversy we've...
View ArticleSheryl Sandberg adds to the glut of non-apologies
Lucy Kellaway suspects that the vast majority of office apologies, delivered by both sexes, are insincere Lucy Kellaway suspects that the vast majority of office apologies, delivered by both sexes, are...
View ArticleYour Stories: The Hardest Apology You’ve Ever Given
This week, President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima since the U.S dropped the atomic bomb, but he won't be apologizing for the destruction we inflicted during...
View ArticleSorry Not Sorry: Your Questions About Apologies, Answered
Saying "I'm sorry" can make or break any type of relationship. On July 28th, New York Times "Social Q's" columnist Philip Galanes will be taking your calls about how to gracefully give and receive...
View ArticleAll Apologies with Philip Galanes, Comedian Jessi Klein on Being a Grown-Up...
Guest host Philip Galanes brings his "Social Q's" acumen to the show! He'll take your calls about how to give and receive apologies. Director David Cromer, and actors Steve Key and Kati Brazda talk...
View ArticleSheryl Sandberg adds to the glut of non-apologies
Lucy Kellaway suspects that the vast majority of office apologies, delivered by both sexes, are insincere
View ArticleLayli Long Soldier — The Freedom of Real Apologies
A single voice of integrity and searching can be a window into a whole world. Layli Long Soldier is a writer, a mother, a citizen of the U.S. and of the Oglala Lakota Nation. Her book of poetry,...
View ArticleWhy the #MeToo Comeback Essays Come Up Short
Last week, former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi wrote a personal essay in the New York Review of Books called “Reflections From a Hashtag.” Back in 2014, Ghomeshi lost his job due to allegations that he had...
View ArticleLayli Long Soldier — The Freedom of Real Apologies
The Oglala Lakota poet. “I wanted as much as possible to avoid this nostalgic portraiture of a Native life.” The reward and joy of patience. The difference between guilt, shame, and freedom from...
View Article[Unedited] Layli Long Soldier with Krista Tippett
The Oglala Lakota poet. “I wanted as much as possible to avoid this nostalgic portraiture of a Native life.” The reward and joy of patience. The difference between guilt, shame, and freedom from...
View ArticleEve Ensler on Healing Through Apology
Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, In the Body of the World, and now, The Apology (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019), discusses her new book, an imagined apology to her from her father for his...
View ArticleRepairing Justice: An Alternative to Prison
Last week on the show, we examined the power of the prosecutor in our justice system, and how voters are electing a new wave of so-called “progressive prosecutors” to try to turn the tide on mass...
View ArticleAn Alternative to Our Broken Prison System
On the show this week, a critical look at our assumptions under-girding our notion of justice both on social media platforms and in our courts system. We’ll address the court system first: with 2.3...
View Article[Unedited] Layli Long Soldier with Krista Tippett
Layli Long Soldier is a writer, a mother, a citizen of the United States, and a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation. She has a way of opening up this part of her life, and of American life, to inspire...
View ArticleLayli Long Soldier — The Freedom of Real Apologies
Layli Long Soldier is a writer, a mother, a citizen of the United States, and a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation. She has a way of opening up this part of her life, and of American life, to inspire...
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