Shankar is a patient and generous interviewer who steadily guides interviewees through their often painful and emotionally fraught personal histories. “everything happens for a reason”) and she continues instead to boldly hold to “an intense belief now that love is one of the only guarantees in the awful times.” After being diagnosed at 35 by a Stage IV cancer diagnosis, Bowler refused to give in to simple spiritual platitudes (e.g. There are also more general, analytical “science of” discussions about topics such as quitting, connection, and motivation.Ĭhristian listeners might be particularly interested in the discussion of the role of faith amid sudden change in the episode with author and professor Kate Bowler. Several episodes involve navigating traumatic events such as illness, death, and injustice. Others are less known or newer to sharing with a wide audience. Guests include well-known authors, actors, and leaders (even so, the thematic framing can give freshness to familiar stories).
How do these experiences alter people’s perspectives, identities, and priorities? (The word “slight” in the title could be interpreted as a nod to the fact that most of the time the impact of change is never really … slight). Maya Shankar, Ph.D., the host, is a cognitive scientist who interviews an eclectic variety of guests with stories of suddenly changing course. Its theme of reckoning with a big change, however, is of course a timeless one. It seems fitting that the podcast A Slight Change of Plans began during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time of disruption on a global scale.
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