Episode 9: Facing Uncertainty with Author Margaret Heffernan (Election Special)

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Amidst all of the uncertainty throughout 2020, Margaret Heffernan shares soothing advice for the future: don’t predict it.

Margaret Heffernan has worked in radio and television, run businesses for venture capitalist and production moguls, and published six books. She’s a businesswoman, and she writes about business. But she also writes about life.

Margaret explains that people are constantly changing, so we should constantly experiment. She believes that there is no master plan for life or life’s big problems! Margaret also apologizes for the world that her generation has created for today’s young people. She raised her children during 9/11, Brexit, economic crisis, climate change, and now a pandemic. And that sucks for young adults now who have to work to save the world.

Margaret’s interview left me feeling strangely comforted. The world is a mess. There are no magic solutions. So it’s totally fine if I don’t know exactly where I am heading in life. I’ll find out along the way.

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Welcome to episode 8/25 of 25 for 25, where we interview 25 people about what their lives were like at age 25.

Ophira Eisenberg is a comedian and storyteller, and she hosts the ever popular NPR word game show, Ask Me Another.

We spoke about how difficult it is to not get too caught up in the future, and how it’s all the worse when you have no choice but to adapt to a tumultuous present.

We also talked about storytelling, comedy, and being vulnerable on stage without worrying too much about what people will think. Wee all worry about judgement, but I think grappling with that fear is the best way to find your voice.

When Ophira was 25, she was living in Vancouver and planting seeds for the future, including performing stand-up for the first time.

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