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The Art of Learning takes listeners through Waitzkin's unique journey to excellence. He explains in clear detail how a well-thought-out, principled approach to learning is what separates success from failure. Waitzkin believes that achievement, even at the championship level, is a function of a lifestyle that fuels a creative, resilient growth process.

This show unpacks stories from K-12 students, families, college students, professors, and community activists navigating oppressive structures in their daily lives. Each episode clarifies how systems of oppression get enacted in everyday schooling experiences. If you want to hear from people who dream big and work hard to counter oppressive structures in their communities, this podcast is for you. 

A major depressive episode landed Juanita, a busy pastor, mother, and community leader, in bed. In addition to exhaustion and depression, on the spiritual front she experienced a dark night of the soul. When everything in her life finally came to a stop, she found that she had to learn to be - with herself and with God - all over again.