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John Green: Chronic Not Curable

John Green: Chronic Not Curable

FromEverything Happens with Kate Bowler


John Green: Chronic Not Curable

FromEverything Happens with Kate Bowler

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Jun 4, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Society likes to tell the narrative of sick to healthy. But what if there are things we can’t just get over? In his novel, Turtles All The Way Down, John Green explores what it is like to live with something we can’t control. Together, Kate and John talk about finding identity amid chronic illness and how love just might save us all.
CW: Mental illness, cancer
For show notes, the transcript, and discussion questions: https://katebowler.com/podcasts/john-green-chronic-not-curable/

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Released:
Jun 4, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Life isn't always bright and shiny, as Kate Bowler knows. Kate is a young mother, writer and professor who, at age 35, was suddenly diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. In, warm, insightful, often funny conversations, Kate talks with people about what they've learned in difficult times. Kate teaches at Duke Divinity School and is author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) and No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear). Find her online at @katecbowler.