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Resume41:41Mar 28, 2025

How to move from languishing to flourishing

Rebroadcast: Languishing. That feeling of a lack of motivation or direction. Most people feel a sense of languishing at some point in their lives. So how do we move from languishing to flourishing? Sociologist Corey Keyes has spent his career trying to find the answer.

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FILE - President Donald Trump signs a document in the Oval Office at the White House, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The Jackpod: April Fool

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks ahead to April 2nd, what the Trump administration has dubbed Liberation Day, when an array of reciprocal tariffs go into effect.

Resume37:30Mar 28, 2025
President Trump arrives to address a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The Jackpod: Outside the beltway

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on emerging angst and growing protests over the Trump administration, far from the centers of political power in Washington D.C.

ResumeFriday, March 21st at 6 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to the head of the Russian-controlled Donetsk region of Ukraine Denis Pushilin, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The Jackpod: Strategic empathy

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks at the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine from Russian president Vladimir Putin’s perspective, as a ‘preventive war.’

ResumeFriday, March 14th at 6 AM

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Hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point is a unique, curiosity-driven combination of original reporting, newsmaker interviews, first-person stories, and in-depth analysis, making the world more intelligible and humane. When the world is more complicated than ever, we aim to make sense of it together. On Point is produced by WBUR.

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