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Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

Amy Julia Becker

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3 days ago

S9 E3 — What is the good life? Is it a life marked by money and success and achievement? Or a life marked by love? Author and professor Kelly Kapic joins Amy Julia Becker to rethink our obsession with productivity and self-reliance. They explore: Why “independence” is not the idealHow love—not intelligence or achievement—defines our humanityHow receiving our limits can lead to rest, belonging, and deeper joySubscribe to Amy Julia’s Substack newsletter: amyjuliabecker.com/subscribe/ 00:00 Expl...

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S9 E3 — What is the good life? Is it a life marked by money and success and achievement? Or a life marked by love? Author and professor Kelly Kapic joins Amy Julia Becker to rethink our obsession with productivity and self-reliance. They explore: Why “independence” is not the idealHow love—not intelligence or achievement—defines our humanityHow receiving our limits can lead to rest, belonging, and deeper joySubscribe to Amy Julia’s Substack newsletter: amyjuliabecker.com/subscribe/ 00:00 Expl...

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Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

You Were Never Meant to Do It All with Kelly Kapic

S9 E3 — What is the good life? Is it a life marked by money and success and achievement? Or a life marked by love? Author and professor Kelly Kapic joins Amy Julia Becker to rethink our obsession with productivity and self-reliance. They explore: Why “independence” is not the idealHow love—not intelligence or achievement—defines our humanityHow receiving our limits can lead to rest, belonging, and deeper joySubscribe to Amy Julia’s Substack newsletter: amyjuliabecker.com/subscribe/ 00:00 Expl...

1 day ago

45 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

When the Church Tries to Fix What God Calls Good with John Swinton

What if disability isn’t something to fix, but a way to see God and one another more clearly? Theologian John Swinton joins Amy Julia Becker to explore how our ideas of perfection, healing, and humanity can distort—or deepen—our understanding of the good life. Together, they imagine a church and a world that welcomes every body as good, beloved, and whole. They explore: How culture shapes (and distorts) our perceptions of disability and beautyWhat it means for a world to be both wounded and b...

2 weeks ago

45 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

How Do You Know Your Calling? with Karen Swallow Prior

Some people get paid to do what they love, but most don’t. How can we find meaning in everyday work that we don’t always love doing? How can we discover our purpose in life? Author Karen Swallow Prior and Amy Julia Becker explore: Why passion is not the same as callingHow vocation centers on service and relationships, not just careerPursuing truth, goodness, and beauty in ordinary lifeHow multiple callings unfold across a lifetimeWisdom for discerning and living into a deeper purposeSubscribe...

4 weeks ago

44 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

Reimagining the Good Life: What's Coming This Season

What really makes life worth living? This season on Reimagining the Good Life, Amy Julia Becker dives into the ideas, assumptions, and cultural narratives that shape how we live. Upcoming conversations include: Karen Swallow Prior on callingSharon Hodde Miller on self-forgetfulnessKelly Kapic on human limitationsLeah Libresco Sargeant on the dignity of dependence If you’re curious about culture, disability, family, and faith—and how big ideas can change everyday life—this season is for y...

1 month ago

3 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

[Take the Next Step] Ep 1 • Don’t Wait to Celebrate: Disability and Delight with Katherine Wolf

This is the very first episode of my new podcast, Take the Next Step, and I’m sharing it here so you won’t miss the launch. Be sure to follow Take the Next Step with Amy Julia Becker wherever you listen so you don’t miss future episodes. (New episodes of Reimagining the Good Life are coming in October!) Follow the new podcast at: amyjuliabecker.com/step/ __ Feeling overwhelmed by the challenges of disability? Katherine Wolf, author, advocate, and co-founder of Hope Heals, joins Amy Julia Beck...

1 month ago

31 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

Something New: Take the Next Step Podcast

I’m so excited to share something new with you! My new show, Take the Next Step, is a podcast for families experiencing disability—filled with real talk, real tools, and real hope. Tune in over at Take the Next Step each week for conversations with parents, therapists, and advocates about how we can cultivate belonging and build a flourishing future for the entire family. You can find the new show by searching "Take the Next Step with Amy Julia Becker" on your podcast app, or find it online a...

1 month ago

3 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

The Lucky Few: Finding Delight and Belonging in Disability with Heather Avis

When Heather Avis says she’s one of “the lucky few,” she means it. In this episode, we talk about growing up with our children with Down syndrome, what it means to delight in our kids, and how all of us can participate in shifting the narrative around disability toward love and belonging. Our conversation highlights her new children’s book, I Like You So Much, and focuses on: Proclaiming the worth of our childrenThe role of children's books in shifting disability narrativesUnderstanding ident...

4 months ago

47 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

The Cost of Ambition with Miroslav Volf, PhD

Ambition is the air we breathe—but what is it costing us? In this episode, Amy Julia Becker and theologian Miroslav Volf discuss his latest book, The Cost of Ambition. They unpack the hidden damage of a culture obsessed with competition and invite us to imagine a new way of being, for ourselves and our society, rooted not in achievement, but in love, mutuality, and genuine abundance. They explore: Striving for superiority in American cultureThe dark side of competitionLonging for what ...

5 months ago

50 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

The Myth of the Perfect Family—and the Truth of Love with Emily Hunter McGowin, PhD

What if the perfect family doesn’t exist—and never was supposed to? Theologian Emily McGowin, PhD, joins Amy Julia Becker to explore family life in America and what the Bible really says (and doesn’t say) about family life. They discuss: the idealized version of the American familythe misconceptions surrounding a biblical blueprint for familycreating a home centered on love, not expectationsapprenticing ourselves to love through daily household practices___ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Househol...

5 months ago

46 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

RFK Jr., Autism, and the Story We Need Instead with Matthew Mooney

Is disability a tragedy? Is it a gift? What place is there for grief and for joy in this story of disability so many of us are living within our families? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently portrayed disability as tragic, as something that needs to be fixed, in his comments about autism. In response, Matthew Mooney, co-founder of 99 Balloons, joins Amy Julia Becker to share a better and truer story of disability. They explore: Societal perceptions of disabilityHow relationships change the s...

6 months ago

52 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

Why I Haven’t Sent My Kids to Church Camp with Cara Meredith

For some of us, Christian summer camp is where we felt most at home. But for campers at white Evangelical church camps in particular, camp was also often the place to inherit an image of God—and of each other—that was incomplete at best and toxic at worst. Author Cara Meredith joins Amy Julia Becker on the podcast to explore belonging, betrayal, and new beginnings as they talk about Cara's latest book, Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation. ...

6 months ago

43 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

Reimagining Family Life with Autism with Adrian Wood, PhD

How do we redefine success, community, and family when parenting a child with disabilities? In this conversation, Amy Julia Becker and Adrian Wood, PhD, creator of the vlog Tales of an Educated Debutante and co-author of Autism Out Loud, discuss community, belonging, autism, and the ways they have grown up with their children. They explore: Cultural perceptions of family life with disabilityNavigating family dynamicsCommunication Building community connectionsCollaborating with schools f...

7 months ago

50 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

Want to Change Culture? Show Up With Care with Andy Crouch

How does language, both careless and careful, shape our world? What's the connection between social status and the words we choose? How does technology influence our understanding of culture and control? Amy Julia Becker and special guest Andy Crouch examine these questions in a conversation about language, culture, and culture making. They also ask: What does the recent rise of the r-word tell us about our culture? In what ways are technology and vulnerability interconnected? How...

7 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

What Solitude Gives Us After Catastrophe with Pico Iyer

What happens when we step into silence? Author Pico Iyer joins Amy Julia Becker to discuss his book Aflame: Learning from Silence. He reflects on his time spent in monasteries and how he grounds the ethereal idea of silence in the very earthy realities of everyday life—filled with deadlines, relationships, and the unexpected, like the wildfire that consumed his home in southern California. Pico and Amy Julia examine: the profound lessons that arise from moments of crisishow practices of silen...

7 months ago

58 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

Americans & Foreign Aid: A Crisis of Compassion? with Dr. Matthew Loftus

When U.S. foreign aid is frozen, what happens to the people who depend on it? In this episode, Dr. Matthew Loftus and Amy Julia Becker dive into the effects of USAID cuts, including: The life-or-death consequences for HIV patientsThe difficult choices clinics and hospitals now faceThe political and religious divisions driving the debateWhat it means to be pro-lifeHow concerned Americans can respondMENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Amy Julia's Substack email newsletter about USAID: Caring for Humans ...

8 months ago

45 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

Why Religion Still Matters with Ross Douthat

Send us a text In the work of reimagining, religion can play a significant part. What does it mean to be human? Does God exist? Is the universe good? Is there order and purpose to human life? These are the types of questions that help to shape our imagination about our individual lives and our life together. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat joins Amy Julia Becker to discuss his latest book, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious. They explore: the current cultural landscape of religio...

8 months ago

52 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

The Myth of a Colorblind, Meritocratic Society with David M. Bailey

Send us a text Recent political changes and executive orders have polarized the complex conversation around diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA). David M. Bailey, the Founder and CEO of Arrabon, joins Amy Julia Becker to discuss: the consequences of dismantling DEIA initiativesthe implications of colorblindness and meritocracythe role of the church in advocating for justicethe importance of maintaining hope and engagement amidst societal polarizationthe need for critic...

8 months ago

46 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

How to Talk About Disability with Carrie Hahn

Send us a textIs disability a tragedy? Are disabled people “inspiring”? The language we use often reveals our assumptions about disability. Carrie Hahn, a pediatric speech-language pathologist and mother, joins me on the podcast to talk about her book Beyond Inclusion: How to Raise Anti-Ableist Kids. Maybe you feel like our culture is too full of language police and that we should just move on to more important things. Or maybe you worry that you'll never get your words right. Whether yo...

9 months ago

41 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

The Discipline of Inspiration with Carey Wallace

Send us a text"Just try harder. Work harder. Think harder." But what if the key to creativity, whether that’s in our art or in the art of our daily lives, isn’t more effort but surrender? Carey Wallace, artist and author of The Discipline of Inspiration, joins Amy Julia Becker to talk about:How discipline and spiritual practices nurture inspirationThe role of surrender in the creative processHow all humans can explore their creative potential and embrace the joy of creationArt as a communal e...

9 months ago

50 minutes

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

The New Testament in Color with Esau McCaulley, Ph.D.

Send us a textHow do we attend to diverse voices in our churches and society without silencing or patronizing each other? Author and professor Esau McCaulley, PhD, joins Amy Julia Becker to discuss The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary. They talk about:the importance of connecting church and culturethe insights provided by scholars from diverse backgrounds and ethnicitiesthe harm caused by limiting biblical interpretation to a Western-centric lensthe role of the church in...

11 months ago

44 minutes