For this activity, participants listen to an episode of the podcast Gravy called "Coming Out Meatless," where a young man named Choya describes his experiences of disclosing his various identities (being gay, being vegetarian) to his family. Through this podcast, participants will discuss the term intersectionality and how intersecting or overlapping identities can lead to internal and/or familial conflict as well as discrimination and disadvantage. 

This activity uses an episode of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as Purdue President Mitch Daniels' 2018 commencement speech, to discuss how current events and social media have contributed to tribalism and a decline in empathy.

This episode of Storytalking with Lakshya features George Simons, the creator of "Diversophy." The episode focuses on how stories can be used as vehicles for both good and evil and how religion, culture, history, can be understood as stories. 

Using an episode of the popular podcast Radiolab, this activity asks participants to discuss the process of naturalization and how individualism, collectivism, assimilation, and xenophobia factor into that process. They will also consider the idea of "belonging" to a place and outline their own sense of "belonging."

This activity uses an episode from NPR's Morning Edition to consider different perspectives on empathy and learn what the "dark side of empathy" means.

This activity is based on Jamil Zaki’s concept of the empathy gym, which he discusses on the podcasts Hidden Brain and Clear + Vivid. In those episodes, Zaki describes how he developed empathic skills as a child of divorced parents with two very different sets of values and priorities. He also discusses the positive and negative aspects of empathy in addition to providing some techniques that anyone could use to increase their level of empathy. This activity adapts one of those techniques, which he calls “Disagree Better,” and provides participants with tools for better understanding and empathizing with individuals who they may disagree with.

This activity uses an interview with acclaimed author Ann Patchett to help participants consider the importance of empathy within fiction, the relationship between empathy and culture, and how their empathy for fictional characters might translate to empathy for real people or situations.