Show Notes
The case of the organizer who's afraid to stop being angry. Nicole knows how to be mad — and channel that into her work as a labor organizer and activist. But lately, that anger has been spilling over into her personal life. And she's starting to wonder: if she lets go of her anger, will she lose the fire that keeps her going? We find her a proxy who knows what it's like to channel rage into political activism — and grapple with the emotional costs. In this episode: the power of political anger, the grief that can hide underneath it, and how to keep fighting for what you believe in without burning yourself out.
From the episode: — Deborah Gould — Professor and Chair of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz, and author of Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS
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