The human climate as I see it is the human atmosphere in which we live: the ways we solve or don’t solve, the host of problems in our midst. Emotions, I saw (as I wrote my own book The Human Climate: Facing the Divisions Inside Us and Between Us, 2018) were driving our actions and decisions. They were pushing us to extremes, and they were also often obliterating the capacity to think or care.
Carl Jung’s theory of the shadow: Emotions we hide, out of our own dread and shame, become the stuff of projection onto others, either demonizing and degrading them or putting them on pedestals. Or instead those hidden feelings could push us to explode or implode, sinking us into psychological dirt. Yet still they could render us numb and detached. The situation might well stay wretched if we can’t get a handle on the deep feelings that might just keep us divided and paralyzed to the point that we remain unable to heal the divides, or to manage the resolution to fight for social and economic justice and against climate change.
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In this episode Carol discusses Critical Race Theory, white privilege and its costs, as well as Israel, Ukraine and cycles of violence with Tony Gaskew, Professor of Critical Race Theory at the University of Pittsburgh, Bradford.
7 Nov 2022
The Human Climate: with Guest Mark Vonnegut
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In this episode Carol discusses, pediatrics, mental breakdowns, and the life/fame of Kurt Vonnegut, with Mark Vonnegut, pediatrician and author of Just Like a Person Without Mental Illness Only More So, and the current The Heart of Caring.
24 Oct 2022
The Human Climate/ with Guest Niki Harré
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Niki Harré is professor of psychology at the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand.
In this episode Carol discusses a psychology dedicated to positivity, inclusion, with New Zealand psychologist Niki Harre, author of The Infinite Game: How to Live Well Together.
10 Oct 2022
The Human Climate: with Guest Rosalind Wiseman
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In this episode Carol discusses the role of getting to know our history in helping to effectively advocate for living and teaching with dignity, with Rosalind Wiseman, co-founder (with Charlie Kuhns) of Cultures of Dignity, based out of Boulder, Colorado.
19 Sept 2022
The Human Climate: with Guest Mary Gordon
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Mary Gordon
In this episode Carol discusses empathy, how it can be taught and what happens when it goes missing, with Mary Gordon, founder of Roots of Empathy in Toronto, Canada, and author of a book by the same name.
5 Sept 2022
The Human Climate with Guest Jennifer Thompson
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Jennifer Thompson
In this episode Carol discusses the rape and false conviction as well as the pursuit of restorative justice with Jennifer Thompson, founder of Healing Justice.
22 Aug 2022
The Human Climate with Guest James Trainum
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James Trainum
In this episode Carol discusses dynamics of false confessions and the personal story of inducing one with James Trainum, a former detective and now a consultant to individuals, law enforcement agencies, and schools.
8 Aug 2022
The Human Climate with Guest Ben Tumin
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In this episode Carol discusses the crucial importance of integrating truth about historical events and curiosity with Ben Tumin, historical satirist and creator of the platform—verbal and written—called Skipped History.
25 Jul 2022
The Human Climate: Carol Smaldino with Guest Larry Siems
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In this episode Carol concentrates on the military torture perpetrated in Guantanamo, highlighting the experience of Mohamedou Slahi, subject of the film “The Mauritanian” with Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch. She speaks with Larry Siems, editor of Guantanamo Diary by Slahi and author of The Torture Report.
11 Jul 2022
The Human Climate: Carol Smaldino with Guest Wolfgang Fasser
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In this episode Carol is discussing life reflections and the phenomenon of being put on pedestals, with Wolfgang Fasser, blind since 18. Wolfgang, a music and physical therapist and musician, is a spiritual leader who also leads sighted people on walks through the forest in the dark.
27 Jun 2022
The Human Climate: Carol Smaldino with Guest Stephie Bednarek
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In this episode Carol discusses normalizing the angst about climate change as an ingredient for less loneliness and greater effectiveness, with Steffi Bednarek, climate and trauma psychologist practicing in Brighton, England.
13 Jun 2022
The Human Climate: Carol Smaldino with Guest-Steven Drizin
In this episode Carol discusses false confessions with Steven Drizen, the founder and co-director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions in Chicago, and a true leader in the field of wrongful convictions everywhere.
30 May 2022
The Human Climate: Carol Smaldino with Guest Sue Erikson Bloland
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Sue Erikson Bloland, is author In the Shadow of Fame: A Memoir by the Daughter of Erik Erikson. The book is about her role, her pain and and eventual evolution as the daughter of psychologist and psychoanalyst, Erik Erikson, and his wife Joan. It is about the dynamics of fame and the underlying fragility in famous people, both in her own family and in our culture.
16 May 2022
The Human Climate/ Carol Smaldino with Evelin Lindner & Linda Hartling
Evelin Lindner and Linda Hartling
In this episode Carol discusses efforts at global peace and conflict resolution, along with the tendency to stay under the radar with Evelin Lindner and Linda Hartling, of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies group.
2 May 2022
The Human Climate: Carol Smaldino with Guest Nicholas Casey
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In this episode Carol and Nicholas discuss nuances of his riveting piece “My Father Vanished When I was Seven; The Mystery Made me who I am” (June 2021). Nicholas Casey is the Madrid Bureau Chief for the NYTimes; he also covers Portugal and Morocco.
18 Apr 2022
The Human Climate: Carol Smaldino with Guest Jack Adler
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In this episode Jack Adler, 93year old Holocaust survivor tells stories of his youth in Poland and of his time in the concentration camps Auschwitz and Dachau. His telling of the German officer who wound up saving his life by giving him food
Brings Jack to tears and is so poignant.
Jack, age 93, is a Holocaust survivor who spent time in both Auschwitz and Dachau. Tragically he also lost his whole family during that time. Along with the experience of horrors and deep pain, humor has almost always been with him, contributing to his own resilience.
Jack has shared his story with thousands of people, including students and veterans. Eli Adler, Jack’s son, co-produced a film called “Surviving Skokie”. It is a film that covers the Neo Nazi attempts to demonstrate in Skokie, Ill, in the 1970’s, and also Jack’s moving return to Poland and to Auschwitz and their journey as father and son.
2 Apr 2022
The Human Climate: Carol Smaldino with Guest Tim Wise
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In this episode Carol is discussing racism, anti-racism and “becoming white” with Tim Wise, prominent speaker on mainstream media, and author of many books, including White Like Me. His own podcast is Speak Out with Tim Wise.
Tim Wise is a prominent white American anti-racist. Over years of seeing him on television and reading him, I’ve learned a great deal from Tim’s wisdom and his provocative style—humor is not lacking, is informative and at times quite fearless. Tim speaks often in colleges and on major media outlets as well. His book White Like Me is one of many by him but stands out for me also because of how personal he gets in it.
Our conversation includes the darker sides in us all and shows a more tender side of Tim. It includes as well, the frequently crippling costs of “becoming white” for immigrant groups, including Jews and including his own father. Tim is very psychologically oriented and sees therapy as something we all need.
27 Mar 2022
The Human Climate-Meet Carol Smaldino
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