HariCuts

About HariCuts

HariCuts are stories, ideas, and reflections by Hari Stephen Kumar, professional storyteller and storytelling coach. Episodes are released roughly once a week, but frequency may vary depending on the current state of the global pandemic and/or collapse of democracy. www.storycoach.io instagram.com/haritellastory

Publisher

Hari

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Jun 2018

Latest episode

29 Oct 2020

Latest episodes

36 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Oct 2020

   The Long View - Week 01 (Election 2020)

   Just 6 days to go till Election Day in the election of our lifetimes, and this week I bring you THREE very special guests: fellow badass phone bank trainers Nancy, Nimat, and Sherrie. We dive into the joys and travails of training phone bank callers, and so this is a "behind the scenes" episode filled with trainer-talk on the art and science of crafting effective and engaging training sessions for equipping people with the skills and confidence needed to make phone calls to swing-state voters. We explore some of the challenges of designing training for complex auto-dialer systems like ThruTalk, persisting with surprisingly tech-challenged people who themselves surprise us with their own persistence, negotiating difficult conversations with hosts and with "backseat trainer" participants, and reflect on how we have each learned and grown as trainers during these past several weeks. I also share a special announcement about my upcoming trip to Wisconsin next week to serve as a trained election observer for the Wisconsin Democrats on election night! Stay tuned, stay human, stay dangerous.

2. 

   22 Oct 2020

   The Long View - Week 02 (Election 2020)

   2 weeks to go till Election Day in the election of our lifetimes, and this week I bring you the #BTS episode, stories from being behind the scenes with the WisDems virtually as I become a rapid response "supervolunteer" with them. Also featuring a surprise mystery letter from a voter in Wisconsin that arrived in my mailbox yesterday! So come with me as we dive into the world of organizing digitally, finding virtual community on Slack channels with other trained rapid response volunteers, inspiring stories of everyday people from around the country going above and beyond, and the impressive and innovative efforts of the WisDem field organizers in recruiting and training almost 2000 poll observers all through virtual Zoom sessions. And, to close with a heartfelt and powerful message from an elderly voter who wrote to me personally, but whose words I read out loud to share with all of you who are also working your hearts out to defeat Trump in the election of our lives. On y va.

3. 

   15 Oct 2020

   The Long View - Week 03 (Election 2020)

   3 weeks to go, and COVID is back in the news, reminding us that the election of our lifetimes is taking place in the middle of the most deadly global pandemic of our lifetimes. Battleground states such as Wisconsin, where I'm volunteering, are facing a rapid surge in COVID cases with real implications for in-person voting that begins next week. And meanwhile Trump continues to spread rampant misinformation and lies about COVID as he apparently is miraculously cured from the disease himself. So, in that context, in this episode I dive into actual science, data, and facts around COVID. I summarize the key ways the virus affects the body, explaining the surprising range of symptoms and the many ways it kills people, and describe why COVID is much more lethal than the flu. I also dive into data dashboards and provide guidance on which key statistics to pay attention to as cases surge with the onset of the winter flu season. Based on the science and data, I summarize the facts that we know about precautions we can take, responses to possible exposure, treatment and recovery insights, and why herd immunity is not only a bad idea, it is just flat out unethical in killing millions of people, and may not even work. All of this leads me to draw 4 main conclusions: (1) Buckle up: don't let your guard down, practice basic precautions such as wearing a mask, social distancing, washing your hands, not touching your face, avoiding indoor spaces and crowds, etc. (2) Buck up: Stay resilient, don't set a timeline for when you think things will be "normal", because (3) Brace yourself: things will get worse before they get better, and many areas of the world are likely to go back into a lockdown over the next few months, and so (4) Be: BE informed and aware, BE part of our societal 'immune response system' to the dangerous 'viral' spread of misinformation and lies. Cheery topic! On y va...

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