Bruce Feiler: The Stories That Bind Us [Divergence 2/5]

This series is sponsored by our friend, Danny Turkel. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to author Bruce Feiler about family narratives. Bruce has authored many books and articles, including longtime 18Forty favorite, The Stories that Bind Us, which argues that resilience in families is built by developing a strong family narrative. - Does The Stories that Bind Us deliberately have a Pesach theme? - What are the mistakes that people make in family dinner conversation? - Are there differences in the ways that we cope with different types of life transitions? Tune in to hear a conversation about Pesach and building family narratives. Interview begins at 16:27. Bruce is an American author of 15 books. Bruce’s book The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More is a moving exploration of the ways different families have built healthy homes. Bruce writes the "This Life" column in the New York Times and the PBS miniseries Walking the Bible and Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler. His powerful article “The Stories That Bind Us,” in which Bruce explores the non-linear narratives of families from many different walks of life, was an early inspiration for 18Forty’s series on Intergenerational Divergence. Bruce joins us to discuss the stories that families tell. References: Shel Ma'alah, Shel Matah: Seders Ideal and Real by Joanna Samuels Believe In Your Own Seder by Rabbi Judah Mischel Just One - The NCSY Haggadah Haggadah Encyclopedia Talmudic The Mesivta Haggadah The Stories that Bind Us by Bruce Feiler Sin-a-gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought by David Bashevkin Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler The Do-You-Know Scale by Marshall Duke and Robyn Fivush The Secrets of Happy Families by Bruce Feiler Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths by Bruce Feiler The Council of Dads by Bruce Feiler The Nonlinear Life Newsletter The Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support .