The Art of Risk

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Ordinary people; Extraordinary choices

The Art of Risk is a 35-45 minute authentic, thought-provoking conversation as co-hosts Debra Jarvis and Nassim Assefi interview guests who take cultural, social, financial, emotional, and even existential risks.

They discuss the difference between a plucky choice and a stupid decision; what compels people; what risks didn’t pay off; and what we can learn from regret.

Debra Jarvis known as the “irreverent reverend,” is hospital chaplain, writer and speaker. She has written several books; best known is It’s Not About the Hair: And Other Certainties of Life & Cancer. Her 2014 TEDMED talk has been viewed nearly a million times.

Nassim Assefi is a doctor, novelist, activist, and former TEDMED curator, stage director and host. She is currently executive director of MEDICC (US health equity NGO that works in Cuba).

The appeal of the podcast comes not only from the subject and their guests, but from their deep, inter-generational friendship that grew out of being unconventional health care providers and risk-taking writers. 

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It definitely can feel like a risk when you’re honest and open but it doesn’t usually result in threats to your personal security. But this is exa...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 45:46
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Former Italian Special Forces paratrooper and James Beard Award-winning chef Tiberio Simone made the risky decision to move to Seattle for love. Th...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 39:21
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What did want to be when she grew up? A plastic surgeon! No, a science teacher! No, I know—an artist. No, wait—company CEO! Susie Lee CEO of Siren...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 42:43
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Spiritual, emotional, professional, financial—how many risks can you take in one lifetime? In seventy-eight years Trudy James has taken all of thes...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 36:36
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Because she promised her students she’d never make them do something she wouldn’t do, Nikkita Oliver performed for the first time at the 2012 Seatt...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 43:07
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Linden Jordan took enough risks to last a life time: coming out as gay to a conservative Southern Baptist family; leaving a lucrative and prestigio...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 46:16