Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker
A podcast about reimagining the good life through the lens of disability, faith, and culture. Host Amy Julia Becker interviews guests in conversations that challenge assumptions about the good life, proclaim the inherent belovedness of every human being, and help us envision a world of belonging.
Podcasting since 2019 • 181 episodes
Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker
Latest Episodes
How to Break the Self-Improvement Cycle with Sharon Hodde Miller
S9 E4 — What if real freedom doesn’t come from more self-esteem—but from self-forgetfulness? Amy Julia Becker and author and pastor Sharon Hodde Miller explore the difference between the false self and the true self—and how thinki...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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43:34
You Were Never Meant to Do It All with Kelly Kapic
S9 E3 — What is the good life? Is it a life marked by money and success and achievement? Or a life marked by love? Author and professor Kelly Kapic joins Amy Julia Becker to rethink our obsession with productivity and self-reliance. They...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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45:47
When the Church Tries to Fix What God Calls Good with John Swinton
S9 E2 — What if disability isn’t something to fix, but a way to see God and one another more clearly? Theologian John Swinton joins Amy Julia Becker to explore how our ideas of perfection, healing, and humanity can distort—or...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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45:33
How Do You Know Your Calling? with Karen Swallow Prior
S9 E1 — Some people get paid to do what they love, but most don’t. How can we find meaning in everyday work that we don’t always love doing? How can we discover our purpose in life? Author Karen Swallow Prior and Amy Julia Be...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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44:06