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Disappointment and Activism in the Occupy Movement May 1, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Linda Vanella, Lisa Arnone

Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Society, Culture & Current Events

Disappointment is the hidden threat to political activists: it slides into apathy, rage, or depression if left unexamined. Armand DiMele, joined by Lisa Arnone, LCSW, and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, uses the Occupy Wall Street moment to explore what happens psychologically when passionate effort seems to yield no visible result.

Grief and Powerlessness Over the Afghanistan Surge December 1, 2009

Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Society, Culture & Current Events

Obama’s announced surge of 30,000 troops to Afghanistan prompts Armand to ask not what listeners think about the war, but what they feel. Callers including a Vietnam-era veteran and an Afghan-American woman share grief, disillusionment, and the numbing silence that replaces protest.