10% Happier with Dan Harris · 2025-04-04 · 21 min · 3,714 words

Are You Letting Politics Make You Bitter Or Better? A Psychological Survival Conversation With CNN's Van Jones

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It's the ten percent happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello. State the blazingly obvious. We're in a

Bumpy period in American public life. This is true in many parts of the world, in fact. So here's a provocative question for you. You're gonna hear this question posed by my guest today. And here it is. Are you gonna let these times make you bitter?

Or better. Said guest is Van Jones, the CNN political analyst, who also happens to be a dedicated meditator. Uh the format for this episode is a little bit experimental. This is an interview I did with Van live on Substack the day after Trump's inauguration. So a couple of things to note. here before we dive in. First At the time we recorded this interview we were talking about

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