About this episode

Jan Goldstein explores feelings of incompleteness and the power of recovering what is missing through a chance encounter with August Wilson and relevant monologues.

We often feel incomplete, as if something in us is missing. It can be true of others in our circle. Jan speaks of a chance encounter he had with the great late playwright August Wilson as well as two monologues, one from Wilson, the other from Tony Kushner, that speak to what might be missing and the power of recovering it.

People in this episode

Host: Jan Goldstein

Topics covered

• self-discovery
• theater
• personal growth
• identity
• literature

Keywords

• incompleteness
• August Wilson
• Tony Kushner
• monologues
• theater
• self-improvement

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