Dirt Road Dispatch
A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World
#38 Space Exploration as a Tool for Personal and Global Evolution & Empathy with MaryLiz Bender
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#38 Space Exploration as a Tool for Personal and Global Evolution & Empathy with MaryLiz Bender

MaryLiz is a musician and experiential storyteller. She is the co-founder of Cosmic Perspective, which challenges the status quo of traditionally dry & inaccessible aspects of space exploration and instead uses art, performance and storytelling about space in an effort to inspire hope, empathy and appreciation for our home planet and unite humanity. Our conversation touches on MaryLiz's personal journey from religious fundamentalism to scientific wonder, the parallels between the Overview Effect & space travel to all forms of personal courage & transformation, the intersections of science & spirituality and the positives and negatives of embracing technological advance. A true podcast vortex if there ever was one!

MaryLiz's book recommendation: The Overview Effect by Frank White

Find MaryLiz at CosmicPerspective.com and on Instagram

Song featured: A cover of "Fly Me To The Moon" by Meeka Kates and "Aine" by Twin Limb

Video of Fly Me To The Moon - https://youtu.be/bcdqC8o_-No

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Dirt Road Dispatch
A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World
I started this podcast because I was tired of being stereotyped as lazy, triggered and entitled. I wanted to give voice to a different kind of millennial and invite us to write a new story - one of a generation willing to challenge the status quo, embrace nuance and paradox, and reject PC-culture. This podcast isn’t about finding answers, it’s about asking the right questions. How can we reinvent ourselves and the narratives we’ve been expected to inherit? How can we take ownership over the ways we participate in our own suffering? How can we move beyond victimization and into empowerment? How can we fix ourselves to fix the world? It’s time for new dreams, new stories and new futures…