Everything Happens with Kate Bowler podcast

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens.  Find her online at @katecbowler. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media [https://lemonadamedia.com/] (https://lemonadamedia.com/)   

Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens.  Find her online at @katecbowler. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media [https://lemonadamedia.com/] (https://lemonadamedia.com/)   

 

#262

Advent: Blue Christmas

Every grocery store speaker is now officially blasting “It’s the Most Wonderfu... more

11 hrs Ago

06 MINS

06:16

11 hrs Ago


#261

Listen Again: Father Richard Rohr on Learning to Hold On, Learning to Let Go

Life is painful. Period. But are there some aspects of our faith or our posture toward the... more

10 Dec 2025

36 MINS

36:05

10 Dec 2025


#260

Advent: A Protest Song

We’ve all seen the Christmas pageants where Mary is very sweet and demure and she is... more

08 Dec 2025

05 MINS

05:02

08 Dec 2025


#259

Listen Again: Nikki DeLoach on a Not-So Hallmark Christmas

The pandemic introduced many to living with uncertainty. But for some, uncertainty has alw... more

03 Dec 2025

37 MINS

37:59

03 Dec 2025


#258

Advent: Begin Again

Well, here we are. December has arrived (shudder). And with it, the great cultural sprint:... more

01 Dec 2025

09 MINS

09:05

01 Dec 2025


#257

Listen Again: Anna Sale on Hard Topics, Softer Conversations

In this conversation, Kate and Anna discuss: ---How conversations might engender the intim... more

29 Nov 2025

47 MINS

47:04

29 Nov 2025


#256

Nikki Grimes on Complicated Childhoods, Forgiveness, and Extraordinary Grace

What happens when childhood teaches you more about survival than safety? Poet and author N... more

25 Nov 2025

33 MINS

33:16

25 Nov 2025


#255

More Happier: Do Holidays Leave You Exhausted, Not Restored? Priya Parker, Francis Lam & Kate Bowler...

Today, we’re sharing a conversation from the More Happier podcast between Kate, Gret... more

22 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:23

22 Nov 2025


#254

Through the Lens of Love with Tim Shriver

Tim Shriver—educator, author, and longtime Chairman of Special Olympics—joins ... more

18 Nov 2025

54 MINS

54:08

18 Nov 2025


#253

Small Talk Survivors with Sarah Wildman

What happens when you live on a planet where grief rewrites the language of everyday life?... more

11 Nov 2025

47 MINS

47:43

11 Nov 2025


#252

Relentless Tenderness: A Conversation on Healing with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

It’s tempting to be a very serious person in a very serious world. But what if stayi... more

04 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:44

04 Nov 2025


#251

So Much Love, So Much to Lose with Catherine Newman

Loving people is a gift—and a liability. The more we love, the more there is to lose... more

28 Oct 2025

46 MINS

46:38

28 Oct 2025


#250

Naming the Silences with Miriam Toews

When someone you love is in pain—but can’t say the words out loud—what c... more

21 Oct 2025

41 MINS

41:04

21 Oct 2025


#249

Listen Again: Standing in the Gap with Parker Palmer

How do we stay hopeful in the face of despair and disillusionment—especially when po... more

17 Oct 2025

42 MINS

42:36

17 Oct 2025


#248

Learning to Be Joyful, Anyway: A Big Announcement

Joy won't cure you, but it will carry you. After surviving a stage-four cancer diagnosis, ... more

14 Oct 2025

06 MINS

06:14

14 Oct 2025


#247

For Those Who Feel It All with Dr. Ellen Vora

Everywhere you turn, there’s something to worry about. And sometimes that buzzing hu... more

07 Oct 2025

39 MINS

39:03

07 Oct 2025


#246

America’s Caregiving Crisis: A Conversation with Ai-jen Poo

What happens when love isn’t enough to hold up a broken system? Ai-jen Poo—awa... more

30 Sep 2025

40 MINS

40:43

30 Sep 2025


#245

Jen Hatmaker on Divorce, Deconstruction, and Rebuilding from Scratch

What happens when the life you were supposed to have… disappears? Jen Hatmaker join... more

23 Sep 2025

42 MINS

42:28

23 Sep 2025


#244

Am I Ruining My Kid? A Conversation with Dr. Becky Kennedy

There are no training manuals for this. Just a child staring up at you with cartoon eyes a... more

16 Sep 2025

44 MINS

44:28

16 Sep 2025


#243

When Caregiving Becomes Codependency: A Conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert

When someone you love is in pain—whether they’re sick, addicted, or falling ap... more

09 Sep 2025

48 MINS

48:07

09 Sep 2025


#242

What Makes Life Worth Living? Atul Gawande on Mortality, Medicine, and Meaning

In this episode, Kate speaks with surgeon, writer, and public health leader Dr. Atul Gawan... more

02 Sep 2025

38 MINS

38:56

02 Sep 2025


#241

How to Change (But Not Overnight)

You were supposed to be a whole new person by now. Sun-kissed and emotionally regulated. I... more

21 Aug 2025

15 MINS

15:47

21 Aug 2025