Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg
Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism
For episode 91 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon speaks with friend and author, Ellen Agler.
Ellen serves as the CEO of the END Fund, a private philanthropic initiative working to see an end of the suffering caused by five neglected tropical diseases affecting 1.5 billion people. The END Fund actively supports programs with dozens of partners in more than 25 countries, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Ellen’s first book, “Under the Big Tree: Extraordinary Stories from the Movement to End Neglected Tropical Diseases” has just been released from Johns Hopkins University Press with a foreword by Bill Gates. In this episode, Sharon and Ellen speak in depth about Ellen’s work in the public health sector, how to put compassion in action, and maintaining balance in extraordinary circumstances.
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Ep. 247 – Fireside Chat with Joseph Goldstein
Ep. 246 – Susan Cain
Ep. 245 – Fireside Chat with Guy Armstrong
Ep. 244 – Valerie Mason-John
Ep. 243 – Fireside Chat with Tuere Sala
Ep. 242 – Emma Seppälä
Ep. 241 – Zindel Segal & Norman Farb
Ep. 240 – Fireside Chat with Kamala Masters
Ep. 239 – Duncan Trussell and Raghu Markus
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Ep. 237 – Fireside Chat with Jack Kornfield
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