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. 165 – Amishi Jha
Ep. 164 – Robert Thurman
Ep. 163 – Vlada Bortnik
Ep. 162 – Zainab Salbi
Ep. 161 – Pamela Weiss
Ep. 160 – Gala Narezo
Ep. 159 – Kristin Neff
Ep. 158 – Michael Schauch
Ep. 157 – Yung Pueblo
Ep. 156 – Tara Brach
Ep. 155 – Mark Nepo
Ep. 154 – Tami Simon
Ep. 153 – Scott Shute
Ep. 152 – Dani Shapiro
Ep. 151 – Dr. Will Van Derveer and Keith Kurlander
Ep. 150 – Karen Stewart
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