{"id":1073,"date":"2016-08-15T11:24:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T16:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2016-08-15T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T16:24:23","slug":"the-power-of-story-to-preserve-our-cultures-and-our-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/15\/the-power-of-story-to-preserve-our-cultures-and-our-species\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Story to Preserve our Cultures and our Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of human history, stories have shaped culture and people\u2019s way of life. It\u2019s where their identity is deeply rooted. It\u2019s how families, tribes and communities keep their legacies alive.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to three storytellers, each with a compelling case inviting us, as individuals, to seek the truth about cultures outside of our own. For it is through listening to the personal stories of others that we can fully understand the world around us, realize what truly matters, and get clarity on how to preserve our own humanity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1074\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1074\" src=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/ted_culture.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Lindsey, Chimamanda Adichie, Dalia Mogahed\" width=\"584\" height=\"175\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Lindsey, Chimamanda Adichie, Dalia Mogahed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1073-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/nicecast-archived-audio-20160815-1006.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/nicecast-archived-audio-20160815-1006.mp3\">https:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/nicecast-archived-audio-20160815-1006.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of human history, stories have shaped culture and people\u2019s way of life. It\u2019s where their identity is deeply rooted. It\u2019s how families, tribes and communities keep their legacies alive. Listen to three storytellers, each with a compelling case inviting us, as individuals, to seek the truth about cultures outside of our own. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/15\/the-power-of-story-to-preserve-our-cultures-and-our-species\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Power of Story to Preserve our Cultures and our Species<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}