24. Part 2 of 2 - Bittersweet (Susan Cain): How do the arts play a role in making us whole?

Rebecca Cohn, trained pediatric physical therapist, international management consultant, elected California State Assembly member, lawyer, and Texas rancher, joins Yo as guest co-host to discuss the book, Bittersweet, by Susan Cain. This book like Atlas of the Heart (Episodes 15, 16, 17), offers us grounded research and a depth of understanding that finds us often saying to ourselves: “At last – someone gets me and who I am and have always been”.

Here are some of the questions we covered in Part 2:

• What music would be on our bittersweet playlist?
• What movies transport us to other places?
• Why do we find these songs and movies so appealing?
• What artist has been most influential in understanding the bitter sweetness of life?

Bittersweet playlists:

Rebecca’s:

K.D. Lang- Constant Craving

• Sting- Every Breath You Take & Shape of My Heart
• Animals- House of the Rising Sun, Nights in White Satin
• B.B. King- The Thrill is Gone
• Beatles- Come Together & While Guitar Gently Weeps
• Bill Withers- Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
• Joni Mitchell- Ladies of the Canyon
• Dolly Parton- Jolene
• Santanna- Black Magic Woman
• Billie Holiday- Strange Fruit
• Judy Collins/Leonard Coen- Susanne Leonard Coen- Halleluiah
• Barack Obama-Amazing Grace
• Sarah McLachlan- Angel/ Blackbird
• Dixie Chicks-Wide Open Spaces
• Simon and Garfunkel- Scarborough Fair & Sounds of Silence & Kathy’s Song
• Bonnie Raitt- I Can’t Make youLove Me & Nick of Time, Wounded Heart
• Eagles- Hotel California
• Crosby Stills and Nash- Just a Song Before You Go & Country Girl
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow
• Yo Yo Ma-Bach Cello Suite No. 5 Bach Cello Suite No 2
• -Adagio in G Minor
• -Beethoven Cello sonata in G Minor
• Maroon Five- One More Night
• Ed Sheeran- Don’t
• Adele- Hello
• John Legend- All of Me
• Alicia Keys- Fallin, A Woman’s Worth, Caged Bird

Susan Cain’s

More about Rebecca:

Cohn served as Assistant Majority Leader during her time in the Assembly. Cohn was founder and Chair of the committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media. She was the Chair of Health Committee, a member of Public Safety, and the Utilities and Commerce Committees as well. Cohn was instrumental in the development of the state's Medical Examiner competency exam and the establishment of treatment guidelines. She has been active on other boards including: the American Physical Therapy Association's Advisory Panel on Women, the Diversity Task Force of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, the Santa Clara Board of Supervisor's Domestic Violence Council, and the Board of Directors for the Support of Battered Women.

On a personal note, Rebecca lives in Fredericksburg, Texas, with her long-time partner, Peter Schmidt. She is currently designing and building her dream ranch on 34 acres of land which she loves and calls her own.

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