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Jazz After Dark, April 16, 2024

On tonight’s show:

  • Gene Krupa, Opus One (Anita O'Day vocals)
  • Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
  • Ella Fitzgerald, I Loves You Porgy
  • Chet Baker, Extra Mild
  • Helen Merrill, Night And Day
  • Benny Carter, Cherry
  • Joni James, Dream A Little Dream Of Me
  • Grover Washington, Jr., Lover Man
  • Don Ellis, 8 Nicole
  • Dorothy Donegan, These Foolish Things
  • Cal Tjader/Carmen McRae, Besame Mucho
  • Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass, A-Tisket, A-Tasket
  • Boogaloo Joe Jones, Brown Bag

Davisville, April 15, 2024: Happiness in spite of the problems of the world

In Harboring Happiness: 101 Ways to be Happy, author Dan Brook says happiness is worth pursuing despite all the awful things happening across the globe. He bases this on research and on what he has learned during his decades as an instructor and sociologist (he earned master’s and doctorate degrees in sociology from UC Davis in the 1990s).

So how do you become happier? You probably have to work at it. His suggestions range from “getting more experiences,” and feeling gratitude, to “being around people who make you happy” and converting the fear of missing out into the joy of missing out.

“I’m happy not because I ignore the problems of the world, but in spite of them,” he says. Work to fix what’s wrong, but “being miserable does not help solve those problems.” He elaborates on his ideas during today’s Davisville.

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