We are surrounded by misinformation and disinformation, but reacting faster is not the solution. Asking better questions is.

In this episode, Patti Fletcher, Dan Ward, and Lynne Cuppernull explore the difference between misinformation shared without intent to harm and disinformation spread deliberately to deceive. More importantly, they examine why both work so well and what they reveal about fear, identity, trust, and belonging.

Drawing on the U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory Confronting Health Misinformation, the conversation frames misinformation as a public health issue that requires collective responsibility, not individual perfection. The episode also explores deeper meaning-making frameworks, including Richard Rohr’s work on Order, Disorder, and Reorder, and why periods of disruption create fertile ground for false certainty.

Along the way, the trio reflects on cultural touchstones like Schoolhouse Rock and ABC After School Specials and what we lost when we stopped teaching people how to think instead of what to think.

This episode is not about debunking. It is about slowing down, noticing our reactions, and asking better questions before belief hardens into certainty.

Resources mentioned

• Confronting Health Misinformation, U.S. Surgeon General
  https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-misinformation-advisory.pdf
  
  
• Richard Rohr, The Cosmic Egg
  https://cac.org/daily-meditations/the-cosmic-egg-my-story-and-our-story/
  
  
• The Wisdom Pattern: Order, Disorder, Reorder
  https://store.cac.org/products/the-wisdom-pattern-order-disorder-reorder
  
  
• Schoolhouse Rock
  https://www.youtube.com/user/SchoolhouseRockTV1
  
  
• ABC After School Specials
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4_H2rkrpOuvXd-7hJoZBzIoUdo09NdnM
  
  

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Listening for the Questions is where curiosity is our compass.

New season. Same curiosity. And a topic most of us have a complicated relationship with.

In the Season 2 premiere of Listening for the Questions, Dr. Patti Fletcher, Dan Ward, and Lynne Cuppernull take on New Year’s resolutions and immediately question whether we should be making them at all. Instead of debating which resolutions work, the conversation focuses on something far more interesting: the questions underneath our urge to start fresh every January.

Why do we keep making resolutions even when we know we will probably break them? Who are these resolutions really for? Why do they feel so loaded with pressure, perfectionism, and failure? And what if the problem is not our willpower but the way we frame change in the first place?

Lynne, Patti, and Dan explore the difference between resolutions and goals, identity and transformation, progress and perfection. They unpack the gendered pressure baked into many resolutions, especially those tied to appearance, discipline, and self control. They also play with the idea of replacing resolutions with questions and what happens when curiosity takes the place of self judgment.

Along the way, the conversation wanders through birthday resolutions, school year fresh starts, acting as if you are already your future self, and even how AI can interrupt our default thinking by asking better questions instead of offering quick answers.

This episode is thoughtful, funny, honest, and deeply human. It is not about fixing yourself. It is about understanding why you want to change, whose values are shaping that desire, and how asking better questions might lead to more meaningful growth.

As Season 2 begins, this episode invites you to consider a different kind of fresh start. One where any day can be January 1st.

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Finish lines are supposed to be clear. Cross it. Celebrate. Move on...but what if they are not endings at all?

In the Season 1 finale of Listening for the Questions, Dr. Patti Fletcher, Dan Ward, and Lynne Cuppernull take on one of the most emotionally loaded ideas we carry with us: finish lines. Athletic. Professional. Academic. Personal. Visible and invisible. Chosen and imposed.

Drawing on Lynne’s experience as an Ironman triathlete, Dan’s background as an engineer and systems thinker, and Patti’s work around transformation, leadership, and life transitions, the conversation explores finish lines as waypoints, transitions, and sometimes illusions. From triathlons and PhDs to careers, gender equity, glass ceilings, and personal reinvention, the trio asks what really happens when we focus too tightly on the end instead of the experience.

Along the way, they wrestle with questions like:

• When does a finish line become a starting line?
• Whose finish line are you running toward and who chose it?
• What do we miss when we are too focused on crossing the line?
• What can we learn from not finishing?
• And who helped you get there in the first place?

This episode is thoughtful, funny, honest, and deeply human. It is about ambition, presence, partnership, and the courage to question whether the finish lines we chase actually belong to us.

As Season 1 comes to a close, this conversation invites you to pause, reflect, and ask yourself what you are building toward, who you are building with, and what might be waiting on the other side.

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