Episode 384: The Myth of Toxic Positivity

It’s Thanksgiving week. We’re supposed to be going through the motions of gratitude—a basic mode of orientation that’s conspicuously absent in our consumer culture. Add to that the increasingly suspicious view of positivity and this particular day becomes more of a challenge. In this episode, we explore the underpinnings of this suspicion and consider how gratitude, far from being a shallow affectation, is actually a basic frame of mind for Christians.