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title: Being Human quick takes
date: 2022-12-23T10:49:00+00:00
author: Emma  sowden
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   ![How to be human in a cost of living crisis | Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![BH video designs](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/BH-video-designs.png)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/how-to-be-human-in-a-cost-of-living-crisis-being-human) [####  How to be human in a cost of living crisis | Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/how-to-be-human-in-a-cost-of-living-crisis-being-human)  When one in five of the UK population is currently living in poverty, how do we live out and share a better story of being human?  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/how-to-be-human-in-a-cost-of-living-crisis-being-human) 

 

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   ![Why are we so obsessed with the multiverse? | Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![Mutliverse](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/mutliverse.png)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-the-multiverse-being-human) [####  Why are we so obsessed with the multiverse? | Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-the-multiverse-being-human)  What can some of this year’s blockbuster movies tell us about the deeper questions people are asking about what it means to be human today?  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-the-multiverse-being-human) 

 

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   ![What do values have to do with mental health? | Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![Peter May13](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Peter_May13.png)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/what-do-values-have-to-do-with-mental-health) [####  What do values have to do with mental health? | Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/what-do-values-have-to-do-with-mental-health)  Peter reflects on a moving personal article by author James Mumford – on bipolar disorder, staying in a psychiatric hospital and his thoughts on therapy  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/what-do-values-have-to-do-with-mental-health) 

 

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   ![Is your tech affecting how you value people? | Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![Peter](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Peter.png)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/is-your-tech-affecting-how-you-value-people-being-human) [####  Is your tech affecting how you value people? | Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/is-your-tech-affecting-how-you-value-people-being-human)  This week, Elon Musk gained control over Twitter. It's got us thinking: how often do we ask questions of our technology?  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/is-your-tech-affecting-how-you-value-people-being-human) 

 

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   ![What kind of news? | Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![Emma easter](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Emma_easter.png)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/what-kind-of-news-being-human) [####  What kind of news? | Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/what-kind-of-news-being-human)  Catch Emma on this week’s quick take as she reminds us of a different kind of news, one that transforms despair into hope.  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/what-kind-of-news-being-human) 

 

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   ![Why does grief feel so inhuman? | Being Human project](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![Grief thumbnail](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Grief-thumbnail.png)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/why-does-grief-feel-so-inhuman-being-human-project) [####  Why does grief feel so inhuman? | Being Human project  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/why-does-grief-feel-so-inhuman-being-human-project)  Join Jo she reflects on one of the most unnatural human emotions – grief.  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/why-does-grief-feel-so-inhuman-being-human-project) 

 

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   ![Staying present to God amid disorientation | Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![Bk3 N Bg Gz9](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Bk3NBgGz9.jpg)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/staying-present-to-god-amongst-disorientation-being-human) [####  Staying present to God amid disorientation | Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/staying-present-to-god-amongst-disorientation-being-human)  Join Peter in today’s quick take as he looks to Jesus amid the disorientating headlines of this week.  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/staying-present-to-god-amongst-disorientation-being-human) 

 

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   ![How to be human in a time of war | Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![IMG 5447](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/IMG_5447.PNG)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/how-to-be-human-in-a-time-of-war-being-human) [####  How to be human in a time of war | Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/how-to-be-human-in-a-time-of-war-being-human)  The invasion of Ukraine has captured the international community with horror and outcry. Jo asks us the question: how are we to be human in a time of war?  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/how-to-be-human-in-a-time-of-war-being-human) 

 

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   ![A better story than ‘sex-negativity’? | Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![DZP4xj X Vc9k HD](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/DZP4xjXVc9k-HD.jpg)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/a-better-story-than-sex-negativity-being-human) [####  A better story than ‘sex-negativity’? | Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/a-better-story-than-sex-negativity-being-human)  Being Human project coordinator Emma sheds some light on how young adults, or Generation-Z, are supposedly becoming more ‘sex-negative’  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/a-better-story-than-sex-negativity-being-human) 

 

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   ![The feel guilty games | Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![Can Shamima Begum be forgiven](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Can-Shamima-Begum-be-forgiven.png)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/the-feel-guilty-games-being-human) [####  The feel guilty games | Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/the-feel-guilty-games-being-human)  What do these contested Winter Olympic games tell us about what it means to be human? Catch Peter on his quick take for this week.  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/the-feel-guilty-games-being-human) 

 

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   ![Wordle and the battle for our attention](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![Microsoft Teams image 92](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/MicrosoftTeams-image-92.png)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/wordle-being-counter-cultural-in-a-world-snatching-us-into-distraction-being-human) [####  Wordle and the battle for our attention  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/wordle-being-counter-cultural-in-a-world-snatching-us-into-distraction-being-human)  Jo examines the way in which the world want to grab our attention and distract us, and how surprising it is when something doesn't.  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/wordle-being-counter-cultural-in-a-world-snatching-us-into-distraction-being-human) 

 

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   ![Is Ghislaine Maxwell evil or human? | Being Human](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   

  ![Peter](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/peter.jpg)   ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/is-ghislaine-maxwell-evil-or-human-being-human) [####  Is Ghislaine Maxwell evil or human? | Being Human  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/is-ghislaine-maxwell-evil-or-human-being-human)  In this week's quick take, Peter Lynas considers the recently convicted sex trafficker and former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.  

 [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/videos-and-podcasts/is-ghislaine-maxwell-evil-or-human-being-human) 

 

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