{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69a1ba88f0bb26c2960ef36b/69b94260d21529adf840c017?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Being Human#1","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69a1ba88f0bb26c2960ef36b/1773747943614-2af490a4-2b20-4582-a026-c22b7aba88b6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<ul><li><br></li></ul><p>Professor Katriona O’ Sullivan’s story is well known. Her book Poor has been a bestseller for over two years, and it has been translated into seven languages and adapted for the stage.</p><p>It's a story of addiction and abuse which leads to advocacy and academia. Katriona has told her story in order to shine a light on how childhood poverty stacks the odds against future success in relationships, education and health. She believes talent is equally distributed across the social classes but opportunity is not.</p><p>Katriona O'Sullivan is hugely impressive in so many ways. It was a real education and privilege to talk to her at length about being human and so many other things.</p><p>Katriona speaks movingly about her life through the lens of her qualification in psychology. She explains trauma and its connection to addiction.</p><p>She also talks about the importance of connection and the danger of meritocracy.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Listener discretion is advised for this episode.*</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Whatnext Productions"}