{"podcast":{"title":"Meaningful Life Skills with Rabbi Simon Jacobson","slug":"meaningful-life-skills-with-rabbi-simon-jacobson-753912","podcast_index_feed_id":753912,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3a56d08/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.meaningfullife.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/511730/511730-1524996979395-2c81153cc5959.jpg","author":"Rabbi Simon Jacobson","episode_count":378,"summary":"Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson, an embodiment of inclusive spirituality and wisdom, as he examines life & offers a comprehensive blueprint of the human psyche. Discover how to live a truly happy and meaningful life by using your divine gifts and wisdom to reach your highest potential. Listeners beware: this program may create a paradigm shift as stereotypes are dispelled, vulnerabilities spill through and universal truths emerge. Visit The Meaningful Life Center, called a “Spiritual Starbucks” by the New York Times at www.meaningfullife.com for more.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T12:20:24.823147+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/meaningful-life-skills-with-rabbi-simon-jacobson-753912"},"episode":{"title":"Who Cares? Responsibility in an Age of Indifference","slug":"who-cares-responsibility-in-an-age-of-indifference","published_at":"2025-11-20T16:45:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/meaningful-life-skills-with-rabbi-simon-jacobson-753912/who-cares-responsibility-in-an-age-of-indifference","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/meaningful-life-skills-with-rabbi-simon-jacobson-753912","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meaningful-life-skills/episodes/Who-Cares--Responsibility-in-an-Age-of-Indifference-e3b879n","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3a56d08/podcast/play/111467255/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-20%2Fd1953f16-992b-d509-7096-7765a40599ac.mp3","summary":"We’ve all witnessed it — those chilling moments when a crime unfolds in broad daylight and people simply walk by. A car slams into a bicyclist. The rider lays motionless on the pavement, and tens of passersby keep moving as if nothing happened. Another time, someone is being mugged in full public view — and no one lifts a finger. But what’s even more disturbing is the follow-up reaction. Some people don't even see this insensitivity as a problem. I once spoke about this in a public lecture, and a man raised his hand: “Why should I care? It’s a dog-eat-dog world. Survival of the fittest. I have my own problems. Most people wouldn’t help me — so why should I help them?” A painful question. Yet beneath it lies a truth we don’t want to face: injustice is happening around us constantly. Children are being bullied right now . People are being hurt, even killed — and countless others stand by, complicit in their silence, numb in their indifference. So why should we care? What responsibility do we bear for one another? And what does our reaction — or lack of reaction — reveal about the state of our souls and the condition of our society? Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for this urgent and deeply personal exploration. This conversation is not a critique; it is a wake-up call. A call to reawaken our conscience, to pierce the shell of apathy, to recognize the integral connection and responsibility we have for each other, and to rediscover the power each of us holds to bring light into a darkened world.","meta_description":"We’ve all witnessed it — those chilling moments when a crime unfolds in broad daylight and people simply walk by. A car slams into a bicyclist. The rider…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1653,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/meaningful-life-skills-with-rabbi-simon-jacobson-753912/episodes/who-cares-responsibility-in-an-age-of-indifference/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/meaningful-life-skills-with-rabbi-simon-jacobson-753912/who-cares-responsibility-in-an-age-of-indifference.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}