Sam Keen is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, former consulting editor of Psychology Today and author of 12 books, including Learning to Fly: Trapeze – Reflections on Fear, Trust and the Joy of Letting Go. He spent over 5 years learning the flying trapeze, and he related that the lessons he learned show how trapeze can be a metaphor for life and how people can transcend lifelong barriers through this art.

This interview first aired on July 4, 1999 as Northwestern Exposure 261 and was digitized from the SPLAB audio archives.

Click here to listen to Part 1 – 22:17.
Click here to listen to Part 2 – 22:13.
Click here to listen to the show open – 4:16.

More interviews are available at the American Prophets page.