Brené with Bono on Songs of Surrender and Carrying the Weight of Our Contradictions, Part 1 of 2

Hi, everyone. I'm Brene Brown, and, o m g. Holy crap. This is unlocking us. And let me just tell you right off the bat, I'm talking to Bono. I don't know what happened at the Paramount Theater on that weird Thursday night, but we got mentally in sync, spiritually locked in together, and had one of the most amazing conversations of my life. Now granted, if you can picture me at 17 with my Walkman hitchhiking through Europe, do not recommend for parents or 17 year olds. And the only cassette I had was U2's War album. I have been a U2 fan since the very beginning, and this event was sheer magic. I'm so excited and grateful to be able to bring this two parter to you. I'm glad you're here. Avoiding your unfinished home projects because you're not sure where to start? Thumbtack knows homes, so you don't have to. Don't know the difference between matte paint finish and satin, or what that clunking sound from your dryer is? With Thumbtack, you don't have to be a home pro. You just have to hire one. You can hire top rated pros, see price estimates, and read reviews all on the app. Download today. At Criminal, we've made it a tradition every December to dedicate an episode entirely to animals who are really going for it. And, Tony, what happened when you pulled over? Nothing out of the ordinary until I saw the cat on the back of the roof behind the luggage carrier. Listen to our fifth annual Animals episode on Criminal wherever you get your podcasts. Alright. Before we get started, let me just say that this was a live event in front of 1,200 of our closest friends at the Paramount Theater, the historic, beautiful, amazing Paramount Theater in Downtown Austin. The event was presented by Austin City Limits Festival's bonus tracks, ACL Fest bonus tracks for short. And we talked about Bono's new memoir, Surrender, 40 songs, one story. Let me tell you a little bit about Bono. If you don't know Bono, he's the lead singer of the band U2. He was born in Dublin. He met all the members of the band and Ali, his wife, the same week at school. U2 sold over a 170,000,000 albums. They've won probably every award you can think of, including 22 Grammys. And this December, the band will receive the Kennedy Center honors, which, if you don't know, I'm a Kennedy Center honors junkie. Bono's also a groundbreaking activist. He was a leader in Jubilee two thousand's drop the debt campaign. He took the fight against HIVAIDS and extreme poverty to just a new level. He cofounded sister organizations, one and red. He has received, again, a lot of awards for his music and activism. And his new book, I just have to say, the memoir Surrender, it's a love story. It's a love story to Ali, his wife, to his family, to all of …