Diseases of the Heart

Published: July 28, 2021, 10 a.m.

Welcome to Tricycle\u2019s new podcast series, Life As It Is. Each month, Tricycle\u2019s editor-in-chief James Shaheen and co-host Sharon Salzberg will speak with Buddhist practitioners about their work, practice, and everyday life\u2014and, perhaps most importantly, how they're navigating these uncertain times. In today\u2019s episode, Sharon and James sit down with Buddhist writer, cultural activist, and Tricycle contributing editor Daisy Hern\xe1ndez to discuss her new book, "The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease." Equal parts memoir and investigative journalism, "The Kissing Bug" tells the undertold story of a parasitic disease that disproportionately affects Latinx communities.