The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Barbie’s Journey to Enlightenment with Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

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The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Barbie’s Journey to Enlightenment with Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

by | September 19, 2023

This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features New York Times bestselling author and pop culture writer Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.

In the Greta Gerwifg-directed box-office hit movie, Barbie, the iconic doll embarks on a pink-tinted journey toward enlightenment not unlike the historical Buddha’s. When author and pop culture writer Jennifer Keishin Armstrong saw Barbie, she couldn’t stop thinking about the film’s explorations of suffering, impermanence and awakening. Here, in conversation Lion’s Roar Associate Editor Mihiri Tillakarathne, she discusses the surprisingly Buddhist lessons of Barbie’s journey to enlightenment.