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Olivia Laing on the Pleasures and Possibilities of Gardens
Season 12 Episode 138
For the British writer and cultural critic Olivia Laing, restoring and tending to their backyard garden has prompted complex questions of power, comm…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Oliver Burkeman on the Power of Embracing Imperfectionism
Season 12 Episode 137
The British author and journalist Oliver Burkeman has spent decades pondering what it means to live a meaningful life, both in his former Guardian co…
6 months ago
Sara Imari Walker on Making Sense of Life, the Universe, and Ourselves
Season 11 Episode 136
As the physicist and astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker—the author of the mind-expanding book Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life’s Emergence—…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
James Frey on Designing Your Life to Bring Joy
Season 11 Episode 135
In 2003, when the author James Frey published his first book, A Million Little Pieces—a gut-punch account of his experience with addiction and rehab—…
9 months ago
Molly Jong-Fast on the Fleeting Nature of Fame
Season 11 Episode 134
Through her sharp and biting political commentary—whether as host of the podcast Fast Politics, as a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, or as a p…
9 months, 1 week ago
Alicja Kwade on the Absurdity of Being Alive
Season 11 Episode 133
Few artists aim to make sense of the subjectivity and complexity of time and space quite like the Polish-born, Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade. In e…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Thomas Keller on Cooking as a Pathway to Happiness
Season 11 Episode 132
With one small, clever—and now-trademark—idea in 1990, the chef Thomas Keller turned not only the notion of the ice-cream cone on its head, but the f…
10 months ago
Billy Martin on Finding Harmony in Rhythm and Life
Season 11 Episode 131
The drummer and percussionist Billy Martin, whose name many Time Sensitive listeners may recognize—he created the Time Sensitive theme song—defies an…
10 months, 1 week ago
John Pawson on Minimalism as a Way of Life
Season 11 Episode 130
For the British architect John Pawson, minimalism isn’t just a design philosophy, but a life philosophy—with his 1996 book, Minimum, serving as a def…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Lina Ghotmeh on Ruin and Regeneration in Architecture
Season 11 Episode 129
Through her “archaeology of the future” design approach, the Lebanese-born, Paris-based architect Lina Ghotmeh has firmly established herself as a hu…
11 months, 1 week ago