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Camille Henrot on Tapping Into a Boundless Imagination
Season 12 Episode 140
For the Paris-born, New York–based artist Camille Henrot, time practically never stands still. Across her work in film, drawing, painting, sculpture,…
11 months, 1 week ago
Alison Roman on Recipes as Time Capsules
Season 12 Episode 139
The cook and food writer Alison Roman frequently emanates and celebrates a certain spilled-milk imperfectionism. Her on-camera candor and laid-back c…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
11 months, 4 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…
1 year 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—…
1 year, 1 month 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—…
1 year, 3 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…
1 year, 3 months 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…
1 year, 4 months 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…
1 year, 4 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…
1 year, 4 months ago