Podcast Episodes

Speaking Out of Place - DAVID PALUMBO-LIU on Reclaiming Our Political Voices - Highlights

Season 15 Episode 1206

On the urgent need to reclaim our political voices, the forces that silence dissent, and how art and poetry are crucial tools for survival

Our guest today is an activist scholar who believes the class…

Published on 21 hours ago

Reclaiming the American Dream with DAVID PALUMBO-LIU – Stanford Professor, Author & Host, Speaking Out of Place

Season 15 Episode 1204

On the urgent need to reclaim our political voices, the forces that silence dissent, and how art and poetry are crucial tools for survival

“There is a dispute about what the American Dream is or how i…

Published on 21 hours ago

The Writer's Voice: Novelists, Poets, Memoirists & Editors Share Their Stories

Season 15 Episode 1204

How do writers develop their voice, showing us what is important in life?

ADA LIMÓN (24th U.S. Poet Laureate, Startlement, The Carrying) explains that her poetry begins with a bodily sensation or curi…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Writers on Memory, Language & the Power of the Unconscious

Season 15 Episode 1203

How can we use negative spaces in fiction to engage with readers’ imaginations? How are memory and trauma passed onto us through language? How do we become more than the stories we tell ourselves?

KAT…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

On Oneness & Self-Healing w/ LD Chen - Head Coach, Oneness Institute, US & EU - Highlights

Season 15 Episode 1200

Today’s episode is about something most of us long for: feeling healthy in our bodies and calm in our minds – not by pushing harder, but by letting the body restore itself. Our guest today is LD Chen…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Oneness: A Way of Living with LD Chen - Author & Head Coach, Oneness Institute, US & EU

Season 15 Episode 1199

“Oneness is actually not about learning in the usual way. Most teachings tell you how to learn – how to let go, how to calm down, how to manage anger. Oneness does the opposite: we stand, we train th…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

The AI Wager: Betting on Technology’s Future w/ Philosopher & Author SVEN NYHOLM - Highlights

Season 15 Episode 1202

“ I think we're betting on AI as something that can help to solve a lot of problems for us. It's the future, we think, whether it's producing text or art, or doing medical research or planning our li…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

The Ethics of AI w/ SVEN NYHOLM, Author & Lead Researcher, Munich Centre for Machine Learning

Season 15 Episode 1201

As we move towards 2026, we are in a massive “upgrade moment” that most of us can feel. New pressures, new identities, new expectations on our work, our relationships, and our inner lives. Throughout…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

BASQUIAT: The Price of Fame w/ Author DOUG WOODHAM - Highlights

Season 15 Episode 1196

“People today are so used to Basquiat's prices being extraordinarily high and rising that it's almost hard for people to understand that wasn't always the case. In the year he died, 1988, a terrific …

Published on 1 month ago

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: The Making of an Icon with DOUG WOODHAM, Fmr. President of Christie's Americas

Season 15 Episode 1195

“All of the great artists are there for a reason: because they rebelled in some way. They created a visual vocabulary that felt fresh and new, which excited people. So, the great artists are not buil…

Published on 1 month ago