Podcast Episodes

INTRATERRESTRIALS: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth with KAREN G. LLOYD

Season 14 Episode 1126

“It's really changed my view of what life is. So many of the things that we attribute to the trappings of life look like requirements, like oxygen and sunlight. All the things that humans would absol…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Exploring Trauma, Healing & the Creative Process with Author LIZ MOORE - Highlights

Season 14 Episode 1125

“I think income inequality really greatly contributes to the rage that people might feel, even as some Americans won't. What don't recognize that a more communal society might benefit them. What they…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Family, Addiction & Overcoming Trauma - LIZ MOORE on Long Bright River starring AMANDA SEYFRIED

Season 14 Episode 1124

“ I've lived in Philadelphia for about 16 years.  The book itself was inspired by my time spent in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia interviewing a lot of the people that I met there, both …

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

PAUL LYNCH discusses Prophet Song, Beyond the Sea & his Creative Process - Highlights

Season 14 Episode 1123

"The country spoke Irish largely before it spoke English. Grammatically, the structure of Irish is different from English. As Ireland adopted the English language, this sort of hybridization started …

Published on 8 months ago

On Storytelling & The Human Condition with Booker Prize Winner PAUL LYNCH

Season 14 Episode 1122

 “We narrate the story of our lives to ourselves. We narrate it in linear fashion. And I know many writers have played with time in all sorts of amazing ways, but we're storytellers. This is what we …

Published on 8 months ago

OUR PLANET, OUR FUTURE - Environmentalists, Artists, Scientists & Earth Defenders Share their Stories

Season 14 Episode 1121

We are privileged to present the voices of individuals dedicated to effecting change and mitigating the harm inflicted upon our precious planet. These are individuals deeply committed to the core val…

Published on 8 months ago

Performance, Politics, Art & Society w/ Sociologist RICHARD SENNETT - Highlights

Season 14 Episode 1120

“I'm really interested in the relation between performance and ritual. Where do those two separate?”

Richard Sennett grew up in the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago, attended the Juilliard Sch…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

The Performer: Art, Life, Politics with RICHARD SENNETT, Sociologist & Author

Season 14 Episode 1119

“We look at creative work as though the very creative process itself is something good. These are tools of expression, and like any tool, you can use them to damage something or to make something. Th…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Exploring the Extremes of the Human Experience with Neurologist DR. GUY LESCHZINER - Highlights

Season 14 Episode 1118

“One of the things that hopefully my books illustrate is that everybody's mind is different. And one of the amazing things about the human experience–and indeed that manifests in terms of art and cre…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Sleep, The Nocturnal Brain & The Biology of Being Human w/ DR. GUY LESCHZINER, Neurologist

Season 14 Episode 1117

“ I'm fascinated by the extremes of the human experience, partly because it is so far removed from our own experience of life. In another way, when you look at people who have neurological disorders …

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago