30 May 2026
Adventure and airport reads
Anne and Steve take flight and burn some serious carry-on tonnage with their travel reads.
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Anne Strainchamps
Peabody Award-winning journalist and podcaster. Co-founder of "To The Best Of Our Knowledge," host and producer of "Wonder Cabinet."
Episodes by Anne Strainchamps (28 available)
23 May 2026
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Rewilding Attention with D. Graham Burnett
Historian D. Graham Burnett on how Big Tech is "fracking" our attention — and the grassroots movement fighting to take it back.
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16 May 2026
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Christof Koch on the Cosmic Toad
“It was like an earthquake,” says neuroscientist Christof Koch, speaking of the mystical experiences that upended his views on consciousness and even reality.
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13 May 2026
A deck of cards for sense-making
Sharon Blackie's 'Fairy Tale Heroine Oracle' deck inspires Anne to see the lessons within the images that resonate with us.
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09 May 2026
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Why We Need Fairy Tales Now — with Sharon Blackie
“Stories are spells,” Sharon Blackie says. “They change things.” Maybe that’s why fairy tales — old, new, fractured and retold — are having a resurgence. As uncertainty rises and old ways disintegrate, fairy tales offer a roadmap to cultural transformation and re-enchantment.
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