Anne Strainchamps - Wonder Cabinet (Page 5)

25 Feb 2026

Wonder, Awe and a Sudden Snowstorm

Seeking an "I survived the blizzard of '77" t-shirt.

Three-panel collage: George Saunders in glasses and corduroy jacket, a weathered bronze angel statue in fog, and two hands reaching for each other against a beige background

21 Feb 2026

George Saunders: Angels, Ghosts and the Moral Imagination

Novelist George Saunders talks about creative inspiration, his fascination with ghost stories, and why dying may be the ultimate experience of wonder.

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Three-panel collage: treetops seen from below, two hands making peace signs, and a woman in denim gazing upward on a hillside

14 Feb 2026

Rebecca Solnit: Hope After the End

As institutions unravel, Rebecca Solnit argues despair is a mistake—and that a more compassionate, just world is already being born.

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Clockwise from upper right: a butterly nebula, Carlo Rovelli, an abstract nebula.

07 Feb 2026

Carlo Rovelli: Cosmic Mysteries and the Politics of Wonder

Carlo Rovelli’s quest to know the nature of reality began not in a physics lab, but in youthful experiments with consciousness and political protest.

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Sea animals, an alligagor, birds, crests and a whole myriad of wonders adorn a room.

04 Feb 2026

Yes, it’s called 'Wonder Cabinet,' and no, it’s not a piece of furniture.

Anne on podcast naming, the structure of scientific revolutions and Wunderkammern.

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Episodes by Anne Strainchamps (28 available)

Wonder, Awe and a Sudden Snowstorm

George Saunders: Angels, Ghosts and the Moral Imagination

Rebecca Solnit: Hope After the End

Carlo Rovelli: Cosmic Mysteries and the Politics of Wonder

Yes, it’s called 'Wonder Cabinet,' and no, it’s not a piece of furniture.