Peabody Award-winning journalist and podcaster. Co-founder of "To The Best Of Our Knowledge." Host and producer of "Wonder Cabinet" and "Luminous." Author of "Atoms and Eden" (Oxford University Press)
Two gifted poets — Vermont's poet laureate and a former editor of Poetry magazine — use poetry to explore life's deeper questions, holding onto wonder even in the face of despair.
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Can shamans really enter unseen worlds and speak with spirits? Anthropologist Manvir Singh investigates this ancient practice in remote Indonesia.
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What can flowers teach us about survival? Celebrated biologist and writer David George Haskell reframes flowers as agents of transformation—creatures that turned conflict into collaboration and remade the living world.
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Steve shares what he's been reading for moments of respite from the daily news cycle.
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'The most un-retired' podcast hosts return to the Island of Knowledge for conversations on “rational mysticism.”
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