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.
Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists exploring the mysteries of the cosmos, the deep intelligence of the natural world, and ideas to re-enchant everyday life.
Novelist George Saunders talks about creative inspiration, his fascination with ghost stories, and why dying may be the ultimate experience of wonder.
As institutions unravel, Rebecca Solnit argues despair is a mistake—and that a more compassionate, just world is already being born.
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.
A conversation with writer Sophie Strand on illness, ecology, myth, and why wonder begins in soil, decay, and our kinship with all living things.
From the creators of "To the Best of Our Knowledge" comes a new podcast about the mystery of the cosmos and the deep intelligence of the Earth.
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