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.
Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin shared an enchanted view of nature. Could “natural magic” restore wonder to science?
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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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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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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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A conversation with writer Sophie Strand on illness, ecology, myth, and why wonder begins in soil, decay, and our kinship with all living things.
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