Intimate conversations about the mysteries of the cosmos and life on a sentient planet with writers, philosophers and scientists who are dazzled by it all.
What if a river is alive–and we’ve forgotten how to recognize it? Robert Macfarlane explores animism and the global “rights of nature” movement.
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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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