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4/9/2023
10 : 15
Jealousy and its antidote, the key to joy, Kahlil Gibran on the art of growing older
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4/2/2023
10 : 4
Lichens and the meaning of life, the remedy for creative block and existential stuckness, May Sarton on grieving a pet
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3/26/2023
10 : 4
The value of mistakes, an introvert's field guide to friendship, how to cultivate your talent
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3/19/2023
10 : 4
How to bear your loneliness, spirituality for the science-spirited, and 2,000 years of kindness
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3/12/2023
11 : 4
How to grow re-enchanted with the world and counter burnout, the Dalai Lama's advice to the young, the story of the world's first seed bank
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3/5/2023
11 : 14
How to survive hopelessness, Einstein on free will and the power of the imagination, our search for meaning in the age of AI
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2/26/2023
11 : 14
Bertrand Russell on the secret of happiness, Leonard Cohen on what makes a saint, a soulful meditation on life with and liberation from depression
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2/19/2023
11 : 4
If you fail at love; May Sarton's stunning poem about the relationship between presence, solitude, and love; the psychology of self-deception
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2/12/2023
11 : 14
Nick Cave on the art of growing older, Pico Iyer on our search for the sacred, uncommonly beautiful 19th-century Scottish illustrations of birds
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2/5/2023
11 : 4
Emerson on the nature of genius, how a redwood tree brought humanity together in the middle of a World War, a forgotten revolutionary of intelligence
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1/29/2023
11 : 4
Lewis Hyde on work vs labor and what keeps the creative spirit alive; how a forgotten woman turned loneliness and loss into wonder; rootedness and God
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1/22/2023
11 : 24
Ram Dass on the spiritual lessons of trees and how to be less harsh with yourself (and others); Elie Wiesel on the antidote to overwhelm; on wonder
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1/20/2023
4 : 24
The neurophysiology of enchantment and how music moves us, Rilke's timeless spell for living through difficult times, the vital thing about mothers
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1/8/2023
11 : 14
John Steinbeck on the true meaning and purpose of hope, Lynn Margulis on symbiosis and the unself, Richard Powers on our cosmic luck
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1/1/2023
13 : 44
May Sarton on how to live with tenderness in a harsh world, Nick Cave on the antidote to our helplessness, the seamstress who solved a science mystery
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12/31/2022
2 : 14
Love, music, solitude, and how to be more alive — the best of The Marginalian 2022, in one place
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12/25/2022
12 : 4
Ram Dass on love, music and the price of what we cherish, Herbie Hancock's antidote to burnout
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12/24/2022
17 : 24
The Universe in Verse 2022: free holiday broadcast
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12/18/2022
12 : 4
What is time? 200 years of ravishing reflections, from Kierkegaard to Borges to Nina Simone; Margaret Wise Brown's radical life, illustrated; and more
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12/11/2022
12 : 24
How we co-create and recreate the world, an illustrated love letter to time and tenderness, and more
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