Podcast episodes for a walk
An hour outside, and something worth thinking about while you're out there.
Civility
A Great Conversation
Elizabeth Day, Fearne Cotton and Rangan Chatterjee - Why deep conversations matter more than ever (E230)
Mammoths resurrected, geoengineering and other thoughts from a futurist | Stewart Brand and Chris Anderson
Sunday Pick: How to have curious conversations in dangerously divided times (w/ Mónica Guzmán) | How to Be a Better Human
A life-changing quince, backyard butchery, and ethical food obsession
Why We’re Wired to Imitate Others & How to Have a Great Conversation
Encore: Bo Seo on good arguments and the power of disagreement
The Brighter Side of Dying & Words We Use Interchangeably – But Shouldn’t
66%Hope for a wilder Britain with George Monbiot
A Jewish guide to arguing
Mindfulness, Baking and Slowing Down
Tom Shakespeare on shattering stereotypes and redefining disability
How to have curious conversations in dangerously divided times (w/ Mónica Guzmán)
45: "Children are much less speciesist than adults" - researcher Matti Wilks - Sentientist Conversations
Could We Accept Stillness? (Monthly Solo)
Chewing: Healthy Habit or Dangerous Vice?
Conversations, Baby Teeth, Tasmanian Tiger. March 5, 2021, Part 2
32: Talking to Humanist animals about other animals (and sentient beings) - A talk about Sentientism to the Dorset Humanists Group
From the archive: Medieval monks on memory, meditation, and mind-wandering
George Saunders On: Getting Un-Stuck, Calming the Inner Critic, and Building Empathy Without Becoming a Chump
The Meaning of Easter
Why We Overthink (Amanda Montell)
Classic: Paul Kingsnorth's Journey to Orthodox Christianity - The Big Conversation with Rowan Williams and Paul Kingsnorth
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