We live, work and play in Red and Blue tribal bubbles, filling our social media feeds with news sources that affirm our place in that order, rather than challenging it. What is that isolation doing to us? What can we do to escape it?

Guests: <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/charlie-sykes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlie Sykes</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/ken-stern" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ken Stern</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/meredith-clark" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meredith Clark</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/nancy-maclean" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nancy MacLean</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/jeanne-safer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeanne Safer</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/richard-brookhiser" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Brookhiser</a>

Interviews: <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/how-right-lost-its-mind-and-charlie-sykes-lost-his-faith-gop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How The Right Lost Its Mind And Charlie Sykes Lost His Faith In The GOP</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/former-npr-executive-leaves-his-liberal-bubble-behind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Former NPR Executive Leaves His Liberal Bubble Behind</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/blend-jokes-and-social-justice-black-twitter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Blend Of Jokes and Social Justice That Is Black Twitter</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/what-does-obscure-economist-have-do-koch-brothers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Does An Obscure Economist Have To Do With The Koch Brothers?</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/you-dont-have-vote-me-love-me" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You Don't Have To Vote Like Me To Love Me</a>

We live, work and play in Red and Blue tribal bubbles, filling our social media feeds with news sources that affirm our place in that order, rather than challenging it. What is that isolation doing to us? What can we do to escape it? Guests: Charlie Sykes,Ken Stern,Meredith Clark,Nancy MacLean,Jeanne Safer,Richard Brookhiser Interviews: How The Right Lost Its Mind And Charlie Sykes Lost His Faith In The GOP,A Former NPR Executive Leaves His Liberal Bubble Behind,The Blend Of Jokes and Social Justice That Is Black Twitter,What Does An Obscure Economist Have To Do With The Koch Brothers?,You Don't Have To Vote Like Me To Love Me

We live, work and play in Red and Blue tribal bubbles, filling our social media feeds with news sources that affirm our place in that order, rather than challenging it. What is that isolation doing to us? What can we do to escape it?

Guests: <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/charlie-sykes" rel="noopener noreferrer">Charlie Sykes</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/ken-stern" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ken Stern</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/meredith-clark" rel="noopener noreferrer">Meredith Clark</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/nancy-maclean" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nancy MacLean</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/jeanne-safer" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jeanne Safer</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/richard-brookhiser" rel="noopener noreferrer">Richard Brookhiser</a>

Interviews: <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/how-right-lost-its-mind-and-charlie-sykes-lost-his-faith-gop" rel="noopener noreferrer">How The Right Lost Its Mind And Charlie Sykes Lost His Faith In The GOP</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/former-npr-executive-leaves-his-liberal-bubble-behind" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Former NPR Executive Leaves His Liberal Bubble Behind</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/blend-jokes-and-social-justice-black-twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Blend Of Jokes and Social Justice That Is Black Twitter</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/what-does-obscure-economist-have-do-koch-brothers" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Does An Obscure Economist Have To Do With The Koch Brothers?</a>,<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/you-dont-have-vote-me-love-me" rel="noopener noreferrer">You Don't Have To Vote Like Me To Love Me</a>

Beyond the Echo Chamber

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. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are <a href="https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/ttbook">now archived in the Library of Congress</a>. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hostsAnne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/atoms-and-eden-9780199743162?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;">Atoms and Eden</a>. Learn more at <a href="http://wondercabinetproductions.com">wondercabinetproductions.com</a>.

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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. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are now archived in the Library of Congress. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hosts Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of Atoms and Eden. Learn more at wondercabinetproductions.com.

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. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are <a href="https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/ttbook" rel="noopener noreferrer">now archived in the Library of Congress</a>. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hostsAnne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/atoms-and-eden-9780199743162?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atoms and Eden</a>. Learn more at <a href="http://wondercabinetproductions.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">wondercabinetproductions.com</a>.

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