Summer reading lists are full of so-called "beach books." But if you’ve got enough time to lounge by a pool or swing in a hammock, why not tackle something more substantial?

Guests:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/colleen-leahy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colleen Leahy</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/makini-allwood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Makini Allwood</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/jorge-luis-borges" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jorge Luis Borges</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/orhan-pamuk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orhan Pamuk</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/maryanne-wolf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryanne Wolf</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/codex-seraphinianus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Codex Seraphinianus</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/emily-parker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emily Parker</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/junot-diaz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Junot Diaz</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/ricardo-pitts-wiley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ricardo Pitts-Wiley</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/charles-miers-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Miers</a>

Summer reading lists are full of so-called "beach books." But if you’ve got enough time to lounge by a pool or swing in a hammock, why not tackle something more substantial? Guests: Colleen Leahy, Makini Allwood, Jorge Luis Borges, Orhan Pamuk, Maryanne Wolf, Codex Seraphinianus, Emily Parker, Junot Diaz, Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, Charles Miers

Summer reading lists are full of so-called "beach books." But if you’ve got enough time to lounge by a pool or swing in a hammock, why not tackle something more substantial?

Guests:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/colleen-leahy" rel="noopener noreferrer">Colleen Leahy</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/makini-allwood" rel="noopener noreferrer">Makini Allwood</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/jorge-luis-borges" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jorge Luis Borges</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/orhan-pamuk" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orhan Pamuk</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/maryanne-wolf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Maryanne Wolf</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/codex-seraphinianus" rel="noopener noreferrer">Codex Seraphinianus</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/emily-parker" rel="noopener noreferrer">Emily Parker</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/junot-diaz" rel="noopener noreferrer">Junot Diaz</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/ricardo-pitts-wiley" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ricardo Pitts-Wiley</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/charles-miers-0" rel="noopener noreferrer">Charles Miers</a>

Difficult Summer Reading

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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