Emerging Form

Episode 140: Lisa S. Gardiner on Learning From the Past


Listen Later

How can looking at the past help us understand what to do about a current crisis? “I’m a firm believer that history can help give us perspective here,” says science writer Lisa S. Gardiner. She’s speaking about her research with coral reefs, but it’s an apropos metaphor for how our past experiences with creative endeavors can help inform our current struggles. In this episode, we talk about the importance of the book proposal (and tips for getting one done), the art of weaving the self into a story that’s not memoir, and how essential our curiosity is to, well, everything.

Lisa S. Gardiner is a freelance writer, geoscientist, and educator. She is the author of Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival and Tales from an Uncertain World: What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate Change. Her writing has appeared in Nautilus Magazine, Scientific American, bioGraphic, and Audubon, among other places.



This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emergingform.substack.com/subscribe
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Emerging FormBy Christie Aschwanden

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

65 ratings


More shows like Emerging Form

View all
The One You Feed by Eric Zimmer

The One You Feed

2,549 Listeners

Tara Brach by Tara Brach

Tara Brach

10,530 Listeners

Good Life Project by Jonathan Fields / Acast

Good Life Project

3,319 Listeners

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge by Tami Simon

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

1,847 Listeners

On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

On Being with Krista Tippett

10,173 Listeners

10% Happier with Dan Harris by 10% Happier

10% Happier with Dan Harris

12,732 Listeners

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson by Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Forrest Hanson

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

2,504 Listeners

Emergence Magazine Podcast by Emergence Magazine

Emergence Magazine Podcast

497 Listeners

This Jungian Life Podcast by Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano

This Jungian Life Podcast

1,631 Listeners

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily by American Public Media

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

1,208 Listeners

The Emerald by Joshua Schrei

The Emerald

1,004 Listeners

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley by Center for Action and Contemplation

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

1,847 Listeners

We Can Do Hard Things by Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

We Can Do Hard Things

41,505 Listeners

Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen by Elise Loehnen

Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

1,084 Listeners

Everything Belongs: Living the Teachings of Richard Rohr Forward by Center for Action and Contemplation

Everything Belongs: Living the Teachings of Richard Rohr Forward

632 Listeners