The Mockingcast

Episode 269: A Crisis of Gratitude

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In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk prepositional gratitude, backfiring fatalism, overgrown cemeteries, and lighthearted Advents. Also, RJ expounds on the benefits of bumblefat.

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  • Click here to read Joshua Rothman's essay in The New Yorker, "Why Is Gratitude So Difficult?"
  • Click here to read Bryan Jarrell's piece for Mbird on "Gold Medal Gratitude".
  • Click here to read Jeneen Interlandi's NY Times op-ed, "We Tire Very Quickly of Being Told Everything's on Fire."
  • Click here to read Cara Buckley's piece about the Rewilding of America's Cemeteries.
  • Click here to watch the Instagram videos of Robin Rosenthal and her family that Sarah mentions.
  • Click here to Garrison Keillor's substack about "Walking to Church On a Cold Day".
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