What’s the last dream you remember having? Some of us dream every night. But we’re in too much of a hurry to remember our dreams or think about them the next day. Others of us are dream-deprived. What if we embrace our dreams — and our night selves —  as a way to understand ourselves better, to connect to each other, even to lead a better life?

Original Air Date: February 24, 2024

Interviews In This Hour:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/why-dream-life-matters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why dream life matters</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/lives-we-live-inside-our-dreams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The lives we live inside our dreams</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/dreaming-mind-illustrated" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A dreaming mind, illustrated</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/embracing-your-night-self" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embracing your night self</a>

Guests:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/rubin-naiman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rubin Naiman</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/kelly-bulkeley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kelly Bulkeley</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/roz-chast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roz Chast</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/annabel-abbs-streets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Annabel Abbs-Streets</a>

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What’s the last dream you remember having? Some of us dream every night. But we’re in too much of a hurry to remember our dreams or think about them the next day. Others of us are dream-deprived. What if we embrace our dreams — and our night selves — as a way to understand ourselves better, to connect to each other, even to lead a better life? Original Air Date: February 24, 2024 Interviews In This Hour: Why dream life matters — The lives we live inside our dreams — A dreaming mind, illustrated — Embracing your night self Guests: Rubin Naiman, Kelly Bulkeley, Roz Chast, Annabel Abbs-Streets Never want to miss an episode? Subscribe to the podcast. Want to hear more from us, including extended interviews and favorites from the archive? Subscribe to our newsletter.

What’s the last dream you remember having? Some of us dream every night. But we’re in too much of a hurry to remember our dreams or think about them the next day. Others of us are dream-deprived. What if we embrace our dreams — and our night selves —&nbsp; as a way to understand ourselves better, to connect to each other, even to lead a better life?

Original Air Date:&nbsp;February 24, 2024

Interviews In This Hour:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/why-dream-life-matters" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why dream life matters</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/lives-we-live-inside-our-dreams" rel="noopener noreferrer">The lives we live inside our dreams</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/dreaming-mind-illustrated" rel="noopener noreferrer">A dreaming mind, illustrated</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/embracing-your-night-self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Embracing your night self</a>

Guests:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/rubin-naiman" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rubin Naiman</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/kelly-bulkeley" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kelly Bulkeley</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/roz-chast" rel="noopener noreferrer">Roz Chast</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/annabel-abbs-streets" rel="noopener noreferrer">Annabel Abbs-Streets</a>

Never want to miss an episode?&nbsp;<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/TTBOOK" rel="noopener noreferrer">Subscribe to the podcast.</a>

Want to hear more from us, including extended interviews and favorites from the archive?&nbsp;<a href="https://ttbook.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=3cb4c021b28e511db7dc0b1ca&amp;id=64562fd7d9" rel="noopener noreferrer">Subscribe to our newsletter.</a>

In Your Dreams

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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