All over the world, nation states are splintering. Separatism is on the rise. What causes nation states to erode? And what happens when they do? Should we fight to hold on to our nation states...or let them go in favor of something new?

Guests:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/john-feffer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Feffer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/haleema-shah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Haleema Shah</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/shannon-henry-kleiber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shannon Henry Kleiber</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/mohsin-hamid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mohsin Hamid</a></li>
</ul>

Segments:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/what-would-free-catalonia-mean-spain-and-world" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Would a Free Catalonia Mean For Spain - and the World?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/if-nation-states-rupture-whats-next" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If Nation States Rupture, What's Next?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/shaping-national-identity-pakistan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shaping National Identity in Pakistan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/love-time-mass-migration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love In A Time of Mass Migration</a></li>
</ul>

All over the world, nation states are splintering. Separatism is on the rise. What causes nation states to erode? And what happens when they do? Should we fight to hold on to our nation states...or let them go in favor of something new? Guests: John Feffer Haleema Shah Shannon Henry Kleiber Mohsin Hamid Segments: What Would a Free Catalonia Mean For Spain - and the World? If Nation States Rupture, What's Next? Shaping National Identity in Pakistan Love In A Time of Mass Migration

All over the world, nation states are splintering. Separatism is on the rise. What causes nation states to erode? And what happens when they do? Should we fight to hold on to our nation states...or let them go in favor of something new?

Guests:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/john-feffer" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Feffer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/haleema-shah" rel="noopener noreferrer">Haleema Shah</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/shannon-henry-kleiber" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shannon Henry Kleiber</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/mohsin-hamid" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mohsin Hamid</a></li>
</ul>

Segments:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/what-would-free-catalonia-mean-spain-and-world" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Would a Free Catalonia Mean For Spain - and the World?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/if-nation-states-rupture-whats-next" rel="noopener noreferrer">If Nation States Rupture, What's Next?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/shaping-national-identity-pakistan" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shaping National Identity in Pakistan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/love-time-mass-migration" rel="noopener noreferrer">Love In A Time of Mass Migration</a></li>
</ul>

Is The Nation State Splintering?

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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