We’re in the holiday season of the worst pandemic of our lives. Canceling our gatherings is the safe thing to do. But, how can we still — creatively and safely — connect with the people we love? Maybe there are some opportunities for us this year, too.

Original Air Date: November 28, 2020

Guests:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/priya-parker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Priya Parker</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/stanley-weintraub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stanley Weintraub</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/peter-reinhart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Reinhart</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/helen-macdonald" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Helen Macdonald</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/gregg-krech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gregg Krech</a>

Interviews In This Hour:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/pandemic-holiday-season-offers-opportunities-community-too" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Pandemic Holiday Season Offers Opportunities For Community, Too</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/stanley-weintraub-world-war-i-christmas-truce" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stanley Weintraub on the World War I Christmas Truce</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/peter-reinhart-spiritual-importance-bread" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Reinhart on the Spiritual Importance of Bread</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/helen-macdonald-dark-rising" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Helen Macdonald On 'The Dark Is Rising'</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/how-cultivate-gratitude" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Cultivate Gratitude</a>

We’re in the holiday season of the worst pandemic of our lives. Canceling our gatherings is the safe thing to do. But, how can we still — creatively and safely — connect with the people we love? Maybe there are some opportunities for us this year, too. Original Air Date: November 28, 2020 Guests: Priya Parker — Stanley Weintraub — Peter Reinhart — Helen Macdonald — Gregg Krech Interviews In This Hour: A Pandemic Holiday Season Offers Opportunities For Community, Too — Stanley Weintraub on the World War I Christmas Truce — Peter Reinhart on the Spiritual Importance of Bread — Helen Macdonald On 'The Dark Is Rising' — How to Cultivate Gratitude

We’re in the holiday season of the worst pandemic of our lives. Canceling our gatherings is the safe thing to do. But, how can we still — creatively and safely — connect with the people we love? Maybe there are some opportunities for us this year, too.

Original Air Date: November 28, 2020

Guests:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/priya-parker" rel="noopener noreferrer">Priya Parker</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/stanley-weintraub" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stanley Weintraub</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/peter-reinhart" rel="noopener noreferrer">Peter Reinhart</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/helen-macdonald" rel="noopener noreferrer">Helen Macdonald</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/gregg-krech" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gregg Krech</a>

Interviews In This Hour:

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/pandemic-holiday-season-offers-opportunities-community-too" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Pandemic Holiday Season Offers Opportunities For Community, Too</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/stanley-weintraub-world-war-i-christmas-truce" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stanley Weintraub on the World War I Christmas Truce</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/peter-reinhart-spiritual-importance-bread" rel="noopener noreferrer">Peter Reinhart on the Spiritual Importance of Bread</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/helen-macdonald-dark-rising" rel="noopener noreferrer">Helen Macdonald On 'The Dark Is Rising'</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/how-cultivate-gratitude" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to Cultivate Gratitude</a>

Rethinking the Holidays

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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