Ghosts from the past stalk Europe again today in the wake of Russian tanks and missiles. To find a path forward, we might need to look back.

Original Air Date: March 05, 2022

Guests: 

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/catherine-grace-katz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catherine Grace Katz</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/margaret-macmillan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Margaret MacMillan</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/rebecca-solnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rebecca Solnit</a>

Interviews In This Hour: 

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/legacy-yalta-through-eyes-women-who-were-there" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The legacy of Yalta through the eyes of the women who were there</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/why-humanity-wages-war" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why humanity wages war</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/tending-war-time-garden-what-orwells-fascination-roses-tells-us-about-human-need-beauty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tending a war-time garden: What Orwell’s fascination with roses tells us about the human need for beauty in the darkest hours</a>

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Ghosts from the past stalk Europe again today in the wake of Russian tanks and missiles. To find a path forward, we might need to look back. Original Air Date: March 05, 2022 Guests: Catherine Grace Katz — Margaret MacMillan — Rebecca Solnit Interviews In This Hour: The legacy of Yalta through the eyes of the women who were there — Why humanity wages war — Tending a war-time garden: What Orwell’s fascination with roses tells us about the human need for beauty in the darkest hours 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.

Ghosts from the past stalk Europe again today in the wake of Russian tanks and missiles. To find a path forward, we might need to look back.

Original Air Date:&nbsp;March 05, 2022

Guests:&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/catherine-grace-katz" rel="noopener noreferrer">Catherine Grace Katz</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/margaret-macmillan" rel="noopener noreferrer">Margaret MacMillan</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/rebecca-solnit" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rebecca Solnit</a>

Interviews In This Hour:&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/legacy-yalta-through-eyes-women-who-were-there" rel="noopener noreferrer">The legacy of Yalta through the eyes of the women who were there</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/why-humanity-wages-war" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why humanity wages war</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/tending-war-time-garden-what-orwells-fascination-roses-tells-us-about-human-need-beauty" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tending a war-time garden: What Orwell’s fascination with roses tells us about the human need for beauty in the darkest hours</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>

The Tangled Roots of War and Peace

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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