Ocean Vuong — Hope Portal, Episode 4

"What does it mean to bring life into a trembling world? What does it mean to bless existence without denying its terror?" These questions animated the writing of Azita Ardakani Walton's beautiful children’s book, Ocean of Stars. It is a story of life’s beginnings. And it was a j ...  Afficher plus

From Krista: Michael Pollan’s latest book, A World Appears, is an exploration — with scientists and journalists and technologists and spiritual teachers — of what consciousness is, and is not, or might be: from the plants which have always fascinated him, to the new technologies ...  Afficher plus

For other podcast summaries, search 'podcast summaries' in any podcast apps. Or if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summaries Key ideas: The power of language & human emotion in our voice, how the future is first in our mouth and then in our hands & how we need the l ...  Afficher plus

On this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we're exploring hope: where it comes from, what it feels like, and how it changes people.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences ...  Afficher plus

Poet and author Ocean Vuong joins us this week following the re-release of his debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. We discuss reckoning with one’s work from a distance (5:08), why he wrote an autobiographical novel (6:30), the cage of American masculinity (11:00), how h ...  Afficher plus