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- 01/29/2023 - Lewis Hyde on work vs labor and what keeps the creative spirit alive; how a forgotten woman turned loneliness and loss into wonder; rootedness and God
- 01/22/2023 - Ram Dass on the spiritual lessons of trees and how to be less harsh with yourself (and others); Elie Wiesel on the antidote to overwhelm; on wonder
- 01/15/2023 - The neurophysiology of enchantment and how music moves us, Rilke's timeless spell for living through difficult times, the vital thing about mothers
- 01/08/2023 - John Steinbeck on the true meaning and purpose of hope, Lynn Margulis on symbiosis and the unself, Richard Powers on our cosmic luck
- 01/01/2023 - May Sarton on how to live with tenderness in a harsh world, Nick Cave on the antidote to our helplessness, the seamstress who solved a science mystery
- 12/30/2022 - Love, music, solitude, and how to be more alive — the best of The Marginalian 2022, in one place
- 12/25/2022 - Ram Dass on love, music and the price of what we cherish, Herbie Hancock's antidote to burnout
- 12/24/2022 - The Universe in Verse 2022: free holiday broadcast
- 12/18/2022 - What is time? 200 years of ravishing reflections, from Kierkegaard to Borges to Nina Simone; Margaret Wise Brown's radical life, illustrated; and more
- 12/11/2022 - How we co-create and recreate the world, an illustrated love letter to time and tenderness, and more
- 12/10/2022 - Annual Special: Favorite Books of 2022
- 12/04/2022 - D.H. Lawrence on attention and the art of divination, Nathaniel Hawthorne on parenting, how a psychedelic mushroom may have inspired the Santa legend
- 11/27/2022 - Uncommon presents from the past — gifts for the science-lover and nature-ecstatic in your life, benefitting The Nature Conservancy
- 11/27/2022 - Storytelling and the art of tenderness, David Bowie on creativity and his advice to artists, the poetic science of the aurora borealis
- 11/20/2022 - John Steinbeck on how to think better, the fascinating science of mushrooms and music, Jack Kerouac's love letter to November
- 11/13/2022 - Nick Cave on music, mystery, and the relationship between vulnerability and freedom; how to be a swimmer in the stream of time; sublime botanical art
- 11/06/2022 - Addendum: some non-standard help
- 11/05/2022 - How to be un-dread — Anaïs Nin and D.H. Lawrence on the key to living fully; C.S. Lewis on our task in troubled times; the woman who saved native song
- 10/30/2022 - Relationship repair and what true forgiveness takes, Sylvia Plath's ode to the tenacity of the creative spirit, women holding things
- 10/23/2022 - 16 life-learnings from 16 years of The Marginalian (and the untold origin story)