Short Stories Podcast
1) Oliver Sacks on Nature’s Beauty as a Gateway into Deep Time and a Lens on the Interconnectedness of the Universe
Thank you, Brain Pickings. https://archive.org/download/2018072207.40.44/2018-07-22%2007.40.44.ogg
2) Kahlil Gibran on the Courage to Weather the Uncertainties of Love
Thank you, Brain Pickings. https://archive.org/download/2018072118.12.45/2018-07-21%2018.12.45.ogg
3) The news is not the full story of our time
Thank you, On Being. https://archive.org/download/2018072117.48.32/2018-07-21%2017.48.32.ogg
4) What borders are really about, and what we do with them; we are a quilt; why justice isn’t enough
You can read the story yourself here. https://archive.org/download/SoundRecord20180717135541/SoundRecord-2018-07-17-13-55-41.wav
5) Bertrand Russell on what makes a fulfilling life, an illustrated celebration of the many meanings and manifestations of love, an immigrant’s tale
“Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life.”
6) Erich Fromm on Spontaneity as the Wellspring of Individuality, Creativity, and Love
“Spontaneous activity is the one way in which man can overcome the terror of aloneness… for in the spontaneous realization of the self man unites himself anew with the world — with man, nature, and hi...Show More
7) “Love After Life: Nobel-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman’s Extraordinary Letter to His Departed Wife” by Maria Popova
Where the hard edge of physics meets the vulnerable metaphysics of the human heart.
8) “The Trouble with ‘Finding Yourself’” by Maria Popova
This is a great summary of what it means to find yourself and what role poetry plays inside this find. You can read the article on Brain Pickings. http://shoutengine.com/ShortStories/ShortStories-0024...Show More
9) “The Doom and Glory of Knowing Who You Are” by Maria Popova
An exploration of the role of an artist perceived by James Baldwin. Read the story here. http://shoutengine.com/ShortStories/ShortStories-0023-the-doom-and-glory-of-knowing-who-you-are-by-mar-36942.mp...Show More
10) “The Poetics of Protest and Prayer” by Maria Popova
If we want to hear our voice, we must raise or lower it. You can read the story online. http://shoutengine.com/ShortStories/ShortStories-0022-the-poetics-of-protest-and-prayer-by-maria-popov-36595.mp3