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May 21
54m 19s

Designing Your Own Ritual (Bruce Feiler)

Elise Loehnen
About this episode
New York Times–bestselling author Bruce Feiler is back after just a few years with another great one, A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World—and How It Can Save Us. Today, he reveals what he’s learned about the rise of reinvented rituals. He shares some incredible stories of people around the world who are creating rituals for all kinds of moments—fr ... Show More
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