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Changing the game, by Tim Shriver
Growing up in the Kennedy family, Tim Shriver sees close relatives compete at the highest level of U.S. politics and learns a very specific definition of what it means to be a winner. As a result, a fierce competitiveness finds its way into every aspect of his life. But as the ye ... Show More
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How the bees saved me, by Dr. Marla Spivak
Before becoming a MacArthur award–winning entomologist, Dr. Marla Spivak is adrift – first as a young woman in search of direction, then deep in the Amazon, severely ill and fearing death. Time and again, it’s the hum of bees that shows her a path forward. Apiculture doesn’t just ... Show More
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Forging my own path, by Isha Sesay
Writer Isha Sesay is happiest when she is caring for others; it’s a lesson she learns from her mother while growing up in Sierra Leone. But as an adult, there’s another lesson her mother teaches her, in quite another way: that even the most caring and giving among us must learn t ... Show More
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Gwyneth Paltrow x Katherine May: Finding the Fluid State
In Katherine May’s newest book, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, she explores our deep disconnection from the world around us and how rediscovering wonder and awe can help us feel whole again. Today, May joins GP to talk about what happens when we find the humilit ... Show More
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May 2023
The Cost of Living With a Secret | Geena Rocero
<p><em>New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.</em></p> <p> </p> <p>We're going to start experimenting with these Friday episodes. Historically on Fridays, we've dropped guided meditations – and we wil ... Show More
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Krista Tippett’s early years aren't what you’d expect knowing who she is today. As a journalist and political aide in divided Berlin in the '80s, she led a life of importance, where she was surrounded by power, where every decision mattered. But when a window opened to step away from that heady life, she found a new space – and time to ask herself what matte ... Show More
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