Our bittersweet, heartfelt, idea-full goodbye show from To The Best of Our Knowledge. In my part of the final TTBOOK episode, we re-air a conversation I had with Alice Walker about "taking the arrow out of your heart" which feels so vital to how we live today. www.ttbook.org/show/farewel...

I've started a newsletter, Cadence: On Writing & Sound. Today I wrote about translation and the search for the right words. I'll post about books, writing craft, journalism, audio and poetry. It's a way to stay in touch for readers and writers. I hope you'll subscribe. cadence.ghost.io

Every episode (35 years) of “To the Best of Our Knowledge” archived for free, for everyone, forever. The “To the Best of Our Knowledge” Special Collection from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a collab between the Library of Congress and GBH. americanarchive.org/special_coll...

Sad news. I'm so proud of the beautiful interviews, great ideas, controversial questions and complex emotions ⁦ @ttbook.bsky.social brought to the airwaves. Stay tuned as we sunset the show, launch a permanent archive, and we all move on to our next acts. captimes.com/to-the-best-...

"On Pilgrimage with Dorothy Day." What can we learn from someone who is complicated and flawed and might be a modern saint? With insights from @robertellsberg.bsky.social and @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social on @ttbook.bsky.social from @prx.org and WPR. www.ttbook.org/show/pilgrim...

Maybe you need a retreat? I loved talking with Pico Iyer for this week's @ttbook.bsky.social show, "Retreat From the Day-to-Day Life" about how he works on his inner life through retreat. With stories about joy, death, Leonard Cohen and the Dalai Lama. www.ttbook.org/show/retreat...

Before family photos, or school pictures or Instagram, there were hand-drawn and painted portraits. We talk with a philosopher, a musician and a novelist about the historical role of portraits and how we see ourselves —and others — through these deeply personal images. www.ttbook.org/show/reframi...

SO thrilled for @ttbook.bsky.social To The Best of Our Knowledge to be back on Minnesota Public Radio! We're on 5pm Sundays right after ATC. TTBOOK from WPR on MPR! www.mprnews.org/schedule/sun...

What if we embraced night? Winter Solstice on @ttbook.bsky.social www.ttbook.org/show/deep-ti...

Poems for the end of the year lithub.com/49-contempor...

How trees talk to each other and other signs of plant intelligence on @ttbook.bsky.social www.ttbook.org/show/plant-i...

Thanks to The American Scholar for publishing my essay ‘Verde,’ about learning Spanish in my 50s and to draw in my 60s and how it changed the way I see the world!

Happy or sad or a complicated mix of both, it might be time for a good cry. www.ttbook.org/show/lets-ce...

If you're looking for a mindful distraction, our latest episode is "Playing With Words." I loved talking with New Yorker crossword constructor Anna Shechtman about the feminist history of crosswords and what makes a word "puzzle-worthy." www.ttbook.org/show/playing...