Xiye Bastida on Why “Stubborn Optimism” Is Pivotal to the Climate Movement
Xiye Bastida was quite literally born into environmentalism. Throughout her upbringing in San Pedro Tultepec, Mexico, and later in New York City, Bastida’s Indigenous community leader father, of the O...
21 Sep 20221h 8min
Rachel Comey on Meeting Her Customers Right Where They’re At
Fashion designer Rachel Comey has always done things in a tightly focused way—and on her own terms. For more than two decades, she has followed an independent, wholly original approach to clothing des...
14 Sep 20221h
Céline Semaan on Why Slowing Down Is Essential for Our Collective Survival
For Céline Semaan, the founder of Slow Factory, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing climate justice and social equity, no obstacle is too big—or too conceptual—to surmount. Underlying all of Slow Facto...
7 Sep 20221h 30min
Baratunde Thurston on Humility as a Path to Wisdom
For writer, comedian, and cultural critic Baratunde Thurston, host of the How to Citizen podcast, humility is a tool to connect with people—and to bring them together around some collective sense of t...
27 Jul 20221h 38min
Jhumpa Lahiri on Translation as a Path to Self-Discovery
Author and translator Jhumpa Lahiri grew up in what she has called “a linguistic exile.” Born in London to Bengali immigrants who moved to the United States when she was 3, Lahiri experienced a profou...
13 Jul 20221h 22min
Jancis Robinson on the Wondrous World of Wine
Jancis Robinson wrote the book on wine. Literally. The author of the first four editions of the definitive Oxford Companion to Wine, she has also published some 20 books on the subject and more than 1...
29 Jun 20221h 6min
David Broza on Making Music That Transcends Borders
Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza believes that music can unite people across cultures and has spent the past 45 years showing audiences how it can be done. One of his latest projects exemplifies ...
22 Jun 20221h 30min
Deborah Needleman on the Humble Joys of Making Baskets and Brooms
If life is a garden, the writer, editor, and craftsperson Deborah Needleman certainly knows how to dig and cultivate it. Early in her career, she followed a nonlinear path in the media industry that w...
15 Jun 20221h 12min
