Sara Imari Walker on Making Sense of Life, the Universe, and Ourselves
As the physicist and astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker—the author of the mind-expanding book Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life’s Emergence—sees it, every single thing on Earth can be traced ...
27 Aug 202553min
James Frey on Designing Your Life to Bring Joy
In 2003, when the author James Frey published his first book, A Million Little Pieces—a gut-punch account of his experience with addiction and rehab—nobody could have expected what would come next. Th...
25 Juni 20251h 16min
Molly Jong-Fast on the Fleeting Nature of Fame
Through her sharp and biting political commentary—whether as host of the podcast Fast Politics, as a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, or as a political analyst on MSNBC—Molly Jong-Fast has, over...
18 Juni 202556min
Alicja Kwade on the Absurdity of Being Alive
Few artists aim to make sense of the subjectivity and complexity of time and space quite like the Polish-born, Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade. In each of her works, ranging from sculptures and large...
4 Juni 20251h 15min
Thomas Keller on Cooking as a Pathway to Happiness
With one small, clever—and now-trademark—idea in 1990, the chef Thomas Keller turned not only the notion of the ice-cream cone on its head, but the fine-dining world, too. Now, 35 years later, his hos...
21 Maj 202551min
Billy Martin on Finding Harmony in Rhythm and Life
The drummer and percussionist Billy Martin, whose name many Time Sensitive listeners may recognize—he created the Time Sensitive theme song—defies any boxed-in or limiting definitions of his work. Bes...
14 Maj 20251h 13min
John Pawson on Minimalism as a Way of Life
For the British architect John Pawson, minimalism isn’t just a design philosophy, but a life philosophy—with his 1996 book, Minimum, serving as a defining jumping-off point. Over the course of more th...
30 Apr 20251h 28min
Lina Ghotmeh on Ruin and Regeneration in Architecture
Through her “archaeology of the future” design approach, the Lebanese-born, Paris-based architect Lina Ghotmeh has firmly established herself as a humanist who brings a profound awareness of past, pre...
16 Apr 20251h 3min
