Malcolm Gladwell on Finding Freedom in Abandoning Expectations
Malcolm Gladwell may be one of the most widely read—and, with his Revisionist History podcast, listened to—journalists of our time. A New Yorker magazine staff writer and the author of seven New York ...
18 Dec 20241h 12min
Richard Christiansen on Bridging Horticulture and Popular Culture
Richard Christiansen believes that the true definition of luxury is having one’s senses on full blast—seeing, tasting, smelling, hearing, and touching the world around by engaging in its beauty and bo...
11 Dec 20241h 1min
Marcia Bjornerud on the Profound Wisdom of Rocks
To the majority of humankind, rocks may appear to be static, timeless objects, but not to the geologist Marcia Bjornerud. In her mind, rocks are rich pieces of text that have evolved (and continue to ...
20 Nov 202458min
Nachson Mimran on Leveraging Privilege for Good and in Service of Others
With great privilege, believes the humanitarian and entrepreneur Nachson Mimran, comes great responsibility. Brought up in a family that operates one of the largest agri-industrial businesses in West ...
13 Nov 202454min
Jonathan Lethem on Novel Writing as a Memory Art
Perhaps best known for his novels Motherless Brooklyn (1999), The Fortress of Solitude (2003), and Chronic City (2009)—or, more recently, Brooklyn Crime Novel (2023)—the author, essayist, and cultural...
30 Okt 20241h 12min
Lindsey Adelman on the Transformative Nature of Light
To the lighting designer Lindsey Adelman, light is at once ubiquitous and precious, quotidian yet miraculous; it can be easily overlooked or taken for granted, but it also has the potential to become ...
23 Okt 20241h
Paul Goldberger on Architecture as an Act of Optimism
In the eyes of the architecture critic Paul Goldberger, a building is a living, breathing thing, a structure that can have a spirit and even, at its best, a soul. It’s this optimistic perspective that...
9 Okt 20241h 12min
Francesco Clemente on Painting as Poetry and Performance
The artist Francesco Clemente may have been born and raised in Naples, but—having lived and worked around the world, including in Rome, India, New York City, and New Mexico—he considers himself a citi...
25 Sep 202459min
