Leonard Koren on Life as an Aesthetic Experience
For as long as he can remember, Leonard Koren has been searching for beauty and pleasure. Throughout his career, the author and artist—he prefers the term “creator”—has spent considerable time putting...
2 Apr 202556min
Pico Iyer on the Pleasure and Profundity of Silence
Since publishing his debut essay collection—Video Night in Kathmandu, featuring far-flung reportage from 10 Asian countries—in 1988, the prolific travel writer Pico Iyer has gone on to write more than...
26 Mars 20251h 10min
Faye Toogood on Creation as a Form of Connection
Faye Toogood is perhaps best known for her Roly-Poly chair, among the more famous pieces of furniture to come out of the 2010s and take over the zeitgeist, but the London-based designer’s artistry and...
19 Mars 20251h 4min
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 7min
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 202458min
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 202454min
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 202449min
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 8min
