The Great Askers (episode 1): Sara Hendren and Krista Tippett
Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan
English - January 30, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsScience Arts science engineering art design culture space technology inspiration flourishing complexity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: James Evans - Cultural observatories, knowledge communities, and a life resplendent with ideas
Next Episode: Origins and Ongoingness: Thoughts on Season Seven
Flourishing Commons Newsletter and the post introducing Great Asking
Show Notes:
Sara Hendren's Origins Conversationstart of a living conversation (05:20)Ignorance by Stuart Firestein (06:00)questions are the oxygen of imagination (08:00)curiosity is a moral muscle (10:10)The Division of Cognitive Laborby Philip Kitcher (09:20)Sara's substack (10:40)Howard Gardner (11:20)Participatory readiness Danielle Allen (16:40)Living the Questions with Krista (23:30)questions and a state of receptivity (30:20)Sara's blog on voice memos (37:00)vagus nerve (37:00)neuroplasticity (37:30)Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (45:00)The Virtues of Limits by David McPherson (53:30)the healing is in the return - Sharon Salzberg (55:00)Proust QuestionnaireLightning Round (57:30):Overrated virtue: (Krista) independence; (Sara) fortitude as opposed to true courageWords or phrases to retire: (Krista) losing generative to AI; (Sara) communityValuing in friends: (Krista) laughter; (Sara) longevityLowest depth of misery: (Krista) when imagination shuts down; (Sara) tyranny of inwardness and the lie of aloneness (St. Augustine) Find Sara and Krista online:SaraKristaLogo artwork by Cristina Gonzalez
Music by Agasthya Pradhan Shenoy (Swelo)