Prose

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

Chapter 01 Pt. 2

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Chapter 02

Jenn Louis stops by to talk about the essentials for a great soup and takes on your questions. Plus, the Splendid team holds a taste-off of store-bought chicken stock.

Food

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

726: Soup’s On with Jenn Louis

The hit parody artist "Weird Al" Yankovic talks about what made him weird, the legal gray area of parody, and bringing "the sexy back" to accordion. The new movie Weird, inspired by the story of his life, is a parody of music biopics.

Arts

Fresh Air

'Weird Al' Yankovic

Join pioneering Ayurvedic chef, educator and author Divya Alter, as she cooks her way through a healing soup perfect for these winter months

Play Me a Recipe

Divya Alter's Red Lentil and Celery Root Soup

ABC News anchor and author Diane Macedo shares her personal investigation and insight into how to improve your sleep habits as part of our “Mental Health Reboot” series for Mental Health Awareness Month.

60+ min

Female voice

Male voice

10% Happier with Dan Harris

How to Sleep Better | Diane Macedo

Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott

04 – Crossing the Hellespont

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Chapter 1, Part 4

Chapter 01 Pt. 3

Chapter 03 Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm

04 - The Traveling Musicians

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

04 - The Bascombe Valley Mystery

Freedom Beyond Selfing - We spend many moments in a trance of selfing - preoccupied with the stories, wants and fears of what feels to be a separate self. The suffering is that this self-fixation obscures the depth and mystery of our being. In this talk we explore how to relate wisely to selfing, and discover the light and love that express our true nature.

Spirituality

Tara Brach

Freedom Beyond Selfing

Philanthropic foundations are a fundamental part of our society: they support media, the arts, education, medical research, and more. NPR, and even this show, is supported by many personal and family foundations. But it wasn't always that way. In this episode, we go back to the beginning — the Gilded Age. We trace the birth and evolution of what many today call "big philanthropy," and ask what all this private wealth means for the public good.

Education

Throughline

The New Gilded Age (2022)

In this special episode, Jacke pays tribute to a friend, including a consideration of endings and beginnings, mystery and grace, and two powerful works: John Berger's The Shape of a Pocket and James Joyce's masterpiece "The Dead."
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The History of Literature

472 The Art of Not Knowing

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Soothing

Piano

Relaxation

Sleep - Meandering Piano

Moon Collection

Chapter 02 Pt. 1

Chapter 04

In 2022, three hundred and forty pieces of legislation in twenty-three states targeted L.G.B.T.Q. rights. The most high-profile was Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill—officially the Parental Rights in Education Act—introduced by <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/27/can-ron-desantis-displace-donald-trump-as-the-gops-combatant-in-chief">Governor Ron DeSantis</a>. The law limits the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in grade-school classrooms, including through the removal of books and other educational materials. DeSantis, of course, won a landslide reëlection contest in November, with parental rights a central part of his platform. In July, when the “Don’t Say Gay” law was newly implemented, Jessica Winter joined Tyler Foggatt to discuss the history of queer children’s literature, why the right finds it so dangerous, and how its banning will affect the lives and education of young people.
This episode was originally released on July 14, 2022.

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The Queer Children’s Books Targeted by Conservative Lawmakers

Many people say that knitting or crochet helped ease their anxiety during the Covid-19 lockdowns - but what is it about these repetitive, absorbing and creative hobbies that soothe the mind? Claire Anketell set up free Yarn for Mental Health courses in Northern Ireland a year ago and Gemma was one of the first to attend. She says crochet has helped to reduce her stress levels and she's graduated to making blankets.  

Esther Rutter's book This Golden Fleece: A Journey through Britain's Knitted History aims to unpick what textiles mean to us - including how they became part of the treatment for mental health problems. Learning a skill by following a pattern, connecting with other people and being distracted from everyday worries tick some of the boxes which we associate with wellbeing.  But it's hard to pin down exactly which elements can boost our mood. Dr Sarah McKay author of The Woman's Brain Book: the Neuroscience of Health, Hormones and Happiness assesses whether we need hard evidence to carry on casting on. 

The charity Fine Cell Work has been teaching prisoners embroidery, needlepoint and quilting for 25 years.  CEO Victoria Gillies says the idea is to rehabilitate prisoners and ex-prisoners as they sew high-quality elaborate cushions and footstools. We hear about the difference it's made to stitchers like Ben and how crafting can cut the reoffending rates of ex-prisoners who work in their Hub in London.

Psychology

All in the Mind

Can you knit away your worries?

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