Finding Meaning in Desperate Times




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Summary: We’ve all been changed by the experience of living through a pandemic. We figured out how to sanitize groceries, mute ourselves on Zoom and keep from killing our roommates. But we’re also tackling bigger, existential questions — how can we, individually and collectively, find meaning in the experience of this pandemic? *Original Air Date: * May 23, 2020 **Guests: ** <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/david-kessler-0" target="_blank">David Kessler</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/tyrone-muhammad" target="_blank">Tyrone Muhammad</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/nikki-giovanni" target="_blank">Nikki Giovanni</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/john-kaag-0" target="_blank">John Kaag</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/alice-kaplan-0" target="_blank">Alice Kaplan</a> **Interviews In This Hour: ** <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/grief-natural-response-pandemic-heres-why-you-should-let-yourself-feel-it" target="_blank">Grief Is A Natural Response To The Pandemic. Here’s Why You Should Let Yourself Feel It.</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/you-smell-death-being-mortician-community-ravaged-covid-19" target="_blank">'You Smell Death': Being A Mortician In A Community Ravaged By COVID-19</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/nikki-giovanni-reads-poem-remembrance" target="_blank">Nikki Giovanni Reads a Poem of Remembrance</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/does-philosophy-still-matter-age-coronavirus" target="_blank">Does Philosophy Still Matter In The Age Of Coronavirus?</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/why-camus-stranger-still-dangerous-novel" target="_blank">Why Camus' 'The Stranger' Is Still a Dangerous Novel</a>