095: How do we live joyfully in a world that is broken?
on driving to Minneapolis, Jo Walton's "Among Others," mutual aid, Louise Erdrich 's bookstore, and the kind of magic that helps you keep faith with the good.
Survival by Book
Searching, sometimes salty writing about the books we read and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
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094: Why would anyone ever buy anything new?
on thrifting, growing and making things, the Lucky Sweater app, Rosemary Gladstar on herbs, and how to enjoy life more and give the consumer industrial complex less. Plus the world premiere of the SurvivaLIST
093: Tell me about a complicated man
The Odyssey and heroism on the occasion of Christopher Nolan's epic new film
092: Shine on, all of you bright & dangerous objects
what makes a book --and a life--sexy, Laurie Colwin, and why screens pretty much ruin everything
091: A Letter to the Brave, Bright, and Beautiful Graduating Class of 2026
Read books! Lots of them!
090: the revolution will be fashion forward
Anne Higonnet on the three women who dressed the French revolution; Boots Riley's radically kinetic "I Love Boosters," and the dialectical materialism of fashion.
089: A Unifying Theorem for Everyday Entropy
J.G. Farrell's "The Troubles," rotting chamfered porch posts, the need for skilled craftsmen, and how to build resilience against life-weather
88: Now is the Season of Mucking Around in the Dirt
Jim Crace's "Harvest, Gary Stevenson's podcast, my garden, and the case for a materialist alliance against the oligarchy.
The Dartmouth D-Plan Was Perfect for Having a Baby
A war, a motel on the Dixie Highway, and the beginning of a Dartmouth love story.
About the Author
Courtney Cook is a writer and communications leader based in Wilder, Vermont.