Best Krista Tippett Podcasts (2023)

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Poetry Unbound

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José Olivarez — No Time to Wait 11:25

1d ago11:25

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In a church there are liturgies and prayers and statues. But in José Olivarez’s poem, there are more urgent things taking place, things that have “no time to wait.” José Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants. He is the author of Promises of Gold, a collection of poems. His debut book of poems, Citizen Illegal, was a finalist for the PEN/Jean St…

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Seedcast

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Spotlight: 5 Plain Questions - Jeffrey Gibson 31:41

2h ago31:41

31:41

We’re overjoyed to share with you an episode from 5 Plain Questions, a podcast hosted by Joe Williams (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate). In this episode, Joe talks with Jeffrey Gibson (Choctaw/Cherokee), an artist who exemplifies the care of community and the sharing of resources that makes a difference for so many Indigenous peoples for collective benefit…

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Meditative Story

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Tig Notaro: There’s more than one way to get there 33:24

9h ago33:24

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The many highs of Tig Notaro’s comedy career (Emmy and Grammy nominations, creating TV shows, and hosting the “Don’t Ask Tig” podcast) may seem predestined. Yet these are all things that seem beyond the realm of possibility for young Tig. In the early 2000s she’s told that because she’s a woman, and she’s gay, and she’s low-key and deadpan, she’ll …

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Poetry Unbound

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Safia Elhillo — Ode to My Homegirls 12:09

1d ago12:09

12:09

Friendships deserve praise songs, and here’s a praise song — an ode — to friends that have crossed continents for each other, and would go further if needed. Sudanese by way of D.C., Safia Elhillo is the author of Girls That Never Die, The January Children, and Home Is Not a Country, and is co-editor of the anthology Halal If You Hear Me. Winner of…

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Meditative Story

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Learning to heal by learning to feel, by Niall Breslin 39:53

7d ago39:53

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From the outside, Niall Breslin — known by legions of Irish fans as Bressie — appears to have led a charmed life. He’s had a professional Rugby career, achieved national stardom as a musician, and been a coach on The Voice of Ireland. But behind all those achievements lies Niall’s struggle with repressed emotions and generations of unresolved pain.…

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Poetry Unbound

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Poetry Unbound — Season 7 Trailer 1:55

8d ago1:55

1:55

Poetry Unbound with host Pádraig Ó Tuama is back on Monday, May 22. Featured poets in this season include Selina Nwulu, Wo Chan, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Mark Turcotte, and many more. New episodes released every Monday and Friday through July 28. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or wherever you listen.…

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Meditative Story

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Creating calm, inside and out, by Rohan Gunatillake 10:45

10m ago10:45

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In today’s Meditation, Rohan reflects on the theme of creating calm, inside and out. Please join us in applying some simple practices to help balance our outer and inner worlds. This year, we’re again marking Mental Health Awareness Month, an important campaign started by Mental Health America all the way back in 1949. The position of mental health…

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Seedcast

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'No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice': Rev. Yearwood and Leo Cerda with Tracy Rector 39:10

14d ago39:10

39:10

We’re asserting joy in this conversation about Black and Indigenous solidarity work in the climate justice movement. Seedcast’s Executive Producer Tracy Rector talks with global leaders who are connecting Black and Indigenous communities in their shared work toward building a healthier society and Earth for all. Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr. is Pres…

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Meditative Story

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Reaching our full potential is not a solo act, by Terence Blanchard 35:58

20h ago35:58

35:58

As a legendary Jazz trumpeter, winner of 5 Grammy Awards, and composer of over 60 films including the works of director Spike Lee, it’s easy to assume Terence Blanchard is someone with a lot of confidence. But growing up in New Orleans, he’s just a shy kid with glasses and a lot of uncertainty. In this week’s episode, Terence tells the story of how…

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Meditative Story

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There’s beauty in breaking the rules, by Felix Barrett (Sleep No More, Punchdrunk) 39:59

7d ago39:59

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Growing up in the suburbs of England, Felix Barrett — founder of immersive theater company Punchdrunk — considers himself a good kid. He’s a rule-follower with a deep respect for authority. But a few eye-opening evenings at the theater introduce him to the exciting, and sometimes dangerous, world of rule-breaking. Later, on an unplanned trip to Tha…

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Meditative Story

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Building a bond with my son, by Dan Harris 26:53

9d ago26:53

26:53

Broadcaster Dan Harris shares a candid look at his attempts to connect more with his son, Alexander, on their first father-son trip. Each episode of Meditative Story combines the emotional pull of first-person storytelling with immersive music and gentle mindfulness prompts. Read the transcript for this story at: www.meditativestory.com Sign up for…

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Meditative Story

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Building trust in ourselves, by Rohan Gunatillake 17:39

13d ago17:39

17:39

Today’s meditation features a special guest, Rohan’s 7 year-old son, Arne. Letting go can come in stages, or so Rohan experiences on a recent holiday with his family. As his 7 year-old son Arne builds his swimming skills, Rohan realizes he’s gone from an active, hands-on support role, to one of a patient observer. It’s in this letting go that both …

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Seedcast

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Seedcast em Portuguese: DJ Eric Terena: Sons Coletivos para Uma Nova Era 28:18

28d ago28:18

28:18

Na esteira de uma mudança política no Brasil em direção à justiça ambiental e aos direitos indígenas, o ativista e DJ Eric Terena (do povo indígena Terena) compartilha neste episódio de Seedcast como a música pode contribuir para o bem coletivo. Ele conta a história de como aprendeu a integrar suas identidades de ativista, comunicador e artista, e …

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Meditative Story

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Learn to see the layers in everyone, by Jay Shetty 27:18

15d ago27:18

27:18

"Why?” asks an insistent high school art teacher. “Why? Why? Why?” Staring blankly back, a young Jay Shetty has nothing to say. It’s an art project, it's just homework. A collage. It’s just … layers. The next day in a subway station, Jay's chance encounter with an ad peeling off the wall unlocks the truest answer. What he discovers that day about h…

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Meditative Story

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I let go of my plan — and found myself, by Krista Tippett 27:52

1M ago27:52

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Krista Tippett’s early years aren't what you’d expect knowing who she is today. As a journalist and political aide in divided Berlin in the '80s, she led a life of importance, where she was surrounded by power, where every decision mattered. But when a window opened to step away from that heady life, she found a new space – and time to ask herself …

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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Patronage and Love: On Being's Becoming 1:40

19d ago1:40

1:40

Pádraig makes an announcement, and we listen to a few lovely moments from the On Being season we've just brought into the world. We're inviting the beautiful humans who gather around On Being to partner in the vitality of the unfolding On Being Project in a new way. Our friend Maria Popova says it daringly, beautifully, and she's given us permissio…

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Meditative Story

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The secret to aging well, by Chip Conley 37:55

22d ago37:55

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A California native, Chip Conley grew up visiting the towering redwoods and indulging his curiosity about wise and aging things. But as an adult pioneering a boutique hotel company, he begins to feel the weight of middle age and loses the curiosity that once drove him to innovate and explore. In his story, Chip shares the journey that led him to fo…

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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Vivek Murthy — To Be a Healer 57:04

27d ago57:04

57:04

We need a modicum of vitality to simply be alive in this time. And we're in an enduringly tender place. The mental health crisis that is invoked all around, especially as we look to the young, is one manifestation of the gravity of the post-2020 world. How to name and honor this more openly? How to hold that together with the ways we've been given …

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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Vivek Murthy — A Meditation for Moments of Despair, and To Feel Less Alone 3:04

1M ago3:04

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An excerpt from the On Being episode, "To Be a Healer." The extraordinary physician and public servant stilled a raucous room full of storytellers and podcasters with this offering at the 2023 On Air Fest. Vivek Murthy is the 21st Surgeon General of the United States. He also served in this role from 2014 to 2017. He hosts the podcast House Calls w…

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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[Unedited] Vivek Murthy with Krista Tippett 1:17:26

27d ago1:17:26

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We need a modicum of vitality to simply be alive in this time. And we're in an enduringly tender place. The mental health crisis that is invoked all around, especially as we look to the young, is one manifestation of the gravity of the post-2020 world. How to name and honor this more openly? How to hold that together with the ways we've been given …

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Meditative Story

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Learning to show love and kindness to ourselves, by Rohan Gunatillake 15:41

27d ago15:41

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Today, Rohan shares a Lovingkindness Meditation born out of a Spring walk around Oxford. In this practice, phrases are repeated that gradually move our focus from another, back to ourselves, and, finally, to larger and larger circles, encompassing the entirety of the universe. As Rohan shares, kindness is a natural quality of the heart that we all …

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Seedcast

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Spotlight: Many Lumens with Maori Karmael Holmes - Sky Hopinka 51:15

1M ago51:15

51:15

“If I want to make films about things I want to see, why not make them?” - Sky Hopinka In our first Seedcast Spotlight of the year, Sky Hopinka – visual artist, filmmaker, educator, and MacArthur Fellow – speaks with Maori Karmael Holmes on Blackstar’s Many Lumens podcast about centering the stories Indigenous artists want to share and sidelining v…

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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Barbara Brown Taylor — “This Hunger for Holiness” 1:05:07

1M ago1:05:07

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"I like it much better than ‘religious’ or ‘spiritual’ — to be a seeker after the sacred or the holy, which ends up for me being the really real." – Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor From Krista, about this week's show: It's fascinating to trace the arc of spiritual searching and religious belonging in my lifetime. The Episcopal priest and public theologia…

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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[Unedited] Barbara Brown Taylor with Krista Tippett 1:24:30

1M ago1:24:30

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"I like it much better than ‘religious’ or ‘spiritual’ — to be a seeker after the sacred or the holy, which ends up for me being the really real." – Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor From Krista, about this week's show: It's fascinating to trace the arc of spiritual searching and religious belonging in my lifetime. The Episcopal priest and public theologia…

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Meditative Story

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Reducing anxiety 24 hours at a time, by Bakari Sellers 33:28

1M ago33:28

33:28

Bakari Sellers made history when he became the youngest African American elected official in the United States. But beneath the surface of his successful career, Bakari is consumed by anxiety about his own mortality. This week, Bakari shares how living life in 24-hour increments empowers him to contend with his greatest anxieties and get more out o…

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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Ruth Wilson Gilmore — “Where life is precious, life is precious.” 1:06:05

1M ago1:06:05

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To say that Ruth Wilson Gilmore is a geographer, which she is, is not to convey the vast and varied ways in which she is influencing the makings of the future. She's a mentor and teacher to a new generation of social activism and creativity. She's a visionary of “abolition,” and that has become a fraught and polarizing word in our fraught and polar…

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Meditative Story

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How I connect to my unique place in history, by Zuri Adele 34:07

1M ago34:07

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Actress Zuri Adele, known for playing Malika Williams on the popular Freeform show Good Trouble, spent parts of her childhood largely isolated. But while attending Spelman College in Atlanta, Zuri becomes immersed in the rich history and ritual of the African diaspora. This week, Zuri shows us how embracing her community and her unique place in his…

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Seedcast

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Indigenous Narrative Sovereignty on TikTok 30:45

2M ago30:45

30:45

"Black Indigenous people of color in the 21st century are navigating the digital space and grounding ourselves in joy, community, beauty, skincare, dancing, and storytelling, all through connection to land.” - Lofanitani Aisea Did you say "influencer"? Seedcast’s first ever Artist-in-Residence, Lofanitani Aisea (Black and Tongan, Modoc, Tahlequah C…

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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Janine Benyus — Biomimicry, an Operating Manual for Earthlings 1:08:43

2M ago1:08:43

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There is a quiet, redemptive story of our time in this conversation — a radical way of approaching the gravest of our problems by attending to how original vitality functions. Biomimicry takes the natural world as mentor and teacher — for, as Janine Benyus puts it, "we are surrounded by geniuses." Nature solves problems and performs what appear to …

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Meditative Story

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Together, we move from fear to hope, by Varshini Prakash 36:23

2M ago36:23

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Climate activist Varshini Prakash first became aware of the effects of a changing planet when her grandparents’ village in India was flooded in a monsoon. A child then, she felt overwhelmed and powerless. In this week’s episode, Varshini shares how she came to find hope and build courage through the large and small communities in her life. Varshini…

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative 1:04:39

2M ago1:04:39

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The flow and the ingredients by which an idea becomes an offering — and life practices which call that alchemy forth. The mystery of it all that can only be named and wondered at — and the ordinary mystery that creativity is a human birthright, a way of being rather than doing, that beckons to us all, in everything we do, from crafting something to…

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Meditative Story

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There's no one way, by Gretchen Rubin 30:06

2M ago30:06

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Gretchen Rubin is an expert on happiness, and she's spent her career helping people build the habits to achieve it. But she assumed that if something works for her, it should work for just about anyone. A series of chance encounters, and a healthy helping of curiosity, makes Gretchen realize that maybe there isn't one path to happiness after all. T…

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Seedcast

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DJ Eric Terena: The Collective Sounds for a New Era 33:56

2M ago33:56

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On the heels of a political sea change in Brazil toward environmental justice and Indigenous rights, activist and DJ Eric Terena (of the Terena Peoples) shares how music is being used for the collective good. He tells the story of how he learned to integrate his identities as an activist, journalist and musician. His collaborations with political l…

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Meditative Story

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A meditation for balance, renewal, and reframing, by Rohan Gunatillake 17:17

2M ago17:17

17:17

Sometimes on Meditative Story, we break from our usual episodes to share a reflection from our host, Rohan Gunatillake, occasioned by moments that we might like to take a beat to sit with. Today, Rohan welcomes the interstellar shift in our solar system that produces the Spring Equinox. On our special planet we call home, we only experience two day…

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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Isabel Wilkerson — "We all know in our bones that things are harder than they have to be." 1:18:42

2M ago1:18:42

1:18:42

In this rich, expansive, and warm conversation between friends, Krista draws out the heart for humanity behind Isabel Wilkerson's eye on histories we are only now communally learning to tell — her devotion to understanding not merely who we have been, but who we can be. Her most recent offering of fresh insight to our life together brings "caste" i…

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Meditative Story

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Finding possibility in life’s forced pauses, by AD 34:38

2M ago34:38

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As a WNBA player, AD is used to saying, “I’m good” as an automatic response, no matter the injury. It’s what allows them to be a successful athlete, and to wrap their whole self around that identity. But when basketball is fully stripped away from them, they have to look inward to explore who they are — and the full range of identity available to t…

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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James Bridle — The Intelligence Singing All Around Us 1:04:29

2M ago1:04:29

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You might want to take a walk with this one. It is big and full of brain food and an enlivening opening of imagination to possibilities that are emergent now: the notion of the “broad commonwealth of life” that we are “inextricably entangled with and suffused by”; the paradox that the more accurately you try to measure some things, the more unmeasu…

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On Being with Krista Tippett

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[Unedited] James Bridle with Krista Tippett 1:32:57

2M ago1:32:57

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You might want to take a walk with this one. It is big and full of brain food and an enlivening opening of imagination to possibilities that are emergent now: the notion of the “broad commonwealth of life” that we are “inextricably entangled with and suffused by”; the paradox that the more accurately you try to measure some things, the more unmeasu…

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