Your Podcast Potion | The Week of Dec 2
Asking beautiful questions, Krista Tippett talks about God, healing our nervous system, creativity masterclass, long curiosity, an ornithologist, and plant intelligence
Hi there!
I’m feeling a little blah today. There’s never really any specific rhyme or reason for it other than life. When I’m in these moods I know I must watch my mind closely so as not to spiral down any dark and depressing holes or make decisions I’ll regret later. The feelings will pass like clouds across my inner sky…in the meantime, I read good books, get in the fresh air, move my body, listen to music, and smile at people.
It’s always so fun to look back through my favorite podcast episodes from the week and put together a little potion for us.
I only pull episodes that were delightful, insightful, or inspiring in some way! I hope these keep you company in your mundane tasks throughout the week ahead.
Here are the best episodes (and a quote!) from each day, I’m sure you’ll find one just perfect for what you need!
Monday
The Mark Groves Podcast | Polyvagal Path: Healing Your Nervous System & Your Life With Dr. Stephen Porges | April 29 2024 |1 hr 16 min
“The body’s ability to maintain health is really sabotaged when the mental state feels like it’s under life threat. Everything from religion and medicine to education, often evaluates, creating cultures that support threat, which stifles creativity.”
- Dr. Porges
Tuesday
Makers & Mystics | A Long Curiosity with Rob | Dec 2 2024 | 34 min
“As soon as I don’t know if I can pull it off, I’m super interested.”
- Rob Bell
Wednesday
America, Who Hurt You? with Sarah Jones | Are You There, God? With Krista Tippett | July 24 2024 | 39 min
“To know that somebody is more complicated and contradicts themselves suggests that there’s a space for us to coax them out into that complexity.”
- Krista Tippett
Thursday
The Tim Ferriss Show | David Whyte, Poet- Spacious Ease, Irish Koans, Writing in Delirium, and Revelations from a Yak Manger | Dec 4 2024 | 2 hr 11 min
“A beautiful question is defined by the fact that it helps to shape your life as much by asking it as by having it answered.”
- David Whyte
Friday
The School of Greatness | How To Unlock Your Creativity & Access Your Visionary Mind (with Rick Rubin, Hozier, and IN-Q) | Dec 6 2024 | 1 hr 32 min
“I’m gonna love your harder. It’s a privilege to be hugging you. I’m gonna love you harder, more than ever before. I’m at peace with knowing love is war, that’s what we’re fighting for. So love harder.”
- poem by IN-Q (full poem recited at the end of the podcast)
Saturday
People I (Mostly) Admire | The World’s Most Controversial Ornithologist | July 19 2024 | 1 hr 10 min
“Saying that feathers evolve for flight is to think that fingers evolve to play the piano.”
-Richard Prum
Sunday
To The Best of Our Knowledge | Plant Intelligence | Dec 7 2024 | 52 min
“Plants have more photoreceptors on their leaves than we have in our eyes. They do have incredible fine sensing of light. They know if they’re being shaded by a cloud. They know if something is the color red, the color blue. So, you know, these researchers say it’s not such a stretch. Maybe they can see in images.”
Do you like receiving these podcast potions every Sunday? Can you let me know what you love about them?
Thanks for reading!
-Charissa