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Hyacinth Podcast

Dec 8, 2019

Do you hide memories away in boxes under beds, at the top corners of closets? Or do you keep them all around you, cluttered up on your mantel and stuck to the front of your fridge? From our personal stories to our public histories, memory affects the way we view and move through our world. I talk with journalist...


Nov 10, 2019

What are the limits of our narrative? How can stories lead us into blank spaces and the unknown? I interview Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud and celebrated east coast writers Carol Bruneau and Nicola Davison about the transformative potential of story and the challenges of writing what is unsaid and unknown.
 


Nov 10, 2019

What if telling your story could endanger your life ... but also possibly save it? I interview best-selling author and scholar Jesse Thistle, community organizer Masuma Khan, and fashion writer Musemo Handahu about the powers and dangers of storytelling.
 
Jesse Thistle went from living on the street and suffering with...


Oct 21, 2019

Bonus episode: Hear my extended interview with writer and psychotherapist Dr. Kathlyn Conway. Her book Beyond Words: Illness and the Limits of Expression explores storytelling about illness and trauma beyond the triumph narrative. As a cancer-survivor herself, she has come face to face with "the limits of the self and...


Oct 7, 2019

Can encounters with the wild heal us? Can trauma yield discoveries that are beautiful and expansive? I talk to a psychotherapist and two licensed falconers about the surprising connections between traumatic experiences and the art of falconry. It turns out that training birds might be a little-known secret to healing....