Maria Popova is one of the most prolific writers and thinkers of our time. The multi-hyphenate (author-essayist-critic-poet-human) joins Mariah to talk about the power or danger of identity and about how she lives in a state of curiosity and wonder about the world around her.
Explore Maria’s project The Marginalian, her study of the search for meaning, now immortalized in the Library of Congress, and her most recent book Traversal, a philosophical book that explores the meaning of life by weaving together the biographies of historical visionaries like with scientific discoveries and historical events.
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MOVD is created by host Mariah Rooney. Production by Isabel Robertson. Music by Joshua Roman. With writing support from Emily Long and community building support from Liina Potter.
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