Your Call 052109 Where do you go to find wonder?

Where do you go to find wonder? On the next Your Call we discuss how to step back, get space and re-connect without becoming self-indulgent or oblivious. We'll speak with Winifred Gallagher, author of Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. How can taking time to be quiet and calm actually help us engage positively in the world? What is your recipe for falling in love with life? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Winifred Gallagher in Upstate New York
Author and Journalist who has written books exploring psychology and human behavior including House Thinking, Just the Way You Are (a New York Times Notable Book), Working on God, and The Power of Place. She has written for numerous publications, such as Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times. Her most recent book is RAPT: Attention and the Focused Life.

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Your Call 042309 Commons - Where can we find silence in our lives?

Where can we find silence in our lives? On the next Your Call we will talk with acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, author of One Square Inch of Silence. Hempton has been an advocate for the dwindling number of places where no man-made sound intrudes. How can we preserve and create silent spaces? Should we be creating sanctuaries of silence? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. How do you find or create the silence you need? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Gordon Hempton in New York
Acoustic ecologist and Emmy Award-winning sound recordist, author of One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World.

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