Margaret Atwood

And if it's actually about trying to improve conditions, you might be a William Morris socialist. So William Morris thought that not only could you improve conditions, but you could make them more fun and more beautiful. Whereas a lot of puritanical antinomians think that beauty is beside the point, it's actually not.

And if it's actually about trying to improve conditions, you might be a William Morris socialist. So William Morris thought that not only could you improve conditions, but you could make them more fun and more beautiful. Whereas a lot of puritanical antinomians think that beauty is beside the point, it's actually not.

Well, I think that report says it all. We don't know what to make of any of this. And if you then don't have more of the story, of course it's going to move on, because if the story is we don't know, there's not much to add to that. We don't know. Oh, and now it's Tuesday and we still don't know. And Thursday, we also don't know on Thursday.

Well, I think that report says it all. We don't know what to make of any of this. And if you then don't have more of the story, of course it's going to move on, because if the story is we don't know, there's not much to add to that. We don't know. Oh, and now it's Tuesday and we still don't know. And Thursday, we also don't know on Thursday.

So it isn't a story if it ends with we don't know and there's nothing else to add. It's again the nature of the stories. If there is no next chapter, what can you say? We still don't know.

So it isn't a story if it ends with we don't know and there's nothing else to add. It's again the nature of the stories. If there is no next chapter, what can you say? We still don't know.

There are many disadvantages, but there are many advantages. And if there weren't many advantages, we wouldn't be doing it.

There are many disadvantages, but there are many advantages. And if there weren't many advantages, we wouldn't be doing it.

Oh, how about mushrooms? Let's talk about mushrooms. That's a really good story. I love the mushroom story. So Merlin Sheldrake is probably the person you want to be talking to. And we are now learning how to make all kinds of things out of mushrooms that we weren't even thinking about a little while ago. So you can get a mushroom coffin. And you can make building blocks out of mushrooms.

Oh, how about mushrooms? Let's talk about mushrooms. That's a really good story. I love the mushroom story. So Merlin Sheldrake is probably the person you want to be talking to. And we are now learning how to make all kinds of things out of mushrooms that we weren't even thinking about a little while ago. So you can get a mushroom coffin. And you can make building blocks out of mushrooms.

You can make fabric out of mushrooms. And this is even apart from any food and medical uses that they may have. So I'd say keep your eye on the mushrooms. They may be entering your life sooner than you think.

You can make fabric out of mushrooms. And this is even apart from any food and medical uses that they may have. So I'd say keep your eye on the mushrooms. They may be entering your life sooner than you think.

Don't do this to me.

Don't do this to me.

Okay. So I did pick out, I was told, three. And I have three, and I'm going to show them to you. So this is Margaret MacMillan's book on war. pretty general reader book, How Conflict Shaped Us. One of the takeaways from it is apparently we're not teaching military studies or military history in universities anymore. That's a mistake. So good read, War, How Conflict Shaped Us, Margaret MacMillan.

Okay. So I did pick out, I was told, three. And I have three, and I'm going to show them to you. So this is Margaret MacMillan's book on war. pretty general reader book, How Conflict Shaped Us. One of the takeaways from it is apparently we're not teaching military studies or military history in universities anymore. That's a mistake. So good read, War, How Conflict Shaped Us, Margaret MacMillan.

This one is by somebody who lives out near you called Jennifer Eberhardt. And it's called Bias. And it's got the statistics. So for people who want to know, well, actually, how does this skew life in real time in the actual world? Here's the book that talks about that. It's racial bias. And she's done the work. It's not just anecdotal. And this one will surprise you. I hope.

This one is by somebody who lives out near you called Jennifer Eberhardt. And it's called Bias. And it's got the statistics. So for people who want to know, well, actually, how does this skew life in real time in the actual world? Here's the book that talks about that. It's racial bias. And she's done the work. It's not just anecdotal. And this one will surprise you. I hope.

It's by Eliza Reid, Secrets of the Sprachar. And what is it about? It's about life in Iceland. You surprised? So Iceland, a small country where people tend to be related in some way to one another, and the fact that this land of the erstwhile Vikings, which always had pretty powerful determined female figures, how women's equality, gender equality, and financial equality play out in Iceland.

It's by Eliza Reid, Secrets of the Sprachar. And what is it about? It's about life in Iceland. You surprised? So Iceland, a small country where people tend to be related in some way to one another, and the fact that this land of the erstwhile Vikings, which always had pretty powerful determined female figures, how women's equality, gender equality, and financial equality play out in Iceland.