Maria Popova

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931 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 22 Jun

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman · Maria Popova · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

I'll just tell you that.

And

Your life will be transformed.

But because of how they mate, it is a kind of puzzle piece.

So their reproductive organs have to fit.

And so if your organs are on the other side, you can only mate with a snail that's on the other side.

Also, you know, inverse.

So then this world search began for another lefty snail.

And it was eventually found in Australia and mailed to Australia.

snail mailed to jeremy and and then and then it's a drama then then a drama ensues that will let people find out in the children's book what happens but it's not what you expect and it is absolutely wonderful why are you drawn to writing for children at this stage in your life

I think great children's books are works of philosophy in disguise.

I grew up with The Little Prince and Alice in Wonderland.

They taught me how to think.

They taught me how to feel.

I still reread The Little Prince about once a year.

And every time it gives me something new and acutely relevant to something I'm grappling with that year.

And I think also it's often in this simple language of children that we get to the deepest truths, that we're embarrassed to think and talk about otherwise.

And we cloak with all these convoluted theories and bells and whistles.

But really, it is a way to get to the elementals.

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