#30 Sheldon Solomon - Denial of Death in the Anthropocene

Death in The Garden

This week on "Death in The Garden," Jake and Maren share their interview with experimental psychologist, professor, and author, Sheldon Solomon. This episode was recorded in May of 2021, but was always a seminal piece for our project: we talk about how death denying delusions are running rampant in modern culture, how the blind belief in the inevitability of progress is taking us down a dark road, and how the acceptance and awareness of our mortality can help us turn our attention to the vistas of awe and enchantment necessary to create the more beautiful world we all want to live in.

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Be sure to check out Ernest Becker's book, The Denial of Death and Sheldon's book, The Worm at The Core.

Editing: Parker Burningham

Outro music: "Parting of the Sensory" by Modest Mouse

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