Ending With A Flourish [Rebroadcast]

Wonder Cabinet

Wonder Cabinet Productions

Society & Culture, Wonder, Philosophy, Ttbook, Knowledge, Interview

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

New Years celebrations are all parties and hats, songs and champagne. No one ever seems to talk about the fact that something big just ended. An entire year of life, come and gone. Shouldn’t we pause to mourn, or mark its passing with a little reverence?

We don’t handle endings well, in general. So this hour, let’s learn about how to make a good ending — whether leaving a lover, quitting a job, or getting ready for the end of life itself.

Guests:

Steve Almond, Ilana Gershon, Sean Hemingway, Simon Critchley, David Giffels

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's to the best of our knowledge. I'm Anne Strange Champs, and once again, it's time for my
0:06.4	least favorite holiday of the year, New Year's.
0:09.6	I don't understand New Year's Eve.
0:25.8	People get together with family and friends, put on party hats, and count down the seconds to what?
0:28.5	The end?
0:31.0	The only way New Year's celebrations make sense to me is as a form of collective denial.
0:37.4	Like maybe if we just drink enough champagne and make enough noise, we won't notice that another
0:43.1	year has just died.
0:46.7	Let's be honest, we're not good at endings.
0:50.5	We don't end relationships well, or jobs, or even life itself.
0:56.0	And you know what? That makes it harder to move on.
0:59.2	So, this hour, let's talk about how to end things right.
1:05.8	How to bring some grace and attention and purpose to an ending, starting here.
1:18.0	The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick. The sugars are here,
1:24.4	speaking straight into your ears. I'm Steve Alman. I'm Cheryl Strayed.
1:28.3	This is Dear Sugars.
1:30.3	Oh, dear,
1:33.3	song, won't you please?
1:36.3	Every week, Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond
1:38.3	hosts the wildly popular Dear Sugars podcast.
1:41.3	They read listener letters and they give relationship advice.
1:45.6	And the number one, most common question they get is how do you end a relationship?
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