Pico Iyer, THE HALF KNOWN LIFE: In Search of Paradise

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Zibby speaks to bestselling author Pico Iyer about The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise, a mesmerizing account of over fifty years of world travels and the hopeful search for a paradise on earth. Pico discusses the pandemic, and how the constant reminder of death illuminated what was actually important in our lives, and then describes his close relationship with the Dalai Lama, whom he admires for his profound respect for others. He also talks about his love of travel, writing, bookstores (which he beautifully calls hospitals for the soul), and reading a great book on his sun-facing terrace in Japan. Finally, he shares what his next book is about – monks and the beauty of their stillness.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now.
0:07.8	Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:10.7	It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or
0:21.1	less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this
0:25.9	podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature,
0:31.8	wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can
0:37.4	learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com,
0:39.5	but really you're here to learn more about the authors,
0:42.2	and that is what we're going to do.
0:44.4	Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts
0:46.9	in the ZCast Podcast Network.
0:49.4	You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com
0:51.9	and definitely check out those shows as well.
0:58.3	Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Pico Iyer is the author of the half-known life in Search of Paradise.
1:02.5	He is the acclaimed and best-selling author of more than a dozen books translated into 23
1:06.5	languages.
1:07.4	His journalism has appeared in time, the New York Times, the New York review of books,
1:11.5	the financial times, and more than 250 other periodicals worldwide. In fact, this book,
1:17.3	this is just me saying this, but I've been reading about this book everywhere in all the newspapers
1:21.9	lately, so you can just probably Google it and read all the latest reviews. It's like everywhere.
1:26.0	Anyway, his TED Talks have been
1:27.7	viewed over 11 million times. He divides his time between Japan and a Benedictine hermitage
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