The Power of Ritual
Pantsuit Politics
Sarah & Beth
4.6 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
We are delighted to share a conversation we had with Casper ter Kuile in early 2023 about the power of ritual. It feels so right for this moment, and we know you are going to enjoy it, whether you are hearing it for the first time or returning it for a second listen.
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| 0:00.0 | Lemonada. |
| 0:02.7 | This is Sarah Stewart-Holland. |
| 0:14.9 | This is Beth Silvers. |
| 0:16.8 | You're listening to Pantsu Politics, |
| 0:18.8 | where we take a different approach to the news. |
| 0:35.5 | Thank you so much for joining us today. If you celebrate Christmas, we hope you are having a very merry Christmas Eve. We are all with our families right now. And so we're reflecting on the holiday season and what we wanted to share with you. It brought us back to a wonderful discussion we had with Casper Turquile at the start of 2023 about the power of ritual. |
| 0:56.3 | And when we went back and listened to it again, it felt very right and prescient for this time. |
| 1:02.4 | So we hope that whether you're hearing it for the first time or re-listening, you will love it. |
| 1:06.5 | Casper is the author of The Power of Ritual, the co-founder of Sacred Design Lab, |
| 1:13.8 | Nearness and the podcast, Harry Potter, and the Sacred Text. |
| 1:20.0 | His work explores how we make meaning, deepen our relationships, and experience beauty in the 21st century. |
| 1:22.9 | I mean, perfect for the holiday season all around. |
| 1:30.4 | After the interview with Casper, we decided to reshare a fun conversation we had about Christmas cards when this episode originally aired. |
| 1:34.0 | We love Christmas cards here at Pantsuit Politics. |
| 1:47.2 | We especially love receiving Christmas cards from all of you and putting faces and stories and vacations and kids photos with the names that we see coming through our email and comments all the time. |
| 1:53.8 | So we thought sharing this outside of politics again was a great reminder of why the Christmas card practice is a lovely one, |
| 1:55.8 | whether we know each other in real life or not. |
| 2:01.0 | Now, if you are looking for a last minute gift, very last minute, you're living on the edge. |
| 2:05.1 | You can gift a subscription to our Substack premium community in mere minutes. |
| 2:11.9 | Give someone the gift of political community that lasts the entire year long, support our small business in the process. |
| 2:18.7 | We really believe in what we do on Substack and believe it is going to be even more valuable going into a new year and a new administration. So the link for that is in our show notes. And without further ado, |
| 2:23.0 | here is Casper Turkiel. |
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