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NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with the author Katherine May about facing life's uncertainties by tapping into a childlike sense of enchantment.

In a nod to fond family traditions, a mother and son in upstate New York literally race to pick out a Christmas tree each year.

A woman talks about how she and her siblings cracked a secret code their mother came up with to prevent them from figuring out the gifts left for them under the Christmas tree.

A family in New Jersey observes the holidays by reading messages they wrote to themselves years ago, reminding them of how they celebrated the holidays in years past.

Legendary actor Patrick Stewart talks about his time on Star Trek and the supernatural experiences that have shaped his spirituality.

Comedian Duncan Trussell speaks on the value of transcendent experiences and how he thinks about life after death.

Jeff Tweedy's new book is his tribute to the songs and songwriters that inspired him to start making music in the first place — and then to keep doing it for a long time.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Wilco lead singer Jeff Tweedy about his new memoir World Within A Song and how he has found meaning through his favorite music.

Roland Griffiths spent the later stage of his career exploring the ways that psychedelic drugs, specifically psilocybin, could help patients with depression, addiction issues and even terminal cancer.

Duncan Trussell turned real-life conversations about the biggest existential questions into a wacky yet genius animated show.

A professor of Jewish history at UCLA has tried to stake out some middle ground, where Jews and Palestinians on campus could safely stand and grieve for one another.

Legendary actor Patrick Stewart talks about his time on Star Trek and supernatural experiences that have shaped his spirituality.

Experts refer to "climate grief." Terry Tempest Williams explains what this feels like to someone who has spent their life thinking about our psychic and spiritual connection to the natural world.

Stewart has just released a memoir, Making It So. He talks to NPR's Rachel Martin about his life on screen and stage, and why he considers his years on Star Trek as a kind of spiritual calling.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Sir Patrick Stewart about his recent memoir and why he sees his time playing Captain Picard as a kind of spiritual calling.

Rob Delaney found out his youngest son Henry had brain cancer. This is a story about the saddest of places life can take you, but it's also about the biggest of loves and how to scrape up bits of joy.

Journalist Yeganeh Rezaian speaks about her time being imprisoned in Iran with her husband, Jason Rezaian, in 2014 and how that experienced has shaped the rest of her life.

Journalist Yeganeh Rezaian speaks about her time being imprisoned in Iran with her husband, Jason Rezaian in 2014 and how that experienced has shaped the rest of her life.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino about finding transcendence in religion, psychedelic drugs and parenthood.

Jia Tolentino has a nuanced perspective on her religious upbringing and her subsequent rejection of that belief system. And then what it meant to become a parent.