#13: Zeitgeist

The Cru grapple with some deeper questions this week. What is the spirit of our era? Is it even possible to define the zeitgeist of a current era? How are such things decided, anyway? Each story tonight is the author's attempt to capture what he or she sees as the spirit of our modern times.  Banter@1:27, Murph@19:11, The Lotus@31:05, Krispy@43:55, and WebEater@54:00 From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Zeitgeist: (German Zeit, 'time', and Geist, 'spirit'). The spirit of the time; the moral or intellectual tendency characteristic of a period.Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.