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EPISODE · Jun 23, 2026 · 59 MIN

Bruce Feiler "A Time to Gather: How ritual created the world and how it can save us"

from Chatter on Books

"Remember we are we's not I's."   Chatter rolls with Claude, David, and Torie.  They break down the World Cup and the Williams sisters owning Wimbledon.  Maggie Robe of Flyleaf Books joins to nominate Melissa Faliveno and her book "Hemlock".  Can't say it any better than the book jacket: "A Woman haunted by a dark inheritance returns to the woods where her mother vanished, in this queer gothic novel — a butch black swan."   Writer, speaker, father, traveler, one time clown Bruce Feiler joins in to share "A Time to Gather."  Crossing six continents and 16 countries, Bruce chronicles the history of rituals (think before organized religion), demonstrates their powerful impact and shares ways to incorporate them into meaningful lives.

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