Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

Artist, poet, and mom Al Hughes joins Anne to savor the work and ethos of a beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, celebrated in the documentary MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD (2026, dir. Sasha Waters). Oliver (1935-2019) devoted her life to transmuting meaning from the everyday rhythms of nature. Al and Anne explore Oliver’s poetry’s enduring, salvational power (a balm for processing grief); the hilarious commentary of Oliver’s Provincetown neighbor (filmmaker John Waters); and why musing on nuts that look like pig noses is a righteous way to spend time.For **YOU’VE NEVER SEEN**, Al invokes SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (2002, dirs. Kelly Asbury & Lorna Cook)—an animated film about the epic challenge of staying wild—and her younger self’s reaction to its off-the-charts intensity.