On Being · October 30, 2026 · 59m 29s

Robin Wall Kimmerer and Azita Ardakani Walton — To Bring Life Into a Trembling World

Azita Ardakani Walton, Robin Wall Kimmerer

Krista Tippett brings together botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer and writer and nature-based researcher Azita Ardakani Walton to explore what it means to bring life into a trembling world. The conversation centers on Walton's children's book Ocean of Stars, a story of life's beginnings, and why creation stories matter not just for children but for adults navigating a terrifying present. They reflect on how creation stories are ways of staying tender before the facts, and how poetry and science can listen to each other.

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Creation Stories Are Ways of Staying Tender Before the Facts

Walton argues that creation stories are not primitive explanations that adults have outgrown, but ways of 'staying tender before the facts.'

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Water Remembers the Stars: Poetry as a Way of Listening to Chemistry

Walton writes that 'to say that water remembers the stars is not only poetry — it is also a way of listening to chemistry.'

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