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The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit highlights how slow, consistent activism can bring lasting change. Rebecca joins us to talk about interconnection, possibility, the nature of change, hope, empathy and more with host Miwa Messer.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books (Episode): The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit Comfortable With Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion by Pema Chödrön Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain by Rebecca Solnit The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit