What do you regret?
Explore the human experience of looking back with Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward.
Poet David Whyte offers his take on regret, drawing from Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words.
We鈥檒l also reconnect with 鈥淭racy鈥� from Maryland and Stormi Huhn (鈥淎nna鈥� from Iowa), four years after sharing their stories of parental regret.
Plus, Audacious listeners reflect on their own regrets - big, small, serious, and silly.
This episode is slightly shorter to accommodate for pledge breaks.
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- : Author of
- Audacious listeners who contributed their regrets: Mary Ailes, Jennifer Crookes Carpenter, Amy LaBossiere, Susan Tilly, Steph MacGillivary, Brenda Kestenbaum, Theresa Cannavo, Wendy Gravely, Jonathan Graham, Ann Levie
- : Poet, philosopher, and author of . came out in early 2025
- 鈥淭谤补肠测鈥�: Maryland woman who joined us for our show about parental regret in 2021
- Stormi Huhn: Iowa woman who joined us for our show about parental regret in 2021
Jessica Severin de Martinez, Meg Fitzgerald, Robyn Doyon-Aitken, and Meg Dalton contributed to this show, with help from our interns, Kathy Wang and Angelica Gajewski.
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