832 Terry Tempest Williams: The Glorians
6/6/202652 min
Join us for a special hour with American author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams as she invites us to consider the interconnectedness of the natural world, and discusses what we gain from recognizing and engaging with all that's around us — including a heightened appreciation of the good in our world.
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First 90 secondsRick Steves· Host0:00
We survived the COVID pandemic, but what did it teach us? Perhaps we still need to acknowledge what it cost us.
Terry Tempest Williams· Guest0:07
I think if we do not grieve properly, then our grief will come out sideways.
Rick Steves· Host0:13
Coming up, author Terry Tempest Williams helps us make sense of the times we're living in, and what's feeding the underlying unease Americans of all stripes seem to be feeling lately. She shares what she's observed from the red rock desert of southeast Utah to her role at the Harvard Divinity School in Boston.
Terry Tempest Williams· Guest0:32
That's the gift of the desert for me, living there 30 years, is the desert has taught me not to look away.
Rick Steves· Host0:38
Terry helps us recognize how the ordinary all around us might offer a key to how we recover as a society.
Terry Tempest Williams· Guest0:45
You know, I think there's something deeper than hope, and that is engagement.
Rick Steves· Host0:49
I hope you can stay with us for what promises to be an extraordinary hour ahead with our special guest, Terry Tempest Williams, on Travel with Rick Steves. It had been a while since we spoke with Terry Tempest Williams here on Travel with Rick Steves. When we recorded our last conversation with Terry back in 2019, she had just written the book Erosion: Essays of Undoing. We tried to make sense of the losses many of us felt at the time, at attempts to discredit science and to stifle efforts to address the causes of global warming. Since then, we've been through a pandemic, and now a second Trump administration keeps us on our toes as they unravel protections