S8 E6: The Art of Hard and Relaxed Fasting

Amid the annus horribilis of 2020, New York writer John Oakes sought to exorcise some of his own inner noise and “automaticity” by practicing a week-long liquid-only fast. He liked it so much that he and his wife, Carin Kuoni, began fasting twice a year. And he liked it so much that he wrote a book about it. In this episode of Constant Wonder, he and Carin explain the how and why of these semi-annual fasts.

Guests:
John Oakes, author of /"Fasting: the history, science, philosophy and the promise of going without it/"
Carin Kuoni, Senior Director/Chief Curator, Vera List Center for Art and Politics

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