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Podcast: Audience of One
Episode: #057 - John Koenig on Sorrow, Identity, Contradiction, & The Human Experience
Description: John Koenig is the author of The New York Times' Best Seller Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a dictionary of made-up words for emotions that we all feel but don't have the words to express. We talk about his book, identity and individuality, contradiction, writing, the human experience, fatherhood, and more.
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(00:44) Why use "sorrows"?
(02:51) Did he ever expect the dictionary to be what it is now?
(05:48) Existential wonderment and loss
(08:50) Truth, internal dialogue, and contradiction
(14:00) Contradiction of definitions
(17:02) Is introspection valuable? Can you know who you are...