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Podcast: Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Episode: The Meaning of Life with Martin Hägglund
Description: Yeah, weâre going there. In one of our mailbag episodes, Chris Hayes joked about doing an hourlong meditation on mortality. Surprisingly, more than a few of you spoke up in favor of the idea, and one of our #WITHpod listeners suggested checking out a book called âThis Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedomâ by philosopher Martin Hägglund. In his book, Hägglund takes on some of the most fundamental questions we face if, in fact, this one life is all we have. Say thereâs no afterlife - what does it then mean to mourn, to love, and to be...