The Art of the Everyday: Miranda Keeling, The Anthropologists and the books that slow us down

About this episode

Miranda Keeling joins the hosts to discuss her new book and the beauty of everyday moments.

What if the antidote to our increasingly frantic world isn't a grand gesture, but simply the act of paying attention? This week, Kate and Laura are joined by actor, podcaster, and author Miranda Keeling – returning to the pod to talk about her wonderful new book,  The Place I'm In , a collection of the small, luminous moments she's gathered from daily life. After her debut  The Year I Stopped to Notice , Miranda is back with more of her 'noticings': fragments from parks, supermarket queues, and streets that remind us how much magic is hiding in the everyday. Their book club read is the perfect complement:  The Anthropologists  by Ayşegül Şavas – a soulful, quietly funny novel following Asya and Manu as they hunt for an apartment, trying on different futures for size in a city far from home. Asya, a documentary filmmaker, spends her days in the park gathering footage – an anthropologist of the ordinary – and her project rhymes beautifully with Miranda's own. Plus recommendations inspired by the art of the everyday. You can find out more about Miranda and her work at  mirandakeeling.com , and her podcast  Stopping to Notice  – over…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kate, Laura

Guest: Miranda Keeling

Topics covered

• everyday life
• attention
• books
• storytelling
• urban living
• self-reflection

Keywords

• Miranda Keeling
• The Place I'm In
• The Anthropologists
• everyday magic
• attention
• book recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Place I'm In, The Year I Stopped to Notice, The Anthropologists

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