The Art of the Interesting: What we miss in our pursuit of the Good Life and How to Cultivate It (GCP Balance/ Hachette, 2024)
News Articles and Blog Posts
- “A New Way to Look at the Good Life” You Best Possible Life, Psychology Today Blog, Feb 14, 2025
- “Ready to live your Best Possible life? Your Best Possible Life, Psychology Today Blog, Jan 27, 2025
- “Transform the Daily Grind to Make Life More Interesting: A Philosopher Shares 3 Strategies to help you Attain the Good Life” The Conversation. Dec 26, 2024.
- “How the Art of the Interesting Makes for a Good Life” Next Big Idea Magazine. Nov 6, 2024. (in print and audio)
- “Being Interesting is not an objective feature of the world” Aeon Magazine, Oct 2018. Republished on Erraticus.co; Fast Company
- “Abortion”, “Interacting with Others”, and “Government”, in What Should I Do? Philosophers on the Good, the Bad, and the Puzzling.ed. A. George (Oxford University Press: New York, 2011).
Podcast and Radio Interviews
- Authentic Parenting, “Unlocking the Good Life: The Power of Psychological Richness”, airdate Feb 6, 2025.
- Mindvalley Book Club, “The Art of the Interesting”, airdate Feb 5 2025.
- Seize the Moment, “Beyond Happiness and Meaning: The Missing Key to the Good Life”, airdate Jan 26, 2025.
- The Vermont Edition, Vermont Public Radio, live, January 30, 2024.
- 10 Seconds to Air, “How to build a good life”, airdate Jan 17, 2025.
- Hot Flashes/Cool Topics Podcast,“How to make life more interesting” airdate Nov 24, 2024.
- Classical Wisdom,“What is the Art of the Interesting? How to find Happiness. . . beyond Aristotle.” airdate November 20, 2024.
- The Courageous Life Podcast, “The Missing Ingredient to the “Good Life”, airdate Nov 20, 2024.
- Next Big Idea Podcast, “The Interesting: How to Live a Good Life” airdate November 18, 2024.
- The Retirement Widsom Podcast, Lorraine Besser on Art of the Interesting, airdate Nov 11, 2024
- The Jim Rutt Show, Episode 271, airdate Nov 5, 2024
- Philosophy vs Improv, “PVL #84: Interesting?“, airdate Nov 3, 2024
- Curious Minds at Work “Living a Richer Life”, airdate November 3, 2024.
- Life Examined, “Leading a good life doesn’t always mean an easy one, airdate Sept 22, 2024.
- Psychologists Off the Clock, Episode 372 , airdate Sept 11, 2024
Public Talks and Webinars
- “The Good Life Debate: A Life of Ikagai or A Life of Wonder and Adventure” Mizuho India Japan Study Centre (MIJSC), Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore, India), February 25, 2025.
- “Supporting K-12 students in cultivating the Art of the Interesting” Explo, webinar, January 15, 2025.
- “Strive for Better Lives” National Student Leadership Summit, Keynote Speaker, Nov 8, 2024.
- “The Art of the Interesting”, Scarsdale Adult Community School, Sept 26, 2024
- On the Art of the Interesting CIIS Public Programs, recorded Sept 19, 2024
- “The Missing Piece of the Good Life” Vermont Public Philosophy Week (Middlebury, VT) April 2024.
- “Psychological Richness and a Good Life” Green Mountain Academy Continuing Education Program (Manchester, VT) January 2022.
- “Experiencing Nature: Arousal, Interest, and Aesthetics”, A Night of Philosophy and Ideas, sponsored by the French Embassy. (Houston, TX) January 2019; Vermont Public Philosophy Week (Middlebury, VT), April 2019.
- “Food Ethics” Panel. Vermont Public Philosophy Week (Cornwall, VT) April 2018. “Agency and Patiency: Understanding the Philosophy of Well-Being” Public Lecture. (Burlington, VT) Vermont Public Philosophy Week, April 2017