
Custodians of Wonder: Eliot Stein on Vanishing Cultures and Timeless Traditions
In this episode, we journey into the sacred, the obscure, and the nearly forgotten with Eliot Stein, senior journalist and editor at the BBC, and author of the powerful new book Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive.
Eliot takes us behind the scenes of a decade-long reporting journey—one that led him across five continents in search of the final practitioners of ancient rites, endangered crafts, and cultural expressions on the edge of extinction. From the last Inca bridge master to the only family that still plays Mali’s…
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