Life Examined
Indoor spaces; are they good for our health and creativity
Modern humans are an indoor species. In normal times, the majority of us spend nearly 90% of our time shuttling between our homes, schools, stores, restaurants, and gyms.
By Jonathan Bastian • • 52m ListenModern humans are an indoor species. In normal times, the majority of us spend nearly 90% of our time shuttling between our homes, schools, stores, restaurants, and gyms. Yet unlike the great outdoors, we know relatively little about the indoor world in which we live. Just how much is our productivity and well being influenced by our indoor space? Can a small space nurture the creative process?
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2 storiesCreating healthy indoor living spaces
The average American home contains approximately 2000 different microorganisms, mostly invisible and benign, some are even beneficial.
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KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian talks with author and filmmaker Jared Brock and Ross Gay, poet and professor of English at Indiana University in Bloomington about living and working in a small, confined space and how some of our greatest literary geniuses…
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