For our season finale, our founder and podcast host Anna Lind-Guzik reads "The Strange Hopefulness of Growing a Human While the World Burns", an essay reflecting on her experience as a first-time expectant mother, and the surprising surge of hopefulness she experienced while pregnant with her daughter.
For our season finale, our founder and podcast host Anna Lind-Guzik reads "The Strange Hopefulness of Growing a Human While the World Burns", an essay reflecting on her experience as a first-time expectant mother, and the surprising surge of hopefulness she experienced while pregnant with her daughter. You can read Anna's original essay—a part of our Hope Week series—on the site here: https://conversationalist.org/2026/01/09/hope-week-pregnancy-motherhood-children-personal-essay/