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So much love and respect poured into this remembrance of trailblazing astrophysicist Vera Rubin, who confirmed the existence of dark matter and paved the way for modern women in science.

Original art by Debbie Millman available as a print, with all proceeds benefiting the Association for Women in Science.

Read the remembrance here.

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My parents never made more than $50,000 per year combined, but we always had a budget for books.

Fantastic Design Matters interview with Tim Ferriss.

Both Design Matters and Ferriss’s own show are among these 9 podcasts for a fuller life.

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In the Company of Women – wisdom and practical advice on the creative life from beloved women artists, makers, and entrepreneurs.

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Debbie Millman and other designers respond constructively to what can be done about the political situation today.

Also see Carl Sagan on moving beyond us vs. them.

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For Cormac McCarthy’s birthday, beautiful hand-lettered homage by Debbie Millman, available as a print here.

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Legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser (b. June 26, 1929), who created the iconic I♥NY logo, on art, education, and the kindness of the universe.

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Art has no purpose, except the transformation of human experience.

Debbie Millman’s wonderful interview with legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser.

Also see Glaser on art, technology, and the secret of life, then revisit William Faulkner on the purpose of art.

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This is the power of art: At the end of her Design Matters interview, Amanda Palmer plays “Bigger on the Inside” at the studio as host Debbie Millman cries.

To hear their terrific conversation when it’s released — perhaps the finest in 11 years of Design Matters — subscribe to the show here.

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The most important decisions are made without any thought at all… Because that’s your life – that’s your whole life – with all of the twists and turns.

The great artist and visual philosopher Maira Kalman in conversation with Debbie Millman on Design Matters, one of these nine favorite podcasts for a fuller life.

Kalman’s most recent book, Beloved Dog, is a playful and poignant masterpiece that touches on just about every aspect of life. It crowned the best art books of 2015.

Also see this lovely short documentary on Kalman and her whimsical philosophical collaboration with Daniel Handler.

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To get out of bed in the morning, I have to be in a certain amount of denial.

Terrific Design Matters interview with New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, whose illustrated memoir is a masterpiece of humor and wisdom.

Design Matters, which celebrates its 11th year in 2016, is one of these 9 intelligent podcasts for a fuller life. Subscribe here.

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The human voice is the sound wave of the soul.

Magnificent Design Matters interview with musician and Morley.

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There is no such thing as possibility without uncertainty. So when you act in a way that removes the uncertainty, you also act in a way that removes possibility.

Magnificent Design Matters conversation with Jonathan Fields, author of Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance and founder of The Good Life Project.

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Debbie Millman’s original “Love Wins” art, now as iPhone cases.

Also see her beautiful handmade typographic homage to modern love patron saint Edie Windsor.

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Design is a research tool to go into that unknown territory and be able to highlight the reasons why things happen that may be hidden from us.

Fantastic Design Matters conversation with designer and creative master-tinkerer Kelli Anderson, whose work – ranging from building a paper record player to visualizing the gender-bias in the human voice for NPR – explores the hidden talents of everyday things.

Subscribe to Design Matters on iTunes and catch up on these 10 favorite episodes from the show’s first ten years.

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We owe so much to Edie Windsor in celebrating today’s historic victory for love and marriage equality.

This original piece of art by Debbie Millman for Brain Pickings is also available as a print and, gasp, a tote.