Library / Feelings

For when you feel

Mortality / Aging

Getting older, time passing, and facing that life is finite.

285 picks matched to this feeling

Films

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  2001: A Space Odyssey
  Film · 1968
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  Crazy Heart
  Film · 2009
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  Ikiru
  Film · 1952
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  Still Alice
  Film · 2014
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  The Father
  Film · 2020
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  A Man Called Ove
  Film · 2015
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  About Schmidt
  Film · 2002
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  After Life
  Film · 1998
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  Before Midnight
  Film · 2013
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  Beginners
  Film · 2010
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  Big Fish
  Film · 2003
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  Fearless
  Film · 1993
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  Groundhog Day
  Film · 1993
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  Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
  Film · 2022
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  Melancholia
  Film · 2011
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  Nebraska
  Film · 2013
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  Ordinary Love
  Film · 2019
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  Perfect Days
  Film · 2023
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  Poetry
  Film · 2010
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  Shadowlands
  Film · 1993
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  Still Walking
  Film · 2008
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  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  Film · 2007
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  The Farewell
  Film · 2019
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  The Savages
  Film · 2007
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  The Straight Story
  Film · 1999
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  The Theory of Everything
  Film · 2014
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  The Wrestler
  Film · 2008
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  Tokyo Story
  Film · 1953
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  Toy Story 3
  Film · 2010
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  Up
  Film · 2009
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  A Man Called Otto
  Film · 2022
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  About Time
  Film · 2013
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  Gran Torino
  Film · 2008
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  Into the Wild
  Film · 2007
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  The Intern
  Film · 2015
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  Marley & Me
  Film · 2008

TV shows

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  The Good Place
  TV · 2016–2020
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  In Treatment
  TV · 2008–2010; 2021
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  Midnight Mass
  TV · 2021
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  Six Feet Under
  TV · 2001–2005
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  This Is Us
  TV · 2016–2022
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  Breaking Bad
  TV · 2008–2013
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  Envious (Envidiosa)
  TV · 2024–2026
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  Parenthood
  TV · 2010–2015
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  Russian Doll
  TV · 2019–2022
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  Somebody Somewhere
  TV · 2022–2024
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  Adventure Time
  TV · 2010–2018 (plus Distant Lands specials, 2020–2021)
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  Detectorists
  TV · 2014–2022
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  ER
  TV · 1994–2009
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  Grace and Frankie
  TV · 2015–2022
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  Hacks
  TV · 2021–2026
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  Mum
  TV · 2016–2019
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  thirtysomething
  TV · 1987–1991

Documentaries

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  The Up Series (Seven Up! → 70 Up)
  Documentary · 1964–2026
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  Dick Johnson Is Dead
  Documentary · 2020
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  Honeyland
  Documentary · 2019
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  Jiro Dreams of Sushi
  Documentary · 2011
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  My Octopus Teacher
  Documentary · 2020
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  Baraka
  Documentary · 1992
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  Fire of Love
  Documentary · 2022
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  Gleason
  Documentary · 2016
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  Griefwalker
  Documentary · 2008
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  Robin's Wish
  Documentary · 2020
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  Samsara
  Documentary · 2011
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  Tig
  Documentary · 2015
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  Last Flight Home
  Documentary · 2022

Books

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  Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
  Book · 2014
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  Charlotte's Web
  Book · 1952
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  A Christmas Carol
  Book · 1843
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  The Death of Ivan Ilyich
  Book · 1886
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  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  Book · 1997
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  Ecclesiastes
  Book · c. 450–200 BCE
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  The Epic of Gilgamesh
  Book · c. 2100–1200 BCE
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  Essays
  Book · 1580–1592
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  Flowers for Algernon
  Book · 1966
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  King Lear
  Book · c. 1605–1606
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  Letters from a Stoic
  Book · c. 63–65 CE
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  A Man Called Ove
  Book · 2012
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  Meditations
  Book · c. 170–180 CE
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  Never Let Me Go
  Book · 2005
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  Persuasion
  Book · 1817
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  Pet Sematary
  Book · 1983
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  The Poems of Emily Dickinson
  Book · c. 1850–1886 (mostly unpublished until after 1890)
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  The Remains of the Day
  Book · 1989
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  Still Alice
  Book · 2007
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  Stoner
  Book · 1965
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  When Breath Becomes Air
  Book · 2016
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  The Year of Magical Thinking
  Book · 2005
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  Being Mortal
  Book · 2014
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  Beside the River Sar (En las orillas del Sar)
  Book · 1884
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  Circe
  Book · 2018
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  The Corrections
  Book · 2001
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  The Country of the Pointed Firs
  Book · 1896
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  The Diary of a Superfluous Man
  Book · 1850
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  Don Quixote
  Book · 1605–1615
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  Elizabeth Is Missing
  Book · 2014
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  The Fault in Our Stars
  Book · 2012
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  Fifth Business
  Book · 1970
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  Gilead
  Book · 2004
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  The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
  Book · 2000
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  Howl's Moving Castle
  Book · 1986
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  Hōjōki (An Account of My Hut)
  Book · 1212
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  Lincoln in the Bardo
  Book · 2017
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  Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
  Book · 2019
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  Mrs Dalloway
  Book · 1925
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  The Narrow Road to the Deep North
  Book · 1694 (published 1702)
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  Niels Lyhne
  Book · 1880
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  Olive Kitteridge
  Book · 2008
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  Out Stealing Horses
  Book · 2003
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  Peer Gynt
  Book · 1867
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  Pensées
  Book · 1670 (posthumous)
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  The Picture of Dorian Gray
  Book · 1890 (expanded 1891)
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  Poems and Fragments
  Book · c. 600 BCE
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  The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
  Book · 1881

Games

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  Before Your Eyes
  Game · 2021
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  Journey
  Game · 2012
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  Lake
  Game · 2021
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  Lost Words: Beyond the Page
  Game · 2020
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  Moonglow Bay
  Game · 2021
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  Spiritfarer
  Game · 2020
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  That Dragon, Cancer
  Game · 2016
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  To the Moon
  Game · 2011
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  What Remains of Edith Finch
  Game · 2017

Songs

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  Fourth of July
  Song · 2015
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  Lemon
  Song · 2018
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  Neon Gravestones
  Song · 2018
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  Visiting Hours
  Song · 2021
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  7 Years
  Song · 2015
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  An Ending (Ascent)
  Song · 1983
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  Both Sides, Now
  Song · 1969
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  Broken Halos
  Song · 2017
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  Cat's in the Cradle
  Song · 1974
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  Famous Last Words
  Song · 2006
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  Gone Too Soon
  Song · 1991
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  Gracias a la vida
  Song · 1966
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  I Will Follow You into the Dark
  Song · 2005
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  If We Were Vampires
  Song · 2017
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  In My Life
  Song · 1965
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  Kal Ho Naa Ho
  Song · 2003
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  Keep Me in Your Heart
  Song · 2003
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  Leader of the Band
  Song · 1981
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  Marjorie
  Song · 2020
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  Redemption Song
  Song · 1980
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  Remember Me (Dúo)
  Song · 2017
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  See You Again
  Song · 2015
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  Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst
  Song · 2012
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  Slipped Away
  Song · 2004
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  Supermarket Flowers
  Song · 2017
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  Temporary Home
  Song · 2009
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  The Dance
  Song · 1990
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  Who You'd Be Today
  Song · 2005
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  Hurt
  Song · 2002
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  Timshel
  Song · 2009
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  Welcome to the Black Parade
  Song · 2006
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  What Sarah Said
  Song · 2005
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  Kettering
  Song · 2009
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  Hold On
  Song · 1993
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  I'm Not Gonna Miss You
  Song · 2014
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  It's just a burning memory
  Song · 2016
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  Place in the World Fades Away
  Song · 2019
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  My Way
  Song · 1969
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  Landslide
  Song · 1975
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  Time
  Song · 1973
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  Eleanor Rigby
  Song · 1966
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  Les bourgeois
  Song · 1961
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  Long Live the Queen
  Song · 2008
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  Chemo Limo
  Song · 2003
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  My Shit's Fucked Up
  Song · 2000
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  Pillar of Truth
  Song · 2018
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  Speechless
  Song · 2009
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  Streets of Philadelphia
  Song · 1993

Albums

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  A Crow Looked at Me
  Album · 2017
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  Buena Vista Social Club
  Album · 1997
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  Ghosteen
  Album · 2019
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  Live
  Album · 2012
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  Promises
  Album · 2021
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  The Disintegration Loops
  Album · 2002–2003
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  Hospice
  Album · 2009
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  Music for Psychedelic Therapy
  Album · 2021

Podcasts

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  All There Is with Anderson Cooper
  Podcast · 2022–present
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  Griefcast
  Podcast · 2016–2023
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  StoryCorps
  Podcast · 2003–present (StoryCorps project; podcast feed ongoing)
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  Dear Sugars
  Podcast · c. 2015–2018 (Strayed/Almond run); feed active through 2026 with reruns and a miniseries
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  Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
  Podcast · 2018–present
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  On Being with Krista Tippett
  Podcast · 2001–present (began as Speaking of Faith; weekly radio ended June 2022; seasonal podcast continues)
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  Radiolab
  Podcast · 2002–present

Stand-up specials

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  Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark
  Stand-up · 2023
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  Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
  Stand-up · 2022
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  Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years
  Stand-up · 2025
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  John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City
  Stand-up · 2018
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  Leanne Morgan: I'm Every Woman
  Stand-up · 2023
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  Marc Maron: Panicked
  Stand-up · 2025
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  Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool
  Stand-up · 2023
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  Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything
  Stand-up · 2020
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  Brian Regan: On the Rocks
  Stand-up · 2021
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  George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya!
  Stand-up · 2008
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  Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny
  Stand-up · 2024
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  Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die
  Stand-up · 2024

Videos

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  "Danny & Annie" from StoryCorps
  Video · Unconfirmed (animation broadcast on PBS POV Aug 2010; Part 2 conversation recorded early 2006)
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  What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness | Robert Waldinger | TED
  Video · 2015
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  What really matters at the end of life | BJ Miller | TED
  Video · 2015
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  Being Mortal (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
  Video · 2015
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  My philosophy for a happy life | Sam Berns | TEDxMidAtlantic
  Video · 2013
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  Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
  Video · 2007
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  Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
  Video · 2005
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  The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker
  Video · 2017
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  Facing Death (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
  Video · 2010
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  Optimistic Nihilism
  Video · 2017
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  The Egg - A Short Story
  Video · 2019