Don't Look Back: Tatjana Tolstaja

Overview

Interview with Tatjana Tolstaja, Russian writer and granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy. Tolstaja talks about her deceased father, who was a physicist and with whom she still keeps in touch despite his death, what she learned from him, including asking good questions about life, showing interest in life, the political history of Russia, human suffering, Lenin's politics, why she finds Russia fascinating, taking responsibility for your own life, what she finds comfort in, the universality of experiences, what she understands by harmony, the existence of a self-contained reality, her experience that she probably had multiple lives before this life, the feeling of immortality, her near-death experience, her belief in God, life after death, free will versus fate and the importance of humor and self-mockery in finding comfort.

Episode Information

Guest Stars

Wim Kayzer

himself

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Tatjana Tolstaja

herself