Longing, Belonging, and Matrimony with Stephen Jenkinson | What is a Good Life?
Originally published: August 12, 2025
INTERVIEW
Interview Published on August 12, 2025
Stephen was recently interviewed by What is a Good Life? podcast host, Mark McCartney. He said about the podcast:
In this rich conversation, Stephen explores profound questions about life, love, and the nature of existence. The discussion delves into the essence of ceremonies, particularly in matrimony, emphasising the need for meaningful endings and the responsibilities we hold towards future generations. The discussion weaves fate, ancestry, humility, and the call to “proceed as if you’re needed” into a meditation on how we might live fully inhabited lives.
Stephen Jenkinson is a culture activist and author who brings together ceremony, music, and story. His much-loved book Die Wise taught us how to face that hardest of topics: death....
Through personal stories from the trenches, Stephen reminds us that matrimony, at its core, is a radical act of citizenship: a cultural undertaking where love is asked to nourish more...