evidence: David Naimon: Today’s episode is brought to you by Ben Shattuck’s Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau, which charts six journeys taken by Shattuck across The New England Landscapes, each inspired by a walk of Thoreau taken years ago. Says Hernan Diaz, "By walking in Thoreau’s footsteps, Ben Shattuck ends up following the long trail left by wandering thinkers and writers like Rousseau, Muir, Walser, Benjamin, and Solnit. Along the way, Six Walks offers a moving meditation on nature and history—and what our precarious place between these two realms may be?" Adds Nina MacLaughlin, "In painterly prose, he brings us along on his walks and proves the best sort of guide: curious, open to the chance encounter, deeply attuned to rhythms natural and personal and to the strange joys to be found even in periods of pain. Most of all, he reminds us, every step of the way, of what’s on offer every time we walk out the door." Six Walks is out now from Tin House. I’m really excited to share this conversation with Caren Beilin. [...] CB: Oh, that’s amazing. Well, that makes a lot of sense. [...] DN: I love that. [laughs]