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RadioWest on XM (4/11/08): How to Be Idle

\"Hammock Fifing\" Photo by Bradley Stabler
\"Hammock Fifing\" Photo by Bradley Stabler

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – Tom Hodgkinson argues that the Western addiction to work has resulted in a lot of ill health, debt and anxiety. In his book How to Be Idle, he seeks to recover an alternative tradition - one that says not only is idleness good, but that it is essential for a pleasurable life. Hodgkinson joins Doug Fabrizio to make the case for doing less with your life. (Repeat)

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