
The Mattering Instinct: Why We Long to Matter | Rebecca Newberger Goldstein – EP 727
From Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Published 2/10/2026
What if the most human thing about us isn’t happiness, survival, or even love but the relentless need to feel we matter?In this profound installment of the You Matter series on Passion Struck, MacArthur Fellow and National Humanities Medalist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein joins the show to unpack her…
