This week, Mel is joined by poet, philosopher and educator Antonia Pont, to discuss her latest book Plain Life: On thinking, feeling and deciding, released in August 2025.

Plain Life challenges the way we think about living our lives, stating 'it's the systems that are stingy, not our souls' and discussing 'how we might lean on philosophy to avoid eating away at our own hearts”'

On Literati Glitterati, Antonia answers the question 'How a person should be?', examines the beauty of a 'plain life' and recognises the good in humans.

Plain Life: On thinking, feeling and deciding is out now via NewSouth Publishing. More information on Antonia Pont and Plain Life can be found here.