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Daniel Kalderimis

Daniel Kalderimis

King's Counsel and barrister specializing in commercial litigation, public law, and international arbitration; teaches at Victoria University of Wellington; author of "Zest: Climbing from Depression to Philosophy"

Jul 6, 2026

21:35
So that's –
21:36
Yeah.
21:37
So, Frankel was... a brilliant doctor, psychologist, as well as everything else.
21:46
And what he did with his experiences is he gave some famous speeches.
21:54
That's what the Yes to Life book is about.
21:56
They're the speeches he gave, and then The Search for Meaning was the longer form book.
22:00
And what I understand him basically to be doing is work in what I'd call the existentialist tradition.

35 MINS LATER

56:58
But zest, so maybe just explain – where the idea of zest comes from? Because you mentioned that right at the very end.

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