On Being
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The Poetry of Ordinary Time with Marie Howe
An enchanting hour of poetry drawing on the ways family and religion shape our lives. Marie Howe works and plays with her Catholic upbringing, the universal drama of family, and the ordinary time that sustains us. The moral life, she says, is lived out in what we say as much as what we do — and so words have a power to save us.
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Unedited Interview with Marie Howe and Krista Tippett
Krista Tippett interviewed Marie Howe on July 13, 2012 at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. Ms. Howe is poet laureate of New York State and the author of many books of poetry. This interview is included in the On Being show "The Poetry of Ordinary Time."
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A Voice for the Animals with Alan Rabinowitz (Encore).
A profound stutter as a child left Alan Rabinowitz virtually unable to communicate and to prefer animals to people. Now a conservationist of tigers and jaguars, an explorer of the world's last wild places, he has extraordinary insight into both animals and the human condition.
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Alan Rabinowitz with Krista Tippett [Unedited Interview]
A profound stutter as a child left Alan Rabinowitz virtually unable to communicate and to prefer animals to people. He became a wildlife biologist and made his name as an explorer in some of the world's last wild places -- discovering new animal species, encountering human communities believed to be lost, and most of all working for the survival of the world's endangered big cats. We hear about his extraordinary insights into the animal-human bond; and also about the dramatic personal...
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Our Origins and The Weight of Space with Lawrence Krauss...
One of the values of science is to make us uncomfortable says Lawrence Krauss. The particle physicist explains why we should all care about dark energy and the Higgs Boson particle. Science literacy matters, and, more importantly, he suggests we should take joy in science -- just as we cultivate enjoyment of arts we may not completely comprehend.
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Lawrence Krauss and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed Lawrence Krauss on July 13, 2012 at the Chautauqua Institution. Krauss is a cosmologist and theoretical physicist at Arizona State University. He's the author of 'The Physics of Star Trek.' This interview is included in the show "Our Origins and The Weight of Space." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Future of Marriage with David Blankenhorn and...
A reframed, redemptive conversation about same-sex marriage with the subject before the U.S. Supreme Court. Coming to the gay marriage debate from two, predictable opposing directions, David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch both have an equal desire to strengthen the institution of marriage. They're now showing all of us another way forward in grappling with the future of marriage.
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The Art and Discipline of Nonviolence (March 28, 2013)
An hour with the extraordinary humanity of Congressman John Lewis. The civil rights movement he helped animate was -- as he tells it -- love in action. He opens up the art and the discipline that made nonviolence work then -- and that he offers up for our common life even today.
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Congressman John Lewis + Krista Tippett [unedited...
Krista Tippett interviewed Congressman John Lewis on March 2, 2013. Lewis is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia's 5th District. He's also the author of 'Walking with the Wind' and 'Across That Bridge.' This interview is included in the show "John Lews on the Art and Discipline of Nonviolence." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Whale Songs and Elephant Loves (March 21, 2013) [encore]
Katy Payne is an acoustic biologist with a Quaker sensibility. From the wild coasts of Argentina to the rainforests of Africa, she discovered that humpback whales compose ever-changing songs and that elephants communicate across long distances by infrasound. With Krista Tippett, she reflects on life in this world through her experiences with two of its most exotic creatures.
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Katy Payne and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Katy Payne is an acoustic biologist and founder of the Elephant Listening Project at Cornell University. Krista spoke with her on January 9, 2007, from the studios of American Public Media in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was in a private recording studio in Ithaca, New York. This interview is included in our program "Whale Songs and Elephant Loves." Download an mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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The Great Cauldron of Story: Why Fairy Tales Are for...
Fairy tales don't only belong to the domain of childhood. Their overt themes are threaded throughout hit TV series like 'Game of Thrones' and 'True Blood,' 'Grimm' and 'Once Upon a Time.' These stories survive, says folklore expert Maria Tatar, by adapting across cultures and history. They are carriers of the plots we endlessly re-work in the narratives of our lives -- helping us work through things like fear and hope.
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Maria Tatar + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed Maria Tatar on February 14, 2013. Tatar is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, where she also chairs the Program in Folklore and Mythology. This interview is included in the show "The Great Cauldron of Story: Why Fairy Tales Are for Adults Again." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Losses and the Laughter We Grow Into (March 7, 2013)...
Being able-bodied, Kevin Kling says, is always only a temporary condition. Part funny guy, part poet and playwright, part wise man, Kling is known for NPR commentaries in his Minnesota accent that sounds straight out of the movie Fargo. With Krista Tippett, you'll hear his own special angle on life's humor and its ruptures. Born with a partially disabled left arm, in his 40s he then lost the use of his fully functional right one after a motorcycle accident nearly killed him. Take in his...
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Kevin Kling + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed storyteller and humorist Kevin Kling on February 9, 2012. This interview is included in the show "The Losses and the Laughter We Live Into." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Calling of Delight: Fr. Greg Boyle on Gangs,...
A Jesuit priest famous for his gang intervention programs in Los Angeles, Fr. Greg Boyle makes winsome connections between service and delight, and compassion and awe. He heads Homeboy Industries, which employs former gang members in a constellation of businesses. This is not work of helping, he says, but of finding kinship. The point of Christian service, as he lives it, is about "our common calling to delight in one another."
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Fr. Greg Boyle and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Fr. Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, California. This unedited interview with Thupten Jinpa is included in our show, "The Calling of Delight: Fr. Greg Boyle on Gangs, Service, Kindship." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Translating the Dalai Lama (Feb 21, 2013)
Esoteric teachings on reincarnation and consciousness; simple teachings on compassion and ethics. Geshe Thupten Jinpa is a man who finishes the Dalai Lama's English sentences. Meet this philosopher and former monk, now a husband and father of two daughters, and hear what happens when the ancient tradition embodied in the Dalai Lama meets science and life.
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Thupten Jinpa and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Geshe Thupten Jinpa is a Buddhist philosopher and former monk who, as his English interpreter, can finish the Dalai Lama's sentences. This unedited interview with Thupten Jinpa is included in our show, "Translating the Dalai Lama." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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On Exoplanets and Love: Natalie Batalha on Science That...
A mission scientist with NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, Natalie Batalha hunts for exoplanets -- Earth-sized planets beyond our solar system that might harbor life. She speaks about unexpected connections between things like love and dark energy, science and gratitude, and how 'exploring the heavens' brings the beauty of the cosmos and the exuberance of scientific discovery closer to us all.
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Natalie Batalha and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Natalie Batalha is a research astronomer at NASA Ames Research Center and a mission scientist with the Kepler Space Telescope. Krista Tippett spoke with her on December 13, 2012 via ISDN. This interview is included in our show "On Exoplanets and Love: Natalie Batalha on Science That Connects Us to One Another." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Vincent Harding and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Vincent Harding is co-founder and chairperson of the Veterans of Hope Project at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. Krista Tippett spoke with him on January 25, 2011 via ISDN. This interview is included in our show "Civility, History, and Hope." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Civility, History, and Hope (Feb 7, 2013) [encore]
Vincent Harding wrote speeches for Martin Luther King Jr. and was one of his closest friends. The civil rights leader is teaching new generations about the lessons of that time -- and how those lessons can repair divisions in America today. He finds hope in young people today and says they are his answer to the question that drives him: 'Is America possible?'
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Rami Nashashibi's American Dream (Jan 31, 2013)
A globally admired voice of an emerging Muslim American dream. Rami Nashashibi uses graffiti, calligraphy, and hip hop in his work as a healing force on the South Side of Chicago. He's an activist who converges religious virtues, social action, and the arts. His life is a creative response to ethical confusion in a world of disparity.
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Rami Nashashibi and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Rami Nashashibi is founder and executive director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network in Chicago. Krista Tippett spoke with him on July 12, 2012 at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. This interview is included in our show "Rami Nashashibi's American Dream." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Seth Godin on the Art of Noticing, and Then Creating...
Internet thought leader and entrepreneur Seth Godin. He joins Krista Tippett for a rare, in-depth personal interview on the art, the work, and the human possibility of our post-industrial, post-geography 'connection economy.'
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Seth Godin and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Seth Godin is an Internet thought leader and entrepreneur who founded Squidoo.com. Krista Tippett spoke with him on November 30, 2012. This interview is included in our show "The Art of Noticing, and Then Creating." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Words That Shimmer with Elizabeth Alexander (Jan 17,...
Poetry is something many of us seem to be hungry for these days. We're hungry for fresh ways to tell hard truths and redemptive stories, for language that would elevate and embolden rather than demean and alienate. Elizabeth Alexander shares her sense of what poetry works in us -- and in our children -- and why it may become more relevant, not less so, in hard and complicated times.
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Elizabeth Alexander and Krista Tippett [unedited...
Elizabeth Alexander is a poet and Professor of African American Studies at Yale University. Krista Tippett spoke with her on December 1, 2012. This interview is included in our show "Words That Shimmer." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Compassion's Edge States: Roshi Joan Halifax on Caring...
It's hard not to feel overwhelmed by all the bad news and horrific pictures in the world. This is a form of empathy, Joan Halifax says, that works against us. The Zen abbott and medical anthropologist has bracing, nourishing thoughts on finding buoyancy rather than burnout in how we work, live, and care.
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Joan Halifax and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Roshi Joan Halifax is the founding abbot of the Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Krista Tippett spoke with her on July 11, 2012 at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. This interview is included in our show "Compassion's Edge States: Joan Halifax on Caring Better." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life (Jan 3, 2013) [encore]
Linguistics pioneer Jean Berko Gleason unlocks the way we learn an amazing and crucial human skill, learning to talk. She studies how language emerges from childhood on, and says it reveals unexpected truths about our human relationships with our world, and our consciousness of ourselves.
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Jean Berko Gleason and Krista Tippett [unedited...
Jean Berko Gleason is a linguistics pioneer exploring connections between language, relationships, and consciousness. Krista Tippett spoke with her on September 27, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Jean Berko Gleason was in the studios of WGBH in Boston. This interview is included in our show "Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Opening to Our Lives: Jon Kabat-Zinn's Science of...
Jon Kabat-Zinn has learned, through science and experience, about mindfulness as a way of life. This is wisdom with immediate relevance to the ordinary and extreme stresses of our time -- from economic peril, to parenting, to life in a digital age.
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Jon Kabat-Zinn and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett's unedited interview with Jon Kabat-Zinn was recorded in 2009 and is included in our show, "Opening to Our Lives." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Teilhard de Chardin's 'Planetary Mind' and Our Spiritual...
Is technology taking us towards greatness, or hyper-connected collapse? Paleontologist and Jesuit Teilhard de Chardin foresaw this challenge a century ago. He penned forbidden ideas, mystical at the time, that humanity would develop a global intelligence. We join Dot Earth blogger Andy Revkin, evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson, and religious scholar Ursula King to discuss science and our spiritual evolution.
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Ursula King and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Ursula King is professor emerita of theology and religious studies at the University of Bristol. Krista Tippett spoke with her on April 25, 2012. This interview is included in our show "Teilhard de Chardin's 'Planetary Mind' and Spiritual Evolution.'" Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Andrew Revkin and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Andrew Revkin is a journalist and author who writes the Dot Earth blog for The New York Times. Krista Tippett spoke with her on April 25, 2012. This interview is included in our show "Teilhard de Chardin's 'Planetary Mind' and Spiritual Evolution.'" Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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David Sloan Wilson and Krista Tippett [unedited...
David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist based at Binghamton University. Krista Tippett spoke with him on May 15, 2012. This interview is included in our show "Teilhard de Chardin's 'Planetary Mind' and Spiritual Evolution.'" Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Presence in the Wild (Dec 13, 2012) [encore]
Kate Braestrup is a chaplain to game wardens, often on search and rescue missions, in the wilds of Maine. She works, as she puts it, at hinges of human experience when lives alter unexpectedly -- where loss, disaster, decency and beauty intertwine. Hear her wise and unusual take on life and death, lost and found.
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Kate Braestrup and Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Kate Braestrup is a Unitarian-Universalist chaplain with the Maine Warden Service. Krista Tippett spoke with her on June 10, 2008 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Kate Braestrup was in a private recording studio in Portland, Maine. This interview is included in our show "Presence in the Wild." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Spiritual Audacity of Abraham Joshua Heschel (Dec 6,...
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., famously reporting that he felt like his legs were praying. Heschel practiced what he called 'radical amazement' in his work with religious others. 'The opposite of good is not evil,' he said, 'it is indifference.'
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Arnold Eisen + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Arnold Eisen is chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Krista Tippett spoke to Eisen on April 23, 2008. This interview is included in our program "The Spiritual Audacity of Abraham Joshua Heschel." Download an mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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No More Taking Sides (Nov 29, 2012) [encore]
Robi Damelin lost her son David to a Palestinian sniper. Ali Abu Awwad lost his older brother Yousef to an Israeli soldier. But, instead of clinging to traditional ideologies and turning their pain into more violence, they've decided to understand the other side -- Israeli and Palestinian -- by sharing their pain and their humanity. They tell of a gathering network of survivors who share their grief, their stories of loved ones, and their ideas for lasting peace. They don't want to be right;...
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Robi Damelin, Ali Abu Awwad, + Krista Tippett [unedited...
Robi Damelin and Ali Abu Awwad are members of the Parents Circle - Bereaved Families Forum, a network of Israelis and Palestinians who've lost loved ones on both sides of the crisis between their people. Krista spoke with them on November 14, 2006 at a restorative justice conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This interview is included in our program "No More Taking Sides." Download an mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Brene Brown on Vulnerability (Nov 22, 2012)
Courage is borne out of vulnerability, not strength. This finding of Brene Brown's research on shame and 'wholeheartedness' shook the perfectionist ground beneath her own feet. And now it's inspiring millions to reconsider the way they live, parent, and navigate relationships with the opposite sex.
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Brene Brown + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Brene Brown is an assistant professor of Social Work Research at the University of Houston and the author of "Daring Greatly." Krista Tippett spoke with her on November 12, 2012. This interview is included in our show "Brene Brown on Vulnerability." Download an mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Alive Enough? Reflecting on Our Technology with Sherry...
Each of us, in our everyday interactions, chooses between letting technology shape us and shaping it towards human purposes, even towards honoring what we hold dear. Sherry Turkle, director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, is full of usable ideas -- from how to declare email bankruptcy to teaching our children the rewards of solitude.
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Sherry Turkle + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Sherry Turkle directs the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Her books include "Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other." Krista spoke with her on February 22, 2011, from the studios of American Public Media in St. Paul, Minnesota. This interview is included in our program "Alive Enough? Reflecting on Our Technology." Download an mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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The Mystery We Are (Nov 8, 2012) [encore]
American novelist Marilynne Robinson and Brazilian astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser are both passionate about the majesty of science, yet they share a caution about our 'piety' towards the discipline. They connect discoveries about the cosmos, new ways of understanding the mind, and our longing to understand our origins.
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Marilynne Robinson, Marcelo Gleiser, + Krista Tippett...
Marilynne Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist and Marcelo Gleiser is an astrophysicist and professor at Dartmouth College. Krista Tippett spoke with them on October 15, 2012 during a live event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This interview is included in our show "The Mystery We Are." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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A Wild Love for the World (Nov 1, 2011) [encore]
Joanna Macy is a Buddhist philosopher of ecology and an exquisite translator of the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. We take that poetry as a lens on her wisdom, at 81, about the great dramas of our time: ecological, political, and personal. Rilke sought the shape of meaning in a now-vanished central Europe at the turn of the last century. Joanna Macy's vision took shape in crucibles of the 20th century; she sees us at a pivotal moment in history -- with possibilities of unraveling, or of...
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Joanna Macy + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Joanna Macy is a Buddhist scholar, Rilke translator, and philosopher of ecology. Krista Tippett spoke with her on July 13, 2010 via ISDN line. This interview is included in our show "A Wild Love for the World." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Political Bridge People (Oct 25, 2012)
A veteran Republican senator and Democratic economist are political bridge people who've brought differing approaches and shared love of country to generations of economic policy. In this tense political moment, they offer straight talk and wise perspective -- and won't let partisan gridlock have the last word. The final dialogue in our Civil Conversations Project.
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Sen. Pete Domenici, Alice Rivlin, + Krista Tippett...
Krista Tippett's unedited conversation with Senator Pete Domenici and Alice Rivlin. Krista spoke with them on October 9, 2012 in front of a live, public audience at The Brookings Institution in Washington DC. This interview is included in our show "Political Bridge People." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Future of Marriage (Oct 18, 2012)
Jonathan Rauch and David Blankenhorn came to the gay marriage debate from two, predictable opposing sides -- but with an equal desire to strengthen marriage. They're pursuing another way to talk about this difficult issue, and others, with civility and honesty.
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Jonathan Rauch, David Blankenhorn, + Krista Tippett...
Krista Tippett's unedited conversation with Jonathan Rauch and David Blankenhorn. Krista spoke with them on October 10, 2012 in front of a live, public audience at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This interview is included in our show "The Future of Marriage." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Catching Song with Bobby McFerrin (Oct 11, 2012) [encore]
Bobby McFerrin is a musical genius. He's a master of improvisation and a genre-bending vocal magician and conductor. And he sings the territory between music, mystery, and spirit. Who better to contemplate the human voice -- its delights, its revelations, and its mystery?
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Bobby McFerrin + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Bobby McFerrin is a ten-time Grammy Award winner, and one of the world's best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, and a passionate spokesman for music education. Krista Tippett spoke with him on April 22, 2011 in a studio at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This interview is included in our show "Catching Song with Bobby McFerrin." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Dialogue (Oct 4, 2012)
No issue is more intractable than abortion. Or is it? Most Americans fall somewhere between the absolute poles of "pro-life" and "pro-choice." David Gushee, a Christian ethicist who advocates a "consistent ethic of life," and Frances Kissling, an abortion-rights activist, reveal what they admire in the other side and discuss what's really at stake in this debate. Recorded in front of a live audience at the University of Minnesota for The Civil Conversations Project, this often conversation...
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David Gushee, Frances Kissling, + Krista Tippett...
Krista Tippett's unedited conversation with Christian ethicist David P. Gushee and abortion-rights activist Frances Kissling. Krista spoke with them on September 26, 2012 in front of a live, public audience at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The Science of Healing Places (Sep 27, 2012)
The light and smells in places like hospitals can often depress us. And, our favorite room at home keeps us sane. But why? Immunologist Esther Sternberg explains the scientific research revealing how physical spaces create stress and make us sick -- and how good design can trigger our 'brain's internal pharmacies' and help heal us.
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Esther Sternberg + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett spoke with immunologist Esther Sternberg on March 30, 2012. This unedited interview is included in our show, "The Science of Healing Places." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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The Next Christians (Sep 20, 2012)
As part of The Civil Conversations Project, Krista Tippett speaks with Jim Daly and Gabe Lyons, two Christian leaders who are reshaping their part in common life, and the common good -- something much bigger than politics. Recorded in front of a live audience at the University of Minnesota, this often surprising conversation addresses subjects like gay marriage, abortion, and the strident reputation that Christian evangelicals have earned in the past decade.
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Gabe Lyons, Jim Daly, + Krista Tippett [unedited...
Krista Tippett's unedited conversation with Gabe Lyons, founder of Q and author of 'The Next Christians,' and Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family and author of 'ReFocus.' Krista spoke with them on September 12, 2012 in front of a live, public audience at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The Dignity of Difference (Sep 13, 2012) [encore]
Krista Tippett sits down with Lord Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain. One of the world's great thinkers on the promise and perils of religion, they discuss how Jewish and other religious ideas can inform modern challenges. He says that the faithful can and must cultivate their own deepest truths -- while finding God in the other.
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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks + Krista Tippett [unedited...
This unedited interview with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is included in our show, "The Dignity of Difference." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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A School of Life for Atheists (Sep 6, 2012)
Alain de Botton is a philosopher who likes the best of religion, but doesn’t believe in God. So he's created "The School of Life," a secular community in London. He explains to Krista Tippett why wisdom and ritual shouldn't be reserved just for believers -- and how atheists can take the best of religion and appropriate its art and insights to create a more inclusive way of living a non-believing life.
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Alain de Botton + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett's unedited conversation with Alain de Botton. He's a philosopher and author of "Religion for Atheists." Krista spoke with him on May 3, 2012 from the studios of American Public Media in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was in the studios of the BBC in London, England.
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The Meaning of Intelligence (Aug 30, 2012) [encore]
An expansive reflection on the meaning of intelligence with author and educator Mike Rose. We explore his perspective on hard subjects that drive to the heart of who we are as individuals, families, and a nation -- literacy, schooling, social class, and the deepest meaning of vocation.
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Mike Rose + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista's unedited conversation with Mike Rose. He is a professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Krista spoke with him on December 1, 2009 from the studios of American Public Media in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was in the studios of public radio station KCRW in Santa Monica, California.
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Mormon Demystified with Joanna Brooks (Aug 23, 2012)...
From The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to CNN, Joanna Brooks has become a go-to voice during our national inspection of Mormonism in this presidential campaign. As Mitt Romney makes history, we revisit our personal and revealing conversation with the Ask Mormon Girl blogger. She opens a window on Mormonism as an evolving and far from monolithic faith.
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Joanna Brooks + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Joanna Brooks is a journalist and author "The Book of Mormon Girl." Krista Tippett spoke with her on October 6, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Joanna Brooks was in Studio West in San Diego. This interview is included in our show "Mormon Demystified." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Fragility and the Evolution of Our Humanity (Aug 16,...
Xavier Le Pichon, one of the world's leading geophysicists, helped create the field of plate tectonics. A devout Catholic and spiritual thinker, he raised his family in intentional communities centered around people with mental disabilities. He shares his rare perspective on the meaning of humanity -- a perspective equally informed by his scientific and personal encounters with fragility as a fundament of vital, evolving systems. Le Pichon has come to think of caring attention to weakness as...
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Xavier Le Pichon + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Xavier Le Pichon is one of the world's leading geophysicists who helped discover plate tectonics. Krista Tippett spoke with him on June 4, 2009 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Xavier Le Pichon was in a studio in southern France. This interview is included in our show "Fragility and the Evolution of Our Humanity." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Rosanne Cash, Time Traveler (Aug 9, 2012) [encore]
As the daughter of Johnny Cash, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash describes her life as one circumscribed by music. But, it's through her love of language and quantum mechanics that she's finding new sources of creativity and mathematical ways to think about the divine. The mother of five shares her perspectives on being present, Twitter as a boot camp for songwriters, and how she wrestles with love and grief through her music.
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Spiritual Boundaries in Modern Turkey (August 2, 2012)
We meet a Fr. Alberto Ambrosio, a Dominican friar whose Christianity is inspired by the mystical tradition of Islam. And, Metropolitan Elpidophoros Lambriniadis, an Eastern Orthodox bishop, is creating what he calls a 'dialogue of life' as a religious minority in this crucible of the ancient church.
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Metropolitan Elpidophoros Lambriniadis + Trent Gilliss...
Senior editor Trent Gilliss interviewed Metropolitan Elpidophoros Lambriniadis on June 17, 2012 at his monastery on Heybeliada in Turkey. This interview is included in the show "Spiritual Boundaries in Modern Turkey." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Fr. Alberto Ambrosio + Krista Tippett [unedited...
Krista Tippett interviewed Alberto Ambrosio on June 14, 2012 at his convent in Istanbul, Turkey. This interview is included in the show "Spiritual Boundaries in Modern Turkey." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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The Far Shore of Aging (July 26, 2012)
We are living longer, for better and for worse. And the story of aging is one that too often goes untended. Jane Gross, creator of The New Old Age blog at The New York Times and author of A Bittersweet Season, tells us that we not only have to care for our parents -- but for ourselves.
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Jane Gross + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Jane Gross is the creator of The New Old Age blog at The New York Times. She is also the author of A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents -- and Ourselves. Krista Tippett spoke with her on June 15, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Jane Gross was in the studios of The Argot Network in New York City. This interview is included in our show "The Far Shore of Aging." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Vitality of the Struggle (July 19, 2012)
Terry Tempest Williams is a naturalist and writer, a biologist by training with a literary mind. She comes from a long Mormon lineage in Utah. She draws political, spiritual and creative inspiration from her experience of the interior American west. She offers stories of neighborly collaboration that turns into environmental protection, and the value that comes from vitriolic disagreement inside families.
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Mustafa Akyol on Religion, Democracy, and the New Turkey...
There's a country between Europe's debt crisis and the Arab Spring, where democracy is valued and the economy is growing. It's Turkey. Mustafa Akyol gives a fresh perspective on this new model of religion and democracy.
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Mustafa Akyol + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed political commentator Mustafa Akyol on June 12, 2012 at his apartment in Istanbul, Turkey. This interview is included in the show "Mustafa Akyol on Religion, Democracy, and the New Turkey." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Driven By Flavor with Dan Barber (July 5, 2012) [encore]
Dan Barber is a celebrated young chef -- but his passionate ethics and intellect have made him much more. He's out to restore food to its rightful place vis-a-vis our bodies, our ecologies, and our economies. And he would do this by resurrecting our natural insistence on flavor.
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Dan Barber + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed chef Dan Barber on November 5, 2010 during a live event at Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, Indiana. This interview is included in the show "Driven By Flavor." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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The Inward Work of Democracy (June 28, 2012) [encore]
As young democracies emerge around the world, we take a long view of the ingredients that formed this democracy well beyond July 4, 1776. The philosopher Jacob Needleman reminds us of the inward work of conscience behind institutions and political values that Americans now take for granted.
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Jacob Needleman + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed Jacob Needleman, professor emeritus of Philosophy at San Francisco State University, on August 6, 2003 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Needleman was in the studio of public radio station KQED in San Francisco. This interview is included in the show "The Inward Work of Democracy." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Evolving a City (June 21, 2012)
David Sloan Wilson believes that evolution is not just a description of how we got here. He says it can also be a tool kit for improving how we live together. He's taken what he's learned in studying evolution in animals and is now applying it to the behavior of groups in his hometown of Binghamton, New York. His goal is to help people behave pro-socially -- at their best, and for the good of the whole.
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David Sloan Wilson + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson on May 15, 2012 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Davidson was in the studio of WSKG in Binghamton, NY. This interview is included in the show "Evolving a City." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Investigating Healthy Minds (June 14, 2012) [encore]
Once upon a time we assumed the brain stops developing when we're young. Neuroscientist Richard Davidson helped overturn this idea by studying the brains of meditating Buddhist monks. Now he's working on conditions like ADHD and autism. He focuses not on fixing what is wrong, but on rewiring our minds with life-enriching behaviors.
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Richard Davidson + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed neuroscientist Richard Davidson on May 24, 2011 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Davidson was in the studio of public radio station WPR in Madison, Wisconsin. This interview is included in the show "Investigating Healthy Minds." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Oceanographer Sylvia Earle (June 07, 2012)
Sylvia Earle has done something no one else has - walked solo on the bottom of the sea, under a quarter mile of water. She tells what she saw - and what she has learned - about the giant, living system that is the ocean. And, she explains why seeing a shark is a sign for hope.
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Sylvia Earle + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed oceanographer and marine biologist Sylvia Earle on May 16, 2012 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Earle was in the studio of UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in Berkeley, CA. This interview is included in the show "Oceanographer Sylvia Earle." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Mathematics, Purpose, and Truth (May 31, 2012) [encore]
As a theoretical physicist, Janna Levin probes whether the universe is finite or infinite. As a novelist, she explored the separate but parallel lives of two influential 20th-century scientists: Kurt Godel and Alan Turing. Their work laid the foundations for computer intelligence while challenging fundamental notions about how we can know what is true.
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Janna Levin + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed author and astrophysicist Janna Levin on November 15, 2007 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Levin was in a private recording studio in New York City. This interview is included in the show "Mathematics, Purpose, and Truth." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Getting Revenge and Forgiveness (May 24, 2012)
Michael McCullough describes science that helps us comprehend how revenge came to have a purpose in human life. At the same time, he stresses, science is also revealing that human beings are more instinctively equipped for forgiveness than we've perhaps given ourselves credit for. Knowing this suggests ways to calm the revenge instinct in ourselves and others and embolden the forgiveness intuition.
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Michael McCullough + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista's unedited conversation with Michael McCullough, author of "Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct." Krista spoke with him on August 29, 2008 from the studios of American Public Media in St. Paul, Minnesota, and he was in the studios of WLRN in Miami, Florida. This interview is included in our program "Getting Revenge and Forgiveness." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Sarah Kay's Way with Words (May 17, 2012)
Sarah Kay is a 23-year-old spoken word poet who has become a role model and teacher to teenagers around the world. Millions have viewed her TED talk, where she shared the main stage with figures like Bill Gates and Jamie Oliver. She puts words around what she knows about poetry, stories, and being human and connected in this age.
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Sarah Kay + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed spoken word poet Sarah Kay on April 12, 2012. This interview is included in the show "Sarah Kay's Way with Words." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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The Last Quiet Places (May 10, 2012)
Gordon Hempton says that silence is an endangered species. He defines real quiet as presence -- not an absence of sound, but an absence of noise. The Earth, as he knows it, is a 'solar-powered jukebox' and quiet is a 'think tank of the soul.' We take in the world through his ears.
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Gordon Hempton + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed acoustic ecologist on April 27, 2012. This interview is included in the show "The Last Quiet Places." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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A Hike Through the Hoh Rain Forest: A Soundscape...
Through the sounds of the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton guides us on hike to One Square Inch of Silence. This guided walk is included in the On Being show "The Last Quiet Places." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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The Body's Grace (May 3, 2012) [encore]
Matthew Sanford says he's never seen anyone live more deeply in their body -- in all of its grace and all of its flaws -- without becoming more compassionate toward all of life. He is a renowned yoga teacher, and he has been paralyzed from the chest down since he was 13. He teaches yoga to the able-bodied and adapts yoga for people with ailments and disabilities, including military veterans. With Krista Tippett, he shares his story on finding his own way in to what we call the mind-body...
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Matthew Sanford + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed author and yoga instructor Matthew Sanford on July 7, 2006. This interview is included in the show "The Body's Grace." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Contemplating Mortality (April 26, 2012)
What if we understand death as a developmental stage -- like adolescence or mid-life? Dr. Ira Byock is a leading figure in palliative care and hospice in the United States. He says we lose sight of "the remarkable value" of the time of life we call dying if we forget that it's always a personal and human event, and not just a medical one. From his place on this medical frontier, he shares how we can understand dying as a time of learning, repair, and completion of our lives.
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Ira Byock + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed Dr. Ira Byock on March 2, 2012. This interview is included in the show "Contemplating Mortality." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Tatanka Iyotake: Reimagining Sitting Bull (April 19,...
Sitting Bull is best known for defeating General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But for many Lakota, his resistance to federal appropriation of sacred lands reflects humility towards the land and compassion towards his people -- with his death 120 years ago being his ultimate moment of sacrifice. We explore Sitting Bull's spiritual legacy as a force for identity and healing among the living.
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Tatanka Iyotake: Reimagining Sitting Bull (April 19,...
Sitting Bull is best known for defeating General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But for many Lakota, his resistance to federal appropriation of sacred lands reflects humility towards the land and compassion towards his people -- with his death 120 years ago being his ultimate moment of sacrifice. We explore Sitting Bull's spiritual legacy as a force for identity and healing among the living.
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Cedric Goodhouse + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Cedric Good House talked to Krista Tippett from a studio in Bismarck, North Dakota with his son Rick and wife Sissy. Hear him speak about Lakota tradition and Sitting Bull's legacy, while his wife and son accompany with music. This interview is included in the show "Tatanka Iyotake: Reimagining Sitting Bull." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Carole Barrett + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed Carole Barrett for "Tatanka Iyotake: Reimagining Sitting Bull." LIsten to the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Remembering God (April 12, 2012)
The poet Christian Wiman is giving voice to the hunger for faith -- and the challenges of faith -- for people living now. After a Texas upbringing soaked in a history of violence and a charismatic Christian culture, he was agnostic until he became actively religious again in his late 30s. Then he was diagnosed with a rare form of incurable blood cancer. He's bearing witness to something new happening in himself and in the world.
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Christian Wiman + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed poet Christian Wiman on March 21, 2012. This interview is included in the show "Remembering God." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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At the Heart of Easter Sunday Is a Woman [guest essay]
Playwright Norman Allen offers this thoughtful guest essay on Easter not just being about Jesus' resurrection but Mary Magdalene too. Take two minutes to listen and read at the On Being Blog at onbeing.org.
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Restoring the Senses: Gardening and an Orthodox Easter...
An understanding of Easter from inside the Armenian Orthodox tradition. Vigen Guroian experiences Easter as as a call to our senses. He's a theologian who contemplates the grand ideas of incarnation, death, and eternity as they are revealed in life and in his garden. Krista Tippett explores his religious way of being in this Lenten season that is both mystical and literally down to earth.
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Vigen Guorian + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed Armenian Orthodox theologian Vigen Guorian on February 22, 2007. This interview is included in the show "Restoring the Senses: Gardening and an Orthodox Easter." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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What We Nurture (March 29, 2012) [encore]
The best way to nurture children's inner lives, Sylvia Boorstein says, is by taking care of our own inner selves for their sake. At a public event in suburban Detroit, Krista Tippett draws out the warmth and wisdom of the celebrated Jewish-Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist. And, in a light-hearted moment that is an audience pleaser, Boorstein shares what GPS might teach us about "recalculating" and our own inner equanimity.
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Creativity and the Everyday Brain (March 22, 2012)
How do we prime our brains to take the meandering mental paths necessary for creativity? New techniques of brain imaging, neuropsychologist Rex Jung says, are helping us gain a whole new view on the differences between intelligence, creativity, and personality. He unsettles some old assumptions -- and suggests some new connections between creativity and family life, creativity and aging, and creativity and purpose.
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Rex Jung + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed neuropsychologist Rex Jung on February 12, 2012. This interview is included in the show "Creativity and the Everyday Brain." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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The Losses and the Laughter We Grow Into (March 15, 2012)
Being able-bodied, Kevin Kling says, is always only a temporary condition. Part funny guy, part poet and playwright, part wise man, Kling is known for NPR commentaries in his Minnesota accent that sounds straight out of the movie Fargo. With Krista Tippett, you'll hear his own special angle on life's humor and its ruptures. Born with a partially disabled left arm, in his 40s he then lost the use of his fully functional right one after a motorcycle accident nearly killed him. Take in his...
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Kevin Kling + Krista Tippett [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed storyteller and humorist Kevin Kling on February 9, 2012. This interview is included in the show "The Losses and the Laughter We Live Into." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi (March 8, 2012)
The 13th-century mystic and poet Rumi is a best-selling author in the modern West who has long influenced Islamic thought and spirituality, though his Muslim identity is often lost in translation. Enter the exuberant world of Rumi with Iranian-American poet and scholar Fatemeh Keshavarz. Delve into why Rumi matters in our time and how he understood searching and restlessness as a kind of arrival. And through a lush production of his words and poetry -- layered in Persian and English --...
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Fatemeh Keshavarz [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett interviewed Fatemeh Keshavarz on January 17, 2007. This interview is included in the show "The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Uncovering the Codes for Reality (March 01, 2012)
Could codes like we see in computer programs be in the DNA of the cosmos? The physicist James Gates is a leading string theorist who is evolving mathematics to convey truth much like poetry does. He reveals why string theory stretches our imaginations about the fundamental nature of reality. And he shares what his life in science has taught him about how fallibility makes us more complete, and imagination makes us more knowledgeable.
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S. James Gates Jr. [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett's unedited interview with S. James Gates Jr., the Toll Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for String and Particle Theory at the University of Maryland in College Park. Krista interviewed him on January 25, 2012 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, MN. Gates was in the studios of NPR in Washington, D.C. This interview is included in the show "Uncovering the Codes for Reality." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Desmond Tutu's God of Surprises (Feb 23, 2012)
Desmond Tutu says that despite all the evil and suffering in the world, human beings are "remarkable things" who are "made for goodness." We explore how his understanding of God and humanity has unfolded through the history he's shaped -- and even through his friendship with the Dalai Lama.
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Desmond Tutu [unedited interview]
This is On Being's Unheard Cuts. Krista Tippett interviewed Desmond Tutu on March 12, 2010 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This interview is included in the show "Desmond Tutu's God of Surprises." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Meredith Monk's Voice (February 16, 2012)
Meredith Monk is a kind of archeologist of the human voice. She says that "the voice could be like the body" -- flexible and fluid with practice. Through music as through meditation, the longtime Buddhist practitioner pushes the boundaries of what we can do without words. And she tells Krista Tippett what she's learned about mercy and impermanence, spirit and play. A lush hour of music and thought not to be forgotten.
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Meredith Monk [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett's unedited interview with Meredith Monk, award-winning, composer, singer, director and choreographer. She spoke with her on January 11, 2012 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Meredith Monk was in a private recording studio in New York City. This interview is included in the show "Meredith Monk's Voice." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Journalism and Compassion (February 9, 2012) [encore]
Pulitzer New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof says that journalism can make us care -- or it can numb us to human suffering. With neuroscience informing his reporting, he's wrapping hard news inside human stories in Africa and the Middle East.
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Toward Living Memory (February 2, 2012)
For Black History Month: public historian Tiya Miles. She's a MacArthur "genius" who's unearthing an especially painful chapter of the American experience -- the intersecting history of African-Americans and Native Americans, and the little-known narratives that Cherokee landowners held black slaves. Even with history this difficult, Tiya Miles shows us the possibility of stretching the canvas of the past wide enough to hold both hard truths and healing.
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Tiya Miles [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett's unedited interview with Tiya Miles, Chair and Professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She spoke with her on November 16, 2011 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, MN. Tiya Miles was in studio at Michigan Radio at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This interview is included in the show "Toward Living Memory." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Inner Landscape of Beauty (January 26, 2012) [encore]
John O'Donohue was an Irish poet and philosopher beloved for his insistence on beauty as a human calling and a defining aspect of God. The human soul hungers for beauty, John O'Donohue insisted, and we feel most alive in its presence. It returns us often in fleeting but sustaining moments to our highest selves. And a neglect of beauty, he believed, is at the heart of our deepest modern crises.
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John O'Donohue [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett's unedited interview with the late Iris poet and philosopher John O'Donohue. She spoke with him on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, MN. This interview is included in the show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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"A Blessing for a Friend on the Arrival of Illness" by...
An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "A Blessing for a Friend on the Arrival of Illness" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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"A Blessing for One Who Holds Power" by John O'Donohue...
An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "A Blessing for One Who Holds Power" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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"Beannacht" by John O'Donohue [bonus track]
An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "Beannacht" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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"For the Pilgrim a Kiss: The Caha River" by John...
An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "For the Pilgrim a Kiss: The Caha River" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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"For the Pilgrim a Kiss: Between Things" by John...
An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "For the Pilgrim a Kiss: Between Things" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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"For the Pilgrim a Kiss: Body Language" by John...
An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "For the Pilgrim a Kiss: Body Language" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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"Since You Came" by John O'Donohue [bonus track]
An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "Since You Came" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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"The Nativity" by John O'Donohue [bonus track]
An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "The Nativity" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Becoming Detroit (January 19, 2012)
A Detroit you probably haven't seen in the news. It's a city of vigor -- a place where neighbors are reimagining work, food, and the very meaning of humanity. To meet these people is to gain perspective on all of our work, and how we might imagine possibility in our own backyard.
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Grace Lee Boggs [unedited interview]
Grace Lee Boggs is a philosopher and civil rights legend and the heart and soul of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership. Krista spoke with her on December 16, 2011 in her home in Detroit. This interview is included in our show "Becoming Detroit." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Richard Feldman [unedited interview]
Richard Feldman is a board member of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership. Krista spoke with him on December 16, 2011 in Detroit. This interview is included in our show "Becoming Detroit." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Gloria Lowe [unedited interview]
Gloria Lowe is the CEO and founder of the organization We Want Green Too. Krista spoke with her on December 16, 2011 in Detroit. This interview is included in our show "Becoming Detroit." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Wayne Curtis and Myrtle Thompson [unedited interview]
Wayne Curtis and Myrtle Thompson are co-founder of the organization Feedom Freedom Growers. Krista spoke with them on December 16, 2011 in their home in Detroit. This interview is included in our show "Becoming Detroit." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Art of Peace (January 12, 2012) [encore]
"Peace" is a strangely generic and divisive word. We infuse it with unpredictable images from a wise and adventurous life in conflict transformation around the world. Learn the difference between conflict resolution and enduring change.
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John Paul Lederach [unedited interview]
John Paul Lederach is Professor of International Peacebuilding at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Krista Tippett spoke with him on June 22, 2010 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota. John Paul Lederach was in the studios of KGNU in Boulder, Colorado. This interview is included in our show "The Art of Peace." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Rosanne Cash, Time Traveler (January 5, 2012)
Rosanne Cash is a mother of five; a lover of language and of physics who surprised herself by becoming a performer. The legacy of her father Johnny Cash weaves throughout a conversation with her. Rosanne Cash shares her thoughts on the source of creativity; the workings of love and grief -- and fractals as a way of thinking about the divine.
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Rosanne Cash [unedited interview]
Rosanne Cash is a mother of five; a lover of language and of physics who surprised herself by becoming a performer. Krista Tippett spoke with her on November 17, 2011 in a studio at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This interview is included in our show "Rosanne Cash, Time Traveler." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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"God Is In the Roses" [bonus track by Rosanne Cash]
Rosanne Cash sang this song during our recorded interview on November 17, 2011 at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is included in our show, "Rosanne Cash, Time Traveler." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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"The World Unseen" [bonus track by Rosanne Cash]
Rosanne Cash sang this song during our recorded interview on November 17, 2011 at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is included in our show, "Rosanne Cash, Time Traveler." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.
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Pursuing Happiness with the Dalai Lama (December 29,...
From Emory University in Atlanta, Krista leads a public discussion on the subject of human happiness with the Dalai Lama, the chief rabbi of the Commonwealth, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, and Islamic scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr. This invigorating and unpredictable conversation explores themes of suffering, beauty, and the nature of the body.
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The Dalai Lama, Jefferts Schori, Sacks and Nasr...
From Emory University, an unedited panel discussion with the Dalai Lama, Jonathan Sacks, Katharine Jefferts Schori, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. This interview is included in our show "Pursuing Happiness with the Dalai Lama" Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Prophetic Imagination of Walter Brueggemann...
Experience Walter Brueggemann's passion and poetry with the fearless truth-telling and the fierce hope of the prophets he knows so well. He shares a quality with these prophets -- an ability to be transformative in a chaotic moment of history -- to open up new ways of addressing what is at stake socially, politically, and religiously.
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Walter Brueggemann [unedited interview]
Walter Brueggemann is professor emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia. Krista Tippett spoke with him on May 18, 2011 in the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota This interview is included in our show "The Prophetic Imagination of Walter Brueggemann." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Legends To Live By (December 15, 2011)
Could a Yiddish text from the Middle Ages serve as a guide to living now? Book composer and typographer Scott-Martin Kosofsky revives unlikely sources of customs for leading a modern life and marking sacred time. For Hanukkah and all the seasons upon us.
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Scott-Martin Kosofsky [unedited interview]
Scott-Martin Kosofsky is a book composer, typographer, and author of "The Book of Customs." Krista Tippett spoke with him on November 2, 2004 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Mr. Kosofsky was in a studio of WGBH in Boston. This interview is included in our show "Legends To Live By." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Who Ordered This? (December 8, 2011) [encore]
Astrophysicist Mario Livio studies dark energy and white dwarfs. Working with NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope, he says these 'images have become part of our culture.' Through that window, he sees cosmic puzzles and questions that are as rich as any of their current answers.
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Mario Livio [unedited interview]
Mario Livio is an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Krista Tippett spoke with him on April 20, 2010 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Dr. Livio was in a private studio in Baltimore, Maryland. This interview is included in our show "Who Ordered This?" Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Monsters We Love: TV's Pop Culture Theodicy (December 1,...
Loving vampires. Amoral zombies. And righteous serial killers. Shows about monsters, human and otherwise, are captivating TV watchers of all ages. Diane Winston, a religion and media watcher (and TV aficionado) says we shouldn't be surprised by these series in-your-face themes of God, meaning, and re-enchanting the world.
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Diane Winston [unedited interview]
Diane Winston is the Knight Chair in Media and Religion at the Annenberg School for Communication + Journalism at the University of Southern California. Krista Tippett spoke with her on November 2, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Diane Winston was in a studio at NPR West in Culver City, California. This interview is included in our show "Monsters We Love: TV's Pop Culture Theodicy." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Poetry of Creatures (November 24, 2011) [encore]
Biblical scholar Ellen Davis is helping to shape a new approach and way of thinking about human domination of the Earth and its creatures. With her friend, the farmer and poet Wendell Berry, they speak to our collective grief at destruction of the natural world and nourish a 'chastened' yet 'tenacious' hope.
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Occupying the Gospel (November 17, 2011)
Paul Raushenbush opens up a forgotten impulse of social activism in the DNA of American Christianity -- the "social gospel" led by his great grandfather, Walter Rauschenbusch a century ago.
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Paul Brandeis Raushenbush [unedited interview]
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is the Senior Religion Editor for the Huffington Post. Krista Tippett spoke with him on October 5, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Paul Brandeis Raushenbush was in the Argot Studios in New York City. This interview is included in our show "Occupying the Gospel." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Holding Life Consciously (November 10, 2011) [encore]
What happens when you bring together science and poetry on something like color or light? Arthur Zajonc is a physicist and contemplative. And he says we can all investigate life as vigorously from the inside as from the outside.
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Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life (November 3, 2011)
Linguistics pioneer Jean Berko Gleason unlocks the way we learn an amazing and crucial human skill, learning to talk. She studies how language emerges from childhood on, and says it reveals unexpected truths about our human relationships with our world, and our consciousness of ourselves.
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Jean Berko Gleason [unedited interview]
Jean Berko Gleason is a linguistics pioneer exploring connections between language, relationships, and consciousness. Krista Tippett spoke with her on September 27, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Jean Berko Gleason was in the studios of WGBH in Boston. This interview is included in our show "Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The "Happiest" Man in the World (October 27, 2011)...
A renowned Buddhist teacher and author, Matthieu Ricard trained as a cell biologist and is now part of the Dalai Lama's ongoing dialogue with scientists. We'll explore why he's been called the happiest man in the world, and how he understands spirituality as "contemplative science."
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Matthieu Ricard [unedited interview]
Ricard is a French-Tibetan monk and the Dalai Lama's French interpreter. Krista Tippett spoke with him on September 30, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada. This interview is included in our show "The 'Happiest' Man in the World." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Mormon Demystified (October 20, 2011)
Journalist Joanna Brooks gives us an inside view of this "Mormon moment" of American life, a moment of deepened self-searching with the emergence of a viable Mormon presidential candidate. Brooks, who writes the blog, "Ask Mormon Girl," describes herself as unorthodox, but still passionately planted in this culture that is as much an identity as a faith.
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Joanna Brooks [unedited interview]
Joanna Brooks is a journalist and author of the blog "Ask Mormon Girl." Krista Tippett spoke with her on October 6, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Joanna Brooks was in Studio West in San Diego. This interview is included in our show "Mormon Demystified." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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A Voice for the Animals with Dr. Alan Rabinowitz...
A profound stutter as a child left Alan Rabinowitz virtually unable to communicate and to prefer animals to people. He became a wildlife biologist and made his name as an explorer in some of the world's last wild places -- discovering new animal species, encountering human communities believed to be lost, and most of all working for the survival of the world's endangered big cats. We hear about his extraordinary insights into the animal-human bond; and also about the dramatic personal...
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The Genesis of Desire (October 6, 2011)
Celebrated Torah scholar Avivah Zornberg is the daughter and granddaughter of rabbis of East European lineage. She's also steeped in the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah. She connects deep and unexpected currents between the Bible and the lived situation of the reader.
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Avivah Zornberg [unedited interview]
Avivah Zornberg is a celebrated Torah scholar and the author of "The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious" and "The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis." Krista Tippett spoke with her in her home in Jerusalem on March 16, 2011. This interview is included in our show "The Genesis of Desire." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Planting the Future with Wangari Maathai (September 29,...
Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, died this week. A biologist by training, she founded the Greenbelt Movement. She made visible the links between trees and soil, war and peace, and the human body and spirit. We replay Krista's beautiful 2006 conversation with Wangari Maathai, in her memory.
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Opening Up Windows (September 22, 2011)
Philosopher and Rabbi David Hartman opens a window onto the inner life of the Israeli people -- struggles and searching that shape news from this part of the world but are rarely heard directly.
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Rabbi David Hartman [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett spoke with Rabbi David Hartman at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem on March 13, 2011. This interview is included in our show "Opening Up Windows." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Evolution of Change (September 15, 2011)
Philosopher Sari Nusseibeh comes from a family that has been in Jerusalem for 1300 years. His personal story enfolds layers of history that are shaping current history in the making.
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Sari Nusseibeh [unedited interview]
Krista Tippett spoke with Sari Nusseibeh in his office at Al Quds University in East Jerusalem on March 15, 2011. This interview is included in our show "The Evolution of Change." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Who Do We Want to Become? Remembering Forward Ten Years...
Who do we want to be for the next decade? What wisdom do we want to focus on, and grow more deeply into, as we move forward as a culture and pass on this narrative of 9/11 to generations to come? A discussion with Hendrik Hertzberg, Serene Jones, and Pankaj Mishra at St. Paul's Chapel near Ground Zero on September 6, 2011.
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Hendrik Hertzberg, Serene Jones, and Pankaj Mishra...
Krista Tippett spoke with journalist Hendrik Hertzberg, theologian Serene Jones, and author Pankaj Mishra at a live event on September 6, 2011 from St. Paul's Chapel in NYC a decade following 9/11. This interview is included in our show "Who Do We Want to Become? Remembering Forward Ten Years after 9/11" and is part of our "Civil Conversations Project." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Alive Enough? Reflecting on Our Technology with Sherry...
Sherry Turkle's book, "Alone Together," created a catchword for anxiety about the alienating potential of technology. But that's not really her message. We explore the real challenge she poses -- that we can and must lead examined lives with our digital objects -- actively shaping technology to human purposes.
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Civility, History, and Hope with Vincent Harding [The...
Civil rights veteran Vincent Harding has a long lens of wisdom on contemporary divisions and confusions. He says America is still a developing nation when it comes to democratic encounter across real difference. But he finds hope in the young people he's been bringing into creative contact with civil rights elders for decades. They are his answer to the question that drives him: Is America possible?
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Restoring Political Civility with Richard Mouw [The...
Richard Mouw challenges his fellow conservative Christians to civility in public discourse. He offers historical as well as spiritual perspective on American Evangelicals' navigation of disagreement, fear, and truth.
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Listening Beyond Life and Choice [The Civil...
Frances Kissling is known for her longtime activism on the abortion issue but has devoted her energy more in recent years to real relationship and new conversations across that bitter divide. She's learned, she's written, about the courage to be vulnerable in front of those with whom we passionately disagree.
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Sidling Up to Difference from The Civil Conversations...
The 1953 marriage of Kwame Anthony Appiah's parents helped inspire the movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. We explore this Princeton philosopher's thinking now on subjects like human identity, ethics in a world of strangers, and how moral revolutions really happen.
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Words That Shimmer from The Civil Conversations Project...
Poetry is something many of us seem to be hungry for these days. We're hungry for fresh ways to tell hard truths and redemptive stories, for language that would elevate and embolden rather than demean and alienate. Elizabeth Alexander shares her sense of what poetry works in us -- and in our children -- and why it may become more relevant, not less so, in hard and complicated times.
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The Far Shore of Aging (July 21, 2011)
We are living longer, for better and for worse. And the story of aging is one that too often goes untended. Jane Gross, creator of The New Old Age blog at The New York Times and author of A Bittersweet Season, tells us that we not only have to care for our parents -- but for ourselves.
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Jane Gross [unedited interview]
Jane Gross is the creator of The New Old Age blog at The New York Times. She is also the author of A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents -- and Ourselves. Krista Tippett spoke with her on June 15, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Jane Gross was in the studios of The Argot Network in New York City. This interview is included in our show "The Far Shore of Aging." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Autism and Humanity (July 14, 2011) [encore]
Long before autism had a name, it had a history -- a mystery shrouded in misunderstanding. But what might autism teach us all about what it means to be human now? About our abilities. About our creativity and differences.
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Paul Collins and Jennifer Elder [unedited interview]
Jennifer Elder is the author of illustrated books for children and families, including Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes and Autistic Planet. Paul Collins is author of Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism. He edits the Collins Library for McSweeney's Books and is an associate professor of English at Portland State University. Krista Tippett spoke with them on August 22, 2007 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Collins and Elder were in the studios of Oregon Public...
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Pleasure More Than Hope (July 7, 2011)
Did you know that the sacred city of Bethlehem lies within the West Bank? And, inside its borders, you'll find something unexpected -- a close-knit neighborhood where generations of people have created a new life for themselves. Amahl Bishara and Nidal Al-Azraq show us something rare that we don't see in the news about refugee camps -- the quiet cycles of everyday life.
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Nidal Al-Azraq [unedited interview]
Nidal Al-Azraq is a Palestinian and a program coordinator at the Lajee Center. Krista Tippett spoke with him on March 16, 2011 at the Lajee Center -- a youth center based inside the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. This interview is included in our show "Pleasure More Than Hope." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Amahl Bishara [unedited interview]
Amahl Bishara is a Palestinian-American anthropologist at Tufts University. Krista Tippett spoke with him on March 16, 2011 at the Lajee Center -- a youth center based inside the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. This interview is included in our show "Pleasure More Than Hope." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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The Inward Work of Democracy (June 30, 2011)
As young democracies emerge around the world, we take a long view of the ingredients that formed this democracy well beyond July 4, 1776. The philosopher Jacob Needleman reminds us of the inward work of conscience behind institutions and political values that Americans now take for granted.
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Jacob Needleman [unedited interview]
Jacob Needleman is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at San Francisco State University and author of "The American Soul." Krista Tippett spoke with him on August 5, 2003 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Needleman was in a studio at public radio station KQED in San Francisco, California. This interview is included in our show "The Inward Work of Democracy." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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Investigating Healthy Minds with Richard Davidson (June...
Once upon a time we assumed the brain stops developing when we're young. Neuroscientist Richard Davidson helped overturn this idea by studying the brains of meditating Buddhist monks. Now he's working on conditions like ADHD and autism. He focuses not on fixing what is wrong, but on rewiring our minds with life-enriching behaviors.
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Richard Davidson [unedited interview]
Richard Davidson is a neuroscientist based at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. Krista Tippett spoke with him on May 24, 2011 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Davidson was in a studio at public radio station WPR in Madison, Wisconsin. This interview is included in our show "Investigating Healthy Minds." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.
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