On Being with Krista Tippett

[Unedited] Arnold Eisen with Krista Tippett

21 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

“In a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.” A mystic, a 20th-century religious intellectual, a social change agent, Rabbi Abrah...

Arnold Eisen -- The Spiritual Audacity of Abraham Joshua Heschel

21 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

“In a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.” A mystic, a 20th-century religious intellectual, a social change agent, Rabbi Abrah...

[Unedited] Junot Díaz with Krista Tippett

14 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

“From the bottom will the genius come that makes our ability to live with each other possible. I believe that with all my heart.” These are the wo...

Junot Díaz — Radical Hope Is Our Best Weapon

14 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

“From the bottom will the genius come that makes our ability to live with each other possible. I believe that with all my heart.” These are the wo...

danah boyd — The Internet of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

27 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Steeped in cutting edge research around the social lives of networked teens, danah boyd demystifies technology while being wise about the changes it’...

[Unedited] danah boyd with Krista Tippett

27 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Steeped in cutting edge research around the social lives of networked teens, danah boyd demystifies technology while being wise about the changes it’...

[Unedited] Matthieu Ricard with Krista Tippett

20 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A French-born Tibetan Buddhist monk and a central figure in the Dalai Lama’s dialogue with scientists, Matthieu Ricard was dubbed “The Happiest Ma...

Matthieu Ricard — Happiness As Human Flourishing

20 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A French-born Tibetan Buddhist monk and a central figure in the Dalai Lama’s dialogue with scientists, Matthieu Ricard was dubbed “The Happiest Ma...

Billy Mills, Christina Torres, Ashley Hicks, et al. — Running as Spiritual Practice

06 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We explore a topic our listeners have called out as a passionate force and a connector across all kinds of boundaries in American culture: running. No...

[Unedited] Martin Sheen with Krista Tippett

22 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The renowned actor as you’ve never heard him before. He has appeared in over 100 films, including Apocalypse Now. He’s best known on television as...

Martin Sheen — Spirituality of Imagination

22 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The renowned actor as you’ve never heard him before. He has appeared in over 100 films, including Apocalypse Now. He’s best known on television as...

Enrique Martínez Celaya — The Whisper of the Order of Things

15 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A philosopher’s questioning and a scientist’s eye shape Enrique Martínez Celaya’s original approach to art and to life. A world-renowned painte...

[Unedited] Enrique Martínez Celaya with Krista Tippett

15 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A philosopher’s questioning and a scientist’s eye shape Enrique Martínez Celaya’s original approach to art and to life. A world-renowned painte...

Hari Kondabolu, Lindy West, et al. — Humor as a Tool for Survival

08 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Humor lifts us up but it also underscores what’s already great; it connects us with others and also brings us home to ourselves. And like everything...

[Unedited] Brian Greene with Krista Tippett

01 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A thrilling, mind-bending view of the cosmos and of the human adventure of modern science. In a conversation ranging from free will to the multiverse ...

Brian Greene — Reimagining the Cosmos

01 Jun 2017

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A thrilling, mind-bending view of the cosmos and of the human adventure of modern science. In a conversation ranging from free will to the multiverse ...

Patrisse Cullors and Robert Ross — The Spiritual Work of Black Lives Matter

25 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Black Lives Matter co-founder and artist Patrisse Cullors presents a luminous vision of the spiritual core of Black Lives Matter and a resilient world...

[Unedited] Patrisse Cullors and Robert Ross with Krista Tippett

25 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Black Lives Matter co-founder and artist Patrisse Cullors presents a luminous vision of the spiritual core of Black Lives Matter and a resilient world...

[Unedited] Glenn Beck with Krista Tippett

11 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

If we’re going to create the world we want our children to inhabit, we’re going to have to find ways to hold more complexity peaceably, and probab...

Glenn Beck — What You Do Will Be a Pivot Point

11 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We need to be ready to let others surprise us, offer forgiveness, and ask hard questions of our own part in this moment. This doesn’t happen often i...

[Unedited] Marie Howe with Krista Tippett

04 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The moral life, Marie Howe says, is lived out in what we say as much as what we do. She became known for her poetry collection “What the Living Do,”...

Marie Howe — The Power of Words to Save Us

04 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The moral life, Marie Howe says, is lived out in what we say as much as what we do. She became known for her poetry collection “What the Living Do,”...

Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant — Resilience After Unimaginable Loss

24 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Sheryl Sandberg is synonymous with Facebook, and Silicon Valley success, and she’s the voice of “Lean In.” She joins us, frank and vulnerable, t...

[Unedited] Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

24 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Sheryl Sandberg is synonymous with Facebook, and Silicon Valley success, and she’s the voice of “Lean In.” She joins us, frank and vulnerable, t...

[Unedited] Heather McGhee and Matt Kibbe with Krista Tippett

06 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It’s hard to imagine honest, revelatory, even enjoyable conversation between people on distant points of American life right now. But in this public...

Heather McGhee and Matt Kibbe — Repairing the Breach

06 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It’s hard to imagine honest, revelatory, even enjoyable conversation between people on distant points of American life right now. But in this public...

Joy Ladin — Transgender Amid Orthodoxy: I Am Who I Will Be

23 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

For as far back as Joy Ladin can remember, her body didn’t match her soul. Gender defines us from the moment we’re born. But how is that related t...

Margaret Wertheim — The Grandeur and Limits of Science

16 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A passionate translator of the beauty and relevance of scientific questions, Margaret Wertheim is also wise about the limits of science to tell the wh...

[Unedited] Margaret Wertheim with Krista Tippett

16 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A passionate translator of the beauty and relevance of scientific questions, Margaret Wertheim is also wise about the limits of science to tell the wh...

Chuck Colson, Greg Boyd, and Shane Claiborne — How to Be a Christian Citizen: Three Evangelicals Debate

02 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

White Evangelical Christians helped secure the election of President Trump. Many said that his views on abortion were decisive, overriding concerns th...

[Unedited] Chuck Colson, Greg Boyd, and Shane Claiborne with Krista Tippett

02 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation about Christianity and politics with three generations of evangelical leaders — Shane Claiborne, Greg Boyd, and the late Chuck Col...

[Unedited] Anil Dash with Krista Tippett

12 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Anil Dash is the CEO of Fog Creek Software. He also founded Makerbase, Activate, and the non-profit Expert Labs, a research initiative backed by the M...

Anil Dash — Tech's Moral Reckoning

12 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A wildly popular blogger, tech entrepreneur, and Silicon Valley influencer, Anil Dash has been an early activist for moral imagination in the digital ...

[Unedited] Alice Parker with Krista Tippett

07 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Alice Parker is the artistic director of the non-profit Melodious Accord and is the author of “Melodious Accord: Good Singing in Church.” She coll...

Alice Parker — Singing Is the Most Companionable of Arts

07 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Singing is able to touch and join human beings in ways few other arts can. Alice Parker is a wise and joyful thinker and writer on this truth, and has...

[Unedited] James Martin with Krista Tippett

01 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

James Martin is a Jesuit priest and editor at large of America magazine. His books include “The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything,” “Between H...

James Martin — Finding God in All Things

01 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Before Pope Francis, James Martin was perhaps the best-loved Jesuit in American life. He’s followed the calling of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the found...

Natasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel — How to Live Beyond This Election

27 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This political season has surfaced our need to reimagine and re-weave the very meaning of common life and common good. We take a long, nourishing view...

[Unedited] Natasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel with Krista Tippett

27 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Natasha Trethewey was the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate. Her books include “Domestic Work,” “Native Guard,” and “Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on t...

David Brooks and E.J. Dionne — Sinfulness, Hopefulness, and the Possibility of Politics

20 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This is a strange, tumultuous political moment. With columnists David Brooks and E.J. Dionne, we step back from the immediate political gamesmanship. ...

[Unedited] David Brooks and E.J. Dionne with Krista Tippett

20 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times. His books include “The Social Animal” and “The Road to Character.” E.J. Dionne is a column...

[Unedited] Leonard Mlodinow with Krista Tippett

06 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Leonard Mlodinow is a physicist, and the author of several books including “The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives” and “Feynman’...

Leonard Mlodinow — Randomness and Choice

06 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Fundamental forces of physics somehow determine everything that happens, “from the birth of a child to the birth of a galaxy.” Yet physicist Leona...

[Unedited] Alain de Botton with Krista Tippett (2012)

29 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Alain de Botton is the founder and chairman of The School of Life. His books include “Religion for Atheists” and “How Proust Can Change Your Lif...

Alain de Botton — A School of Life for Atheists

29 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Alain de Botton is a philosopher who likes the best of religion, but doesn’t believe in God. He says that the most boring question you can ask of an...

[Unedited] Parker Palmer and Courtney Martin with Krista Tippett

22 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Parker Palmer is founder and Senior Partner of the Center for Courage and Renewal. He’s the author of bestselling books including “Let Your Life S...

Parker Palmer and Courtney Martin — The Inner Life of Rebellion

22 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The history of rebellion is rife with excess and burnout. But new generations have a distinctive commitment to be reflective and activist at once, to ...

[Unedited] Jimmy Wales with Krista Tippett

08 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jimmy Wales is the co-founder and promoter of Wikipedia and chair emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation. This interview is edited and produced with mus...

Jimmy Wales — The Sum of All Human Knowledge

08 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the 15 years since its inception, Wikipedia has become as much a global community as a business venture — a living organism with a mission statem...

Gustavo Santaolalla — How Movie Music Moves Us

25 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Movies, for some of us, are a form of modern church. The Argentinian composer and musician Gustavo Santaolalla creates cinematic landscapes — movie ...

[Unedited] Gustavo Santaolalla with Krista Tippett

25 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Gustavo Santaolalla has composed film scores for over a dozen features including “Amores Perros,” “The Motorcycle Diaries,” “Brokeback Mount...

Paulo Coelho — The Alchemy of Pilgrimage

04 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Brazilian lyricist Paulo Coelho is best known for his book “The Alchemist” — which has been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 4...

[Unedited] Paulo Coelho with Krista Tippett

04 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Paulo Coelho is the author of many books including “The Pilgrimage,” “Veronika Decides to Die” and “The Alchemist.” His new book is “Adu...

[Unedited] Xavier Le Pichon with Krista Tippett

21 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Xavier Le Pichon is Honorary Professor at Collège de France in Paris. He founded La Maison Thomas Philippe that provides retreats for families, inclu...

Xavier Le Pichon — The Fragility at the Heart of Humanity

21 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Xavier Le Pichon, one of the world’s leading geophysicists, helped create the field of plate tectonics. A devout Catholic and spiritual thinker, he ...

Jonathan Haidt and Melvin Konner — Capitalism and Moral Evolution: A Civil Provocation

02 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It was supposed to be a discussion about “culture and conscience” with two social scientists, as part of a public gathering of the Center for Huma...

[Unedited] Jonathan Haidt + Melvin Konner with Krista Tippett

02 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His books include “The Righ...

[Unedited] Kevin Kling with Krista Tippett

19 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Kling is a performer and an advisory council member of Interact. His plays include “21A” and “Lloyd’s Prayer.” His books include “Th...

David Isay — Listening as an Act of Love

12 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

“The soul is contained in the human voice,” says David Isay, founder of StoryCorps. He sees the StoryCorps booth — a setting where two people as...

[Unedited] David Isay with Krista Tippett

12 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

David Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant and 2015 TED Prize. His new StoryCorps book is “Callings: The Purpo...

[Unedited] Krista Tippett with Pico Iyer

05 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Krista Tippett is a journalist and host of On Being. She is the New York Times bestselling author of “Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and...

Krista Tippett — An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living

05 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This episode, a “theft of the dial.” Writer and traveler Pico Iyer turns the tables on our host Krista Tippett by asking her the questions. Her la...

Michelle Alexander — Who We Want to Become: Beyond the New Jim Crow

21 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander is one of the people who is waking us up to history we don’t remember, and structures most of us can’t ...

[Unedited] Michelle Alexander with Krista Tippett

21 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Michelle Alexander is an associate professor of law at the Moritz College of Law and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio ...

[Unedited] Tiffany Shlain with Krista Tippett

31 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Tiffany Shlain is the founder of the Webby Awards and a co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. She has directed and co-...

Tiffany Shlain — Growing Up the Internet

31 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

When Tiffany Shlain thinks of her favorite quote from naturalist John Muir, she thinks of the internet: “When you tug at a single thing in the unive...

Nathan Schneider — The Wisdom of Millennials

24 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a kind of brilliance that flashes up in early adulthood: an ability to see the world whole. Nathan Schneider has been able to articulate and...

[Unedited] Nathan Schneider with Krista Tippett

24 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan Schneider is a scholar-in-residence of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the author of “God in Proof: The Story of a...

[Unedited] Jean Berko Gleason with Krista Tippett

04 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jean Berko Gleason is Professor Emerita of psychology at Boston University. This interview was edited and produced with music and other features in th...

Jean Berko Gleason — Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life

04 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jean Berko Gleason is a living legend in the field of psycholinguistics — how language emerges, and what it tells us about how we think and who we a...

[Unedited] B.J. Miller with Krista Tippett

28 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

B.J. Miller is executive director of the Zen Hospice Project, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francis...

B.J. Miller — Reframing Our Relationship to That We Don’t Control

28 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

“Let death be what takes us,” Dr. BJ Miller has written, “not a lack of imagination.” As a palliative care physician, he brings a design sensi...

[Unedited] Carrie Newcomer with Krista Tippett

31 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Carrie Newcomer is a singer-songwriter. Her albums include “Betty’s Diner,” “The Gathering of Spirits,” and “A Permeable Life,” which ha...

Carrie Newcomer — A Conversation with Music

31 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Something of a celebrity in Quaker circles, Carrie Newcomer is best known for her story-songs that get at the raw and redemptive edges of human realit...

Paul Muldoon — A Conversation with Verse

23 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Irish poet and “New Yorker” poetry editor Paul Muldoon has won the Pulitzer Prize, written for other media from radio to song, and plays in a ...

[Unedited] Paul Muldoon with Krista Tippett

23 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Muldoon holds the Howard G.B. Clark chair in the Humanities at Princeton University. He has served as the poetry editor at the The New Yorker sin...

[Unedited] Penny George, Mark Hyman, and James Gordon with Krista Tippett

03 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Hyman is the director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. He is also the founder and medical director of the UltraWellness Ce...

Mark Hyman, James Gordon, and Penny George — The Evolution of Medicine

03 Dec 2015

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A transformation of medicine is underway, a transition from a science of treating disease to a science of health. Mark Hyman is a family physician and...

[Unedited] Ann Hamilton with Krista Tippett

19 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Ann Hamilton is a visual artist and self-described maker. She is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Art at Ohio State University....

Ann Hamilton — Making, and the Spaces We Share

19 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The philosopher Simone Weil defined prayer as “absolutely unmixed attention.” The artist Ann Hamilton embodies this notion in her sweeping works o...

Adam Grant — Successful Givers, Toxic Takers, and the Life We Spend at Work

22 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The organizational psychologist Adam Grant, who many know from his New York Times columns, describes three orientations of which we are all capable: t...

[Unedited] Adam Grant with Krista Tippett

22 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Grant is a professor of psychology at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is the youngest tenured and high...

[Unedited] Nancy Cantor and Christopher Howard with Krista Tippett

08 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Nancy Cantor is a social psychologist and the chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark, one of the most diverse institutions in the U.S. She is widel...

Nancy Cantor and Christopher Howard — Beyond the Ivory Tower

08 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

When we talk about the relationship between colleges and the world, we tend to focus on economics. But what is the place of institutions of higher edu...

Louis Newman — The Refreshing Practice of Repentance

17 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The High Holy Days create an annual ritual of repentance, both individual and collective. Louis Newman, who has explored repentance as an ethicist and...

[Unedited] Louis Newman with Krista Tippett

17 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Louis Newman is an Associate Dean of Carleton College and John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies. He is the author of several ...

[Unedited] Grace Lee Boggs with Krista Tippett

27 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Grace Lee Boggs was a philosopher and a civil rights leader and a founder of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center. She authored the book “Living for...

Grace Lee Boggs — A Century in the World

27 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Chinese-American philosopher and civil rights legend Grace Lee Boggs turned 100 this summer. She has been at the heart and soul of a largely hidden st...

Rex Jung — Creativity and the Everyday Brain

20 Aug 2015

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Few features of humanity are more fascinating than creativity; and few fields are more dynamic now than neuroscience. Rex Jung is a neuropsychologist ...

[Unedited] Rex Jung and Krista Tippett

20 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Rex Jung is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He’s a Distinguished Senior Advisor to the Positi...

Elizabeth Alexander — Words That Shimmer

23 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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 languag...

[Unedited] Elizabeth Alexander with Krista Tippett

23 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth Alexander is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and the inaugural Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University. She’...

[Unedited] Rami Nashashibi with Krista Tippett

09 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Rami Nashashibi is founder and executive director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN). He is a visiting assistant professor of Sociology of...

Rami Nashashibi — A New Coming Together

09 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Rami Nashashibi uses graffiti, calligraphy, and hip-hop in his work as a healing force on the South Side of Chicago. A Palestinian-American, he starte...

[Unedited] Simone Campbell with Krista Tippett

11 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sr. Simone Campbell is the executive director of NETWORK. She is the author of “A Nun on the Bus: How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Communi...

Simone Campbell — How to Be Spiritually Bold

11 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

She became a national figure as the face of the “Nuns on the Bus.” Sr. Simone Campbell is a lawyer, lobbyist, poet, and Zen contemplative working ...

[Unedited] Jane Gross with Krista Tippett

07 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jane Gross is the creator of “The New Old Age” blog at The New York Times and author of “A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents — ...

Jane Gross — The Far Shore of Aging

07 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

It is a story of our time — the new landscape of living longer, and of dying more slowly too. Jane Gross has explored this as a daughter and as a jo...

Mohammed Fairouz — The World in Counterpoint

30 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

He’s been called a post-millennial Schubert. Mohammed Fairouz has composed four symphonies and an opera while still in his 20s. He invokes John F. K...

[Unedited] Mohammed Fairouz with Krista Tippett

30 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Mohammed Fairouz is a composer whose opera and symphonies have been performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and The Kennedy Center. His 11 albums ...