On Being with Krista Tippett
Episodes
[Unedited] E. Ethelbert Miller with Krista Tippett
11 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A poet and self-described literary activist, E. Ethelbert Miller attended Howard University in 1968 — the age in which Black Power was finding its v...
[Unedited] Ed Husain with Krista Tippett
14 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
British activist Ed Husain was seduced, at the age of 16, by revolutionary Islamist ideals that flourished at the heart of educated British culture. Y...
Ed Husain — Reflections of a Former Islamist Extremist
14 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
British activist Ed Husain was seduced, at the age of 16, by revolutionary Islamist ideals that flourished at the heart of educated British culture. Y...
[Unedited] Anoushka Shankar with Krista Tippett
31 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this Unheard Cut, Krista speaks with musician Anoushka Shankar from a Minneapolis hotel while she was touring in 2002. This interview is included i...
Anoushka Shankar, Stephen Mitchell, and Roberta Bondi — Approaching Prayer
31 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Americans are religious and non-religious, devout and irreverent. But in astonishing numbers, across that spectrum, most of us say that we pray. We ex...
[Unedited] Stephen Mitchell with Krista Tippett
31 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this Unheard Cut, Krista speaks with author and translator Stephen Mitchell. She interviewed him on April 22, 2002 from the studios of American Pub...
[Unedited] Roberta Bondi with Krista Tippett
31 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this Unheard Cut, Krista speaks with Roberta Bondi, a professor of Church History Emeritus at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. K...
Karen Armstrong — Freelance Monotheism
05 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Armstrong speaks about her progression from a disillusioned and damaged young nun into, in her words, a “freelance monotheist.” She’s a fo...
[Unedited] Karen Armstrong with Krista Tippett
05 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this unedited conversation, Krista speaks with Karen Armstrong, a best-selling author, scholar, and Catholic nun. Hear their complete conversation ...
Malka Haya Fenyvesi and Aziza Hasan — Curiosity Over Assumptions
15 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
We shine a light on two young leaders of a new generation of grassroots Muslim-Jewish encounter in Los Angeles. They’re innovating templates of prac...
[Unedited] Malka Haya Fenyvesi and Aziza Hasan with Krista Tippett
15 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
We shine a light on two young leaders of a new generation of grassroots Muslim-Jewish encounter in Los Angeles. They’re innovating templates of prac...
Eckhart Tolle — The Power of Now
08 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
One of today’s most influential spiritual teachers shares his youthful experience of depression and despair — suffering that led him to his own sp...
[Unedited] Eckhart Tolle With Krista Tippett
08 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation with Eckhart Tolle comes from our produced show “Eckhart Tolle on the Power of Now.” One of today’s most influential ...
Living Islam
24 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Nine Muslims, in their own words, reveal a creative convergence of Islamic spirituality and American identity that is unfolding, largely unnoticed, in...
[Unedited] Binyavanga Wainaina With Krista Tippett
27 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the complex ethics of global aid with a young writer from Kenya, Binyavanga Wainaina. He is among a rising generation of African voices who...
Binyavanga Wainaina — The Ethics of Aid: One Kenyan's Perspective
27 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the complex ethics of global aid with a young writer from Kenya, Binyavanga Wainaina. He is among a rising generation of African voices who...
David Brooks and E.J. Dionne — Obama's Theologian: Reinhold Niebuhr and the American Present
13 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
President Obama has cited Reinhold Niebuhr’s teachings as significant in shaping his ideas about politics and governance. In a public conversation, ...
[Unedited] David Brooks And E.J. Dionne With Krista Tippett
13 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation with David Brooks and E.J. Dionne comes from our produced show “David Brooks and E. J. Dionne on Obama’s Theologian: Ne...
[Unedited] Martin Marty with Krista Tippett (On Repossessing Virtue: Trust in Uncertain Times)
30 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The SOF First Person project kicks off with our search for fresh ways to talk about the current economic crisis — beginning with reflections from an...
[Unedited] Esther Sternberg with Krista Tippett (On the Economic Crisis in Biological Terms)
30 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
SOF First Person continues its series on the economic downturn with Dr. Esther Sternberg, a rheumatologist and stress researcher. She doesn’t see th...
[Unedited] Rachel Naomi Remen (On Repossessing Virtue: Economic Crisis as Spiritual Journey)
30 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Our SOF First Person series continues with physician Rachel Naomi Remen, author of “Kitchen Table Wisdom.” She sees these fiscally hard times as a...
[Unedited] Sharon Salzberg with Krista Tippett (On Repossessing Virtue)
30 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Buddhist teacher and author Sharon Salzberg reflects on our current culture and its inability to acknowledge the inevitability of suffering. We hi...
[Unedited] Majora Carter with Krista Tippett (Repossessing Virtue: Being More Deliberately Joyful)
30 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Activist Majora Carter says she doesn’t think of her work at Sustainable South Bronx as a moral endeavor, but a pragmatic one. Nevertheless she look...
[Unedited] Anchee Min with Krista Tippett (Repossessing Virtue: Repairing the American Individual)
30 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Novelist Anchee Min grew up during the Cultural Revolution in Mao’s China. Living in the United States for several decades, she offers a challenging...
[Unedited] Prabhu Guptara with Krista Tippett (On Repossessing Virtue)
30 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
As promised, we continue our SOF First Person project by turning to Swiss banking expert, Prabhu Guptara. Several years ago, Krista spoke with Guptara...
Repossessing Virtue: Wise Voices from Religion, Science, Industry, and the Arts
30 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
As the global economic crisis began to unfold this past fall, we wanted to respond immediately, in our way. We began to conduct an online conversation...
Parker Palmer — Repossessing Virtue: Economic Crisis, Morality, and Meaning
23 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
We explore human and spiritual aspects of economic downturn with a wise public intellectual of our time, the Quaker author and educator Parker Palmer....
[Unedited] Parker Palmer With Krista Tippett (On Repossessing Virtue)
23 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation with Parker Palmer comes from our produced show “Parker Palmer on Repossessing Virtue: Economic Crisis, Morality, and Mea...
[Unedited] Diane Winston with Krista Tippett
16 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Winston holds the Knight Chair in Media and Religion at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern Ca...
Diane Winston — TV and Parables of Our Time
16 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Winston appreciates good television, studies it, and brings many of its creators into her religion and media classes at the University of Southe...
[Unedited] Paul Zak with Krista Tippett
09 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Zak is professor of Economics and director of the Center for Neuroeconomic Studies at Claremont Graduate University in California. He’s editor ...
Paul Zak — The Science of Trust: Economics and Virtue
09 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In a few breathtaking months, we’ve culturally moved from seeing Wall Street as an icon of thriving civil society to discussing its workings with bo...
[Unedited] Joshua DuBois With Krista Tippett
28 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this unedited conversation, we meet Joshua DuBois, the 26-year-old political strategist, Pentecostal minister, and trusted associate of the preside...
Joshua DuBois — Obama's Faith-Based Office
28 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The very words “faith-based” became controversial during the Bush administration, yet Barack Obama has retained the faith-based centers in 11 fede...
[Unedited] Vali Nasr with Krista Tippett
21 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this unedited conversation, we seek fresh insight into the history and the human and religious dynamics of Islam’s Sunni-Shia divide. Our guest s...
Vali Nasr — The Sunni-Shia Divide and the Future of Islam
21 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
We seek fresh insight into the history and the human and religious dynamics of Islam’s Sunni-Shia divide. Our guest says that it is not so different...
Repossessing Virtue: Living Differently, Beyond Economic Crisis
14 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
We’re bringing the voices of our listeners into the conversation we’ve been building online and on-air since the economic downturn began last year...
James Moore — Evolution and Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin
05 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
We’ll take a fresh and thought-provoking look at Darwin’s life and ideas. He did not argue against God but against a simple understanding of the w...
[Unedited] James Moore with Krista Tippett
05 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this unedited conversation with James Moore, we’ll take a fresh and thought-provoking look at Darwin’s life and ideas. He did not argue against...
[Unedited] Mary Doria Russell With Krista Tippett
29 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation with Mary Doria Russell comes from our produced show “Mary Doria Russell on the Novelist as God.” Mary Doria Russell ha...
Mary Doria Russell — The Novelist as God
29 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest has grappled with large moral and religious questions on and off the page. We discover what she discerned — in the act of creating a new u...
[Unedited] Pankaj Mishra On The Backdrop Of The Buddha
22 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This unheard cut on “The Backdrop of the Buddha” comes from our produced show ‘Pankaj Mishra on the Buddha in the World.” See more at onbeing....
Pankaj Mishra — The Buddha in the World
22 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A few years ago, journalist Pankaj Mishra pursued the social relevance of the Buddha’s thought across India and Europe, Afghanistan and America. He ...
[Unedited] Pankaj Mishra With Krista Tippett
22 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation comes from the produced show “Pankaj Mishra on the Buddha in the World.” Journalist Pankaj Mishra pursued the social re...
[Unedited] Fr. Columba Stewart with Krista Tippett
15 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Columba Stewart is the executive director of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John’s Abbey and University. Getatchew Haile is a Mac...
[Unedited] Getatchew Haile with Krista Tippett
15 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Columba Stewart is the executive director of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John’s Abbey and University. Getatchew Haile is a Mac...
Columba Stewart and Getatchew Haile — Preserving Words and Worlds
15 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Saint John’s University and Abbey in rural Minnesota houses a monastic library that rescues writings from across the centuries and across the world....
Jennifer Michael Hecht — A History of Doubt
08 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht says that as a scholar she always noticed the “shadow history” of doubt out of the corner of her eye. Sh...
Unedited Interview with Jennifer Michael Hecht
08 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this unedited conversation poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht says that as a scholar she always noticed the “shadow history” of doubt ou...
[Unedited] Robert Coles With Krista Tippett
01 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Psychiatrist Robert Coles has spent his career exploring the inner lives of children. In this unedited interview, he says children are witnesses to th...
Robert Coles — The Inner Lives of Children
01 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Psychiatrist Robert Coles has spent his career exploring the inner lives of children. He says children are witnesses to the fullness of our humanity; ...
Studs Terkel — Life, Faith, and Death
13 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
We remember Studs Terkel, who recently died at the age of 96. The legendary interviewer chronicled decades of ordinary life and tumultuous change in U...
[Unedited] Studs Terkel with Krista Tippett
13 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
We remember Studs Terkel, who recently died at the age of 96. The legendary interviewer chronicled decades of ordinary life and tumultuous change in U...
[Unedited] Steven Waldman with Krista Tippett (On Liberating the Founders)
30 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this unedited conversation, Krista interviewed Steve Waldman, journalist and founder of Beliefnet, for the produced show “Steven Waldman on Liber...
Steven Waldman — Liberating the Founders
30 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Americans remain divided about how much religion they want in their political life. As we elect a new president, we return to an evocative, relevant c...
[Unedited] Vashti McKenzie with Krista Tippett
23 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this unedited conversation Krista Tippett interviews Vashti McKenzie, first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, for the produc...
Vashti McKenzie — African American, Woman, Leader
23 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The current U.S. presidential election has illustrated how gender, race, and religion can become lightning rods, and may be seen as potential stumblin...
[Unedited] Rod Dreher with Krista Tippett
09 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation with Rod Dreher comes from the second part of our series “The Faith Life of the Party.” A conservative columnist, Rod D...
Rod Dreher — The Faith Life of the Party: Part II, The Right
09 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The second part of our examination of religious energies below the surface of the 2008 presidential campaign. Conservative columnist Rod Dreher is an ...
[Unedited] Amy Sullivan with Krista Tippett
02 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation with Amy Sullivan comes from the first part of our series “The Faith Life of the Party.” She’s a national coresponden...
Amy Sullivan — The Faith Life of the Party: Part I, The Left
02 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Religious Right has gotten a fair amount of coverage in recent years, while the political Left has rarely been represented with a religious sensib...
Mel Robeck — Spiritual Tidal Wave: The Origins and Impact of Pentecostalism
18 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The birth of the Pentecostal movement began 100 years ago on Azusa Street in Los Angeles. We’ll be taking our show on the road to cover this global ...
[Unedited] Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. With Krista Tippett
18 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation with Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. took place on April 22, 2006 at The Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles and comes from our produced sho...
Esther Sternberg — Stress and the Balance Within
04 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The American experience of stress has spawned a multi-billion dollar self-help industry. Wary of this, Esther Sternberg says that, until recently, mod...
[Unedited] Esther Sternberg With Krista Tippett (On Stress And The Balance Within)
04 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation with Esther Sternberg comes from our produced show “Esther Sternberg on the Balance Within.” The American experience of...
[Unedited] James Prosek With Krista Tippett
28 Aug 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation is part of the radio program, “James Prosek on Fishing with Mystery.” James Prosek is an artist, fly-fisher, author, an...
James Prosek — Fishing with Mystery
28 Aug 2008
Contributed by Lukas
James Prosek is an artist, fly-fisher, author, and environmental activist who has always, as he puts it, found God “through the theater of nature.”...
Rick and Kay Warren — At Saddleback
21 Aug 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this program we revisit a 2007 conversation with evangelical leaders Rick and Kay Warren — exploring where they came from and what motivates them...
[Unedited] Jonathan Greenblatt with Krista Tippett
31 Jul 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The news has been marked in recent years, at regular intervals, by the moral and practical downfall of prominent businesses. Jonathan Greenblatt is am...
Jonathan Greenblatt — The Business of Doing Good
31 Jul 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The news has been marked in recent years, at regular intervals, by the moral and practical downfall of prominent businesses. Jonathan Greenblatt is am...
[Unedited] Adrian Ivakhiv with Krista Tippett
12 Jun 2008
Contributed by Lukas
An environmentalist who pursued the ecological impulse of Paganism, from its ancient roots to its modern revival in Europe and North America, discusse...
Adrian Ivakhiv — Pagans, Ancient and Modern
12 Jun 2008
Contributed by Lukas
An environmentalist who pursued the ecological impulse of Paganism, from its ancient roots to its modern revival in Europe and North America, discusse...
Susan Cheever and Kevin Griffen — The Spirituality of Addiction and Recovery
15 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson once said that the program he helped create is, “utter simplicity which encases a complete mystery.” O...
[Unedited] Susan Cheever with Krista Tippett
15 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson once said that the program he helped create is, “utter simplicity which encases a complete mystery.” O...
The Beauty and Challenge of Being Catholic - Hearing the Faithful
01 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
We received hundreds of essays in response to our query about what anchors and unsettles our Catholic audience. So we asked some of you to speak about...
[Unedited] Fr. Donald Senior With Krista Tippett
01 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This unedited conversation with Fr. Donald Senior comes from our produced show “The Beauty and Challenge of Being Catholic: Hearing the Faithful” ...
Greg Epstein — Exploring a New Humanism
27 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In a recent Pew poll, 16 percent of Americans identified themselves as “unaffiliated” — atheist, agnostic, or most prominently “nothing in par...
Ingrid Mattson — A New Voice for Islam
06 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Ingrid Mattson, the first woman and first convert to lead the Islamic Society of North America, describes her experience of Islamic spirituality, whic...
[Unedited] Ingrid Mattson With Krista Tippett
06 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Ingrid Mattson, the first woman and first convert to lead the Islamic Society of North America, describes her experience of Islamic spirituality, whic...
[Unedited] Robert Millet With Krista Tippett
24 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Americans have been hearing a lot about Mormonism in the context of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. But much of the public discussion of this f...
Robert Millet — Inside Mormon Faith
24 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Americans have been hearing a lot about Mormonism in the context of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. But much of the public discussion of this f...
[Unedited] Interview with Majora Carter
17 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Environmentalism and climate change are hot topics; yet they’re still often imagined as the territory of scientists, expert activists, and those who...
[Unedited] Cal DeWitt With Krista Tippett
17 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Environmentalism and climate change are hot topics; yet they’re still often imagined as the territory of scientists, expert activists, and those who...
Cal DeWitt and Majora Carter — Discovering Where We Live: Reimagining Environmentalism
17 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Environmentalism and climate change are hot topics; yet they’re still often imagined as the territory of scientists, expert activists, and those who...
[Unedited] Douglas Johnston with Krista Tippett
03 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this unedited conversation, Krista interviews Douglas Johnston, president and founder of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy. We’...
Douglas Johnston — Diplomacy and Religion in the 21st Century
03 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The greatest threat in the post-Cold War world, says Douglas Johnston, is the prospective marriage of religious extremism with weapons of mass destruc...
Rick and Kay Warren — The New Evangelical Leaders, Part II
06 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The second program in our series on guiding figures in what some are calling the “post Religious Right era.” This program’s guests are conservat...
[Unedited] Rick and Kay Warren with Krista Tippett
06 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Evangelical Christianity has no single, central authority, but it does have guiding figures in every generation. Progressive social activist Jim Walli...
Jim Wallis — The New Evangelical Leaders, Part I
29 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The first in a two-part series on influential leaders who are reshaping Evangelical Christianity from within progressive and conservative circles. Jim...
[Unedited] Jim Wallis With Krista Tippett
29 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Evangelical Christianity has no single, central authority, but it does have guiding figures in every generation. Progressive social activist Jim Walli...
Varadaraja V. Raman — The Heart's Reason: Hinduism and Science
22 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. culture’s clash between religion and science is almost exclusively driven by Christian instincts and arguments. Hindu physicist V.V. Raman offe...
[Unedited] Varadaraja V. Raman With Krista Tippett
22 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. culture’s clash between religion and science is almost exclusively driven by Christian instincts and arguments. Hindu physicist V.V. Raman offe...
[Unedited] Ingrid Jordt With Krista Tippett
01 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Former Burmese Buddhist nun and anthropologist Ingrid Jordt takes us inside the spiritual culture of Burma, exploring the meaning of monks taking to t...
Ingrid Jordt — Burma: Buddhism and Power
01 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A look inside the spiritual culture of Burma, exploring the meaning of monks taking to the streets there in September, the way in which religion and m...
Paul Elie, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Robin Lovin — Moral Man and Immoral Society: Rediscovering Reinhold Niebuhr
25 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the ideas and present-day relevance of 20th century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, an influential, boundary-crossing voice in American public...
Harvey Cox, Jr. — Beyond the Atheism-Religion Divide
18 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In 1965, a young Harvard professor became the best-selling voice of secularism in America with his book The Secular City. He sees the old thinking in ...
[Unedited] Sister Joan Chittister With Krista Tippett
04 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In over 50 years as a Benedictine nun, Sister Joan Chittister has emerged as a powerful and uncomfortable voice in Roman Catholicism and in global pol...
Sister Joan Chittister — Obedience and Action
04 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In over 50 years as a Benedictine nun, Sister Joan Chittister has emerged as a powerful and uncomfortable voice in Roman Catholicism and in global pol...
Eboo Patel — Religious Passion, Pluralism, and the Young
16 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A 30-year-old, Indian-American Muslim and former Rhodes Scholar is setting out to change the way young people relate to their own religious traditions...
[Unedited] Eboo Patel With Krista Tippett
16 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
We revisit Krista’s 2005 conversation with Eboo Patel, who calls al-Qaeda the most effective youth organization in the world. But contrary to the wi...