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Beyond Survival: Sustaining Human Agency in Challenging Times - Graham Leicester

21 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Beyond Survival: Sustaining Human Agency in Challenging Times | Graham Leicester and Hosts Oren Slozberg and Katherine Fulton We are living in chall...

Narrative, Resilience, and Social Change - Urmitapa Dutta, Susan James, and Host Susan Grelock Yusem

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What's happening in our world—and how do we respond? For the past four years, Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards project has been exploring this...

How States Can Lead on Environmental Health - Susan Kaplan, Sarah Doll, and Host Kristin Schafer

21 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Many protections from pollution and toxic chemicals have moved from the federal level to the states. This isn’t just a recent phenomenon; it goes ba...

An Afternoon of Gospel and Jazz - Michelle Jacques and Matt Berkeley

07 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Part of the Festival of Sacred Music Series at Commonweal New School Michelle’s music weaves the sacred and the soulful, drawing from traditions, r...

Mutants and Mystics - Jeffrey Kripal and Host Michael Lerner

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In part 7 of the series, Host Michael Lerner talks with Jeffrey Kripal about his book Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the ...

Why Parkinson’s Disease Is Preventable - Ray Dorsey, Ted Schettler, and Host Kristin Schafer

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

An estimated 1.1 million people in the U.S. are currently living with Parkinson's disease (PD), and this number is expected to rise to 1.2 million by ...

Beyond Cancel Culture: on Healing, Conflict, and Community - Shilpa Jain and Host Serena Bian

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Conflict is the spirit of the relationship asking itself to deepen” --Sobonfu Somé Facilitator and writer Shilpa Jain deeply understands the na...

Authors of the Impossible - Jeffrey Kripal and Host Michael Lerner

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In part 6 of our series with Jeffrey Kripal and Host Michael Lerner, they discuss Jeffrey's Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred. ...

The Secret Body, Part 5 - Jeffrey Kripal and Host Michael Lerner

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Host Michael Lerner talks with author Jeffrey Kripal about his book The Serpent's Gift--Reflections on the Study of Religion. Th...

The Art of Peacebuilding: Haiku, Accompaniment, and Courageous Love - John Paul Lederach

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Widely recognized as one of the most influential and beloved figures in the field of peacebuilding, John Paul Lederach embodies both the rigor of the ...

Bridging Mind and Nature | Jeanine Canty

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

~Ecopsychology, Depth Psychology, and Ecological Healing~ Jeanine M. Canty was Visiting Scholar at The New School at Commonweal in October 2025. She ...

Reclaiming Wildness: Integrating Self Through Practice - Jeanine M. Canty, PhD

22 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jeanine M. Canty, PhD, is a visionary scholar whose groundbreaking work illuminates the profound connections between consciousness, thought, and our r...

The Secret Body, Part 4 - Jeffrey Kripal and Host Michael Lerner

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In part 4, Jeffrey Kripal and Host Michael Lerner explore Jeffrey’s remarkable history of Esalen in Esalen---The American Religion of No Religion. ...

A Life Immersed in the Imaginal | Arthur Colman and Host Michael Lerner

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join Professor Arthur Colman in conversation with Host Michael Lerner about his life and work using Jungian depth psychology as a foundation to bridge...

Tending the Soul in Uncertain Times - Francis Weller and Anderson Cooper

01 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us along the wild coast of California, for an afternoon of dialogue, community, and ritual with author and soul activist, Francis Weller, and hos...

The Secret Body, Part 3 - Jeffrey Kripal and Host Michael Lerner

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Host Michael Lerner talks with author Jeffrey Kripal about his book Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom: Eroticism and Reflexivit...

Opening the Gate of the Heart - Christine Tulis

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Part of the Festival of Sacred Music Series The harp has been loved all over the world for its healing powers since ancient times and is considered a...

The Secret Body, Part 2 - Jeffrey Kripal and Host Michael Lerner

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Host Michael Lerner talks with author and professor Jeffrey Kripal about his book Kali’s Child: The Mystical and the Erotic i...

The Secret Body, Part 1 - Jeffrey Kripal and Host Michael Lerner

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Host Michael Lerner talks with author and professor Jeffrey Kripal about his book The Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents ...

The Way of the Buddha - Shodo Harada Roshi and Host Michael Lerner

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

~ The Japanese dialogue in this English language video podcast has been shortened for timing purposes. ~ The way of the Buddha is more a philosophy t...

The Courage to Love - Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher with Host Serena Bian

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by Franciscan spirituality and Joanna Macy’s body of teachings known as the Work That Reconnects, Canticle Farm in Oakland, California, br...

On a Roll: A Story of Change, Courage, and the Road Still Rising: Jerry Millhon

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Co-presented with Healing Circles Global With Host Elin Stebbins Waldal Join us for a live conversation with Jerry Millhon---father, life partner, f...

Life Wisdom from a Lifelong Healer: Rachel Naomi Remen with Host Irwin Keller

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After years of friendship, Host Rabbi Irwin Keller sits with Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen to explore the influences of her childhood and young life on her l...

Liberating Places | Rako Fabionar and Host Cassandra Ferrera

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new-old way of living in place is emerging through a variety of projects and pathways where people are deepening their relationship to land and plac...

An Afternoon of Indian Classical Music with Manik Khan and Nilan Chauduri

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Part of the Festival of Sacred Music Series at The New School at Commonweal Join us for the third in a series of sacred music celebrations at Commonw...

Walk, Dream, Write: Writing Workshop with TNS Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the culminating event with our spring 2025 visiting scholar Craig Chalquist. We listen to the earth around us, talk about how our dreams r...

Dreaming the Soul of the Earth: Re-imagination as a Remedy for Our Times | Craig Chalquist, PhD

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can we heal ourselves and the earth? How can we engage with the soul of a place? At Commonweal, we have always been grounded by our home place in ...

Land All Around Us: Imagination as a Tool of Wisdom and Transformation with Craig Chalquist

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We usually think of the land as a backdrop to human affairs. But in ancient tales, places and their creatures show up as vital characters in the story...

The Plants Know, but Do We? Healing Ourselves by Healing the Earth with Yeye Luisah Teish

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for conversation with author and spiritual advisor Yeye Teish and host Cassandra Ferrera, director of Commonweal’s Center for Ethical Land T...

2025:03.29 - David Sheff - Yoko

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

John Lennon once described Yoko Ono as the world’s most famous unknown artist. Join us for a conversation with David Sheff—author of this intimate...

2025:03.07 - Deborah Koff-Chapin - Songbath Sanctuary

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rest and renew in a rich sonic atmosphere. Deborah creates deep, resonant sounds through evocative vocal tones accompanied by alchemy crystal bowls an...

2025:03.12 - Liberating Wealth in Prophetic Times

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are living through prophetic times—what some call the metacrisis, others name as a rupture, others see as an opening. What does it mean to naviga...

2025:02.07 - John Fox - 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

John Fox speaks at the 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care in February. The gathering was designed to bridges wisdom traditions ...

2025:02.07 - Robin Daly - 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Daly speaks at the 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care in February. The gathering was designed to bridges wisdom tradition...

2025:02.07 - Mark Renneker - 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Mark Renneker speaks at the 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care in February. The gathering was designed to bridges wisdom tr...

2025:02.07 - Mark Taylor - 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Taylor speaks at the 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care in February. The gathering was designed to bridges wisdom traditio...

2025:02.07 - Jen Green - 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jen Green speaks at the 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care in February. The gathering was designed to bridges wisdom traditions...

2025:02.07 - Dawn Gross - 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dawn Gross speaks at the 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care in February. The gathering was designed to bridges wisdom tradition...

2025:02.07 - Dale Borglum - 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dale Borglum speaks at the 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care in February. The gathering was designed to bridges wisdom traditi...

2025:02.07 - Diana Lindsay - 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Diana Lindsay speaks at the 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care in February. The gathering was designed to bridges wisdom tradit...

2025:02.07 - Jen Bires - 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Bires speaks at the 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care in February. The gathering was designed to bridges wisdom tradi...

2024:12.16 - Howard Gardner - On Education

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

~ Part Two of a Two Part Conversation with host Michael Lerner Join Host Michael Lerner in two conversations with cognitive psychologist, Harvard pro...

2024:12.09 - Howard Gardner - On Mind

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

~ Part One of a Two Part Conversation with host Michael Lerner Join Host Michael Lerner in two conversations with cognitive psychologist, Harvard pro...

2025:01.05 - Mariah Parker & Matthew Montfort Duo: Festival of Sacred Music

18 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Long-time musical collaborators Mariah Parker (piano, santur) and Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar) share their unique blend of captivatin...

2024:12.10: Rabbi Irwin Keller - Words, Worry, Wonder

11 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today I am taking sides. I am taking the side of Peace. Peace, which I will not abandon even when its voice is drowned out by hurt and hatred, bitte...

Tara Geer - What Do We Know? Exploring Non-Western Approaches to Wisdom

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tara Geer, Program Director of Commonweal’s Visual Thinking Strategies program in conversation with host Susan Grelock Yusem Around the world, peop...

Deborah Koff-Chapin - A Spiritual Biography

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, join TNS Host Michael Lerner with artist and sound healer Deborah Koff-Chapin. Deborah Koff-Chapin has been practicing Touch D...

Norma Wong - Listening to the Soul of Conflict

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

– zen priest teaching the art of war, conflict In this era of profound conflict and rupture, we are witnessing disharmony at every level of humanit...

Jeffrey J. Kripal - The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University Department of Religion professor and author of more than a dozen book...

2024:10.30 - Omonblanks - What Do We Know? Exploring Non-Western Approaches to Wisdom

17 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Around the world, people understand life and each other in vastly different ways. In "What Do We Know?," we will delve into profound ways of knowing o...

2024:10.02 - Joanna Bornowski - Consciousness, Intuition and Animal Communication

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Host Michael Lerner for a conversation with intuitive animal communicator, Joanna Bornowski. Michael and Joanna talk about consciousness, accessi...

2024:09.28 - Kevin Opstedal - Dreaming as One: Poetry, Poets and Community in Bolinas

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented with Bolinas Museum~ Kevin Opstedal, author of Dreaming as One: Poetry, Poets and Community in Bolinas, California, from 1967-1980, in ...

2024:09.30 - Michael Fischer - In Service Towards Resilience

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part of the Building Community Resilience Series at The New School "Resilience" is an essential part of individual and societal response and preparat...

2024:08.28 - Diana Lindsay: On the Nature of Healing: Healing Circles at Commonweal

19 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the Nature of Healing: Healing Circles at Commonweal / Diana Lindsay and Host Michael Lerner

24.08.28: Jerry Millhon and Host Michael Lerner

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Storytelling for Thriving Communities: A Spiritual Biography / Jerry Millhon and Host Michael Lerner Join host Michael Lerner for an exploration of J...

2024:08.12 Lisa Bero and Lariah Edwards - Protecting Scientists from Industry Intimidation

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented with Commonweal’s Collaborative for Health and the Environment and University of California San Francisco’s Science Action Network~ ...

2024:06.25 - Kalyanee Mam - What Does Love Have To Do With It? Bringing Mystery to Peacebuilding

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The subject tonight is Love And for tomorrow night as well, As a matter of fact I know of no better topic For us to discuss Until we all Die! - Hafiz ...

2024:06.12 - Sofia Nemenmann & Anabella Museri: Welcome, Wild Times

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome, Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders in the Global South | Bienvenidos Tiempos turbulentos: conversaciones con líderes de resili...

2024:06.23 - Maryliz Smith - Festival of Sacred Music Piano Concert

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the first in a series of sacred music celebrations at Commonweal, presented in collaboration with long-time Commonweal friend Toby Symingt...

2024:06.08 - Peter Coyote - Things As It Is, A Roving Discussion of Zen in the Vernacular

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Host Steve Heilig as we bring back author, actor, and local celebrity Peter Coyote to The New School. They talk about Peter’s recent books—Ze...

2024:05.16 - Manisha Gupta - Welcome Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Manisha Gupta and Host Michael Lerner These are wild times to be alive. From the local to the global, we are facing complex, interlocked crises. Yet,...

2024:05.29 - Aljosie Aldrich Harding - What Does Love Have To Do With It?

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The subject tonight is Love And for tomorrow night as well, As a matter of fact I know of no better topic For us to discuss Until we all Die! - Hafiz ...

2024:04.29 - Deepa Patel - What Does Love Have To Do With It? Bringing Mystery to Peacebuilding

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The subject tonight is Love And for tomorrow night as well, As a matter of fact I know of no better topic For us to discuss Until we all Die! - Hafiz ...

2024:04.24 - Nnimmo Bassey - Welcome, Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

These are wild times to be alive. From the local to the global, we are facing complex, interlocked crises. Yet, around the world people are responding...

2024:03.28 - Christina Baldwin - Writing as Legacy

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Michael Lerner in conversation with storyteller and storycatcher Christina Baldwin. Haunted by the question: “What do we leave in the earth for...

TNS: Jane Hirshfield - Living by Poems

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner for a reading and conversation with poet Jane Hirshfield. A lay-ordained practitioner of Soto Zen and also the founder, i...

2024:03.06 - Justin Nobel, Larysa Dyrszka & James Brugh - Petroleum 238

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Each year, the gas and oil industry produces billions of tons of waste — much of it toxic and radioactive. The fracking boom has only worsened the p...

2024:01.25 - Elizabeth Sawin & Beverley Thorpe - Multisolving for Climate, Chemicals & Health

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented with Commonweal’s Collaborative for Health and the Environment~ We’re now in the dangerous, uncharted territory climate scientists ...

TNS: Terry Tempest Williams - Rejoice! Our Times Are Intolerable

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented with Point Reyes Books and the Mesa Refuge~ Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in person or via webinar for a reading and conversation with w...

2023:12.05 - Pat McCabe: Restaurando el corazón de nuestras relaciones

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~ ¿Qué significaría "volverse nati...

2023:12.05 - Pat McCabe - Restoring the Heart of Our Relationships: Racial and Earth Healing

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~ Our indigenous communities and lead...

2023:11.21 - Rachel Naomi Remen & Karen Drucker - The Practice of Gratitude: Finding Meaning

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Enjoy another healing hour of stories and music with master storyteller Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and musician/songwriter Karen Drucker. This month, the...

2023:11.02 - Graham Leicester - Rising to the Occasion: Practical Hope in a Global Poly

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Host Michael Lerner joins Commonweal board member Katherine Fulton in conversation with Graham Leicester, who has pioneered new ways to navigate and e...

2023:11.14 - Sherri Mitchell - Restaurando el corazón de nuestras relaciones

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~ ¿Qué significaría "volverse nati...

2023:11.14 - Sherri Mitchell - Restoring the Heart of Our Relationships: Racial and Earth Healing

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~ Our indigenous communities and lead...

2023:06.14 - Oren Slozberg - A Spiritual Biography

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Oren Slozberg, Executive Director of Commonweal, in a spiritual biography conversation with Host Michael Lerner. Oren Slozberg Oren is the execu...

2023:10.19 - Keith Block, MD: Life Over Cancer: A New Model of Integrative Cancer Trea

18 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

~ Co-presented with CancerChoices ~ Join Host Michael Lerner in virtual conversation with Keith Block, MD--long regarded as the “father” of inte...

2023:10.09 - Cynthia Li, MD: Brave New Medicine: A Spiritual Biography

18 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for another in the Spiritual Biography series, this time with Cynthia Li, MD. Cynthia’s experiences as both doctor and patient through an in...

2023:10.17 - Grace Sesma ESP: Restaurando el corazón de nuestras relaciones

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~ ¿Qué significaría “volverse na...

2023:10.17 - Grace Sesma: Restoring the Heart of Our Relationships: Racial and Earth Healing

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~ As we navigate the cultural, climat...

2023:09.19 Rachel Remen & Karen Drucker: Autumn Celebrating the Time of Harvest with Stories & Song

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a celebration of autumn, a time to harvest all the seeds we’ve planted in your life, aging, etc… the next stories and music event in o...

2023:09.08 - Gary Cohen: The Evolution of the Modern Health and Environmental Justice Movement

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Host Michael Lerner in a conversation with Gary Cohen, founder of Healthcare without Harm. They will trace the evolution of the modern health and...

2023:09.06 - Rebecca Katz: A Spiritual Biography Part Two - Eat, Paint, Pray...

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a spiritual biography conversation with artist, chef, and cookbook author Rebecca Katz. Rebecca Katz, MS, Healing Circles Senior Faculty ...

2023:09.06 - Rebecca Katz: A Spiritual Biography Part One - Eat, Paint, Pray...

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a spiritual biography conversation with artist, chef, and cookbook author Rebecca Katz. Rebecca Katz, MS, Healing Circles Senior Faculty ...

2023:08:01 - Rachel Naomi Remen and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: Can We All Become Healers?

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this incredible conversation, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, makes a “House Call” at The New School at Commonweal--to talk with one of ...

2023:07.21 - Dick Russell - Biography of the Biographer

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How Dick Russell wrote the definitive biography of James Hillman Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with author Dick Russell in a conversat...

2023:06.20 - Rachel Naomi Remen and Karen Drucker: Yo Papa! Celebrating Father's Day

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the next stories and music event in our series with master storyteller Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and musician/songwriter Karen Drucker. See ...

Erlene Chiang - Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cancer – a Spiritual Biography

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Erlene Chiang in conversation with Michael Lerner Co-presented with CancerChoices https://cancerchoices.org

2023:06.13 Kristina Marusic: Science, Storytelling and a New War on Cancer

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Science, Storytelling and a New War on Cancer / Kristina Marusic, Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Sandra Steingraber and Host Kristin Schafer If we can stop ...

2023:05.16 - Rachel Naomi Remen & Karen Drucker: Yo Mama! Celebrating Mother’s Day

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the next stories and music event in our series with master storyteller Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and musician/songwriter Karen Drucker. See...

2023:04 Rue Mapp, Nature Swagger: Narraciones Sobre la Alegría del Espíritu Negro en la Naturaleza

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aprende cómo libre Rue Mapp, mujer de la naturaleza, convirtió sus experiencias de niñez en la granja de la familia, en un movimiento nacional del ...

2023:04.26 - Rue Mapp - Nature Swagger: Storytelling Black Joy in Nature

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Learn how outdoorswoman Rue Mapp turned her childhood experiences on family farmland into a national movement of Black joy and healing in nature. Her ...

2023:04.04 - Rachel Naomi Remen & Karen Drucker: Resurrecting Ourselves

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the next stories and music event in our series with master storyteller Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and musician/songwriter Karen Drucker. See...

2023:03.22 - Mary Watkins: Toward Psychologies of Liberation: Literal & Metaphorical M

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Toward Psychologies of Liberation: Literal and Metaphorical Migrations in the Polycrisis / Mary Watkins and Host Michael Lerner As increasing global ...

2023:03.29 - Waubgeshig Rice - Making Space for Indigenous Voices: Sharing Our Stories

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What Stories Does the Land Hold? is a conversation series co-presented by the Center for Humans and Nature and The New School at Commonweal as part of...

2023:03.15 - Bill Glenn - I Came Here Seeking a Person with Host Irwin Keller

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In his newly published spiritual memoir, I Came Here Seeking a Person, Bill Glenn shares the joys and the traumas of growing up gay and Catholic in th...

2023:02.20 - Ravi Agarwal - An Ecology of the Self, Part 1

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Host Michael Lerner for a conversation with photographer, environmental campaigner, and writer Ravi Agarwal. Ravi Agarwal Ravi has an inter-dis...

2023:02.24 - Thomas Smith, MD - Easing Cancer Pain and Suffering

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

~Co-presented by The New School at Commonweal and CancerChoices~ Join Thomas Smith, MD, with Host Michael Lerner for a conversation about easing canc...

2023:03.01 - Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka - Indigenous Plant Medicine

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What Stories Does the Land Hold? is a conversation series co-presented by the Center for Humans and Nature and The New School at Commonweal as part of...

2023:01.27 - Sue Mondello - Conversation at the Edge: A Spiritual Biography

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

~ Co-presented with CancerChoices ~ Join Commonweal Cancer Help Program alumna Sue Mondello with Host Michael Lerner as they explore her hospice expe...