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- [Unedited] Adam Grant with Krista TippettAdam Grant is a professor of psychology at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is the youngest tenured and highest rated professor. He is a regular contributor to The New York Times. He has consulted for numerous organizations, including Google, the United Nations, and the U.S. Army. He became known to many through his popular book, "Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success." His forthcoming book, "Originals," will be published in February, 2016. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Adam Grant — Successful Givers, Toxic Takers, and the Life We Spend at Work." Find more at onbeing.org.1 hr 21 min
- Mary Oliver — Listening to the WorldOften quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. She’s just released a new volume, "Felicity," at the age of 80. And so we’re revisiting the interview she granted us earlier this year on the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing.52 min
- [Unedited] Mary Oliver with Krista TippettMary Oliver has received the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She has published over 25 books of poetry and prose including "Dream Work," "A Thousand Mornings," and "A Poetry Handbook." Her latest book of poetry is "Felicity." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Mary Oliver — Listening to the World." Find more at onbeing.org.1 hr 33 min
- [Unedited] Nancy Cantor and Christopher Howard with Krista TippettNancy Cantor is a social psychologist and the chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark, one of the most diverse institutions in the U.S. She is widely recognized for helping forge a new understanding of the role of universities in society that re-emphasizes their public mission. Christopher Howard is the first African-American president of Hampden–Sydney College in Virginia, an historically white all male school in the South. He is one of the youngest college presidents in the U.S., a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Academy, and a former Rhodes Scholar. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Nancy Cantor and Christopher Howard — Beyond the Ivory Tower." Find more at onbeing.org.1 hr 31 min
- Christopher Howard + Nancy Cantor — Beyond the Ivory Tower
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 education in the communities they inhabit? How can and should they nurture students as citizens and leaders for the emerging 21st century world? Two visionary college presidents of two very different institutions take up these questions with Krista at the American Council on Education's 97th Annual Meeting.
51 min - Nancy Cantor and Christopher Howard — Beyond the Ivory TowerWhen 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 education in the communities they inhabit? How can and should they nurture students as citizens and leaders for the emerging 21st century world? Two visionary college presidents of two very different institutions take up these questions with Krista at the American Council on Education's 97th Annual Meeting.51 min
- Mary Catherine Bateson — Composing a Life
The wise linguist and anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson explores the matter of life as an improvisational art, at every age. As the daughter of the iconic anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, she’s had an ability to move through the world as both an original observer and a joyful participant. She’s composed a life that is far more settled but always in dialogue with the memory of her brilliant, globe-trotting, unconventionally-coupled parents.
51 min - [Unedited] Mary Catherine Bateson with Krista TippettMary Catherine Bateson is a visiting scholar at the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College. Her books include "With a Daughter’s Eye," "Composing a Life," and "Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Mary Catherine Bateson — Composing a Life" Find more at onbeing.org.1 hr 35 min
- Guy Consolmagno and George Coyne — Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of GodMore than 30 objects on the moon are named after the Jesuits who mapped it. A Jesuit was one of the founders of modern astrophysics. And four Jesuits in history, including Ignatius of Loyola, have had asteroids named after them – Brother Guy Consolmagno and Father George Coyne being the two living men with this distinction. In a conversation filled with friendship and laughter, and in honor of the visit of Pope Francis to the U.S., we experience the spacious way they think about science, the universe, and the love of God.51 min
- [Unedited] Brother Guy Consolmagno and Father George Coyne with Krista TippettBrother Guy Consolmagno is director of the Vatican Observatory, appointed in this post in September, 2015 by Pope Francis. Previously he was curator of meteorites. His books include "Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist" and "Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?: and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory." Father George Coyne is the former director of the Vatican Observatory. His books include "Wayfarers in the Cosmos: The Human Quest for Meaning." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Guy Consolmagno and George Coyne — Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God." Find more at onbeing.org.1 hr 28 min
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The premier theologion of early America, Jonathan Edwards, explores the futility of "absolute nothing" and the the existance of a "necessary eternal being."