On Being

On Being

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On Being episodes

  • [Unedited] Mario Livio with Krista Tippett
    Mario Livio is a senior astrophysicist at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute. His books include: "Is God a Mathematician?" and "Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein — Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Mario Livio — Mysteries of an Expanding Universe." Find more at onbeing.org.
    1 hr 31 min
  • Simone Campbell — How to Be Spiritually Bold
    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 on issues such as “mending the wealth gap,” “enacting a living wage,” and “crafting a faithful budget that benefits the 100%.” She is a helpful voice for longings so many of us share, across differences, about how to engage with the well-being of our neighbors in this complicated age.
    51 min
  • [Unedited] Simone Campbell with Krista Tippett
    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 Community." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Simone Campbell — How to Be Spiritually Bold." Find more at onbeing.org.
    1 hr 32 min
  • Pico Iyer — The Art of Stillness
    Pico Iyer is one of our most eloquent explorers of what he calls the "inner world" — in himself and in the 21st century world at large. The journalist and novelist travels the globe from Ethiopia to North Korea and lives in Japan. But he also experiences a remote Benedictine hermitage as his second home, retreating there many times each year. In this intimate conversation, we explore the discoveries he's making and his practice of "the art of stillness.”
    51 min
  • [Unedited] Pico Iyer with Krista Tippett
    Pico Iyer is a journalist and writer. He's written over a dozen books including "The Global Soul: Jet Lag," "Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home," "The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama," and "The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Pico Iyer — The Art of Stillness." Find more at onbeing.org.
    1 hr 26 min
  • Jean Vanier — The Wisdom of Tenderness
    The philosopher and Catholic social innovator Jean Vanier is a teacher of the wisdom of tenderness. The L’Arche movement, which he founded, centers around people with mental disabilities and is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. We experience how Jean Vanier brings the most paradoxical religious teachings to life: that there’s power in humility, strength in weakness, and light in the darkness of human existence.
    51 min
  • [Unedited] Jean Vanier with Krista Tippett
    Jean Vanier is a philosopher and the founder of L'Arche. He lives full-time in the original community in Trosly-Breuil, France. He's also the recipient of the 2015 Templeton Prize. His books include "Befriending the Stranger," "The Story of L’Arche," and "Signs of the Times." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Jean Vanier — The Wisdom of Tenderness." Find more at onbeing.org.
    2 hr 11 min
  • Gustavo Santaolalla — How Movie Music Moves Us

    Movies, for some of us, are a form of modern church. The Argentinian composer and musician Gustavo Santaolalla creates cinematic landscapes — movie soundtracks that become soundtracks for life. He's won back-to-back Academy Awards for his original scores for Brokeback Mountain and Babel. We experience his humanity and creative philosophy behind a kind of music that moves us like no other.

    51 min
  • [Unedited] Gustavo Santaolalla with Krista Tippett
    Gustavo Santaolalla has composed film scores for over a dozen features including "Amores Perros," "The Motorcycle Diaries," "Brokeback Mountain," "Babel," "On the Road," and "Wild Tales." His latest solo album is called "Camino." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Gustavo Santaolalla — How Movie Music Moves Us." Find more at onbeing.org.
    1 hr 11 min
  • Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age

    She has called Brain Pickings, her invention and labor of love, a “human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.” What Maria Popova really delivers, to hundreds of thousands of people each day, is wisdom of the old-fashioned sort, presented in new-fashioned digital ways. She cross-pollinates — between philosophy and design, physics and poetry, the intellectual and the experiential. We explore her gleanings on what it means to lead a good life — intellectually, creatively, and spiritually.

    51 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."