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- Bernard Chazelle — Discovering the Cosmology of BachComputer scientist Bernard Chazelle has an original take on what music works in us — especially the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Just as mathematicians talk about discovering rather than inventing great equations, so, he says, Bach set out to “discover” the musical rules behind the universe. After hearing this conversation, you may never listen to any piece of music — whether Bach or Jay-Z — in quite the same way again.1 hr 7 min
- [Unedited] Bernard Chazelle with Krista TippettBernard Chazelle is Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. He is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and a member of the European Academy of Sciences. He's authored an extensive collection of essays on music for A Tiny Revolution. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Bernard Chazelle — Discovering the Cosmology of Bach." Find more at onbeing.org.1 hr 33 min
- Joanna Macy — A Wild Love For the World
A philosopher of ecology, Joanna Macy’s path wound from the CIA to Tibetan Buddhism, to translating the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. We take that exquisite poetry as a lens on her wisdom on the great dramas of our time: ecological, political, personal. Now in her 80s, Joanna Macy says we are at a pivotal moment in history — with possibilities of unraveling, or of creating, a life-sustaining human society.
51 min - [Unedited] Joanna Macy with Krista TippettJoanna Macy is a philosopher of ecology and a scholar of Buddhism. Her translations include "Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God" and "A Year with Rilke." She is the author of "Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Joanna Macy — A Wild Love For the World." Find more at onbeing.org.1 hr 28 min
- Bessel van der Kolk — Restoring the Body: Yoga, EMDR, and Treating Trauma
Human memory is a sensory experience, says psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk. Through his longtime research and innovation in trauma treatment, he shares what he's learning about how bodywork like yoga or eye movement therapy can restore a sense of goodness and safety. What he’s learning speaks to a resilience we can all cultivate in the face of the overwhelming events — which, after all, make up the drama of culture, of news, and of life.
52 min - [Unedited] Bessel van der Kolk with Krista TippettBessel van der Kolk is medical director of the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts. He’s also professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Medical School. His books include "Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on the Mind, Body and Society" and "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Bessel van der Kolk — Restoring the Body: Yoga, EMDR, and Treating Trauma." Find more at onbeing.org.1 hr 20 min
- Nadia Bolz-Weber — Seeing the Underside and Seeing God: Tattoos, Tradition, and GraceShe’s the tattooed, Lutheran pastor of the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, a church where a chocolate fountain, a blessing of the bicycles, and serious liturgy come together. She's a face of the Emerging Church — redefining what church is, with deep reverence for tradition.52 min
- [Unedited] Nadia Bolz-Weber with Krista TippettNadia Bolz-Weber is the pastor and founder of the Denver-based church the House for All Sinners and Saints. Her spiritual memoir is "Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Nadia Bolz-Weber — Seeing the Underside and Seeing God: Tattoos, Tradition, and Grace." Find more at onbeing.org.1 hr 17 min
- Scott Atran — Hopes and Dreams in a World of FearFor over a decade, the French-American anthropologist Scott Atran has been listening to the hopes and dreams of young people from Indonesia to Egypt. He explores the human dynamics of what we analyze as “breeding grounds for terrorism” — why some young people become susceptible to them and others, in the same circumstances, do not. His work sheds helpful light on the question on so many of our minds as we watch horrific news of the day: How could this happen — and how could we possibly help transform it?52 min
- [Unedited] Scott Atran with Krista TippettScott Atran is director of research at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, visiting professor at the University of Michigan, senior fellow at Harris Manchester College of Oxford University and research professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York. He’s the author of "Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood and the (Un)Making of Terrorists." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Scott Atran — Hopes and Dreams in a World of Fear." 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."