On Being

On Being

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On Being episodes

  • [Unedited] Imani Perry with Krista Tippett
    Imani Perry is a professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University. Her scholarly books include "Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop" and "More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Imani Perry — The Fabric of Our Identity." Find more at onbeing.org.
    1 hr 13 min
  • Yo-Yo Ma — Music Happens Between the Notes

    Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is one of the most famous musicians in the world. In this generous and intimate conversation, he shares his philosophy of curiosity about life and of performance as hospitality. With the Silk Road Ensemble, he traverses territory as vast and fluid as the world we inhabit.

    51 min
  • [Unedited] Yo-Yo Ma with Krista Tippett
    Yo-Yo Ma is a renowned cellist and songwriter who has won 15 Grammy Awards. He's received the National Medal of Arts, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the 2014 Fred Rogers Legacy Award. He's also the founder of the Silk Road Project. His newest album with the Silk Road Ensemble is A Playlist Without Borders. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Yo-Yo Ma — Music Happens Between the Notes." Find more at onbeing.org.
    1 hr 39 min
  • Marie Howe — The Poetry of Ordinary Time

    An enchanting hour of poetry drawing on the ways family and religion shape our lives. Marie Howe works and plays with her Catholic upbringing, the universal drama of family, and the ordinary time that sustains us. The moral life, she says, is lived out in what we say as much as what we do — and so words have a power to save us.

    51 min
  • [Unedited] Marie Howe and Krista Tippett
    Marie Howe is the State Poet of New York and teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She’s published three collections of poetry: "What the Living Do," "The Good Thief," and "The Kingdom of Ordinary Time." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Marie Howe — The Poetry of Ordinary Time." Find more at onbeing.org.
    1 hr 53 min
  • Dan Barber — Driven By Flavor
    Dan Barber is a celebrated young chef — but his passionate ethics and intellect have made him much more. He's out to restore food to its rightful place vis-à-vis our bodies, our ecologies and our economies. And he would do this by resurrecting our natural insistence on flavor.
    51 min
  • [Unedited] Dan Barber with Krista Tippett
    Dan Barber is chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns. He's received James Beard Awards for best chef in 2006 and 2009, and was named one of the world's most influential people by Time. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Dan Barber — Driven By Flavor." Find more at onbeing.org.
    1 hr 34 min
  • Paulo Coelho — The Alchemy of Pilgrimage

    The Brazilian lyricist Paulo Coelho is best known for his book, The Alchemist — which has been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 300 weeks. His fable-like stories turn life, love, writing, and reading into pilgrimage. In a rare conversation, we meet the man behind the writings and explore what he’s touched in modern people.

    51 min
  • [Unedited] Paulo Coelho with Krista Tippett
    Paulo Coelho is the author of many books including "The Pilgrimage," "Veronika Decides to Die" and "The Alchemist." His new book is "Adultery." This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Paulo Coelho — The Alchemy of Pilgrimage." Find more at onbeing.org.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Adele Diamond — The Science of Attention
    What Adele Diamond is learning about the brain challenges basic assumptions in modern education. Her work is scientifically illustrating the educational power of things like play, sports, music, memorization, and reflection. What nourishes the human spirit, the whole person, it turns out, also hones our minds.
    51 min

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