We seek fresh insight into the history and the human and religious dynamics of Islam's Sunni-Shia divide. Our guest says that it is not so different from dynamics in periods of Western Christian history. But he says that by bringing the majority Shia to power in Iraq, the U.S. has changed the religions dynamics of the Middle East.

We're bringing the voices of our listeners into the conversation we've been building online and on-air since the economic downturn began last year. Many are grappling with the shame that comes in American culture with the loss of a job, and many are seeking community in old places and new. For some, economic instability — a kind of life on the edge — is not new. They've been cultivating virtues of patience, self-examination, service and good humor that might help us all.

This unedited conversation with Anita Barrows comes from our produced show "Parker Palmer, Andrew Solomon, and Anita Barrows on the Soul in Depression."

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/soul-depression/224

This unedited conversation with Andrew Solomon comes from the produced show "Parker Palmer, Andrew Solomon, and Anita Barrows on the Soul in Depression."

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/soul-depression/224

This unedited conversation with Parker Palmer comes from our produced show "Parker Palmer, Andrew Solomon, Anita Barrows on the Soul in Depression." See more at www.onbeing.org/program/soul-depression/224

One in ten Americans, and even more dramatically, about one in four women, will experience clinical depression at some point in their lives. We take an intimate look at the spiritual dimensions of this illness and its aftermath.

We'll take a fresh and thought-provoking look at Darwin's life and ideas. He did not argue against God but against a simple understanding of the world — its beauty, its brutality, and its unfolding creation.

In this unedited conversation with James Moore, we'll take a fresh and thought-provoking look at Darwin's life and ideas. He did not argue against God but against a simple understanding of the world — its beauty, its brutality, and its unfolding creation. See more at www.onbeing.org/program/evolution-and-wonder-understanding-charles-darwin/94

This unheard cut on "The Backdrop of the Buddha" comes from our produced show 'Pankaj Mishra on the Buddha in the World." See more at www.onbeing.org/program/buddha-world/186

This unedited conversation comes from the produced show "Pankaj Mishra on the Buddha in the World." Journalist Pankaj Mishra pursued the social relevance of the Buddha's thought across India and Europe, Afghanistan and America. He emerged with a startling critique of Western political economy that is even more resonant today as he pursued the social relevance of the Buddha's core questions: Do desiring and acquiring make us happy? Does large-scale political change really address human suffering? See more at www.onbeing.org/program/buddha-world/186