On Being

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  • Jonathan Greenblatt — The Business of Doing Good
    The news has been marked in recent years, at regular intervals, by the moral and practical downfall of prominent businesses. Jonathan Greenblatt is among a new generation of entrepreneurs who want to lead a fundamental shift in corporate culture as well as philanthropy — a merger between making a profit and doing good. We explore his way of seeing the world and his economics of "ethical brand architecture" and "fiercely pragmatic idealism."
    54 min
  • Adrian Ivakhiv — Pagans, Ancient and Modern
    An environmentalist who pursued the ecological impulse of Paganism, from its ancient roots to its modern revival in Europe and North America, discusses his observations about the spirit of Paganism and its influence on everyday Western culture — and even on old-time religion.
    54 min
  • [Unedited] Adrian Ivakhiv with Krista Tippett
    An environmentalist who pursued the ecological impulse of Paganism, from its ancient roots to its modern revival in Europe and North America, discusses his observations about the spirit of Paganism and its influence on everyday Western culture — and even on old-time religion. See more at www.onbeing.org/program/pagans-ancient-and-modern/139
    1 hr 26 min
  • [Unedited] Susan Cheever with Krista Tippett
    Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson once said that the program he helped create is, "utter simplicity which encases a complete mystery." Our guests reflect on the Twelve Steps and how they resonate in their personal stories and in Buddhist and Christian teachings. See more at www.onbeing.org/program/spirituality-addiction-and-recovery/229
    1 hr 10 min
  • [Unedited] Kevin Griffen with Krista Tippett
    Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson once said that the program he helped create is, "utter simplicity which encases a complete mystery." Our guests reflect on the Twelve Steps and how they resonate in their personal stories and in Buddhist and Christian teachings.
    See more at www.onbeing.org/program/spirituality-addiction-and-recovery/229
    1 hr 31 min
  • [Unedited] Betty Davis-Reynolds with Krista Tippett
    Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson once said that the program he helped create is, "utter simplicity which encases a complete mystery." Our guests reflect on the Twelve Steps and how they resonate in their personal stories and in Buddhist and Christian teachings.
    See more at www.onbeing.org/program/spirituality-addiction-and-recovery/229
    57 min
  • [Unedited] James Nelson with Krista Tippett
    Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson once said that the program he helped create is, "utter simplicity which encases a complete mystery." Our guests reflect on the Twelve Steps and how they resonate in their personal stories and in Buddhist and Christian teachings.
    See more at www.onbeing.org/program/spirituality-addiction-and-recovery/229
    1 hr 6 min
  • [Unedited] Fr. Donald Senior With Krista Tippett
    This unedited conversation with Fr. Donald Senior comes from our produced show "The Beauty and Challenge of Being Catholic: Hearing the Faithful" We received hundreds of essays in response to our query about what anchors and unsettles our Catholic audience. So we asked some of you to speak about your tradition. The moving reflections we heard prompted us to depart from our usual format and bring you a fabric of voices from the Church itself. See more at www.onbeing.org/program/beauty-and-challenge-being-catholic-hearing-faithful/183
    1 hr 50 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."