Across the past year, and now as the murder trial of Derek Chauvin unfolds with Minneapolis in fresh pain and turmoil, we return again to the grounding insights of Resmaa Menakem. He is a Minneapolis-based therapist and trauma specialist who activates the wisdom of elders, and very new science, about how all of us carry in our bodies the history and traumas ... Show More
May 14
Michael Pollan — The Mystery of Consciousness
From Krista: Michael Pollan’s latest book, A World Appears, is an exploration — with scientists and journalists and technologists and spiritual teachers — of what consciousness is, and is not, or might be: from the plants which have always fascinated him, to the new technologies ... Show More
1h 14m
Jul 2022
Disaster is Not Our Destiny. Neither is Democracy.
This week we’re joined by author and body healer, Resmaa Menakem. With the release of his new book, The Quaking of America, we discuss Black liberation (5:09), the ‘white-body supremacy’ of January 6th (7:41), the implications of America’s conservatism (20:08), why there’s a fail ... Show More
1h 11m
Nov 2024
Staying Bright in Dark Times
Josh Reichmann guides us in traversing the turbulent energies of this modern age. Joshua Reichmann / Xlexciel is an internationally published author and teacher, an Akashic reader, Pleiadian channel, contemplative therapist and multidisciplinary artist. He has practiced tradition ... Show More
40m 2s
Apr 2021
The 'Thin Blue Line' In Minnesota, Plus 'Tell Them, I Am'
What's it like to cover the Derek Chauvin trial against the backdrop of continued police violence? Guest host Ari Shapiro talks to Minnesota activist and journalist O'nika Nicole Craven. Then, he talks to Maurice Chammah, staff writer at The Marshall Project, about the origins an ... Show More
36m 46s
Jul 2016
Trauma and Resilience Land in Our Bodies | Bessel van der Kolk
“Trauma treatment starts at the foundation of a body that can sleep, a body that can rest, a body that feels safe, a body that can move.” Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk on finding resilience in our bodies after trauma. Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise.
8m 51s