Sep 14

How to navigate complicated family dynamics (w/ Emerson Whitney)

How do you bring up difficult topics—especially when it involves a loved one? In this episode, Emerson Whitney, author of the book O Mother, talks about the grief of losing his mom to suicide. Emerson shares delicate topics such as growing up neurodivergent with ADHD and autism a ... Show More

48m 16s

Sep 7

Does it Take a Twisted Mind to Write Twisted Stories? | from Better In Person

Harlan Coben doesn’t think so. The mega-best-selling author talks suburbia, impostor syndrome, and what he learned from his college friend David Foster Wallace.If you'd like to see the video version of Better in Person, you can watch it on YouTube or Apple Podcasts.Hosted by Simp ... Show More

43m 39s

Sep 4

Summer Fridays: How zombies, dragons, and superheroes could make you a better person (w/ Christopher Robichaud)

Roleplaying games and the Marvel universe may be fictional, but they can also teach us a lot about morality in the real world. Christopher Robichaud is a Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. In this episode, he shares ways we can explo ... Show More

34m 26s

Nov 2024

3 practices for wisdom and wholeness | Krista Tippett

How do we stand before the pain and promise of the world and keep hope and courage alive? Journalist and podcast host Krista Tippett has spent a career interviewing some of the world's wisest people in search of answers to that question. Listen along as she offers three practices ... Show More

15m 39s

Sep 2023

How to Live the Questions of Life with Krista Tippett

In this episode, Krista Tippett invites us to unlock the power of questions and discover the profound beauty of embracing uncertainty. She explores the idea of investigating the stories we tell ourselves, the narratives that shape our understanding and interpretation of the world ... Show More

55m 19s

Oct 2023

Three Skills for Staying Calm, Sane, and Open in a Chaotic World | Krista Tippett

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- The host of On Being shares lessons learned from 20 years of interviews, including: how to live with open questions, counterprogram ... Show More

1h 4m

Jun 2021

Krista Tippett on Being Human

Krista Tippett is the host of On Being, the Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast. On Being opens up the animating questions at the center of human life. What does it mean to be human and how do we want to live? Krista is the author of “Speaking of Faith: Why Religi ... Show More

46m 9s

Sep 2020

Living the Questions: Why 2020 hasn’t taken Rev. angel by surprise

A companion conversation to this week’s On Being episode — Krista catches up with Rev. angel Kyodo williams on how she’s keeping her fearlessness alive through pandemic and rupture.Krista Tippett created and leads The On Being Project and hosts the On Being radio show and podcast ... Show More

30m 44s

May 2025

Krista Tippett — Hope Portal, Episode 1

Beginning today, and for the next six weeks in the On Being podcast feed and Substack, we’re opening a reflection/course experience curated by Krista and drawing upon her conversations with several visionary humans: adrienne maree brown, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ocean Vuong, Joy Harjo, ... Show More

13m 58s

Feb 2024

Going Deep with Krista Tippett, from Kelly Corrigan Wonders

A bonus episode via the podcast Kelly Corrigan Wonders. Kelly sits down with Krista Tippett, the longtime host and spiritual guide of On Being, which began as a radio program and is now a podcast. At a moment when everything is broken open, when institutions are received with les ... Show More

54m 6s

Apr 2022

Soul In Progress Mini 777 --- how do we integrate spirituality into this messy human world

On this week of Skinny Dipping the podcast on spirituality, mental health, and the human experience host Kela Rose (@sundazedkk) dives in to the difficult topic of how tf do we incorporate spirituality, spiritual practices, mindfulness, etc. in a world and society ruled by hate a ... Show More

20m 17s

Apr 2023

Krista Tippett: What we discover when we’re not looking

Krista Tippett’s early years aren't what you’d expect knowing who she is today. As a journalist and political aide in divided Berlin in the '80s, she led a life of importance, where she was surrounded by power, where every decision mattered. But when a window opened to step away ... Show More

27m 46s

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