A school principal abruptly quits his 20-year career, then spirals into suicidal depression, before finding a complete transformation after experimenting with psilocybin mushrooms, frog venom, and MDMA.
Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel and Dan Benamor. This episode was executive produced by Michael (whic ... Show More
Nov 17
Jamaican Chinese... How Howard Sun Found His Identity, And His Legendary Ancestor
Howard Sun has a prominent Jamaican accent... but he's Chinese. This unique heritage drove Howard to search for his identity, and incredibly, he found it in Sun Yat Sen, the founder of modern China.
You can learn more about Howard's life and journey by going to https://www.wakeu ... Show More
24m 41s
Oct 8
Salvation In The Unlikeliest Of Places - Bonnie Bell, A UFO, And A Manson Killer
It took a UFO experience and jail time with one of the Manson family killers, for Bonnie Bell's nomadic life to find a spiritual home. Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel and Dan Benamor. This episode was executive produced by Bon ... Show More
23m 4s
Apr 2024
Will Young - ‘I like to talk about it because I survived it’
TW: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault and suicide. In many ways, Will Young is the definition of resilience. As a child, he endured physical and psychological abuse at prep school. In his 20s, he found fame on a reality TV show and was forced to be public about h ... Show More
56m 17s
May 2022
À la recherche de L’Homme sauvage
<p>C’est dans les montagnes pakistanaises de l’Hindu Kush qu’<strong>Erik L’Homme</strong>, alors âgé d’une vingtaine d’années, <strong>acquiert la certitude de sa vocation d’écrivain</strong>. Il est parti, accompagné de son frère et de son ami zoologue Jordi Magraner, à la rech ... Show More
31m 42s
Mar 2023
Peculiar Places: Stories of Haunted Locations
Welcome to the final episode of Season 7. If you’re listening on Spotify, there is now a video component! In this week’s episode, we’ll be exploring places where peculiar things have happened. First, I narrate the cautionary legend of a cursed temple in Greece. Then, I speak wit ... Show More
43m 8s
Feb 2021
[Unedited] Alain de Botton with Krista Tippett
As people, and as a culture, Alain de Botton says, we would be much saner and happier if we reexamined our very view of love. His New York Times essay, “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person,” is one of their most-read articles in recent years, and this is one of the most popular e ... Show More
1h 32m