On Being with Krista Tippett
On Being StudiosWisdom to replenish and orient in a tender, tumultuous time to be alive. Spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, and poetry. Conversations to live by. With a 20-year archive featuring luminaries like Mary Oliver, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Desmond Tutu, each episode brings a new discovery about the immensity of our lives. Hosted by Krista Tippett, Learn more about the On Being Project’s work in the ... more
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 987 | Founded | 21 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Society & CultureReligion & Spirituality | |||
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"What does it mean to bring life into a trembling world? What does it mean to bless existence without denying its terror?" These questions animated the writing of Azita Ardakani Walton's beautiful children’s book, Ocean of Stars. It is a story of lif... more
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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 fascinate... more
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On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at Riverside Church in New York City called “A Time to Break Silence.” This is often referred to as his “Beyond Vietnam” Speech. His own allies criticized it as a risky departure fr... more
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I'm on record bemoaning across the years that “love” is the most watered-down word in the English language. I know that invoking love feels very soft for our hard realms of politics and war. Yet it is an enduring truth that love is the ... more
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- GOOD is Happening
Listening to this podcast reminds me of how many Good people are standing up and transforming this beautiful planet - it is up to each of us - the time for Thinkers has come and Kindness must be the team sport. 🇦🇺🇦🇺
Apple Podcasts5chookcube
Australia10 days ago - AI has no place in these interviews
I was incredibly disappointed to hear Krista so utterly taken by AI’s “contributions” to this topic. It’s clear she’s smitten by how it indulges her “conversations” and makes her feel like whatever she poses is fascinating. She clearly is unable to see through its flattery or that it does not know its own answers but parrots back what others have said before, mimicking her voice in ways she desires to hear herself, even when it’s nonsense. Krista, please use your own brain. You could’ve actually... more
Apple Podcasts1Heatherperson
United States14 days ago - This is what Claude told me
And I couldn’t say it better myself.
…. This fool is quoting ai to start a podcast about being human.
Apple Podcasts1iThink215United States23 days ago - Stop promoting AI!
Disappointed in the use of Claude. The episode with Michael pollan felt like a giant advert.
Apple Podcasts1Ninarene711United States4 months ago - Shocking use of AI
First of all, I love your work, Krista Tippett. Or I did. I was so so shocked and alarmed by your reading your love letters with AI Claude to Michael Pollan when you interviewed him. It was quite obvious Michael was disgusted too and wanted you to stop, but he didn’t ask you to stop. I’m sure so many of your listeners were screaming while listening for you to give your head a shake and STOP! I haven’t listened to the podcast since. So shocking and alarming. Of all the places, I thought On Being... more
Apple Podcasts1m-sn
Canada4 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #159 | United States/Society & Culture |
Apple Podcasts | #244 | Canada/Society & Culture |
Apple Podcasts | #248 | Australia/Society & Culture |
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Long-form conversations with writers, scientists, spiritual leaders, activists, and artists explore what it means to be human and how to live with greater care, courage, and imagination. Krista Tippett guides intimate, reflective exchanges that connect personal experience with larger questions of consciousness, faith, justice, healing, love, and our responsibilities to one another. Poetry and spiritual practice sit alongside scientific inquiry and civic life, with guests often bringing deep expertise as well as lived experience.
The distinctive approach is spacious and contemplative: conversations make room for uncertainty, complexity, and practical moral questions rather than quick answers. Episodes suit listeners drawn to thoughtful inte... more
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Recent guests on On Being include:
1. Azita Ardakani Walton
2. Robin Wall Kimmerer
3. Michael Pollan
4. Michelle Alexander
5. Lucas Johnson
6. Shai Held
7. Jason Reynolds
8. Robi Damelin
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