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Nature
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Wisdom 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

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The great primatologist and humanitarian, Jane Goodall, died on October 1, 2025, at the age of 91. It is a joy and a comfort to revisit our last broadcast of her 2020 conversation with Krista.  Jane Goodall began her epic work studying chimpanzees in... more

This rich, gorgeous conversation will fill your soul. The singular and beloved Joanna Macy died at home at the age of 96 on July 20, 2025. She has left an immense legacy of beauty and wisdom and courage to sustain us. A Buddhist teacher, ecological p... more

Ross Gay is a poet, community gardener, and teacher who brings another way of wisdom to the conviction that we have to know what we love and what delights us. And that we have to tend to that as fiercely as to what is broken and what we’re called to ... more

Our teacher this time is the extraordinary Joy Harjo. She is a musician, a visual artist, a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, and she’s also former Poet Laureate of the United States. From the beginning of her life, from childhood and even before,... more

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Jane Goodall
Renowned primatologist and conservationist
Jane Goodall Institute
Episode: Jane Goodall, In Memoriam — What It Means to Be Human
Anita Barrows
Psychologist and poet, close friend of Joanna Macy and co-translator of Rilke's works.
Institute Professor of Psychology at the Wright Institute, Berkeley, California.
Episode: Joanna Macy, In Memoriam — Beauty and Wisdom and Courage (and Rilke) to Sustain Us
Ross Gay
Poet, community gardener, and teacher known for his explorations on joy and delight
Episode: Ross Gay — Hope Portal, Episode 7
Joanna Macy
Philosopher of ecology and Buddhist teacher, known for her work on environmental activism and grief psychology.
Episode: Joanna Macy — Hope Portal, Episode 5
Ocean Vuong
Poet, novelist, and essayist, influential in American literature.
Episode: Ocean Vuong — Hope Portal, Episode 4
Naomi Shihab Nye
Poet, professor of creative writing
Texas State University
Episode: Naomi Shihab Nye — Hope Portal, Episode 3
Roberta Bondi
Professor Emeritus of Church History at Emory University
Emory University
Episode: Roberta Bondi — What is Prayer and How to Begin
Kessley Janvier
Senior at Georgetown University, former president of Georgetown University NAACP
Georgetown University
Episode: Jason Reynolds and Kessley Janvier — On Being Young In America
Jason Reynolds
New York Times bestselling author, former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Episode: Jason Reynolds and Kessley Janvier — On Being Young In America

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Krista Tippett
Host known for her insightful inquiries into the human experience, exploring the interconnectedness of spirituality, culture, and social healing.

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 15k ratings
  • Wonderful

    A breath of fresh air.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    PCAoperator
    United States17 days ago
  • Jane Goodall

    Jane Goodall reinforced white supremacy in Africa by her erasure of the Indigenous peoples, by upholding colonial conservation ideology that disrupted the way Africans lived in balance with their surrounding ecology for millennia, and completely disregarded local understandings of chimpanzees. Her work leaves a long a devastating impact on the people she harmed and your podcast about her has done a grave disservice to your listeners.

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    1
    AfiaSteph
    Canada18 days ago
  • Editing

    I’m happy to help with any editing during my free time (pro-bono).

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Kimala
    United States25 days ago
  • Something simple

    Please come back! something simple is fine. I feel like I Just need some guidance right now to navigate this current world and stay positive. I imagine that it must be so difficult to gather guests and record and edit this podcast. Even if Krista could just record something into her phone and give us some of her thoughts on how we might be able to feel more hopeful right now during these constantly changing times. something easy-im sorry to ask as I know she has already given so much of herself... more

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    5
    somebodymel
    United Statesa month ago
  • Wonderful

    With a wonderful mixture of wit and intellect Krista Tippet brings sanity and hope into our lives. Thank you!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jocelyn Bessette
    United States3 months ago

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#240
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#44
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Walter Brueggemann, In Memoriam — When the World We Have Trusted In Is Vanishing
Q: If you had to say, who were the prophets? What were they about?
They were rooted in covenantal traditions and uncredentialed voices who imagine their world differently.
Walter Brueggemann, In Memoriam — When the World We Have Trusted In Is Vanishing
Q: Do you remember when the biblical prophets first entered your imagination?
They entered a little later in seminary, influenced by great Old Testament teachers.
Jason Reynolds and Kessley Janvier — On Being Young In America
Q: What do you despair about and what brings you hope?
Kessley Janvier expresses that she despaired over the illiteracy problem and the struggle for truth in difficult relationships, while she finds hope in her younger brothers and their caring nature.
Katsi Cook — "Women are the First Environment"
Q: How does wisdom differ from mere knowledge?
Wisdom involves finding a sense of purpose and understanding relational contexts, while knowledge can be more static and quantifiable.
Katsi Cook — "Women are the First Environment"
Q: What do you mean by saying that women are the first environment?
Women embody the first relationship, experience, and exposure for a child, shaping their initial understanding of the world before birth.

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1. Jane Goodall
2. Anita Barrows
3. Ross Gay
4. Joanna Macy
5. Ocean Vuong
6. Naomi Shihab Nye
7. Roberta Bondi
8. Kessley Janvier

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