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Back to SearchKate DiCamillo — On Nurturing Capacious Hearts
Episode 1124
In her writing, it is Kate DiCamillo's gift to make bearable the fact that joy and sorrow live so close, side by side, in life as it is (if not as we…
2 years ago
Wisdom, Solace, and Courage for 2024
Episode 1123
A special two-month season of On Being starts May 9.
Freshly curated conversations from across the On Being archive. Big new conversations and extra …
2 years ago
Nick Cave — Loss, Yearning, Transcendence
Episode 1122
Here are some experiences to which Nick Cave gives voice and song: the "universal condition" of yearning, and of loss; a "spirituality of rigor"; and…
2 years, 5 months ago
A Word from Krista
Episode 1121
A little musing on this season, the spectacular finale headed your way — and ways to stay connected in the time ahead.
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2 years, 5 months ago
Sara Hendren — Our Bodies, Aliveness, and the Built World
Episode 1120
Our built world is designed around something called "normal," and yet every single one of our bodies is mysterious, and constantly adapting for bette…
2 years, 5 months ago
Christiana Figueres — Ecological Hope, and Spiritual Evolution
Episode 1119
The ecological crisis we are standing before is at once civilizational and personal — intimately close to each of us in the places we love and inhabi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Clint Smith — What We Know in the "Marrow of Our Bones"
Episode 1118
This phrase recurs throughout Clint Smith's writing: "in the marrow of our bones." It is an example of how words can hold encrypted wisdom — in this …
2 years, 6 months ago
“Dance Party” by Clint Smith
Episode 1117
Clint Smith reads his poem, “Dance Party.” This poem is featured in Clint’s On Being conversation with Krista, “What We Know in the ‘Marrow of Our Bo…
2 years, 6 months ago
“Ode to Those First Fifteen Minutes After the Kids Are Finally Asleep” by Clint Smith
Episode 1116
Clint Smith reads his poem, “Ode to Those First Fifteen Minutes After the Kids Are Finally Asleep.” This poem is featured in Clint’s On Being convers…
2 years, 6 months ago
[Extended] Clint Smith with Krista Tippett
Episode 1115
This phrase recurs throughout Clint Smith's writing: "in the marrow of our bones." It is an example of how words can hold encrypted wisdom — in this …
2 years, 6 months ago