Podcast Episodes
Back to Search[Unedited] Maria Tatar with Krista Tippett
Episode 349
Maria Tatar is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, where she also chairs the Program in Folklore …
12 years ago
Maria Tatar — The Great Cauldron of Story: Why Fairy Tales are for Adults Again
Episode 350
Fairy tales don’t only belong to the domain of childhood. Their overt themes are threaded throughout hit TV series like “Game of Thrones” and “True B…
12 years ago
[Unedited] Jaroslav Pelikan With Krista Tippett
Episode 347
Jaroslav Pelikan was professor of history at Yale University for four decades. He authored many books “Christian Tradition: A History of the Developm…
12 years ago
Jaroslav Pelikan — The Need for Creeds
Episode 348
The idea of reciting an unchanging creed sounds suspicious to modern ears. But the late, great historian Jaroslav Pelikan illuminated ancient traditi…
12 years ago
Janna Levin — Mathematics, Purpose, and Truth
Episode 344
An astrophysicist who studies the shape of the universe, Janna Levin has also explored her science by writing a novel about two pivotal 20th-century …
12 years, 1 month ago
[Unedited] Janna Levin with Krista Tippett
Episode 343
Janna Levin is an astrophysicist and writer. She has contributed to an understanding of black holes, the cosmology of extra dimensions, and gravitati…
12 years, 1 month ago
Desmond Tutu — A God of Surprises
Episode 342
“There’s no question about the reality of evil, of injustice, of suffering, but at the center of this existence is a heart beating with love.”
South …
12 years, 1 month ago
Brian McLaren — The Equation of Change
Episode 340
“Let’s go back and look at our faith before it was reduced to a system, before it was reduced to a system of abstractions and beliefs. How can we red…
12 years, 2 months ago
[Unedited] Brian McLaren with Krista Tippett
Episode 339
Brian McLaren is a leading Evangelical pastor and author of several books including “A Generous Orthodoxy,” “Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mo…
12 years, 2 months ago
[Unedited] Sherwin Nuland with Krista Tippett
Episode 337
Sherwin Nuland was a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he also taught bioethics and medical history. His books include “How We …
12 years, 2 months ago