On Being with Krista Tippett podcast

On Being with Krista Tippett

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 world at onbeing.org.

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 world at onbeing.org.

 

#976

Joanna Macy, In Memoriam — Beauty and Wisdom and Courage (and Rilke) to Sustain Us

This rich, gorgeous conversation will fill your soul. The singular and beloved Joanna Macy... more

22 Jul 2025

50 MINS

50:57

22 Jul 2025


#975

Ross Gay — Hope Portal, Episode 7

[Ross Gay] (https://onbeing.org/author/ross-gay/) is a poet, community gardener, and teach... more

10 Jul 2025

10 MINS

10:19

10 Jul 2025


#974

Joy Harjo — The Hope Portal Ep. 6

Our teacher this time is the extraordinary [Joy Harjo] (https://onbeing.org/author/joy-har... more

03 Jul 2025

17 MINS

17:09

03 Jul 2025


#973

Joanna Macy — Hope Portal, Episode 5

Our teacher and inspiration for this session is [Joanna Macy] (https://onbeing.org/program... more

26 Jun 2025

12 MINS

12:03

26 Jun 2025


#972

Ocean Vuong — Hope Portal, Episode 4

If hope is to be defining and forceful in the world we have to remake ahead of us, we must... more

19 Jun 2025

11 MINS

11:29

19 Jun 2025


#971

Naomi Shihab Nye — Hope Portal, Episode 3

In these next few sessions, we investigate some orientations and ways of being that are co... more

12 Jun 2025

09 MINS

09:15

12 Jun 2025


#970

Walter Brueggemann, In Memoriam - When the World We Have Trusted In Is Vanishing

The great Christian scholar of the biblical prophets died on June 5, 2025. Yet, in the lin... more

11 Jun 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:25

11 Jun 2025


#969

adrienne maree brown — Hope Portal, Episode 2

[adrienne maree brown] (https://onbeing.org/author/adrienne-maree-brown/) shines a light o... more

05 Jun 2025

13 MINS

13:43

05 Jun 2025


#968

Krista Tippett — Hope Portal, Episode 1

Beginning today, and for the next six weeks in the On Being podcast feed and Substack, we’... more

29 May 2025

13 MINS

13:58

29 May 2025


#967

Roberta Bondi — What is Prayer and How to Begin

Buried treasure from the On Being archive! Krista writes of this conversation from the ear... more

22 May 2025

33 MINS

33:33

22 May 2025


#966

Yochi Fisher and Loaay Wattad–On Seeing the Trauma of the Other

This episode emerged from a private gathering in The Hague in the fall of 2024 with a smal... more

15 May 2025

1 HR 36 MINS

1:36:34

15 May 2025


#965

Jason Reynolds and Kessley Janvier — On Being Young In America

A heavy complexity is on the shoulders of the young of our species in these years —  human... more

08 May 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:43

08 May 2025


#964

David Bornstein — On Our Lives with the News

A calming and helpful conversation for making sense of the very story of our time, and how... more

01 May 2025

54 MINS

54:53

01 May 2025


#963

Katsi Cook — "Women are the First Environment"

Katsi Cook is a beacon in an array of quiet powerful worlds — a magnetic, joyous, loving p... more

24 Apr 2025

55 MINS

55:19

24 Apr 2025


#962

Justin Vernon — Being Bon Iver

A sweet and searching conversation between Krista and the man behind Bon Iver at this year... more

16 Apr 2025

54 MINS

54:41

16 Apr 2025


#961

A New Season of On Being

On Being is back on April 16, with a special season tethered in the persistent beauty and ... more

10 Apr 2025

02 MINS

02:24

10 Apr 2025