On Being with Krista Tippett

The delightful Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9. It is a joy and a solace to relisten to this... more

She is known as the voice of a generation. The Queen of Folk. A legend. An icon, the one w... more

The wonderful civil rights elder Vincent Harding liked to look around the world for what h... more

An impassioned plea, a yearning for connection — the poem U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wro... more

We are strange creatures. It is hard for us to speak about, or let in, the reality of frai... more

Today, a poem with a poignant question to live: “...and are we not of interest to each oth... more

We humans have this drive to erect barriers between ourselves and others, Luis Alberto Urr... more

In our world of so much suffering, it can feel hard or wrong to invoke the word "joy." Yet... more

In this all-new episode, Krista engages biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus in a second, urge... more

In a time of stress, uncertainty, and isolation, Christine Runyan turns our attention to w... more

The years of pandemic and lockdown are still working powerfully on us from the inside. But... more

We are overjoyed to share this heart-stirring performance with you, which transpired when ... more

Here is a stunning sentence for you, written by Lyndsey Stonebridge, our guest this hour, ... more

A taste of a special mini-season of Poetry Unbound — bringing contemplative curiosity and ... more

There is an ecological transformation unfolding in the places we love and come from. On a ... more

In her writing, it is Kate DiCamillo's gift to make bearable the fact that joy and sorrow ... more

A special two-month season of On Being starts May 9.  Freshly curated conversations from a... more

Here are some experiences to which Nick Cave gives voice and song: the "universal conditio... more

A little musing on this season, the spectacular finale headed your way — and ways to stay ... more

Our built world is designed around something called "normal," and yet every single one of ... more

The ecological crisis we are standing before is at once civilizational and personal — inti... more

This phrase recurs throughout Clint Smith's writing: "in the marrow of our bones." It is a... more

Clint Smith reads his poem, “Dance Party.” This poem is featured in Clint’s On Being conve... more