Becoming Wise

On Being Studios•onbeing.org

The Becoming Wise podcast offers depth and discovery in the time it takes to make a cup of tea. Each episode is curated from hundreds of big conversations with wise and graceful lives. Reset your day. Replenish your sense of yourself and the world. On Being Studios is the producer of On Being, This Movie Changed Me, and more to come. Krista Tippett is the author of the New York Times bestselling Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living. President Obama honored her with the National Humanities Medal for “thoughtfully delving into the mysteries of human existence.”

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Episodes

The Paradox of Suffering and Love | Kate Braestrup

“The question isn’t whether we’re going to have to do hard, awful things. The question is whether we have to do them alone.” UU law enforcement chaplain Kate Braestrup tells the story of a police woman who embodies the both/and of love and new life, and crime and death. Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise.

May 02, 2016•11 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Enriched by Difference | Jonathan Sacks

“That’s how we are as a people. It’s the authentic, the unique, the different that makes us feel enriched when we encounter it.” Rabbi and philosopher Jonathan Sacks on difference as expansive and unifying, rather than a force for division. Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise.

Apr 25, 2016•10 min•Season 1Ep. 6

The Hidden Hand of the Equations | Brian Greene

“Call it the hidden hand of God; I would simply call it the hidden hand of the equations. And that gets us from the beginning to here.” Physicist Brian Greene on the hidden nature of reality, and the power of science to reveal beauty we can’t observe. Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise.

Apr 18, 2016•7 min•Season 1Ep. 5

The Desire to Know Each Other | Elizabeth Alexander

“Are we human beings who are in community, do we call to each other? Do we heed each other? Do we want to know each other?” Poet Elizabeth Alexander speaks of our need for language to understand our neighbors. Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise.

Apr 11, 2016•8 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Compassion for Our Bodies | Matthew Sanford

“Your body, for as long as it possibly can, will be faithful to living. That’s what it does.” Matthew Sanford, an innovator of adaptive yoga, on taking a new orientation to our physical change and pain, and the outward healing that can result.

Apr 04, 2016•8 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Beauty Is an Edge of Becoming | John O'Donohue

“Beauty isn’t all about just niceness, loveliness. Beauty is about more rounded, substantial becoming.” Beloved Irish poet John O’Donohue on beauty’s true grit, and finding it in the transformational edges of our daily lives. Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise.

Mar 18, 2016•7 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Mapping Meaning in a Digital Age | Maria Popova

“Critical thinking without hope is cynicism. But hope without critical thinking is naïveté. I try to live in this space between the two.” The creator and editor of Brain Pickings on the pratfalls and promise of knowledge-sharing in the digital age. Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise.

Mar 18, 2016•11 min0

Courage Is Born from Struggle | Brené Brown

“Hope is a function of struggle.” Brené Brown, a researcher and scholar, on the value and power of adversity to give rise to the astonishing strength of which we are all capable.

Mar 18, 2016•9 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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