On Being with Krista Tippett

Krista Tippett's unedited conversation with Gabe Lyons, founder of Q and author of 'The Next Christians,' and Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family and author of 'ReFocus.' Krista spoke with them on September 12, 2012 in front of a live, public audience at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Krista Tippett sits down with Lord Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain. One of the world's great thinkers on the promise and perils of religion, they discuss how Jewish and other religious ideas can inform modern challenges. He says that the faithful can and must cultivate their own deepest truths -- while finding God in the other.

This unedited interview with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is included in our show, "The Dignity of Difference." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

Alain de Botton is a philosopher who likes the best of religion, but doesn’t believe in God. So he's created "The School of Life," a secular community in London. He explains to Krista Tippett why wisdom and ritual shouldn't be reserved just for believers -- and how atheists can take the best of religion and appropriate its art and insights to create a more inclusive way of living a non-believing life.

Krista Tippett's unedited conversation with Alain de Botton. He's a philosopher and author of "Religion for Atheists." Krista spoke with him on May 3, 2012 from the studios of American Public Media in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was in the studios of the BBC in London, England.

An expansive reflection on the meaning of intelligence with author and educator Mike Rose. We explore his perspective on hard subjects that drive to the heart of who we are as individuals, families, and a nation -- literacy, schooling, social class, and the deepest meaning of vocation.

Krista's unedited conversation with Mike Rose. He is a professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Krista spoke with him on December 1, 2009 from the studios of American Public Media in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was in the studios of public radio station KCRW in Santa Monica, California.

From The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to CNN, Joanna Brooks has become a go-to voice during our national inspection of Mormonism in this presidential campaign. As Mitt Romney makes history, we revisit our personal and revealing conversation with the Ask Mormon Girl blogger. She opens a window on Mormonism as an evolving and far from monolithic faith.

Joanna Brooks is a journalist and author "The Book of Mormon Girl." Krista Tippett spoke with her on October 6, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Joanna Brooks was in Studio West in San Diego. This interview is included in our show "Mormon Demystified." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.

Xavier Le Pichon, one of the world's leading geophysicists, helped create the field of plate tectonics. A devout Catholic and spiritual thinker, he raised his family in intentional communities centered around people with mental disabilities. He shares his rare perspective on the meaning of humanity -- a perspective equally informed by his scientific and personal encounters with fragility as a fundament of vital, evolving systems. Le Pichon has come to think of caring attention to weakness as an essential quality that allowed humanity to evolve.

Xavier Le Pichon is one of the world's leading geophysicists who helped discover plate tectonics. Krista Tippett spoke with him on June 4, 2009 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Xavier Le Pichon was in a studio in southern France. This interview is included in our show "Fragility and the Evolution of Our Humanity." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.

As the daughter of Johnny Cash, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash describes her life as one circumscribed by music. But, it's through her love of language and quantum mechanics that she's finding new sources of creativity and mathematical ways to think about the divine. The mother of five shares her perspectives on being present, Twitter as a boot camp for songwriters, and how she wrestles with love and grief through her music.

We meet a Fr. Alberto Ambrosio, a Dominican friar whose Christianity is inspired by the mystical tradition of Islam. And, Metropolitan Elpidophoros Lambriniadis, an Eastern Orthodox bishop, is creating what he calls a 'dialogue of life' as a religious minority in this crucible of the ancient church.

Krista Tippett interviewed Alberto Ambrosio on June 14, 2012 at his convent in Istanbul, Turkey. This interview is included in the show "Spiritual Boundaries in Modern Turkey." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

Senior editor Trent Gilliss interviewed Metropolitan Elpidophoros Lambriniadis on June 17, 2012 at his monastery on Heybeliada in Turkey. This interview is included in the show "Spiritual Boundaries in Modern Turkey." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.