On Being with Krista Tippett

We are living longer, for better and for worse. And the story of aging is one that too often goes untended. Jane Gross, creator of The New Old Age blog at The New York Times and author of A Bittersweet Season, tells us that we not only have to care for our parents -- but for ourselves.

Jane Gross is the creator of The New Old Age blog at The New York Times. She is also the author of A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents -- and Ourselves. Krista Tippett spoke with her on June 15, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Jane Gross was in the studios of The Argot Network in New York City. This interview is included in our show "The Far Shore of Aging." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.

Terry Tempest Williams is a naturalist and writer, a biologist by training with a literary mind. She comes from a long Mormon lineage in Utah. She draws political, spiritual and creative inspiration from her experience of the interior American west. She offers stories of neighborly collaboration that turns into environmental protection, and the value that comes from vitriolic disagreement inside families.

There's a country between Europe's debt crisis and the Arab Spring, where democracy is valued and the economy is growing. It's Turkey. Mustafa Akyol gives a fresh perspective on this new model of religion and democracy.

Krista Tippett interviewed political commentator Mustafa Akyol on June 12, 2012 at his apartment in Istanbul, Turkey. This interview is included in the show "Mustafa Akyol on Religion, Democracy, and the New Turkey." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

Dan Barber is a celebrated young chef -- but his passionate ethics and intellect have made him much more. He's out to restore food to its rightful place vis-a-vis our bodies, our ecologies, and our economies. And he would do this by resurrecting our natural insistence on flavor.

Krista Tippett interviewed chef Dan Barber on November 5, 2010 during a live event at Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, Indiana. This interview is included in the show "Driven By Flavor." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

As young democracies emerge around the world, we take a long view of the ingredients that formed this democracy well beyond July 4, 1776. The philosopher Jacob Needleman reminds us of the inward work of conscience behind institutions and political values that Americans now take for granted.

Krista Tippett interviewed Jacob Needleman, professor emeritus of Philosophy at San Francisco State University, on August 6, 2003 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Needleman was in the studio of public radio station KQED in San Francisco. This interview is included in the show "The Inward Work of Democracy." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

David Sloan Wilson is taking what he's learned in studying evolution in animals and is now applying it to the behavior of groups in his hometown of Binghamton, New York, to help people behave at their best and for the good of the whole.

Krista Tippett interviewed evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson on May 15, 2012 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Davidson was in the studio of WSKG in Binghamton, NY. This interview is included in the show "Evolving a City." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

Once upon a time we assumed the brain stops developing when we're young. Neuroscientist Richard Davidson helped overturn this idea by studying the brains of meditating Buddhist monks. Now he's working on conditions like ADHD and autism. He focuses not on fixing what is wrong, but on rewiring our minds with life-enriching behaviors.

Krista Tippett interviewed neuroscientist Richard Davidson on May 24, 2011 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Davidson was in the studio of public radio station WPR in Madison, Wisconsin. This interview is included in the show "Investigating Healthy Minds." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

Sylvia Earle has done something no one else has - walked solo on the bottom of the sea, under a quarter mile of water. She tells what she saw - and what she has learned - about the giant, living system that is the ocean. And, she explains why seeing a shark is a sign for hope.

Krista Tippett interviewed oceanographer and marine biologist Sylvia Earle on May 16, 2012 from the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Earle was in the studio of UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in Berkeley, CA. This interview is included in the show "Oceanographer Sylvia Earle." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.