February 2011
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The Struggle for Change and the Struggle to Resist...
by Nancy Rosenbaum, producer
“I saw them in the deep South. People who were considered backward, unable to do anything became the creators of a new possibility for the whole nation. When I think about Tienanmen Square and Prague, I realize that those folks in Mississippi and Alabama who were considered useless, were able to speak to the world.” — Vincent Harding, theologian and civil...
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“How do you show what’s happened to these women? You can’t. So you show their...”
– — Diana Markosian, on photographing surviving women in the North Caucasus
From “Muslims in Russia” (photo: ©Diana Markosian)
by Shubha Bala, associate producer
I love this interview with 21-year-old photographer Diana Markosian and what she says about how she gets her honest...
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“Wars are only won in two ways — you destroy your enemy or you make them your...”
– — Scott Atran, a scholar and research scientist at the University of Michigan who specializes in group dynamics and Middle East ethnography and political economy
Krista just finished her interview with the author of Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood and the (Un)making of Terrorists, who...
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Meditation and Mindfulness for All of Us: Six...
by Kate Moos, managing producer
(photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)
Sharon Salzberg is one of the pioneering teachers of Buddhist thought and meditation in this country. A co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, she has taught mindfulness for 30 years, and is the author of several books, including Loving-kindness, Faith, and most recently, Real Happiness: The...
January 2011
76 posts
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WatchCharles Wright Reads “Together” (video)
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
The PBS NewsHour’s “weekly poem” on their Art Beat blog is a favorite of mine. And Charles Wright’s recitation while sitting in his study during the depth of winter resonates deep within. And, although the reading is nice, seeing the poem laid out on the page truly brings the poem to life.
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A Necessary and Vital Moment for Jon Kabat-Zinn...
by Krista Tippett, host
» audio-only download (mp3, 51:09)
I’m listening with new ears this week to Jon Kabat-Zinn’s practical approach for calming ourselves, and also being a nourishing presence in the world. Before this interview, I had read and heard of Jon Kabat-Zinn for years. But I hadn’t really grasped that he is first a scientist — a molecular biologist — and second...
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“The square has emptied out since the afternoon but it’s still a great...”
– — Heba Morayef, still blogging from Tahrir Square, Cairo (via technipol)
At its essence, civil protest comes down to upholding values and the pragmatics of eating together, non?
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
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Trees Give Meaning to Mystery and Life: Our...
by Kate Moos, executive producer
Wangari Maathai attends the opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. On February 26, 2008, the Kenyan environmentalist inaugurated the vault carved into the Arctic permafrost and filled with samples of the world’s most important seeds, providing a Noah’s Ark of food crops in the event of a global catastrophe. (photo: Hakon Mosvold...
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What Will the Muslim Population Look Like in 2030?
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Projected distribution of Muslim population by country and territory in 2030. Click image for higher resolution version with data. (source: Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
A study released this week by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life titled “The Future of the Global Muslim Population” is worthwhile reading for many reasons, if not...
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Twitterscript of Vincent Harding Interview
by Susan Leem, associate producer
Vincent Harding, a speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., addresses the All Souls Church congregation to commemorate Dr. King’s birthday in Washington on January 19, 2009. (photo:Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
For an upcoming show Krista interviewed a theologian she has long admired, Vincent Harding. Active in the civil rights movement, he served as...
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“I want to get back to what I remember as a kid, the way of life here in...”
– — Gil Meche, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
Meche pitches against the Oakland A’s in 2008. (photo: John H. Kim/Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons)
The 32-year-old baseball player from the Lafayette is getting a lot of attention for his recent decision to retire and forgo the last...
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Mining Fresh Vocabulary, Lived Virtues, and...
by Krista Tippett, host
(photo: fake is the new real/Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons)
It was strange to experience my conversation with Elizabeth Alexander about finding fresh ways to talk about difficult things, which became so painfully relevant in light of the Arizona shootings and the soul-searching around them. It’s a kind of relevance I wouldn’t wish for.
But it...
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“Protagonists help organizations become more competitive. After all, the word...”
– — Nilofer Merchant, from “Are You a Rebel or a Leader?”
Hopefully this excerpt from yesterday’s Harvard Business Review provides some value for us all as we move forward in our daily work lives. Some days it’s really hard to navigate and rise above the struggles of...
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“In her book, ‘Listening Below the Noise,’ author Anne LeClaire says...”
– — Lisa Linsky, a listener and fan of the show forwarded her beautiful piece from the Huffington Post titled “And Now, a Moment of Silence.”
Silence as a tool in civic life? Sounds good to us.
(photo: “Lost Tree” by H. Kopp-Delaney/Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons)
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WatchDr. Oz’s Mystical Muslim Identity
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
“I’ve struggled a lot with my Muslim identity. … As a Turk growing up in America with one parent from one side of the religious wall and one from the other side, I found myself tugged more and more towards the spiritual side of the religion rather than the legal side of the religion.”
The popular...
