Kwame Anthony Appiah on the Complications of Identity
Kwame Anthony Appiah is one of leading thinkers on identity. A professor of philosophy and law at New York University, Appiah also writes the New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist column, answering...
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[Unedited] Maria Popova with Krista Tippett
She has called Brain Pickings, her invention and labor of love, a “human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.” What Maria Popova really delivers, to hundreds of thousands of people each day,...
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Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age
She has called Brain Pickings, her invention and labor of love, a “human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.” What Maria Popova really delivers, to hundreds of thousands of people each day,...
View ArticleA French Philosopher's Take on America's Role in the World
Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy talks about his new book, The Empire and the Five Kings: America's Abdication and the Fate of the World (Henry Holt and Co. 2019)."We have an alliance of five kings who...
View ArticleAsk a Philosopher
Ask a Philosopher: Lee McIntyre, a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an instructor in ethics at the Harvard Extension School, and Ian Olasov,...
View ArticlePhilosophy Call-in, 'Killing Eve,' The Last Season of 'Veep,' 'Modernist...
Lee McIntyre, a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an instructor in ethics at the Harvard Extension School, and Ian Olasov, graduate student in...
View ArticleSelfies And The Self
Twitter. Selfie-sticks. Reality TV. It can seem like our society is becoming more narcissistic and self-involved. (Just read a few of the boatload of articles and think-pieces on this topic) But are we...
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[Unedited] Joanna Macy with Krista Tippett
A Buddhist philosopher of ecology, Joanna Macy says we are at a pivotal moment in history with the possibility to unravel or create a life-sustaining human society. Now entering her 90s, Macy has lived...
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Joanna Macy — A Wild Love for the World
A Buddhist philosopher of ecology, Joanna Macy says we are at a pivotal moment in history with the possibility to unravel or create a life-sustaining human society. Now entering her 90s, Macy has lived...
View ArticleHow to Wage a Civilized War
It would be easy to dismiss Trump's consideration of war-crime pardons as just the latest stunt by a professed admirer of rough justice to pander to his base. For a politician who so thrives on...
View ArticleJonathan Rowson — Integrating Our Souls, Systems, and Society
Applied philosopher Jonathan Rowson insists on holding a deeper appreciation for how our inner worlds influence our outer worlds. His research organization, Perspectiva, examines how social change...
View ArticleSticks and Stones
“The right to throw a punch ends at the tip of someone’s nose.” It’s the idea that underlies American liberties — but does it still fit in 2019? This week, On the Media looks back at our country’s...
View Article70 Years After Trump
At the beginning of this hour, guest host Andrew Marantz, author of Antisocial, talked about the late analytic philosopher Richard Rorty, who argued that the future won't be determined by a set of...
View Article[Unedited] George Coyne and Guy Consolmagno with Krista Tippett
The wise and beloved Vatican astronomer Father George Coyne died last week. Like most of the Vatican astronomers across history, he was a Jesuit. More than 30 objects on the moon are named after the...
View ArticleGeorge Coyne and Guy Consolmagno — Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God
The wise and beloved Vatican astronomer Father George Coyne died last week. Like most of the Vatican astronomers across history, he was a Jesuit. More than 30 objects on the moon are named after the...
View Article[Unedited] Carlo Rovelli with Krista Tippett
Physicist Carlo Rovelli says humans don’t understand the world as made by things, “we understand the world made by kisses, or things like kisses — happenings.” This everyday truth is as scientific as...
View ArticleCarlo Rovelli — All Reality Is Interaction
Physicist Carlo Rovelli says humans don’t understand the world as made by things, “we understand the world made by kisses, or things like kisses — happenings.” This everyday truth is as scientific as...
View ArticleThe Value of a Human Life
Governors in some states have taken steps to begin reopening businesses in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Any easing of social distancing measures inevitably leads to uncomfortable...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; NYC Caps Third-Party Delivery Fees; High School...
On today's show:USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page discusses the latest COVID-19 relief package in the House and the latest developments in national politics;Last week, NYC's City Council...
View ArticleHumans Are Only As Bad As The Systems We Build
Rutger Bregman is a historian perhaps best known for his appearance at Davos last year, during which he admonished some of the planet’s richest people for dodging their taxes. His new book is...
View ArticleImagining a 'Queer Future'
Jack Halberstam, Visiting Professor of Gender Studies and English at Columbia University, and author of Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal, takes calls from LGBTQ+ listeners about what...
View ArticleAsk A Philosopher
The Brooklyn Public Philosophers, founded by Ian Olasov, seeks to engage general audiences on the philosophical problems that matter to them. Olasov returns to the show discuss his new book, Ask a...
View Article[Unedited] Jennifer Michael Hecht with Krista Tippett
“We are indebted to one another and the debt is a kind of faith — a beautiful, difficult, strange faith. We believe each other into being.” That’s the message the philosopher, poet, and historian,...
View ArticleJennifer Michael Hecht — 'We Believe Each Other Into Being'
“We are indebted to one another and the debt is a kind of faith — a beautiful, difficult, strange faith. We believe each other into being.” That’s the message the philosopher, poet, and historian,...
View Article'The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue'
A new novel follows the story of a woman who is cursed to live forever, without being remembered by anyone she sees except once a year, when a mysterious figure named Luc arrives to ask if the woman is...
View Article[Unedited] Alain de Botton with Krista Tippett
As people, and as a culture, Alain de Botton says, we would be much saner and happier if we reexamined our very view of love. His New York Times essay, “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person,” is one of...
View ArticleAlain de Botton — The True Hard Work of Love and Relationships
As people, and as a culture, Alain de Botton says, we would be much saner and happier if we reexamined our very view of love. His New York Times essay, “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person,” is one of...
View ArticleListening Party: St. Lenox's New Album
Andrew Choi is a Manhattan attorney with a philosophy PhD who performs as St. Lenox. Stereogum has called him “one of the most intense and expressive vocalists in indie rock.” Choi joins us for an All...
View ArticleConstitutionally Speaking
“The right to throw a punch ends at the tip of someone’s nose.” It’s the idea that underlies American liberties — but does it still fit in 2021? We look back at our country’s radical — and radically...
View Article70 Years After Trump
At the beginning of this hour, guest host Andrew Marantz, author of Antisocial, talked about the late analytic philosopher Richard Rorty, who argued that the future won't be determined by a set of...
View ArticleAgainst the Machine
Have you been wondering exactly what it means to Build Back Better? On this week’s On the Media, hear why political coverage seems to address everything about Joe Biden’s bill--except what’s in it....
View ArticleThe Fraught Promise of Salvation Through Technology
Human aspirations for technology are vast. One day, maybe we'll develop technologies that cure cancer. Rid us of viruses. Perhaps fix that pesky climate change. Even, deliver us from death...
View ArticleAnimal Minds
In this hour of Radiolab, stories of cross-species communication. When we gaze into the eyes of a wild animal, or even a beloved pet, can we ever really know what they might be thinking? Is it naive to...
View ArticleModern Stoicism is Having a Moment
Stoicism, an ancient Greek idea of enduring suffering without displaying much emotion or a lack of control, is having a bit of a renaissance. Since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, books on how...
View Article'The Girl Before,' Modern Stoicism, 'Full Bio': Sylvia Plath, New Album from...
Actor David Oyelowo joins us to discuss his latest role in the HBO Max miniseries, "The Girl Before," which tells the story of a woman who falls for a mysterious architect (Oyelowo) and becomes...
View Article[Unedited] John O'Donohue with Krista Tippett
No conversation we’ve ever done has been more beloved than this one. The Irish poet, theologian, and philosopher insisted on beauty as a human calling. He had a very Celtic, lifelong fascination with...
View ArticleJohn O'Donohue – The Inner Landscape of Beauty
No conversation we’ve ever done has been more beloved than this one. The Irish poet, theologian, and philosopher insisted on beauty as a human calling. He had a very Celtic, lifelong fascination with...
View ArticleSwallowed
Jonah’s been swallowed by the whale, and he isn’t sure why. But as he prays to God for answers, a different voice responds. Written by Brielle DeMirjian Performed by David Deblinger, Russell G. Jones,...
View ArticleSwallowed
Jonah’s been swallowed by the whale, and he isn’t sure why. But as he prays to God for answers, a different voice responds. Written by Brielle DeMirjian Performed by David Deblinger, Russell G. Jones,...
View ArticleBeing American; In Praise of the Core Curriculum; Marine Extinction; Puzzles
For this Fourth of July, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations:Justin Gest, associate professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University and the author of Majority Minority (Oxford...
View ArticleHow Racism Ended a Renaissance of Weight
Back in the 16th century, a question captured Europe’s artistic and philosophical elite: what is beauty? Proportions, facial features, and fat were all dissected in search of the divine ideal. The...
View ArticleHow Racism Ended a Renaissance of Weight
Back in the 16th century, a question captured Europe’s artistic and philosophical elite: what is beauty? Proportions, facial features, and fat were all dissected in search of the divine ideal. The...
View ArticleThe Middle of Everything Ever
After graduating from high school, without a clear plan for what to do next, Laura Andrews started asking herself a lot of questions. A spiral of big philosophical thoughts that led her to sit down and...
View ArticleIntroducing: NPR's Life Kit
NPR’s Life Kit explains a free, simple tool for your parenting toolbox. Called 'special time,' the strategy is widely recommended by children's health professionals to help reduce behavioral issues in...
View ArticleSalvation Through Technology?
Human aspirations for technology are vast. One day, maybe we'll develop technologies that cure cancer. Rid us of viruses. Perhaps fix that pesky climate change. Even, deliver us from death...
View ArticleA New Book Celebrating Female Philosophers
In continuing our Women's History month programming looking at female trailblazers, we turn our attention to female philosophers! Author Regan Penaluna joins us to discuss her new bookHow to Think Like...
View ArticleWomen's History Highlights: The History of Female Philosophers
[REBROADCAST FROM March 13, 2023] In continuing our Women's History Month programming looking at female trailblazers, we turn our attention to female philosophers! Author Regan Penaluna joins us to...
View ArticlePride Month Kickoff; 3-K and UPK Funding; Philosopher Peter Singer; Supreme...
Coming up on today's show: The news is full of stories about things happening to the transgender community, but it's not often that we hear about what every day life is like as a trans person in the...
View ArticleExploring the Unique Relationship Between Twins
What can twins tell us about identity, and the human experience? Author and philosopher Helena de Bres examines just that, and explores her relationship with her own twin, in her new book, How to Be...
View ArticleWord Watch: “Genocide,” and Do We Have to Care About OpenAI?
After a seven-day ceasefire, fighting has resumed in Gaza. On this week’s On the Media, how the word “genocide” entered discussions of the Israel-Hamas conflict, and the legal implications of the term....
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