Krista Tippett is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, a National Humanities Medalist, and a New York Times bestselling author. She grew up in a small town in Oklahoma, attended Brown University, and became a journalist and diplomat in Cold War Berlin. She then lived in Spain and England before seeking a Master of Divinity at Yale University in the mid-1990s.

Emerging from that, she saw a black hole where intelligent public conversation about the religious, spiritual, and moral aspects of human life might be. She pitched and piloted her idea for several years before launching Speaking of Faith — later On Being — as a weekly national public radio show in 2003. In 2014, the year after she took On Being into independent production, President Obama awarded Krista the National Humanities Medal at the White House for “thoughtfully delving into the mysteries of human existence. On the air and in print, Ms. Tippett avoids easy answers, embracing complexity and inviting people of every background to join her conversation about faith, ethics, and moral wisdom.”

Krista has published three books at the intersection of spiritual inquiry, social healing, science, and culture: Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living; Einstein’s God, drawn from her interviews at the intersection of science, medicine, and spiritual inquiry; and Speaking of Faith, a memoir of religion in our time.

Lucas Johnson has deep, global experience in conflict resolution and community organizing. He has been shaped by his time learning from veterans of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S., most closely Vincent Harding and Dorothy Cotton, and by his work with human rights activists around the world, especially in Africa, Europe, and Latin America.

Lucas was a leader in the U.S. community of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), the world’s oldest interfaith peace organization, for 6 years, based in Atlanta and focused on the Southeast and mid-Atlantic.

From 2014 until he joined the On Being Project in December, 2018, he served as General Secretary of IFOR’s global operation. Among the work he will draw on and extend as part of CCP, he incubated a Beloved Communities Project in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Belgium; and helped to create an Ethics of Reciprocity initiative with the United Nations.

Lucas studied at Mercer University and Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. He was born in Germany in a military family, grew up in Georgia (U.S.), and now resides between Amsterdam and the United States.

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Tiffany is an Emmy Award-winning producer who uses her curiosity as a compass. Before joining On Being as Production Director, Tiffany spent the better part of a decade working at MSNBC in a variety of roles. While there, she coordinated the production of a nightly news program, covering everything from social inequality and the climate crisis to presidential inaugurations and impeachments. She also helped launch, develop, and produce the podcast “Why Is This Happening?”.

If she’s not strolling the avenues of Harlem with her dog, odds are you’ll find Tiffany hiking through a national park or stashed away in a pottery studio, relishing the magic of making something out of nothing.

Chris has been a voracious consumer of all things public radio for as long as he can remember. He worked as a technical director for Performance Today, and contributed to several other national programs. Chris is one of the founding team of four that brought On Being to independence in 2013, and he is thrilled to have landed at On Being.

Chris spent the better part of 15 years working in theater as a sound designer and production manager. Though he occasionally pines for the immediacy of live performance, he also believes that in the vast media landscape of our world, radio is still best at stimulating the imagination.

Chris holds a B.A. from Hamline University and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois. When not in front of a computer screen, he loves the outdoors (regardless of the weather), just about every kind of music, and watching his kids discover the world.

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Zack was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and at the age of four his family moved to the much warmer climate of Bemidji, Minnesota. Friendship and his ears brought him to Minneapolis in his twenties to absorb as much music and art as he could. His love of listening and learning about audio brought him to a career in public radio, where he has spent the last 15 years, learning in practice and in conversation with colleagues every day.

His recent focus has been on classical music, but his work has included mixing daily regional talk shows and national classical programs, editing and mixing podcasts, recording symphony orchestras and operas in concert halls and small groups in recording studios. Zack knew he found his passion when he realized that he actually enjoys sorting tangled audio cables.

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Julie is a senior producer at On Being Studios, producing radio shows and podcasts for On Being with Krista Tippett.

She grew up in Rochester, Minn., and her favorite day of the week was Tuesday – the day the bookmobile from the local public library stopped near her house. (She always checked out seven books, the maximum allowed.)

Before joining On Being, Julie spent two decades at Minnesota Public Radio as a producer and reporter. She began on Morning Edition, cutting her radio chops on cold, dark mornings before the rest of the state woke up. Over the years, she produced each of MPR’s flagship programs, a limited run podcast, and a pilot program. She also spent several years as a reporter, covering hunger and poverty in Minnesota.

Thanks to generous journalism fellowships, Julie spent a year reporting in Berlin and several months in Munich. She got her start in journalism at Catalyst, a magazine covering school reform in Chicago. Before that, she majored in English at Carleton College, counseled teenagers in Chicago, and watched healing rituals in three countries thanks to a Thomas J. Watson fellowship.

She loves novels, travel, and anyone who introduces her to new food.

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Gautam is a longtime audiophile, consuming all things podcast- and music-related. Before joining the On Being Project, Gautam spent several years working for StoryCorps as a field producer, as he traveled, recorded, and archived stories for the national oral history project. Since then, he’s worked as an audio engineer and producer on many projects, including podcasts like Nice Try! Utopian, Land of the Giants: The Netflix Effect, and The Cut. When he’s not working on podcasts, you can find him writing new music, re-watching his favorite Studio Ghibli movies, or passionately explaining to people why they should play Dungeons and Dragons.

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Kayla is not intimidated by a commute, and developed a love for podcasts and audio stories in transit. She finds the moments moving between places to be ideal for thinking about life’s oldest questions of how people live together and understand each other.

Prior to joining On Being, Kayla supported public engagement with underreported global stories at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Pádraig grew up in Cork, on the south coast of Ireland listening to the radio, reading poetry and wishing he could share Wonder Woman’s superpowers. After school he had a nomadic decade before settling in Belfast. He has degrees in Theology — with particular attention to narrative and public theology — and also qualifications in conflict resolution.

Pádraig has numerous publications in poetry and prose. His interest in poetry began early, in school, when learning poetry off by heart in both the Irish and English languages. For him, poetry is a lifeblood.

Pádraig presents Poetry Unbound and is poet/theologian, working alongside staff and project partners to deepen theological reflection and resources through the On Being’s reach.

For almost 20 years Pádraig worked in faith-based conflict resolution in Belfast; engaging with partners and participants in addressing the ongoing legacy of violence and trauma in the north of Ireland. As part of this, he led Corrymeela, Ireland’s oldest peace organization, from 2014-2019, as well as having worked as freelance poet in residence for Corrymeela from 2005-2013.

He lives in Belfast with his partner Paul Doran, with whom he co-founded Tenx9, an event for people to tell true stories from their own life

Andrea comes to On Being as Executive Assistant to Krista Tippett (Founder, President and CEO), providing vital administrative and logistical support.

She has a background in events, hospitality and providing personal and administrative support for leaders in government, philanthropy and charitable foundations.

Andrea graduated from University of Minnesota where she received her B.A. in psychology. A lover of music festivals, animals and art, Andrea shares her home with her two dogs and husband.

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With a passion for the tangible brand experience, Laurén cut her teeth in the advertising industry, gaining exposure in human resources, process implementation, and event production. Laurén’s hard work and “passion for compassion” was recognized by AdFed’s list of standouts: 32 Under 32. She received her bachelor’s degree in advertising from the Art Institutes International MN and served six years in the United States Air Force.

Laurén is a born and raised Minnesotan who’s inspired by interior and architectural design; often styling and re-styling the home she shares with her husband and pup. In her free time, Laurén volunteers with Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute as part of their adaptive sports and recreation program. She finds relaxation and restoration in yoga, long nature walks, travel, trying new restaurants, and watching pressure washing videos.

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Eddie Gonzalez has a keen interest in the healing power of communal creativity and the dance between inner and outer life, the stories we tell ourselves and the stories we tell each other. He joins On Being Project after a decade of work around stories and spiritual care, most recently at StoryCorps, where he worked across the United States and Canada to help individuals and organizations create space for reflective conversations through community-based storytelling and audio recording projects. Before StoryCorps he was a hospice chaplain and received his clinical pastoral education while earning an M.F.A. in creative writing.

Eddie is based in New York City, supporting On Being’s growing portfolio of projects and collaborations with a focus on social healing. He feels most alive when he’s gathering around the table with friends and family, reading and writing, or exploring the outside world on foot. He lives in Queens with his partner, John Henry Greenwood.

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Cameron joins The On Being Project as Digital Experience Manager. He explores how we bring people in and keep people returning to the meaningful questions we ask, the conversations we have, and all of their accompanying extensions. Before On Being, Cameron informed strategies and tactics at Purpose that improved access to COVID-19 vaccines and mobilized Americans to get out and vote. Cameron’s experience and passion ranges from exploring new narratives for issues in youth conservation and the divestment of consumer banks from fossil fuels to organizing and training young leaders who are committed to pursuing educational equity and racial justice.

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Jay Cowles is a former media company executive and owner, with a long history of community engagement and entrepreneurial interests. As chairman of Cowles Media Company, he led the family owners and board of directors during the 1990s, until the sale of the company (and Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper) in 1998. After the sale, Jay led his family’s investment company and office until 2016.

Jay has also served for decades on a variety of civic and nonprofit boards, and is currently the vice chair of the Minnesota State colleges and universities system, in addition to several other boards. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School (MBA).

Konda Mason is the co-founder and CEO of Impact Hub Oakland, a beautiful inspiring co-working space supporting and connecting socially engaged changemakers and social entrepreneurs in creating community and bringing their projects to life as they create a better world.

Konda uses permaculture design principles, sustainable business practices, yoga, storytelling, Buddhist theory and Integral theory through a lens of social justice, to inform her work. A human equity advocate, Certified Permaculture Designer, and social entrepreneur, Konda’s work is driven by the vision of realizing in her lifetime a genuinely just and sustainable world.

Srinija Srinivasan is co-founder of Loove, a developing music venture designed to demonstrate how commerce and technology can be guided by artistic values rather than letting our culture be led by market values.

An accidental tech exec, Srinija joined Yahoo! in 1995 as one of their first five employees and self-titled Ontological Yahoo. With a background in AI, Srinija’s work at Yahoo! centered on the human experience, starting with the categorization system of the Yahoo! Directory and rapidly expanding into leading editorial and policy issues globally including network editorial standards, privacy and data use, advertising standards, youth safety, community guidelines, accessibility, and corporate responsibility. She served as Yahoo!’s vice president, editor-in-chief until stepping down in 2010. During that time she also chaired the board of non-profit SFJAZZ through the planning, campaign, and 2013 opening of the SFJAZZ Center.

Srinija serves as a vice chair of Stanford University’s Board of Trustees and she is a member of Stanford’s Humanities & Sciences Council, the Stanford Live Advisory Council, and the HAI Advisory Council. She recently concluded participation in the U.S. Partnership on Mobility from Poverty, and she’s a 2000 Henry Crown fellow of the Aspen Institute. She lives bicoastally between Palo Alto, CA and Brooklyn, NY.