After arriving in the U.S. in the 1930s, Albert Einstein witnessed the inequities and injustices done to black Americans. Read his little-known essay from 1946 about the "deeply entrenched evil" as he saw it then, and that pervades this country today.
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Bobby McFerrin on music: "I want everyone to experience at the end of my concert is everyone has this sense of rejoicing. I don't want them to be blown away by what I do, I want them to have this sense of real, real joy from the depths of their being. Because I think when you take them to that place, then you open up a place where grace can come in."
November 24, 2013
An A Cappella Rendition of Lorde’s ‘Royals’ Will Renew Your Hope in Pop Culture (Video)
Pop culture makes meaning. Enter the Florida State University AcaBelles' a cappella rendition of Lorde's "Royals" to make the point.
Watch President Obama award the 2013 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to deserved recipients, including our very own Krista Tippett.
An illustration of contemplative practices showing the breadth of meditation and mindfulness within traditions. It certainly opens up one's understanding about how these disciplines take root and manifest themselves in our lives, non?
The superband's submission for Bond immortality was rejected. But it's their response that seems like the right thing to carry into 2016.
A video proposes that having men read misogynistic and demeaning tweets to the female sports journalists they are directed at will bring to light the horrid remarks and ad hominem attacks women must encounter daily.
May 15, 2011
The Work We Value, The Intelligence We Ignore: Is the Work that Made America Great Valued Any Longer?
“The skills gap is a reflection of what we value. To close the gap, we need to change the way the country feels about work.” —Mike Rowe Working is part of our genetic make-up in the United States. One of my personal goals producing for this program is to…
A powerful Zen parable teaching us about compassion and gratitude in the face of death.
Happiness. A word that gets bandied about quite a bit lately, and for good reason. An infographic that jogs a host of questions and insights.
In a world of many distractions, the Buddhist sage says, it may be our own cravings that may be most deleterious to our well-being. Watch and listen.
Alain de Botton's short piece of writing on love and loneliness is elegantly handled in this animated short by Hannah Jacobs and Lara Lee.
November 5, 2016
A Country Not Yet Realized: Sara Bareilles Imagines What President Obama Is Not Saying
Is it Pollyannaish to love your country at its most divided? Sara Bareilles and Leslie Odom Jr. create a song to make sense of the world before us — and imagine a country yet to be.
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