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5 minute summaries of On Being with Krista Tippet's podcast episodes. Get the best insights and ideas in much less time, more at owltail.comWritten summaries: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/3958-on-being-with-krista-tippettOther podcast summaries in Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOther podcast summaries In other apps, search 'podcast summaries'.Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning — spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, and the arts. Each week a new discovery about the immensity of our lives. Hosted by Krista Tippett. New conversations every Thursday, with occasional extras.

Episodes

4 min
Jul 10, 2021
Esther Perel – The Erotic Is an Antidote to Death | On Being with Krista Tippett

Written Summaries: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/3958-on-being-with-krista-tippett/LPlvz-Esther-Perel-The-Erotic-Is-an-Antidote-to-DeathOther podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000528274270

3 min
Jul 3, 2021
Jason Reynolds — Imagination and Fortitude | On Being with Krista Tippett

Written Summaries: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/3958-on-being-with-krista-tippett/0wR72-Jason-Reynolds-Imagination-and-FortitudeOther podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000527531443

4 min
Jun 26, 2021
Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows — ‘What a world you’ve got inside you.’ | On Being with Krista Tippett

Written Summaries: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/3958-on-being-with-krista-tippett/RDbui-Joanna-Macy-and-Anita-Barrows-What-a-worldOther podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000526762559

3 min
Jun 18, 2021
Alex Elle — Self-Care as Generational Healing | On Being with Krista Tippett

Written Summaries: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/ZKHHV-Alex-Elle-Self-Care-as-Generational-HealingOther podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000525900976

4 min
Jun 12, 2021
Nicholas Christakis — How We’re Wired for Goodness | On Being with Krista Tippett

Written Summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/4qtFy-Nicholas-Christakis-How-Were-Wired-for-GoodnessOther podcast summaries in Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesIn other podcast apps, search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000524978013

3 min
Jun 4, 2021
Robert Macfarlane — The Worlds Beneath Our Feet | On Being with Krista Tippett

Written Summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/XyfEt-Robert-Macfarlane-The-Worlds-Beneath-Our-FeetOther podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000524121758

3 min
May 28, 2021
Tracy K. Smith and Michael Kleber-Diggs — ‘History is upon us... its hand against our back.’ | On Being with Krista Tippett

Other podcast summaries in Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesIn other podcast apps, search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000523312423Written Summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/Y3NT7-Tracy-K-Smith-and-Michael-Kleber-Diggs-History

3 min
May 21, 2021
Jill Tarter — 'It Takes a Cosmos to Make a Human' | On Being with Krista Tippett

Other podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000522548092Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/ufe6h-Jill-Tarter-It-Takes-a-Cosmos-to-Make-a-Human

3 min
May 16, 2021
Joy Harjo — The Whole of Time | On Being with Krista Tippett

Other podcast summaries in Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesIn other podcast apps, search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/joy-harjo-the-whole-of-time/id150892556?i=1000521619655Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/Ecy9i-Joy-Harjo-The-Whole-of-Time

4 min
May 11, 2021
Daniel Kahneman – Why We Contradict Ourselves and Confound Each Other | On Being with Krista Tippett

Other podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000520494598Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/ZAktp-Daniel-Kahneman-Why-We-Contradict-Ourselves-and

3 min
May 7, 2021
Tiffany Shlain | Living the Questions — We’ve been enmeshed with our technologies. Tech Shabbat for everyone? | On Being with Krista Tippett

Other podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000519815395Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/eCxRv-Layli-Long-Soldier-The-Freedom-of-Real-Apologies

3 min
May 6, 2021
Hanif Abdurraqib — Moments of Shared Witnessing | On being with Krista Tippet

Other podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000519290929Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/OxSq8-Hanif-Abdurraqib-Moments-of-Shared-Witnessing

4 min
Apr 29, 2021
Layli Long Soldier — The Freedom of Real Apologies | On being with Krista Tippet

Other podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/layli-long-soldier-the-freedom-of-real-apologies/id150892556?i=1000518230891Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/eCxRv-Layli-Long-Soldier-The-Freedom-of-Real-Apologies

3 min
Apr 23, 2021
5 min summary: Resmaa Menakem — ‘Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence’ | On Being with Krista Tippet

For other podcast summaries, search 'podcast summaries' in any podcast apps.Or if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOriginal episode link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resmaa-menakem-notice-the-rage-notice-the-silence/id150892556?i=1000517286718Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/4aWCq-Resmaa-Menakem-Notice-the-Rage-Notice-the

4 min
Apr 23, 2021
5 min summary: Bryan Doerries — "You are not alone across time." | On Being with Krista Tippet

For other podcast summaries, search 'podcast summaries' in any podcast apps.Or if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOriginal episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bryan-doerries-you-are-not-alone-across-time/id150892556?i=1000516322105Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/EggFy-Bryan-Doerries-You-are-not-alone-across-time

5 min
Apr 3, 2021
5 min summary: Serene Jones — Grace in a Fractured World | On Being with Krista Tippet

For other podcast summaries, search 'podcast summaries' in any podcast apps.Or if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOriginal episode link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serene-jones-grace-in-a-fractured-world/id150892556?i=1000515372831Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/6MkEA-Serene-Jones-Grace-in-a-Fractured-World

5 min
Mar 26, 2021
Best Ideas of: Michael Longley — The Vitality of Ordinary Things | On Being with Krista Tippett | 26 Mar 2021

For other podcast summaries, search 'podcast summaries' in any podcast apps.Or if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOriginal episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-longley-the-vitality-of-ordinary-things/id150892556?i=10005144018071 quote:"If you don’t have anything to say, say nothing, silence is part of the enterprise, silence is sacred too."Key ideas: How one can be too self conscious, revisiting the same places & how something of no use can be valuable.Who is Michael Longley: Multiple prize winning poet who's known for the quiet beauty of his compact, meditative lyrics, with classical allusions to cast provocative light on contemporary concerns. Professor of poetry for Ireland who's written more than 20 books of poetry including Collected Poems, The Stairwell and most recently, The Candlelight Master.Idea 1 @ 27mins:  One can be too self conscious. Michael says that Art and poetry require a certain amount of indifference.  Michael says he's certain that: You can take your poem [or your work] seriously, but you mustn't take yourself seriously.  He says that self importance engraves it's own headstone.Idea 2 @ 21mins:  Revisiting the same places doesn't mean you exhaust it, it means you go more deeply into it.  The beauty of going back to the same place over and over again: that you notice more and more. We often think about making sure we go to different places each time because it'd be a waste to go to the same place again, but in reality, you don't exhaust a place, you simply go more deeply into it.  Michael says: you know the phrase, “travel broadens the mind.” We do quite a bit of traveling, but I think it also shallows the mind, depending on what you do and how you think about it.  For Michael, going back to the same place in a devoted way and in a curious way is a huge part of his life.Idea 3 @ 41mins:  Just because something is of no use, doesn't mean it's of no value.  One of the marvelous things about poetry is that it’s useless. It’s useless. “What use is poetry?” people occasionally ask, in the butcher shop, say. They come up to me and they say, “What use is poetry?” And the answer is, “No use.” But it doesn’t mean to say that it’s without value. It’s without use, but it has value. It is valuable.   The first people that dictators try to get rid of are the poets and the artists, the novelists and the playwrights. They burn their books. They’re terrified of what poetry can do.  It means that poetry encourages you to think for yourself and to disregard church and state. It does. But that’s not exactly use. That just means it’s got value.   The

5 min
Mar 12, 2021
Best ideas of: Ocean Vuong – A Life Worthy of Our Breath | On Being with Krista Tippett | 12 Mar 2021

For other podcast summaries, search 'podcast summaries' in any podcast apps.Or if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesKey ideas: The power of language not at the dinner table, Don't say this. Nows not the time.  We need to find the time and ability to ask Are you really OK? I know we're talking, but if you want to step out on the fire escape. And you can tell me the truth.1 question:Can you think of a time where the language you used could've bee

5 min
Mar 12, 2021
Best ideas of: Christine Runyan — What’s Happening in Our Nervous Systems? | On Being with Krista Tippett | 19 Mar 2021

For other podcast summaries, search 'podcast summaries' in any podcast apps.Or if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOriginal episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christine-runyan-whats-happening-in-our-nervous-systems/id150892556?i=10005135842521 quote:“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. And in that space lies our power to choose. And in our choice lies our growth and our freedom.”Key ideas: When conscious and subconscious reactions work better, how statistics can be a source of trauma what’s wrong with me? and ask questions such as “am i not resilient enough or strong enough?"  We have to be compassionate to ourselves, and realise that everyone reacts to the same things differently.Idea 3 @ 32mins:  Our bodies and mind, can often react in similar ways to what is imagined, as it does to what is real.  Runyan sometimes say to her clients, “I want you to imagine cutting open a lemon, a juicy lemon, and bringing that half of the lemon onto your tongue. And just let it rest there. And what do you notice?”  Most people can imagine tasting it, and the

4 min
Mar 5, 2021
Best ideas of: Naomi Shihab Nye — “Before You Know Kindness As the Deepest Thing Inside...” | On Being with Krista Tippett | 5 Mar 2021

For other podcast summaries, search 'podcast summaries' in any podcast apps.Or if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOriginal episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/naomi-shihab-nye-before-you-know-kindness-as-deepest/id150892556?i=1000511609818Key ideas in this episode: Writing as a way to communicate with ourselves, getting to know kindness and sorrow; a poem by Naomi & a Japanese concept of spaciousness.1 quote:"All of us think in stories. We aren't separate from text or words, because we ultimately think in text and words."Who is Naomi Shihab Nye? She's a poet, song writer and novelist who's won multiple awards for her poems and writings. A professor of creative writing at Texas State University. Her poems cover topics such as kindness, empathy, refugees and travel and more.Idea 1 @ 7mins:  In Japan, there's a concept called Utori. It is spaciousness, it's a kind of living with spaciousness, for example, like it's leaving early enough to get somewhere so that, you know, you're going to arrive early. So when you get there, you have time to look around or othersIdea 2 @ 22mins, a poem Naomi wrote:   Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. You must wake up with sorrow. You must speak to it till your voice catches the thread of all sorrows and you see the size of the cloth. Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore, only kindness that ties your shoes and sends you out into the day to gaze at bread, only kindness that raises its head from the crowd of the world to say It is I you have been looking for, and then goes with you everywhere like a shadow or a friend.Idea 3 @ 46 mins:  The act of writing helps with thinking and understanding. Naomi talks about how writing is a tool to survive in hard times or to anchor our days, but also to get into a more gracious discussion and community with ourselves. There are many different versions of our selves that live on in each of us at any given moment, The childish self, the mature self, the confused self yourself that makes a lot of mistakes. Writing provides a platform to have a conversation between those different selves inside you.1 question: Can you think of the different selves you have within yourself and what kinds of conversations they are having with each other?Other topics: Naomi's dad, personal stories of him being a refugee and them talking and bonding over specific events. Multiple readings and background stories of Naomi's poems on things such as kindness. <br

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