A New Season for a Tender New Year

Five new On Being episodes will begin to roll out next week …

We begin with the delightful beloved poets (and friends) Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith in conversation together with Krista. We move on to the neuroscientist Gül Dölen; a community of Israelis and Palestinians who will expand your heart and moral imagination; philosopher rabbi Shai Held; and, because we can’t get enough of him, a wonderful new sit-down with Krista and Jason Reynolds on hope in this time and in friendship with the young in our world.

All of them offer beauty and pragmatic nourishment for ourselves and for witnessing each other’s hurt and each other’s promise. There is searching and pondering on what love really means and how it works and what hope can mean in this world in which hopelessness feels so reasonable. And be prepared to be amazed in an introduction to majestic learning underway about new, transformative healing of our brains and our lives emerging from the frontier of psychedelically-assisted therapeutic treatments.

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You’re Invited:

New York City, Monday, April 13, 5:30 p.m. Krista will interview the one and only Michael Pollan about his thrilling new book on Consciousness, A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness, at The Living Room Bar & Lounge at the W New York - Union Square. Purchase tickets here.

New York City, Thursday, February 26, 7 p.m. Krista will host a Well-Being Concert, presented by Carnegie Hall, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Grammy Award-winning tenor Nicholas Phan will perform works by J. S. Bach and Buxtehude, joined by Theotokos, a renowned sacred ensemble, and the Cathedral’s timeless, healing acoustics. Purchase tickets here.