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The acoustic ecologist and silence activist draws our ears to the “solar-powered jukebox” we know as Earth — and to the quiet that is essential.

The journalist and preacher. On being a religious wanderer; or religious, but in exile. Articulating a spacious understanding of God and grief.

The esteemed writer meets the world at the intersections of Zen & science, poetry & ecology. An hour held in poetry and possibility.

The English writer on winter as a season in nature and in every life — a way to name the vast, communal, extended experience of our pandemic time.

Placemaking and the role of art in the visual identity of The On Being Project.

The visionary neuroscientist with the physician/public servant. Public health, fear, and love. Also, how to make your calendar a source of calm.

For Thanksgiving, a beautiful conversation with the legendary primatologist — on her spiritual and moral wisdom, and the hope that sustains her.

Two beloved writers and friends, on grappling with a complex understanding of hope as the world continues to overwhelm.

The lawyer and persistent advocate of hope. “Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve done.” On getting proximate — and being “stone catchers.”

The poet-contemplatives ponder the ground of now. “Where to turn to find my place of standing when it feels like the world is on fire?”