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The National Herald The National Herald      ATHENS -- 2020 left us with both an indelible sense of the need for flexibility in laying plans, and a persistent commitment to strive for a brighter future. While we have all felt disconnected from our daily habits and social distancing took its toll on human interaction, we all share the same anticipation for a better tomorrow. Creativity, arts, and dialogue have proven more valuable than ever and have helped us find new ways to connect with one another. In this spirit, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) is planning to hold our much-loved...

Transcript Krista Tippett, host: Alain de Botton’s essay “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person” is one of the most-read articles in The New York Times of recent years, and this is one of the most popular episodes we’ve ever created. As people and as a culture, he says, we would be much saner and happier if we reexamined our very view of love. I’m glad to offer up the anchoring truths he tells amidst a pandemic that has stretched all of our sanity — and tested the mettle of love in every home and relationship. Alain de Botton: Love is something we have to learn and we can make prog...

music: “Seven League Boots” by Zoë Keating] Krista Tippett, host: “Having tasted beauty at the heart of the world, we hunger for more.” These are words of the Nobel physicist Frank Wilczek in his book, A Beautiful Question. It’s a winsome, joyful meditation on the question: Does the world embody beautiful ideas? — probing the world, by way of science, as a work of art. This physicist reminds us that time and space, mystery and order, are so much stranger and more generous than we can comprehend. My experience of how his mind makes connections took off as we bantered, before our ...

For almost two decades, Krista Tippett has been asking questions about faith, grief, hope, and the human condition. 2020 has given her a lot to talk about.

Dr. Hecht: I’ve seen that response a lot. Tippett: Of damage. Yeah. And, then the guilt over the anger. Dr. Hecht: That’s right. Sure. Tippett: And this is just me in one of these circles, outside the middle. So I wonder if this is something you get in opening up the subject and the way you’re doing it… Dr. Hecht: Yeah. Tippett: … which is this communal way that creates a space to talk about this. Dr. Hecht: Yeah. Absolutely. And it’s an extreme reaction, but lots of people die after a suicide. They come in groups. I talk to some people…