March 10, 2013 - On this episode of On Being, Krista Tippet interviews Minnesota writer Kevin Kling, who shares hear his own special angle on life's humor and its ruptures. Born with a partially disabled left arm, in his 40s, Kling then lost the use of his fully functional right one after a motorcycle accident nearly killed him. Being able-bodied, he says, is always only a temporary condition. Take in his wisdom on the losses we're born with, and the losses we grow into - and why we turn these things into stories.
December 1, 2011 - On Being’s Krista Tippett talks with Diane Wilson, professor of Media and Religion, about TV shows that make audiences empathize with bad and evil.
December 5, 2010 - On Being’s Krista Tippett explores the essence of Sitting Bull's spiritual legacy as a vital source of identity and healing for the living. During program, Tippett interviews Ernie Lapointe and Cedric Good House.
December 16, 2007 - On this episode of Speaking of Faith, host Krista Tippet profiles the 13th-century Muslim mystic and poet Rumi, who has long shaped Muslims around the world and has now become popular in the West. Rumi created a new language of love within the Islamic mystical tradition of Sufism.
June 16, 2003 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the 20th century's greatest Christian theologians. He also was involved in several attempts to assassinate Adolph Hitler. Host Krista Tippett speaks with Martin Doblmeier, director of the new documentary Bonhoeffer, which examines how this pacifistic figure struggled with some of the greatest moral issues of his day, and became an emblem of personal faith and conscience.
September 25, 2001 - Great religious minds reflect on tragedies surrounding September 11, 2001. As America moves beyond raw emotion and religious sentiment, this program explores theological and spiritual reflection for the long haul. Host Journalist-theologian Krista Tippett has gathered provocative reflections across a broad spectrum of faith, woven together with evocative sound and music. Guests: Richard Mouw, Christian philosopher and president of Fuller Theological Seminary. Joan Dehzad, Episcopal deacon and executive director of the Institute of New Americans. Rabbi Barry Cytron, director of the Jay Phillips Center for Jewish-Christian Learning.Patricia Hampl, poet and author of A Romantic Education and Virgin Time. Linda Loving, pastor at the House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Minnesota. Dan Grigassy, Franciscan friar and professor of liturgy, Washington Theological Union. Cynthia Eriksson, clinical psychologist at the Headington Program in International Trauma.
May 28, 2001 - A Common Place Memorial Day special. The program is the story of four World War II chaplains who went down together with their torpedoed ship in 1943. Plus a conversation with Bruce Weigl, a Vietnam veteran who writes poetry.
December 20, 2000 - The latest edition of "A Common Place" about children and religion.
November 13, 2000 - Veterans Day special featuring spiritual journeys of veterans.
October 9, 2000 - A new MPR special called "A Common Place." In this edition, a cancer researcher who is an orthodox Jew, a computer scientist who is a theologian, and a Buddhist monk explores what it means to be human.