“The Fierce Urgency of Now”
On April 4, On Being recorded a special podcast episode at New York’s Riverside Church to mark the 59th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech. Hosted by Krista, the conversation featured civil‑rights scholar Michelle Alexander and activist Lucas Johnson, both longtime admirers of Vincent Harding, the speech’s co‑author. The dialogue framed King’s call for a “revolution of values” as a timeless imperative against today’s stark wealth gaps and the human cost of perpetual conflict. Listeners can stream the episode and read a human‑edited transcript on the On Being website.
On Love, and Judaism
The post highlights Rabbi Shai Held’s new theological work, *Judaism is About Love*, and its exploration of love as a central Jewish value. It references a recent podcast episode where Held discusses how love counters fear and shapes ethical behavior....
Turning Unbearable Loss Into Ground of Shared Life
The blog post highlights a conversation with members of the Parents Circle – Bereaved Families Forum, a joint Israeli‑Palestinian community of families who have lost loved ones in the conflict. Hosted in New York by American Friends of the Parents...
Psychedelic Science and Radical Healing, with Gül Dölen
The episode with neuroscientist Gül Dölen explores how psychedelic‑assisted therapies are delivering dramatic results for complex PTSD, addiction and treatment‑resistant depression. Clinical trials across universities show rapid symptom relief and measurable neuroplastic changes. Dölen highlights the science behind these outcomes,...