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Pertinent Posts from the On Being Blog

» A Pipeline to Nowhere

With high hopes come far falls. Here, we embedded a live stream for people to view real-time. In the end, a wired Ethernet connection wasn't enough.

About the Image

David Brooks, E.J. Dionne, and Krista visit with attendees after the live event at Georgetown University.
(photo: Marc Zielinski)

SoundSeen

» Live Interview at Georgetown
[video, 82:56]

With one video camera remaining, we filmed Krista's public conversation with David Brooks and E.J. Dionne, including the invocation by Jean Bethke Elshtain. Stream it real-time or download the complete, unedited event to your personal device.

Interactive Timeline

» Reinie's Life in Letters and Pictures
(or text-only)

We combed through Niebuhr's archives at the Library of Congress and found dozens of artifacts and pictures. See high-quality photographic copies of Niebuhr's fascinating correspondence with leading figures of his time, including Felix Frankfurter, W.H. Auden, and Hubert Humphrey.

Unheard Cuts

» Unedited Interview with Brooks + Dionne (mp3, 90:55)
We recorded this live public event with the intent of making it into a radio program. For those who couldn't make it, here's the complete unedited interview. As you'll hear, we've got to adapt on the fly.

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Voices on the Radio

David Brooks

Brooks is a conservative columnist for The New York Times and author of several books.

E.J. Dionne

Dionne is a liberal columnist at The Washington Post and author of many books.