On Being

Toward Living Memory
For Black History Month: public historian Tiya Miles. She's a MacArthur "genius" who's unearthing an especially painful chapter of the American experience — the intersecting history of African-Americans and Native Americans, and the little-known narratives that Cherokee landowners held black slaves. Even with history this difficult, Tiya Miles shows us the possibility of stretching the canvas of the past wide enough to hold both hard truths and healing.

The Inner Landscape of Beauty
The late Irish philosopher and poet John O'Donohue defined beauty as a human calling and an antidote to our deepest modern crises. In this, one of the last interviews he gave before his untimely death, we experience his Celtic sense of "the invisible world", and how the spiritual and material intertwine in human life.

Becoming Detroit
A Detroit you probably haven't seen in the news. It's a city of vigor — a place where neighbors are reimagining work, food, and the very meaning of humanity. To meet these people is to gain perspective on all of our work, and how we might imagine possibility in our own backyard.

The Art of Peace
"Peace" is a strangely generic and divisive word. We infuse it with unpredictable images from a wise and adventurous life in conflict transformation around the world. Learn the difference between conflict resolution and enduring change.

Rosanne Cash, Time Traveler
The legacy of Johnny Cash weaves throughout our conversation with singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. Hear about her life "circumscribed by music" and where art intersects with her religious desire.