Interviews

September 30, 2009 - Vancouver, British Columbia

From a room in a downtown hotel, Krista Tippett interviewed the cognitive neuroscientist Adele Diamond. What Adele Diamond is learning about the brain challenges basic assumptions in modern education. Her work is scientifically illustrating the educational power of things like play, sports, music, memorization and reflection. What nourishes the human spirit, the whole person, it turns out, also hones our minds.

This interview was included in our public radio program, "Learning, Doing, Being: A New Science of Education," which can be downloaded at speakingoffaith.org/programs/2009/learning-doing-being/.

September 30, 2009 - Vancouver, British Columbia

From a room in a downtown hotel, Krista Tippett interviewed the French Tibetan Buddhist monk and author Matthieu Ricard. They discuss meditation, the nature of happiness, developing the skill of compassion, and much more. For the produced public radio program, "The 'Happiest' in the World," visit speakingoffaith.org/programs/2009/ricard/.

Watch complete, behind-the-scenes footage of Krista's in-studio conversation with Matthew Sanford. The video also includes clips of Sanford teaching students with disabilities.

In a live, public conversation at the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Krista Tippett spoke with Joshua DuBois, a 26-year-old political strategist and Pentecostal minister whom President Obama appointed to head the re-envisioned White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

We explore what is being retained from the Bush administration, what will change, and how the experience of the Obama presidential campaign shaped DuBois' vision of what is possible. He wants to make his office a resource across secular and religious boundaries.