Binyavanga Wainaina — The Ethics of Aid: One Kenyan's Perspective
We explore the complex ethics of global aid with a young writer from Kenya, Binyavanga Wainaina. He is among a rising generation of African voices who bring a cautionary perspective to the morality an...
27 Aug 200952min
[Unedited] Binyavanga Wainaina With Krista Tippett
We explore the complex ethics of global aid with a young writer from Kenya, Binyavanga Wainaina. He is among a rising generation of African voices who bring a cautionary perspective to the morality an...
27 Aug 20091h 40min
David Brooks and E.J. Dionne — Obama's Theologian: Reinhold Niebuhr and the American Present
President Obama has cited Reinhold Niebuhr’s teachings as significant in shaping his ideas about politics and governance. In a public conversation, we discuss the great public theologian’s legacy and ...
13 Aug 200952min
[Unedited] David Brooks And E.J. Dionne With Krista Tippett
This unedited conversation with David Brooks and E.J. Dionne comes from our produced show “David Brooks and E. J. Dionne on Obama’s Theologian: Neibuhr and the American Present.” President Obama has c...
13 Aug 20091h 23min
[Unedited] Prabhu Guptara with Krista Tippett (On Repossessing Virtue)
As promised, we continue our SOF First Person project by turning to Swiss banking expert, Prabhu Guptara. Several years ago, Krista spoke with Guptara when the fallout of the Enron scandal was wreakin...
30 Jul 200914min
[Unedited] Martin Marty with Krista Tippett (On Repossessing Virtue: Trust in Uncertain Times)
The SOF First Person project kicks off with our search for fresh ways to talk about the current economic crisis — beginning with reflections from an acclaimed historian and theologian. He shares a goo...
30 Jul 200914min
[Unedited] Esther Sternberg with Krista Tippett (On the Economic Crisis in Biological Terms)
SOF First Person continues its series on the economic downturn with Dr. Esther Sternberg, a rheumatologist and stress researcher. She doesn’t see the financial crisis in moral terms in so much as biol...
30 Jul 200912min
[Unedited] Rachel Naomi Remen (On Repossessing Virtue: Economic Crisis as Spiritual Journey)
Our SOF First Person series continues with physician Rachel Naomi Remen, author of “Kitchen Table Wisdom.” She sees these fiscally hard times as an opportunity to find our way back to the largeness of...
30 Jul 200923min
