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Life, Faith, and “On Being”: A Conversation With Krista Tippett

Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author Krista Tippett.
Peter Beck
Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author Krista Tippett.
Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author Krista Tippett.
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Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author Krista Tippett.

Many people think that listening means just being quiet while someone else talks. But public radio host Krista Tippett says it an art form that must be practiced.

According to Tippett, listening is an act that requires true curious about another person, and also a willingness to be surprised.Tippett has put this art form into practice for more than a decade in her own public radio program, “On Being,” in which she interviews guests from all backgrounds and beliefs about the fundamental questions of life.

Host Frank Stasio speaks with public radio host Krista Tippett about life, faith, and "On Being".She distills some of these conversations in her latest book “Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living” (Penguin Books/2016).Host FrankStasiotalks with KristaTippett, a Peabody-Award-winning broadcaster and the host of the show and podcast “On Being.”Tippettdiscusses her book at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh on Friday, March 3 at 7 p.m.

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Anita Rao is the host and creator of "Embodied," a live, weekly radio show and seasonal podcast about sex, relationships & health. She's also the managing editor of WUNC's on-demand content. She has traveled the country recording interviews for the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps production department, founded and launched a podcast about millennial feminism in the South, and served as the managing editor and regular host of "The State of Things," North Carolina Public Radio's flagship daily, live talk show. Anita was born in a small coal-mining town in Northeast England but spent most of her life growing up in Iowa and has a fond affection for the Midwest.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.