NPR: Programs, Podcasts, and Posts

This has been a favorite online resource for many years!  It is changing in 2022, but I think much will remain the same.

They catalogue their episodes into categories in a library.   For example, Brain & Neuroscience, Spiritual Genius, and Body, Healing, & Trauma.

I list a few podcast episodes below, but On Being actually curates their catalogue of interviews into "Starting Points & Care Packages."  For example, here is their "Care Package for Caregivers".

"Poetry Unbound" with Pádraig Ó Tuama is delicious and the Experience Poetry page is a rich resource. 

I limited myself to re-posting only ten.  They come with resources and a transcript. 

Mary Oliver:  "I got Saved by the Beauty of the World."

John O'Donohue:  The Inner Landscape of Beauty

Remembering Thich Nhat Hanh, Brother Thay

Remembering Desmond Tutu

Bessel van der Kolk: Trauma, the Body, and 2021

Suzanne Simard: Forests are Wired for Wisdom

Robin DiAngelo and Resmaa Menakem:  Towards a Framework for Repair

Christine Runyan:  What's Happening in Our Nervous Systems?

Arlie Hochschild:  The Deep Stories of Our Time

Ruby Sales:  Where Does it Hurt?

A great podcast/program on a wide-ranging topics.  Episodes are usually around 20 minutes and episode page has lots of links to additional resources.  They have a newsletter.

19 April 2022  |  20-Minutes

"Being "outdoorsy" can stir up images of big beautiful national parks, snowy slopes or lush, green forests. But smaller moments in nature, like walking my dog around the neighborhood or even listening to a rain sounds playlist as I fall asleep, have been just as valuable — and don't require the time, money or physical mobility of a big trip..."

7 April 2022  |  17-Minutes

"Do you have enough fun in life? Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun, explains the three components of true fun and how to tap into this powerful, everyday source of joy."

22 March 2022  |  20-Minutes

"Rather than striving for a life with no regrets, Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret, suggests embracing regret and learning from it. He outlines the four most common categories of regret and explains how looking back can help us move forward."

25 February 2022  |

"The news is overwhelming right now. While we wait for more information, don't forget to care for yourself and loved ones in other ways."

"Hidden Brain explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world."  Hosted by Shankar Vedantam; episodes are 50+ minutes and have lots of citations.  They have a podcast and a newsletter. 

54-Minutes

"We’ve all heard about the five stages of grief. But what happens when your experience doesn’t follow that model at all? Resilience researcher Lucy Hone began to question how we think about grief after a devastating loss in her own life. She shares the techniques she learned to help her cope with tragedy."

12 August 2019  |  26-Minutes

"This week on our You 2.0 summer series: why trees, grass, gardens and flowers don't just brighten our lives — they help us become our better selves..."