Best New School At Commonweal Podcasts (2024)

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2024:06.23 - Maryliz Smith - Festival of Sacred Music Piano Concert 1:14:47

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Join us for the first in a series of sacred music celebrations at Commonweal, presented in collaboration with long-time Commonweal friend Toby Symington. Held at the solstice and equinox, the concerts—and gatherings afterward—are designed to bring people together in a convivial setting around music which delights, inspires, and elevates the soul. T…

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2024:06.08 - Peter Coyote - Things As It Is, A Roving Discussion of Zen in the Vernacular 1:05:49

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Join Host Steve Heilig as we bring back author, actor, and local celebrity Peter Coyote to The New School. They talk about Peter’s recent books—Zen in the Vernacular: Things As It Is, and Tongue of A Crow—and ramble across many other topics.Peter CoyotePeter has written five books including the international bestseller Sleeping Where I Fall and_The…

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2024:05.16 - Manisha Gupta - Welcome Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders 1:43:31

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Manisha Gupta and Host Michael LernerThese are wild times to be alive. From the local to the global, we are facing complex, interlocked crises. Yet, around the world people are responding in creative, dynamic, grounded ways to adapt and emerge. Omega Resilience Awards, a new program of Commonweal, was created to gather a community of people interes…

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2024:05.29 - Aljosie Aldrich Harding - What Does Love Have To Do With It? 1:25:42

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The subject tonight is LoveAnd for tomorrow night as well,As a matter of factI know of no better topicFor us to discussUntil we allDie! - HafizCrisis, war, injustice, and violence have a certain logic—and social change processes working to address these challenges carry a similar, reactionary logic. How can love help us to step out of the perceived…

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2024:04.29 - Deepa Patel - What Does Love Have To Do With It? Bringing Mystery to Peacebuilding 1:25:10

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The subject tonight is LoveAnd for tomorrow night as well,As a matter of factI know of no better topicFor us to discussUntil we allDie! - HafizCrisis, war, injustice, and violence have a certain logic—and social change processes working to address these challenges carry a similar, reactionary logic. How can love help us to step out of the perceived…

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2024:04.24 - Nnimmo Bassey - Welcome, Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders 1:17:46

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These are wild times to be alive. From the local to the global, we are facing complex, interlocked crises. Yet, around the world people are responding in creative, dynamic, grounded ways to adapt and emerge.Omega Resilience Awards, a new program of Commonweal, was created to gather a community of people interested in resilient strategies. Collectiv…

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2024:03.28 - Christina Baldwin - Writing as Legacy 1:21:13

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Join Michael Lerner in conversation with storyteller and storycatcher Christina Baldwin. Haunted by the question: “What do we leave in the earth for the future to find?” and having already written eight books that are standing the test of time, Christina set out to write a book of historical fiction that explores foundational human values in story.…

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TNS: Jane Hirshfield - Living by Poems 1:37:07

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Join TNS Host Michael Lerner for a reading and conversation with poet Jane Hirshfield. A lay-ordained practitioner of Soto Zen and also the founder, in 2017, of Poets for Science, Jane's newest book holds fifty years of her life and work. The conversation will be similarly ranging, touching on the taproots of creative permeability and attention, th…

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2024:03.06 - Justin Nobel, Larysa Dyrszka & James Brugh - Petroleum 238 1:25:07

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Each year, the gas and oil industry produces billions of tons of waste — much of it toxic and radioactive. The fracking boom has only worsened the problem. Where does this waste go? In this webinar, co-presented with the Collaborative for Health and Environment and the Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN), Host Kristin Schafer will explo…

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2024:01.25 - Elizabeth Sawin & Beverley Thorpe - Multisolving for Climate, Chemicals & Health 1:14:22

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~Co-presented with Commonweal’s Collaborative for Health and the Environment~We’re now in the dangerous, uncharted territory climate scientists have been warning about for decades. Meanwhile, biologists and toxicologists are sounding the alarm about surpassing the “planetary boundary” for chemical pollution, beyond which both ecosystems and our hea…

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TNS: Terry Tempest Williams - Rejoice! Our Times Are Intolerable 1:05:50

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~Co-presented with Point Reyes Books and the Mesa Refuge~Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in person or via webinar for a reading and conversation with writer, educator, conservationist, and activist Terry Tempest Williams. Terry has been with us at The New School twice before, and you can listen to the podcast of those events on our website or on Spoti…

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2023:12.05 - Pat McCabe: Restaurando el corazón de nuestras relaciones 1:26:38

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~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~¿Qué significaría "volverse nativos" al lugar en el que estamos ahora? ¿Cómo viviríamos si lo fuéramos? Nuestras comunidades y líderes indígenas tienen una sabiduría antigua que ofrece una visión profunda sobre los desafíos a los que nos e…

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2023:12.05 - Pat McCabe - Restoring the Heart of Our Relationships: Racial and Earth Healing 1:26:10

7M ago1:26:10

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~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~Our indigenous communities and leaders hold ancient wisdom that offers profound insights into the challenges facing us today. As we navigate the cultural, climate, and ecosystem shifts happening on our planet now, we need the wisdom of man…

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2023:11.21 - Rachel Naomi Remen & Karen Drucker - The Practice of Gratitude: Finding Meaning 56:02

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Enjoy another healing hour of stories and music with master storyteller Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and musician/songwriter Karen Drucker. This month, they offer stories and songs for the Thanksgiving Holiday.See all of the music and story events with Rachel and Karen on our on our website, listen on Soundcloud, watch on YouTube, or find us on Apple po…

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2023:11.02 - Graham Leicester - Rising to the Occasion: Practical Hope in a Global Poly 1:28:35

8M ago1:28:35

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Host Michael Lerner joins Commonweal board member Katherine Fulton in conversation with Graham Leicester, who has pioneered new ways to navigate and even thrive in this complex era.Graham LeicesterGraham is the founding Director of International Futures Forum (IFF), an organization based in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a mission to enable people, comm…

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2023:11.14 - Sherri Mitchell - Restaurando el corazón de nuestras relaciones 1:28:50

8M ago1:28:50

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~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~¿Qué significaría "volverse nativos" al lugar en el que estamos ahora? ¿Cómo viviríamos si lo fuéramos? Nuestras comunidades y líderes indígenas tienen una sabiduría antigua que ofrece una visión profunda sobre los desafíos a los que nos e…

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2023:11.14 - Sherri Mitchell - Restoring the Heart of Our Relationships: Racial and Earth Healing 1:27:13

8M ago1:27:13

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~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~Our indigenous communities and leaders hold ancient wisdom that offers profound insights into the challenges facing us today. As we navigate the cultural, climate, and ecosystem shifts happening on our planet now, we need the wisdom of man…

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2023:06.14 - Oren Slozberg - A Spiritual Biography 2:20:23

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Join Oren Slozberg, Executive Director of Commonweal, in a spiritual biography conversation with Host Michael Lerner.Oren SlozbergOren is the executive director of Commonweal and the co-director of Healing Circles Global. He has been a senior program developer in the fields of education, youth development, and the arts for more than 30 years. Oren’…

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2023:10.19 - Keith Block, MD: Life Over Cancer: A New Model of Integrative Cancer Trea 1:25:15

9M ago1:25:15

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~ Co-presented with CancerChoices ~ Join Host Michael Lerner in virtual conversation with Keith Block, MD--long regarded as the “father” of integrative oncology--about his model for integrative cancer treatment. You can find past recordings of Keith at The New School on our website.Keith I. Block, MDKeith combines cutting-edge conventional treatmen…

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2023:10.09 - Cynthia Li, MD: Brave New Medicine: A Spiritual Biography 2:34:15

9M ago2:34:15

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Join us for another in the Spiritual Biography series, this time with Cynthia Li, MD. Cynthia’s experiences as both doctor and patient through an internal “dark night of the soul” and a medical condition affecting her immune system point to tools for building personal immunity and resilience in the face of crises. She has been deeply involved with …

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2023:10.17 - Grace Sesma ESP: Restaurando el corazón de nuestras relaciones 1:27:43

9M ago1:27:43

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~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~¿Qué significaría “volverse nativos” al lugar en el que estamos ahora? ¿Cómo viviríamos si lo fuéramos? Nuestras comunidades y líderes indígenas tienen una sabiduría antigua que ofrece una visión profunda sobre los desafíos a los que nos e…

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2023:10.17 - Grace Sesma: Restoring the Heart of Our Relationships: Racial and Earth Healing 1:27:24

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~Co-presented by The New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~As we navigate the cultural, climate, and ecosystem shifts happening on our planet now, we need the wisdom of many voices. To truly hear and value these diverse voices, we need to continue to heal the racial divisions and wounds in our cul…

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2023:09.19 Rachel Remen & Karen Drucker: Autumn Celebrating the Time of Harvest with Stories & Song 58:18

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Join us for a celebration of autumn, a time to harvest all the seeds we’ve planted in your life, aging, etc… the next stories and music event in our series with master storyteller Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and musician/songwriter Karen Drucker. See all of the music and story events with Rachel and Karen on our website, listen on Soundcloud, watch on …

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2023:09.08 - Gary Cohen: The Evolution of the Modern Health and Environmental Justice Movement 1:09:29

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Join Host Michael Lerner in a conversation with Gary Cohen, founder of Healthcare without Harm. They will trace the evolution of the modern health and environmental justice movement over the years, starting in 1996, when Gary founded the organization after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identified medical waste incineration as the leading…

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2023:09.06 - Rebecca Katz: A Spiritual Biography Part Two - Eat, Paint, Pray... 1:21:02

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Join us for a spiritual biography conversation with artist, chef, and cookbook author Rebecca Katz.Rebecca Katz, MS, Healing Circles Senior FacultyRebecca is an artist, chef, and cookbook author. She has been a visiting chef and nutrition educator at the Commonweal Cancer Help Program for more than a decade. Rebecca is focused on the exploration of…

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2023:09.06 - Rebecca Katz: A Spiritual Biography Part One - Eat, Paint, Pray... 1:02:06

10M ago1:02:06

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Join us for a spiritual biography conversation with artist, chef, and cookbook author Rebecca Katz.Rebecca Katz, MS, Healing Circles Senior FacultyRebecca is an artist, chef, and cookbook author. She has been a visiting chef and nutrition educator at the Commonweal Cancer Help Program for more than a decade. Rebecca is focused on the exploration of…

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2023:08:01 - Rachel Naomi Remen and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: Can We All Become Healers? 1:27:09

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In this incredible conversation, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, makes a “House Call” at The New School at Commonweal--to talk with one of his long-time mentors and friends, Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen. You can join us for the conversation on New School channels, or find it on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services channels as well: hhs…

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2023:07.21 - Dick Russell - Biography of the Biographer 1:56:13

1y ago1:56:13

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How Dick Russell wrote the definitive biography of James HillmanJoin TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with author Dick Russell in a conversation about James Hillman, founder of the archetypal psychology movement—along with a wide variety of topics from Dick’s research and writing. Dick Russell Dick is the eclectic author of fifteen books. He…

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2023:06.20 - Rachel Naomi Remen and Karen Drucker: Yo Papa! Celebrating Father's Day 58:23

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Join us for the next stories and music event in our series with master storyteller Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and musician/songwriter Karen Drucker. See all of the music and story events with Rachel and Karen on our website, listen on Soundcloud, watch on YouTube, or find us on Apple podcasts and Spotify.Rachel Naomi Remen, MDRachel is a Professor of …

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Erlene Chiang - Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cancer – a Spiritual Biography 1:37:14

1y ago1:37:14

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Erlene Chiang in conversation with Michael LernerCo-presented with CancerChoiceshttps://cancerchoices.orgBy The New School at Commonweal

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2023:06.13 - TNS & CHE Cafe - Kristina Marusic: Science, Storytelling and a New War on Cancer 1:13:15

1y ago1:13:15

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Science, Storytelling and a New War on Cancer / Kristina Marusic, Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Sandra Steingraber and Host Kristin SchaferIf we can stop cancer before it begins, why don’t we?This question motivated a deep-dive inquiry into cancer prevention for award-winning journalist Kristina Marusic. Her exploration uncovered an often invisible commu…

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2023:05.16 - Rachel Naomi Remen & Karen Drucker: Yo Mama! Celebrating Mother’s Day 58:52

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Join us for the next stories and music event in our series with master storyteller Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and musician/songwriter Karen Drucker. See all of the music and story events with Rachel and Karen on our website, https://tns.commonweal.org , listen on Soundcloud, YouTube, or find us on Apple podcasts and Spotify.Rachel Naomi Remen, MDRache…

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2023:04 Rue Mapp, Nature Swagger: Narraciones Sobre la Alegría del Espíritu Negro en la Naturaleza 1:26:16

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Aprende cómo libre Rue Mapp, mujer de la naturaleza, convirtió sus experiencias de niñez en la granja de la familia, en un movimiento nacional del espíritu negro de alegría y de sanar en la naturaleza. Su primer libro, Nature Swagger (El Meneo de la Naturaleza), celebra a aquellos con los que se ha conectado a lo largo de su trayectoria al aire lib…

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2023:04.26 - Rue Mapp - Nature Swagger: Storytelling Black Joy in Nature 1:25:54

1y ago1:25:54

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Learn how outdoorswoman Rue Mapp turned her childhood experiences on family farmland into a national movement of Black joy and healing in nature. Her first book, Nature Swagger, celebrates those she has connected with along her outdoor journey, sharing each contributor's transformative connections to nature.This is the third conversation in our Emp…

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2023:04.04 - Rachel Naomi Remen & Karen Drucker: Resurrecting Ourselves 1:00:26

1+ y ago1:00:26

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Join us for the next stories and music event in our series with master storyteller Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and musician/songwriter Karen Drucker. See all of the music and story events with Rachel and Karen on our website, listen on Soundcloud, watch on YouTube, or find us on Apple podcasts and Spotify.Rachel Naomi Remen, MDRachel is a Professor of …

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2023:03.22 - Mary Watkins: Toward Psychologies of Liberation: Literal & Metaphorical M 1:30:55

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Toward Psychologies of Liberation: Literal and Metaphorical Migrations in the Polycrisis / Mary Watkins and Host Michael LernerAs increasing global economic disparities, violence, and climate change provoke a rising tide of forced migration, many countries and local communities are responding by building walls—literal and metaphorical—between citiz…

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2023:03.29 - Waubgeshig Rice - Making Space for Indigenous Voices: Sharing Our Stories 1:29:19

1+ y ago1:29:19

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What Stories Does the Land Hold? is a conversation series co-presented by the Center for Humans and Nature and The New School at Commonweal as part of the Center’s Questions for a Resilient Future SeriesAcross the world, Indigenous people share something in common: a connection to land and their Ancestral territories. This series of conversations s…

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2023:03.15 - Bill Glenn - I Came Here Seeking a Person with Host Irwin Keller 1:26:55

1+ y ago1:26:55

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In his newly published spiritual memoir, I Came Here Seeking a Person, Bill Glenn shares the joys and the traumas of growing up gay and Catholic in the 1950s and 60s. A one-time Jesuit seminarian, he explores the longing for and the obstacles to living a life of faith, service, and wholeness in today’s world. He also explores the impact of being a …

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2023:02.20 - Ravi Agarwal - An Ecology of the Self, Part 1 2:02:41

1+ y ago2:02:41

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Join Host Michael Lerner for a conversation with photographer, environmental campaigner, and writer Ravi Agarwal.Ravi AgarwalRavi has an inter-disciplinary practice as a photographer/ artist, environmental campaigner, writer, and curator. Bridging the divide between art and activism, he addresses the entangled questions of nature and its futures us…

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2023:02.24 - Thomas Smith, MD - Easing Cancer Pain and Suffering 1:24:04

1+ y ago1:24:04

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~Co-presented by The New School at Commonweal and CancerChoices~Join Thomas Smith, MD, with Host Michael Lerner for a conversation about easing cancer pain and suffering. Uncontrolled pain creates unnecessary suffering, but when pain is controlled, quality of life improves dramatically. Compassionate, expert help is available for people with cancer…

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2023:03.01 - Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka - Indigenous Plant Medicine 1:21:36

1+ y ago1:21:36

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What Stories Does the Land Hold? is a conversation series co-presented by the Center for Humans and Nature and The New School at Commonweal as part of the Center’s Questions for a Resilient Future SeriesJoin Host Christine Luckasavitch (Anishinaabeg and mixed settler) in conversation with Māori artist, designer, activist, and researcher Tanya Te Mi…

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2023:01.27 - Sue Mondello - Conversation at the Edge: A Spiritual Biography 1:24:12

1+ y ago1:24:12

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~ Co-presented with CancerChoices ~Join Commonweal Cancer Help Program alumna Sue Mondello with Host Michael Lerner as they explore her hospice experience and the view from the edge of life.Host Michael LernerMichael is the president and co-founder of Commonweal. His principal work at Commonweal is with the Cancer Help Program, CancerChoices.org, t…

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2023.02.04 - Orland Bishop - Part 4 - The Seventh Shrine: Spiritual Biography Continued 1:30:42

1+ y ago1:30:42

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Join Host Michael Lerner for another series of spiritual biography conversations with social activist and community leader Orland Bishop. Together, they look at his life and work, working from his book, The Seventh Shrine: Meditations on the African Spiritual Journey from the Middle Passage to the Mountaintop. This four-part conversation is a follo…

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2023.02.04 - Orland Bishop - Part 3 - The Seventh Shrine: Spiritual Biography Continued 1:48:06

1+ y ago1:48:06

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Join Host Michael Lerner for another series of spiritual biography conversations with social activist and community leader Orland Bishop. Together, they look at his life and work, working from his book, The Seventh Shrine: Meditations on the African Spiritual Journey from the Middle Passage to the Mountaintop. This four-part conversation is a follo…

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2023.02.04 - Orland Bishop - Part 2 - The Seventh Shrine: Spiritual Biography Continued 1:51:03

1+ y ago1:51:03

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Join Host Michael Lerner for another series of spiritual biography conversations with social activist and community leader Orland Bishop. Together, they look at his life and work, working from his book, The Seventh Shrine: Meditations on the African Spiritual Journey from the Middle Passage to the Mountaintop. This four-part conversation is a follo…

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2023.02.04 - Orland Bishop - Part 1 - The Seventh Shrine: Spiritual Biography Continued 1:50:29

1+ y ago1:50:29

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Join Host Michael Lerner for another series of spiritual biography conversations with social activist and community leader Orland Bishop. Together, they look at his life and work, working from his book, The Seventh Shrine: Meditations on the African Spiritual Journey from the Middle Passage to the Mountaintop. This four-part conversation is a follo…

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2023:02.14 - Rachel Naomi Remen & Karen Drucker - Celebrating Valentines Day with Stori 58:17

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Love is all there is. The love for our friends, our family, our work, our home, our country, and for ourselves. Let's make love our way of life. Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and Karen Drucker will share songs and stories about living from the heart.See all of the events with Rachel and Karen on our website [ tns.commonweal.org/series/story-music ]Rachel…

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CHE Cafe - Linda Birnbaum & Ami Zota - What’s Next in Environmental Health 59:59

1+ y ago59:59

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~ Co-presented by The New School at Commonweal and the Collaborative for Health and Environment ~The harm to human health from chemical exposures is now recognized as a global crisis on par with climate change and biodiversity loss. Effectively addressing this challenge means adopting new approaches that recognize the complexity of systems with mul…

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2023:01.31 - Lindsay McDonell - Your Dance with Cancer: A Conversation 1:07:54

1+ y ago1:07:54

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~ Co-presented with CancerChoices ~Join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with cancer coach Lindsay McDonell about her journey with cancer, her coaching work, and her work with the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, DC.Lindsay McDonellLindsay is a speaker, cancer coach, and the author of "Your Dance with Cancer." She is an eight…

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2023:01.25 - Amy Shawanda - Anishinaabe Thinking, Being, Doing, Knowing, and Living 1:22:08

1+ y ago1:22:08

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What Stories Does the Land Hold? is a conversation series co-presented by the Center for Humans and Nature and The New School at Commonweal as part of the Center’s Questions for a Resilient Future SeriesAcross the world, Indigenous people share something in common: a connection to land and their Ancestral territories. This series of conversations s…

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