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In need of a good read? Or just want to keep up with the books everyone's talking about? NPR's Book of the Day gives you today's very best writing in a snackable, skimmable, pocket-sized podcast. Whether you're looking to engage with the big questions of our times – or temporarily escape from them – we've got an author who will speak to you, all genres, mood and writing styles included. Catch today's great books in 15 minutes or less.
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Thee Quaker Podcast

Jon Watts, Georgia Sparling

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Join us each week as we explore stories of spiritual courage. We’ll delve into the lives of Quakers past and present, and explore the big questions about modern life and spirituality. A podcast for spiritual seekers, lifelong Quakers, and everything in between.
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The Session with Tom Swarbrick will explore the frontier of human ingenuity and endeavour by asking the public’s burning questions about life as we know it. Each episode will explore subjects ranging from who we are and why we are here, to whether time really exists and are we alone in the universe? In his quest for answers, Tom will interview neuroscientists, philosophers, physicists and engineers. With a new topic explored each week, listeners can join Tom on a journey of discovery as he t ...
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The Big Blue Rock Pod

Kentucky Geological Survey

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Welcome to the Big Blue Rock Pod, produced by the Kentucky Geological Survey, at the University of Kentucky. This podcast is a fun, conversational approach to discussing all things geology and earth processes. We primarily focus on Kentucky. We talk emerging ideas in research, along with classic topics in earth science for all levels of interest.
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Dive Deep, Seek Truth: A Journey Beyond the Surface of Spirit & Self. Dive into 'Soulful Inquiries,' where we unravel the mysteries of spirituality and existence. Let us together explore faith's depths, life's big questions, and our shared human journey. From faith communities to spiritual oases, join us in this sanctuary of reflection and conversation, where spirit and self converge.
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Entrepreneurship is meant to open the doors to more revenue and freedom - but how does that actually happen? On the Big Deal Energy® podcast, host and business mentor Laura Khalil pulls back the curtain to show you how to build a B2B business you love, with amazing clients and bigger contracts. Through guest interviews, bite-sized strategies, and powerful prompts, you can harness that Big Deal Energy. Follow Laura @iambravebydesign on Instagram and Subscribe to the Big Deal Energy® Podcast a ...
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The Aubrey Marcus Podcast is a destination for honest and vulnerable conversations about the deeper questions in life. The show blends humor with gravity and levity with depth, as we explore mindset, psychedelics, holistic health, spirituality, entrepreneurship, and relationship. Aubrey Marcus is the founder of the globally disruptive human optimization brand Onnit, the donation based coaching platform Fit For Service, and is the New York Times bestselling author of Own the Day, Own your Lif ...
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At this moment of inflection in technology, co-hosts Elad Gil and Sarah Guo talk to the world's leading AI engineers, researchers and founders about the biggest questions: How far away is AGI? What markets are at risk for disruption? How will commerce, culture, and society change? What’s happening in state-of-the-art in research? “No Priors” is your guide to the AI revolution. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com. Sarah Guo is a startup investor and the founder of Conviction, an investment f ...
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Explore the transformative power of the arts! Introducing "Creative Currents" - a new podcast from the University of Michigan's Arts Initiative that will tackle big and small questions at the intersection of art, culture, and society.
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Every Sunday at 9am on KIOS 91.5FM, Omaha's NPR affiliate, Season Three of Lives will tackle the big questions: What is a good life? Why are we here? How might we feel more connected? These and other big questions about how we live will be explored each week. Through intimate conversations, fascinating guests will share their spiritual, philosophical, artistic, and cultural approaches to exploring the wonders of our human experience. Join me as we delve into the practical and profound possib ...
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Two-time AMBIE-nominated podcast Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech is a series about the innovations that make our world, disrupt our societies, and how we can repair the damage. Hosts Annanda Barclay and Keisha McKenzie talk with tech experts, philosophers and spiritual leaders. They explore technological innovation and moral concerns while showcasing empowering, practical wisdom from the African continent and diaspora to nurture wellbeing for all. New episodes drop every 1st and 3r ...
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Whether you’re an endurance athlete, a weekend warrior looking for adventure, or just starting out with lots of questions, you'll find Chasing Tomorrow to be informative, fun, and engaging. Host Joe Gagnon will tackle contemporary topics such as health, nutrition, mind/body, lifestyle, community, and human performance. They will interview everyone from big-name athletes to regular people doing extraordinary things to bring you stories that delve into the science and spirit behind intriguing ...
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The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast is the world's first podcast dedicated to the subject of Antinatalism, created by Antinatalists! Antinatalism, (Or Anti-Natalism.) Is defined by Wikipedia as, “A philosophical position and social movement that assigns a negative value to birth.” The world of Antinatalism is very vast, and though most Antinatalists do share a kernel of the same core idea, what one Antinatalist believes from the next can be wildly different. What The Exploring Antinatalism Po ...
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Welcome to the Experience Miracles™ Podcast w/ Dr. Tony Ebel – where we provide HOPE, ANSWERS, and DRUG-FREE HELP to parents navigating their children’s chronic health challenges. In each episode, we bring you inspiring stories and dig into the latest science of resilience, breakthroughs, and healing shared by fellow moms and leading experts in pediatric health. We’re here to answer all of your burning questions and empower you to advocate for your family! We believe that every child has the ...
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Thom Dharma Pollard hosts inspirational, intimate and unfiltered Stories That Inspire with guests and drawing from his own adventures around the world. The Happiness Quotient: connected, engaged, passionate people who inspire us.
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Unique business problems call for genius solutions. Go behind the scenes with today’s world-class leaders who dared to bring revolutionary ideas to life. Learn how they met their challenges head-on and how you can translate their lessons into your own real-world business success—whether you’re leading a start-up or Fortune 500 company. Host Manuj Aggarwal is the founder of TetraNoodle Technologies. When not interviewing industry leaders for Bootstrapping Your Dreams, he provides revolutionar ...
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When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at https://witf.org/programs/the-spark.
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Second Request

The Capitol Forum

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Exploring Solutions to Monopoly Problems Following forty years of laissez-faire antitrust enforcement and industry consolidation, the White House is considering a fundamental rethink of how to interpret, enforce, and rewrite antitrust law, and many questions remain unanswered for the antitrust community. On the heels of federal and state litigation against Google and Facebook, is Amazon next? Will the new administration put big agriculture, big banks, and big pharma in its crosshairs? Will t ...
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The Buzz

Benedict House Prep School

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Welcome to our podcast channel, the place to find out more about Benedict House Prep School and where we will be speaking to staff, current and former pupils and parents so that together. If you have any questions please do contact the school through the main website.
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Ever wish you had a pal who could break down the biggest ideas of the new world of work and distill them into actionable insights you could apply to your own life, right away? Meet LinkedIn's Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel! Each week, Jessi explores the changing nature of work and how that work is changing us. Jessi welcomes big thinkers to share their best ideas: everyone from game-changing entrepreneurs like Aurora James, to research-based experts like Daniel Pink, to notable figures like ...
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Law360 Explores

Law360 - Legal News & Analysis

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Law360 Explores is a podcast aimed at investigating some of the biggest legal topics happening today. Whether it’s the new landscape of marijuana legalization, or the battle lines being drawn over law school admissions exams, Law360 Explores is an engaging series of narrative stories told by the experts on the front lines of a shifting legal industry.
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Deep Transformation

Deep Transformation Podcast

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Deep Transformation offers dialogues with cutting-edge thinkers, artists, contemplatives, and activists who combine big-picture, integrative perspectives with profound, contemplative depths. With these remarkable people, we explore the great questions of our time, such as how best to live, and how best to heal, learn, create, and contribute in our era of unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Visit our website at https://deeptransformation.io/ to learn more.
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The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan airs regular conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. The podcast has welcomed Booker and Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, such as Bernardine Evaristo, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Karen Joy Fowler, Carla Power and Maaza Mengiste. The choice of writers is representative of the world around us, naturally. https:/ ...
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"Welcome, fellow music aficionados! Dive into a world where raw honesty meets uproarious humor, and heartwarming tales intertwine with the power of music. Join us on our podcast journey as we delve deep into the lives of remarkable individuals, exploring the profound impact of music in their unique stories. Get ready for provocative discussions, filthy humor, and outrageous questions that promise to entertain and enlighten. Tune in, laugh out loud, and let the music move you. Welcome to our ...
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Immigrantly

Saadia Khan | Immigrantly Media

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Welcome to Immigrantly: a boundary-pushing, border-crossing podcast that gives diverse voices and stories home. Drawing on her own experiences as a social entrepreneur and a first-generation Asian immigrant, creator & host, Saadia Khan tackles the big questions on race, identity & the immigrant experience while challenging mainstream narratives. Through Immigrantly, we are revolutionizing storytelling in America by offering a new kind of intellectual engagement that encourages listeners to l ...
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Can science fiction save the world? Author and filmmaker, Mikel J. Wisler, explores the themes and ideas presented in a wide range of sci-fi movies and books from various time periods. Convinced that sci-fi is the most naturally philosophical genre, Wisler invites everyone from die-hard fans to casual observers to dive into meaningful conversations about how sci-fi helps us think about our future, brings up challenging scenarios, and forces us to ask big questions. Support this podcast: http ...
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DC EKG

Evergreen Podcasts | Big Whig Media

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Join former White House policy experts Joe Grogan and Eric Ueland as they cut through the complexities of healthcare legislation and its real-world implications. Each episode of DC EKG aims to demystify the policies shaping our healthcare system, uncovering how these changes impact patients, providers, and payers across the country. New episodes drop every Monday.
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Let me start by telling you that I don't have THE answers. So why listen to my podcast? Because I focus on asking the right questions, like: What if you stop focusing on what you are doing as a leader and shift to who you're being as a leader? Did you feel that uncomfortable twinge, deep down inside when you read that? That means we're making progress. It’s also the start of the journey toward realizing your potential as the leader you were meant to be. This pursuit of true leadership doesn' ...
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Occasionally, I hear people say, are we really in the last days? How do we know? Does it really matter one way or another? We will try to answer these questions and many others in this study. But the most important question may be, how can we reach others with the message of hope in these changing times? One part of prophecy is often emphasized over another, causing us to lose perspective and miss the blessing and beauty of prophecy in scripture. I have taken the information in this study fr ...
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Can Marketing Save the Planet?

canmarketingsavetheplanet

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Can Marketing Save the Planet? It’s a big question, and one our podcast sets out to explore with marketers, senior leaders, CMOs and sustainability consultants and experts. Our purpose is to drive education, share best practice, inspire and empower listeners to ask questions and importantly… start taking action. Sitting at the heart of brand, communications, stakeholders and product development, marketers have a significant role to play when it comes to promoting and driving sustainability. ...
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Live your values. Find sanctuary. Discover and embrace your authentic self. With thought leaders, visionaries, and everyday citizens from Chattanooga and beyond, Dr. Chad explores the profound question: Who are you, and what does it mean to be authentic? What does it mean to be human now? Is it always now? Embark on your path of self-discovery and purposeful living. Leading an authentic life begins with leading yourself first. How do you find the courage to be true to who you are, even in th ...
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Welcome to Exploring Your Faith with The Most Reverend Doctor Mark D. Manning, D.D., DRS, Archbishop of Dallas Universal Life Church in Dallas, Texas. Religion has earned a bad name because humanity is involved and with humanity comes mistakes and corruption. God gave us a brain for a reason; to be inquisitive, question truths and decide for ourselves what is and isn't truth. When that doesn't work, PRAY the right way. Prayer is not a monologue, so say what you have to say then shut up and l ...
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Manufacturing Professionals will receive immediate and actionable insight into high-level issues of running a small to mid-sized manufacturing company. All communicated in an easy-to-digest 20 minutes by your expert podcaster and second-generation business owner, Jim Carr.
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Act to Live

Scott Palasik, Ph.D. & Jaime Michise

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Come walk with us on this journey as we share life experiences and have conversations meant to help each of us evolve… Act to Live is: A place where we observe everyday life, pose questions and cultivate and create psychological flexibility with our thoughts and behaviors; A place where we create conversations about how to find happiness and gratitude in daily life (you are a big part of these conversations and how Act to Live evolves); A place where we examine how effectively we can communi ...
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Mile High Theology

Saint John's Cathedral

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Mile High Theology is a young adult podcast and live event exploring the big questions of meaning, belonging and justice. It is sponsored by Saint John's Cathedral in Denver, Colorado.
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This is an endeavor to discover all the big WHY questions and answer them through experience. As an entrepreneur, I’m on the search for freedom and fulfillment. Failure and gut wrenching times are real parts of that journey. Digging into business, personal development, family, marriage, relationships, raising kids, yoga in real life, risk, fear and victory. Let’s hold nothing back and see what we can learn. ••• She’s sun and rain, Fire and Ice — a little crazy but it’s nice. And when she get ...
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Welcome to One-Degree Shifts. A psychedelic podcast where we explore the big questions of meaning at the intersection of psychedelic therapy, integration, wellness, and the heartfelt stories of transformation that connect us all.
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Welcome to “The John Tesh Podcast,” where SIX TIME Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated musician & composer, award-winning journalist and former host of “Entertainment Tonight”, invites you on a transformative journey towards discovering your life’s purpose and conquering life’s challenges. In “The John Tesh Podcast,” we delve deep into the profound questions of life, offer insights on overcoming adversity, and provide practical guidance on personal transformation. John’s own remarkable journey ...
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As a parent, how do you navigate – and feel hope – raising kids through a pandemic, a climate crisis and with police brutality in the news? That's the question at the center of Emily Raboteau's new book, Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against 'The Apocalypse.' In today's episode, Raboteau tells Here & Now's Celeste Headlee what she learned about r…
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Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, along with the federal government entered into an agreement in 1983 to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The states of Delaware, New York and West Virginia joined the partnership years later. During the past 41 years, strategies and plans have been implemented to reduce pollution and restore…
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Watch the full video, here!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWm7Qzp91dI The grand launch event in celebration of our new book, Antinatalism, Extinction, and the End of Procreative Self-Corruption by Matti Häyry & Amanda Sukenick! Featuring special guests, Lawrence Anton, Tejas, Karim Akerma & more! Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us …
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An award winning author, startup consultant, and speaker, Jacobik emphasizes the business success that can emerge when an entrepreneur aligns their vision with their cash flow strategy. She helps founders avoid the financial pitfalls that are all too common when launching a venture, and is an expert at empowering them to locate the profit streams t…
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Why don’t you always act in your own best interest? What is this force of Resistance preventing you from achieving your dreams? What is behind our collective psychosis? In this gripping and revelatory podcast episode, we venture into the depths of our psyche to expose the Wetiko Mind Virus–The Devil by a different name. Renowned thinker and author,…
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UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, has been honored for its outstanding efforts in supporting Black maternal health by U.S. News & World Report. Notably, it is the sole hospital in Pennsylvania to receive this prestigious recognition, underscoring its commitment to health equity and positive birthing experiences for vulnerable populations, particularly pr…
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The writer Colm Tóibín says he never meant to write a sequel to his 2009 novel Brooklyn. But an image came to him years later, of his protagonist from that book suddenly finding out her husband has had an affair that resulted in a pregnancy — and so he followed the story in Long Island. In today's episode, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tóibín…
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If you’re looking for Quakers, go to Kenya. There are more Quakers in the East African country than anywhere else in the world, and their numbers are growing. Although American missionaries first introduced them to the faith, Kenyan Friends have made Quakerism their own. On this episode, we explore the history of Friends in Kenya, their commitment …
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Some 1.7 million Pennsylvania are food insecure. Many areas of the state are considered food deserts – meaning grocery stores aren’t close by or there isn’t access to healthy food. This is an issue we’ve talked about many times over the years on The Spark, because it continues to exist and if anything, the problem has gotten worse between the COVID…
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When motorists stop to buy gasoline for their vehicles, it’s almost always at a business that doubles as a convenience store, whose main sales priority is often their food menus. And the driver is almost always pumping their own gas. It didn’t used to be that way. Service stations were just that – the place to go to have an attendant pump gas, chec…
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In this episode, Dr. Tony Ebel interviews Dr. Stuart Fischbein, an experienced obstetrician who has worked both in the traditional hospital setting and as a home birth doctor. They discuss the problems with the current medicalized model of prenatal care and birth, and how it often leads to unnecessary interventions, anxiety, and poorer outcomes for…
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Jennifer Hassel's captivating memoir, "Bad Ass Grief," recounts her remarkable odyssey of honoring her late husband's memory through audacious feats and profound self-discovery. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By WITF, Inc.
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Today's guest, Daniel Alvarenga, journalist and podcast host, delves into his life as a Salvadoran American and the extensive influence of U.S. foreign policy on Central America. Raised in a Salvadoran household, he recounts his parents' migration during El Salvador's civil war and its profound impact on his worldview. Daniel addresses prevalent mi…
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Chanel Miller's first book was a critically acclaimed memoir about her sexual assault and the following trial. But she always wanted to write and illustrate books for kids. In today's episode, Miller tells NPR's Andrew Limbong how moving to New York City and ingraining herself into her community inspired Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All, a new book about…
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