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The discourse of our common life inclines towards despair. In my field of journalism where we presume to write the first draft of history we summon our deepest critical capacities for investigating what is inadequate corrupt catastrophic and failing. The news is defined as the extraordinary events of the day but it is most often translated as the extraordinarily terrible events of the day. And in an immersive 24/7 news cycle we internalize the deluge of bad news as the normthe real truth of who we are and what were up against as a species.?But my work has shown me that spiritual geniuses of the everyday are everywhere. They are in the margins and do not have publicists. They are below the radar which is broken.
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Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and National Humanities Medalist Krista Tippett has interviewed the most extraordinary voices examining the great questions of meaning for our time. The heart of her work on her national public radio program and podcast?On Being has been to shine a light on people whose insights kindle in us a sense of wonder and courage. Scientists in a variety of fields; theologians from an array of faiths; poets?? activists?? and many others have all opened themselves up to Tippett's compassionate yet searching conversation.
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In?Becoming Wise?? Tippett distills the insights she has gleaned from this luminous conversation in its many dimensions into a coherent narrative journey?? over time and from mi