Krista Tippett, Joy Harjo, and Tracy K. Smith stand backstage in front of a pink background, smiling.

Krista Tippett, Joy Harjo, and Tracy K. Smith sit on the stage, holding microphones and having a conversation.

Last Thursday, Krista Tippett and poets Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith sat down for a wonderful conversation that was recorded for Krista's podcast, @onbeing.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this inspiring evening!
(Photos by Sean Sime)

Instead of rushing towards answers, try sitting with your questions On Being host Krista Tippett has learned that clarity can't be forced. It grows when we let our questions guide us through the unknown, often toward surprises we weren't expecting.

“Ask a New Year’s question” instead of making a New Year’s resolution. Krista suggests this as a radical alternative practice in her interview with Manoush Zomorodi on the TED Radio Hour on @npr.org. www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...

On Being: Krista Tippett in Conversation with Joy Harjo & Tracy K. Smith Symphony Space is a performing arts center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan offering theater, film, literature, music, dance and family entertainment. Our mission is to connect art, ideas, and comm...

ICYMI - TOMORROW night in #NYC Krista will be in conversation with Joy Harjo and Tracy K Smith - wondrous poets/national treasures/beloved On Being guests. They each have stunning new books. A few tickets left! EPISODE RECORDING LIVE www.symphonyspace.org/events/joy-h...

The extraordinary Jane Goodall has died at 91. We revisit her beautiful conversation with Krista from 2020. ⁠

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Photo: Krista speaks with Jane Goodall at the Halki Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, 2012. 📸 by Trent Gilliss

Krista will be speaking at #Goalkeepers2030 to discuss what it will take to make the deadliest childhood diseases ancient history. You can watch live on September 22 starting at 6 PM PT here: www.gatesfoundation.org/goalkeepers/...

New Episode: Katsi Cook, the Mohawk wise woman and renowned midwifery expert - modeling eldering as "generational wealth transmission" - is a beacon in an array of quiet powerful worlds — a magnetic, joyous, loving presence. Tune in where you listen to podcasts.

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We're thrilled to bring this sweet and searching conversation to your ears and to all of you here on Bluesky. Enjoy this moment of wisdom and revelation. Thanks to #OnAirFest for being a wonderful host.