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Peter Coyote - Lifting the Fog of Fake News

Actor and author Peter Coyote was the narrator of the Burns Vietnam War series, and has long been thinking about the use and misuse of messages in politics and beyond. Join him and TNS host Steve...

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Mary Evelyn Tucker - Living within a Universe Story: A Spiritual Biography

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Yale Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker about the significance of our universe story in the environmental and social challenges of our times. The post Mary...

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Rachel Naomi Remen - Out of the Fire: A Time of Discovery

Since the North Bay fires, many of us have been wandering in the unknown. Our landmarks are gone: our homes, our workplaces, and perhaps the sense of safety that we had taken for granted. Join Dr....

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Brian Bouch - Integrative Oncology

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Dr. Brian Bouch for a conversation about integrative oncology—part of our Healing Circles series of conversations. The post Brian Bouch appeared first...

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Joanna Macy - World as Lover, World as Self: The Wisdom of our Grief and Outrage

Join TNS Host Steve Heilig in conversation with one of the most renowned voices of our time, ecophilosopher Joanna Macy. Joanna is a scholar of Buddhism, living systems theory, and deep ecology....

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Lael Duncan - When the End Is Near: The Art and Science of Compassionate Care

Join Dr. Lael Duncan and TNS host Steve Heilig for a wide-ranging discussion of innovations and controversies in end-of-life care. The post Lael Duncan appeared first on The New School at Commonweal.

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Kristina Flanagan - Spiritual Biography

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in a spiritual biography conversation with retired psychotherapist and Vedic astrologer Kristina Flanagan. The post Kristina Flanagan appeared first on The New School at...

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Michael Pollan - How to Change Your Mind

Join us for a conversation between TNS Host Michael Lerner and Author and Journalist Michael Pollan about his new book, How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About...

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Beatrice Chestnut - The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self Knowledge

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in a conversation with Beatrice Chestnut, one of the most accomplished interpreters of the enneagram in our times. Her book, The Complete Enneagram, is widely recognized as...

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James Thornton - Spiritual Biography

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner for a spiritual biography conversation with James Thornton, Zen monk and founder of the non-profit organization ClientEarth. The post James Thornton appeared first on The...

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Marsha Rosenbaum - Just Say What? An Alternative View on Drug Education and...

Join TNS Steve Heilig in conversation with Marsha Rosenbaum, author and director emerita of the San Francisco office of the Drug Policy Alliance, where she spearheaded work on youth and drugs. The post...

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Hammer Simwinga - Community-Led Conservation: Zambia's Mukungule Nature...

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with award-winning environmentalist Hammer Simwinga, the creator of an innovative program in North Zambia that reduced poverty and transformed poachers into...

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Brian C Wilson - John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in a conversation with author and professor Brian C. Wilson. Brian's new book is John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age. The post Brian C Wilson appeared first on The...

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Peter Asmus - Building Community Resiliency through Microgrids

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner for a conversation on why microgrids are gaining popularity in California, the United States, and around the world. The post Peter Asmus appeared first on The New School at...

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Celeste Mergens - Days for Girls

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Celeste Mergens, founder and CEO of Days for Girls, an organization that increases access to menstrual care and education by developing global...

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Michael Lerner - A Life in Love

Michael Lerner speaks at The Jung Center in Houston, Texas. In this talk, Michael reflects on  love in my own life. He explored the psychology of love, sacred and profane. He read the ecstatic Sufi...

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Michael Lerner - Homage to Richard Rohr

Michael Lerner speaks at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas, in honor of Richard Rohr, a great Catholic theologian who's daily missives from his Center for Action and Contemplation...

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Mark Dowie - First Nations' Independence

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Investigative Historian Mark Dowie about the struggle shared by thousands of native peoples around the world for aboriginal title and...

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Christina Baldwin - The Power of Story and the Circle Way

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in the next in our series of Spiritual Biography conversations, this time with Christina Baldwin—author, teacher, and co-founder of the Circle Way Process. The post...

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Jaune Evans - Leaving Home: A Spiritual Biography

Join TNS Host Michael Lerner for the next in our Spiritual Biography series of conversations, this time with Jaune Evans—Zen priest, writer, photographer, and executive director of Tamalpais Trust. The...

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