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Krista Tippett @kristatippett
Mother's Day is so generic - I alway felt we should be feted on our children's birthdays - we did all the work that day years ago...
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  12 May
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It would be an exotic moment / without rush, without engines; / we would all be together / in a sudden strangeness. bit.ly/10Bgbl7
  12 May
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A poem for all on this Mother's Day. Sylvia Boorstein recites Pablo Neruda's gorgeous poem, "Keeping Quiet": bit.ly/10Bgbl7
  12 May
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Weekly capsule features work by @THahnBurkett, @ShwetaSpins + @TriciaTongco, @kristatippett, @benjiw + @TrentGilliss: bit.ly/19c3pgT
  11 May
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On this Mother's Day weekend, a time to celebrate the women in our lives and be real about parenting... and more: bit.ly/19c3pgT
  11 May
Brad Cangany @Bcangany
@ShwetaSpins @Beingtweets @TriciaTongco I read it on FB and loved it. I'm connected to my keltic/Druid roots and this affirms my experience.
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  10 May
Shweta Saraswat @ShwetaSpins
Our Pagans in Ireland story made it to the top blog posts on On Being! Check it: onbeing.org @TriciaTongco @Beingtweets #ascj
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  10 May
WDET 101.9FM @wdet
Psychotherapist @SylviaBoorstein says the best way to nurture children's inner lives is by taking care of our own inner selves. @Beingtweets
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  10 May
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“How do you know you’re pagan? How do you know when you’re in love?” ~Raymond Sweeney. @ShwetaSpins reports: bit.ly/13J7lFu
  10 May
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From Dublin, a story on the reemerging presence of pre-Christian spirituality. "The Snakes Are Still in Ireland": bit.ly/13J7lFu
  10 May
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The perfect show for Mother's Day: "What We Nurture" with Sylvia Boorstein. And it's ready for download: bit.ly/16jnjd0
  9 May
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Thoughts for @kristatippett on this pairing? "Pondering the relationship between remembering and invention."
  9 May
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Intriguing graphic on the traits Westerners + Muslims associate with each group. Predictable + unexpected: tmblr.co/Z37ZbykWhD6Q
  8 May
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"Values are transposable, which is why identity is most enthralling when they are tethered the least." ~Michael Young bit.ly/13xzI9s
  8 May
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Has the paradigm of Western-Muslim relations changed or does it remain same? Op-ed on culture's ever-changing nature: bit.ly/13xzI9s
  8 May
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"Insight is the total absence of the whole movement of thought as time + remembrance." ~J Krishnamurti More: tmblr.co/Z37ZbykRACP1
  7 May
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#itsourlittlesecret RT @rachelwrites2: Oh @Beingtweets podcasts, you are often as good as church for my soul. #shhhdonttellanyoneisaidthat
  7 May
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A fav highlight from this Twitterscript of our @andrew_zolli interview: Jesuits are Jedi knights. More on resilience: bit.ly/16bsax4
  6 May
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RT @kristatippett Humor is a creative act as seen in the brain. 1 of my fav insights from Rex Jung in this wk's show. bit.ly/16bpH5u
  6 May
Trent Gilliss @TrentGilliss
We've leapfrogged Freakonomics + are eyeballing Fresh Air on @iTunes. Chalk it up to creativity + poetry. itun.es/us/maN_i.c
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  5 May
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A blessed Pascha to all! The voice of Vigen Guroian on gardening and Orthodox Easter suits this fine spring day: bit.ly/117sLP6
  5 May
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Our weekly wrap-up w/ poetry of Howe, a Yoruban story of an Easter delicacy + links to things we're reading: bit.ly/1233wKx
  4 May
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With a simple idea + chalk, street art that welcomes people to stand inside "happiness" + think about what it is: bit.ly/12vvX1f
  3 May
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"Brainstorming is the worst thing you can do." ~Rex Jung tmblr.co/Z37Zbyk51c_H
  3 May
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The transcript is up for this week's show, "Creativity and the Everyday Brain" with brain researcher Rex Jung: bit.ly/105wSE8 #yay
  2 May
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Help?! On Being will be in Hot Springs, NC (near Asheville) Aug 8-11, but we need some cool digs. Suggestions? Ideas?
  2 May
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Dig how this passive home draws upon vernacular church + barn architecture. Spirits will soar tmblr.co/Z37Zbyk2cPC2 RT @TrentGilliss
  2 May
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This '56 Aston Martin is a bit outside our usual editorial zone, but this car is a religion to some of us: tmblr.co/Z37Zbyk2X-jo
  2 May
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RT @neiltyson Not that anybody asked, but I object to religion in science classrooms not because it's religion but because it's not science.
  2 May
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“It immediately looked right.” 60 years later, the double helix continues to amaze us: tmblr.co/Z37Zbyk2Nl9j (via @kristatippett)
  2 May
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Vigorous discussion on what we're owed + earn, the slow work of healing, + stories of inspiration on being alone: bit.ly/15bs3C2
  2 May
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"Strength w/out a sense of direction leads to violence. Strength w/ a sense of direction is grace." M Sanford tmblr.co/Z37Zbyk0rEyZ
  2 May
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Marie Howe reads a poem about her dying brother, on waiting + being present. Heartbreaking + heartening in its song: bit.ly/13Ly7ME
  1 May
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"It seems like the minute he was born, we were intimate friends." bit.ly/13Ly7ME
  1 May
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The interview with Thorsten Ritz has ended. Let us go in peace to produce and make audio magic.
  30 Apr
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"What you learn as a scientist is to image what is out there. You learn how to change your description so that it fits better." ~T. Ritz
  30 Apr
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"Science allows you to approach the world to understand it, and make decisions better." ~Thorsten Ritz
  30 Apr
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"I don't want to be defined by science alone. It's enriching life but..." ~Thorsten Ritz
  30 Apr
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"I'm completely happy, as a scientist, having these [ethical] boundaries set after having a discussion with society." ~Thorsten Ritz
  30 Apr
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"A lot of science evolves when you have two fields merge." ~Thorsten Ritz
  30 Apr
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"For a long time, [the field of] biology didn't need theory." ~Thorsten Ritz Intriguing thought.
  30 Apr
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"Once God saw quantum mechanics, he smiled." ~Thorsten Ritz
  30 Apr
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"Quantum physics and the challenges it poses might open a scientist's mind to possibilities." ~Thorsten Ritz
  30 Apr
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"I'm comfortable with looking at things that seem like a paradox.' ~Thorsten Ritz
  30 Apr
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"Every endeavor is a way of deepening our engagement as we move forward." ~Thorsten Ritz, on pursuing his own spiritual vigor
  30 Apr
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"Often I ask yes and no questions in my prayers." ~Thorsten Ritz
  30 Apr
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Scientists can strip cryptochromes out of fruit flies + substitute human cryptochromes. Voila. Navigating magnetic fields. #magneto
  30 Apr
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A "magnetic moment" is when: a) lovers' eyes 1st meet; b) tongues stick to frozen poles; or c) electron spin forms a tiny compass in birds.
  30 Apr
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Correction on that last tweet: FeO2 may not be right. My wife would be so ashamed of me. #trentgillissconfesses
  30 Apr
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Birds may have little iron oxide FeO2 molecules that function as a magnetic compass. ~Thorsten Ritz
  30 Apr

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