ELIZABETH LESSER
As a midwife, Elizabeth Lesser is witness to a miraculous lesson: that we must all stay open to the wild pulse of life to give birth to our wiser selves.
ANDREW BIRD
Looking for space to recalibrate, singer-songwriter Andrew Bird heads to his family’s desolate farmhouse. It’s there that he begins seeing, sensing, and hearing new music.
LEHUA KAMALU
Lehua Kamalu is a navigator aboard a Polynesian ship sailing from Tahiti to Hawaii. It’s only by reading the signs that she’ll get to where she wants to go.
THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS
Author Thomas Chatterton Williams on expanding your sense of self in language, in life and in love, when words fail.
JULE HALL
Newly aware of the outside world, one man shares his fresh observations about the technology we wrap our lives around.
CARL SAFINA
Ecologist and author Carl Safina on the one truth he’s learned: that we all need to love and be loved – humans and animals alike.
SHEA HEMBREY
Artist Shea Hembrey on the moment he learns to trust his intuition, lean into patience, and let the world reveal itself.
ROHAN GUNATILLAKE
In this unprecedented moment in time, a Meditative Story unlike any other. Host Rohan Gunatillake creates a moment to breathe.
FORREST GALANTE
Chimps in the house, elephants at his door. Forrest Galante grows up in Zimbabwe, steeped in the natural world, but a sudden move to the U.S. puts him in foreign territory, where he has to rely on completely new skills to survive.
LINDSEY STIRLING
Violinist Lindsey Stirling sits by the campfire, mesmerized by the best storyteller she’s ever heard: her dad. In those moments she realizes the ultimate power of storytelling: connection.
JAY SHETTY
A young Jay Shetty taking an art class is inspired by a perceptive teacher to dig deeper into the layers of his work — and in so doing reveals the layers inside himself, and inside us all.
PAOLA ANTONELLI
Struggling to make a decision that will shape the rest of her life, a young artist returns to the place where she feels most true to herself: the sea.
DERAY MCKESSON
Fighting loneliness at a small college, one student starts a simple craft project that builds a profound connection – and sets the stage for a lifetime.
REID HOFFMAN
A busy venture capitalist realizes that the driving force in his life are his friends. In his story, he celebrates the way friendship has shaped his life.
SINÉAD BURKE
People once told this passionate teacher she’d never be able to lead a classroom. Now, she shows us how she connects with the most “difficult” kids.
A.J. JACOBS
A writer uses a surprising tactic to calm and center his nerves while on the world’s most popular talk show.
SUSAN DAVID
In the sad days after she lost her father, one little girl learns to fully feel her own grief; in later years, as a mom, she shares the lesson forward.
SIRI HUSTVEDT
A quiet afternoon at the art museum, for one writer, becomes a journey into the heart of looking and seeing.
MOJ MAHDARA
A rebellious young girl learns the stories of her two grandmothers – and begins to understand how their strengths and rebellions have shaped her identity too.
KEITH YAMASHITA
A rushed and busy executive suffers a massive stroke; in the days and months that follow, he learns to live again, more wisely and more lovingly.
CATHERINE REITMAN
When she becomes a mom, this busy comic actor struggles to balance her two leading roles … until she figures out how to combine them.
STEPHEN KUUSISTO
A small boy on a ship, born blind, navigates the vessel and the world around him through sound; as an adult, he shares the continuing beauty of listening for small wonders.
HANNAH BRENCHER
One lonely college student keeps a treasured relationship alive with an old-fashioned tool: pen and paper.
ZENJU EARTHLYN MANUEL
One small girl, in the backseat of her family car, takes a road trip through the segregated South to her father’s Louisiana hometown.
JOSH RADNOR
After starring in the school play, a young man feels more alive than he’s ever known – but it takes a wise school counselor to encourage him to commit his life to art.
PETER SAGAL
In the wake of a dying marriage, one man takes an epic motorcycle journey that takes him further than he planned.
JANE MCGONIGAL
As half of a pair of twins who grew up into very different people, one woman asks: If I’m not just like her, who am I?
DANNY MEYER
On a memorable trip to Italy, one young man eats the meal that convinces him of his life’s path.
JOHN MOORE
Halfway up a side of a mountain in the Congo rainforest, a photographer pursues the perfect photograph – with unexpected results.
Krista Tippett
In the midst of the Cold War, a young security analyst steps away from the tables of power, and finds herself in an island garden, reconnecting with what truly matters to her.
THOMAS PAGE MCBEE
In a quest to define masculinity on his own terms, this writer trains to become the first transgender man to box in the ring at Madison Square Garden.
Dan Harris
Broadcaster Dan Harris shares a candid look at his attempts to connect more with his son, Alexander, on their first father-son trip.
MICHELLE THALLER
While working on an experiment about the age of the universe, an astronomer is reminded once again about both the impersonal immensity around us, and the deeply personal significance of each of us.
Larry Jackson
Working late nights in the studio on a project that feels like it’s going nowhere, a young music producer learns the clarifying power of setting audacious goals.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Arianna Huffington takes us on her journey from Athens to Cambridge, and shares a lesson she learned from her mother of embracing life’s journey without being attached to the outcome.
PICO IYER
Stuck on a long layover in Japan, a young writer steps out to see the city – and finds himself feeling at home, for the first time in his life.
LUCY KALANITHI
While grieving her husband, a young mom helps their daughter build a relationship with him that is based on joy as well as loss.
