On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being has been running for over 20 years, which makes it one of the longest-running podcasts about what it means to be human. Krista Tippett is a Peabody Award-winning interviewer who talks with scientists, poets, theologians, and activists about the big questions: meaning, mortality, connection, and how to live with integrity in a fractured world. The guest archive reads like a syllabus for a course on the examined life, with past conversations featuring Mary Oliver, Thich Nhat Hanh, Desmond Tutu, and hundreds of other thinkers. With 979 episodes, a 4.6-star average from over 10,000 ratings, and weekly releases, the show has earned its reputation through sheer consistency and depth. Episodes run 50 minutes to just over an hour. Tippett asks slow, thoughtful questions and gives people room to think before they answer, which sounds simple but is surprisingly rare in podcasting. The result is conversations that feel spacious rather than rushed. On Being is not self-help in the traditional sense. It will not give you five steps to a better morning routine. But if understanding yourself means understanding your place in something larger, the questions Tippett raises will stay with you long after the episode ends.