On Being Project

ON BEING PROJECT IS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT MEDIA AND PUBLIC LIFE INITIATIVE.

ON BEING PROJECT MEDIA CONTENT: THE ON BEING PROJECT HOLDS A DISTINCT PLACE IN THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE. OUR AWARD-WINNING CONTENT IS UNIQUE IN ITS APPROACH, DEPTH, AND PRODUCTION VALUE. OUR FLAGSHIP WEEKLY PROGRAM, "ON BEING WITH KRISTA TIPPETT," EXPLORES HOW THE ANCIENT, ANIMATING QUESTIONS OF MEANING ARE BEING REFRAMED IN 21ST CENTURY LIVES AND ENDEAVORS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN, HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE, AND WHO WILL WE BE TO EACH OTHER? "ON BEING" HAS BEEN PLAYED/DOWNLOADED AS A PODCAST OVER 350 MILLION TIMES, AND AIRS WEEKLY ON 400 PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS AROUND THE U.S. IT IS USED IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS FOR PERSONAL REFLECTION AND DISCERNMENT, FOR TEACHING, FOR COMMUNAL NOURISHMENT AND CONVERSATION, AND FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION AND REPAIR. OUR NEWEST PODCAST, "POETRY UNBOUND", IS A LISTENING RITUAL FOR IMMERSING IN THE UNIQUE WAYS POETRY GIVES VOICE TO THE DEPTHS OF OUR HUMANITY. IT HAS BEEN PLAYED/DOWNLOADED OVER 5.5 MILLION TIMES ACROSS 4 SEASONS. IN 2021, WE INTRODUCED THE ON BEING WISDOM APP, AN OFFER OF TEACHING, PRACTICE, AND A COMMUNITY OF ACCOMPANIMENT FOR RISING TO THE HIGHEST CALLINGS OF THIS MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLD. THE ON BEING AUDIENCE CROSSES BOUNDARIES OF RACE, CLASS, GEOGRAPHY, AND GENERATION THAT HAVE BECOME CALCIFIED IN THE CULTURE AT LARGE. AUDIENCE RESEARCH AND TESTIMONIALS DOCUMENT AN EXTRAORDINARY DEPTH OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE WAY PEOPLE TAKE OUR CONTENT INTO THEIR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. THE COUNTER-CULTURAL RANGE OF OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO INSPIRE US, AND WE'RE DELIGHTED BY THE WIDE ARRAY OF PEOPLE AND PLACES CITING, RECOMMENDING, FEATURING, AND USING OUR WORK. ON BEING PROJECT CIVIL CONVERSATIONS AND SOCIAL HEALING: OUR CIVIL CONVERSATIONS AND SOCIAL HEALING WORK IS THE AREA OF OUR SERVICE MOST CONCERNED WITH THE THIRD ANIMATING QUESTION THAT GUIDES OUR WORK: "WHO WILL WE BE TO ONE ANOTHER?" IT REPRESENTS THE ON BEING PROJECT'S PRESENCE IN THE WORLD AS IT INSPIRES, CALLS FORTH, AND CULTIVATES THE GENERATIVE VALUES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL HEALING. WE ACCOMPANY INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES AS THEY SEEK TO ENGAGE THE PRESSING MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY AND RELATIONSHIP. ACROSS THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE INVESTED IN EXPANDING THIS TEAM TO MORE NIMBLY AND DEEPLY ENGAGE A WIDE ARRAY OF PARTNERS AND RAPIDLY GROWING INQUIRIES FROM INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SEEKING OUR RESOURCES, MENTORSHIP, AND ACCOMPANIMENT, AND TO INCUBATE MODELS OF SOCIAL HEALING AND REPAIR ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN 2021, WE LAUNCHED A SOCIAL HEALING FELLOWS PROGRAM TO EMBOLDEN MID-LEVEL LEADERS POISED TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL HEALING LANDSCAPE, AND AN EMERGENT REGIONAL PROJECT IN GEORGIA THAT ACCOMPANIES IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND WORK HAPPENING AROUND THE INNER/OUTER OF RACIAL, SOCIETAL, AND POLITICAL FAULT LINES IN THAT STATE. WE EXPERIMENTED WITH A VARIETY OF DIGITAL CONVENINGS, DEDICATED MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM TO NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL, AND INTERFAITH GROUPS AND LEADERS, AND COLLABORATED WITH VARIOUS PARTNERS, INCLUDING CROSS-GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SPIRIT OF FOSTERING AN ECOSYSTEM MENTALITY OF SHARED VULNERABILITY, LEARNING, FLOURISHING, AND EVOLUTION.

ON BEING PROJECT MEDIA CONTENT: THE ON BEING PROJECT HOLDS A DISTINCT PLACE IN THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE. OUR AWARD-WINNING CONTENT IS UNIQUE IN ITS APPROACH, DEPTH, AND PRODUCTION VALUE. OUR FLAGSHIP WEEKLY PROGRAM, "ON BEING WITH KRISTA TIPPETT," EXPLORES HOW THE ANCIENT, ANIMATING QUESTIONS OF MEANING ARE BEING REFRAMED IN 21ST CENTURY LIVES AND ENDEAVORS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN, HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE, AND WHO WILL WE BE TO EACH OTHER? "ON BEING" HAS BEEN PLAYED/DOWNLOADED AS A PODCAST OVER 350 MILLION TIMES, AND AIRS WEEKLY ON 400 PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS AROUND THE U.S. IT IS USED IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS FOR PERSONAL REFLECTION AND DISCERNMENT, FOR TEACHING, FOR COMMUNAL NOURISHMENT AND CONVERSATION, AND FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION AND REPAIR. OUR NEWEST PODCAST, "POETRY UNBOUND", IS A LISTENING RITUAL FOR IMMERSING IN THE UNIQUE WAYS POETRY GIVES VOICE TO THE DEPTHS OF OUR HUMANITY. IT HAS BEEN PLAYED/DOWNLOADED OVER 5.5 MILLION TIMES ACROSS 4 SEASONS. IN 2021, WE INTRODUCED THE ON BEING WISDOM APP, AN OFFER OF TEACHING, PRACTICE, AND A COMMUNITY OF ACCOMPANIMENT FOR RISING TO THE HIGHEST CALLINGS OF THIS MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLD. THE ON BEING AUDIENCE CROSSES BOUNDARIES OF RACE, CLASS, GEOGRAPHY, AND GENERATION THAT HAVE BECOME CALCIFIED IN THE CULTURE AT LARGE. AUDIENCE RESEARCH AND TESTIMONIALS DOCUMENT AN EXTRAORDINARY DEPTH OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE WAY PEOPLE TAKE OUR CONTENT INTO THEIR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. THE COUNTER-CULTURAL RANGE OF OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO INSPIRE US, AND WE'RE DELIGHTED BY THE WIDE ARRAY OF PEOPLE AND PLACES CITING, RECOMMENDING, FEATURING, AND USING OUR WORK. ON BEING PROJECT CIVIL CONVERSATIONS AND SOCIAL HEALING: OUR CIVIL CONVERSATIONS AND SOCIAL HEALING WORK IS THE AREA OF OUR SERVICE MOST CONCERNED WITH THE THIRD ANIMATING QUESTION THAT GUIDES OUR WORK: "WHO WILL WE BE TO ONE ANOTHER?" IT REPRESENTS THE ON BEING PROJECT'S PRESENCE IN THE WORLD AS IT INSPIRES, CALLS FORTH, AND CULTIVATES THE GENERATIVE VALUES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL HEALING. WE ACCOMPANY INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES AS THEY SEEK TO ENGAGE THE PRESSING MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY AND RELATIONSHIP. ACROSS THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE INVESTED IN EXPANDING THIS TEAM TO MORE NIMBLY AND DEEPLY ENGAGE A WIDE ARRAY OF PARTNERS AND RAPIDLY GROWING INQUIRIES FROM INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SEEKING OUR RESOURCES, MENTORSHIP, AND ACCOMPANIMENT, AND TO INCUBATE MODELS OF SOCIAL HEALING AND REPAIR ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN 2021, WE LAUNCHED A SOCIAL HEALING FELLOWS PROGRAM TO EMBOLDEN MID-LEVEL LEADERS POISED TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL HEALING LANDSCAPE, AND AN EMERGENT REGIONAL PROJECT IN GEORGIA THAT ACCOMPANIES IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND WORK HAPPENING AROUND THE INNER/OUTER OF RACIAL, SOCIETAL, AND POLITICAL FAULT LINES IN THAT STATE. WE EXPERIMENTED WITH A VARIETY OF DIGITAL CONVENINGS, DEDICATED MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM TO NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL, AND INTERFAITH GROUPS AND LEADERS, AND COLLABORATED WITH VARIOUS PARTNERS, INCLUDING CROSS-GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SPIRIT OF FOSTERING AN ECOSYSTEM MENTALITY OF SHARED VULNERABILITY, LEARNING, FLOURISHING, AND EVOLUTION.