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Conversations from The New School at Commonweal
Welcome to our library page. Since The New School at Commonweal began in 2007, we have recorded more than 100 events and conversations with thought- and action-leaders making a difference in our world.
You can browse and listen to our podcasts in a number of ways.
- Find the podcasts chronologically by clicking on the date links in the upper left column.
- Find the podcasts alphabetically by speaker by clicking on the links in the lower left column on this page or for any year.
- Find a complete list of our podcasts by going to our feed site or through iTunes. You can also subscribe to our podcasts on either page. When you subscribe, each new podcast will automatically come to your computer as we post it.
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End of Life Conversations Series
Despite all of the recent attention to death and the process of dying in America, direct and heart-centered conversations about death are still rare—and patients and families frequently have unmet needs. As part of our work at Commonweal, we have listened deeply to people talking about these issues for decades. Our vision for this series is to contribute to a growing conversation about death in America. We'd like to create a public space where questions of death and dying can be explored in safety and without judgment. The following conversations are part of this growing series.
BJ Miller, MD
Dying: Exploring the Terrain (Feb 8, 2013)
Stephanie Sugars
What Do I Have to Offer before I Leave My Body? (Dec 10, 2012)
Francis Weller
Entering the Healing Ground: Grief, Ritual, and the Soul of the World (Nov 30, 2012)
Kate Munger and Threshold Choir
Making Kindness Audible through the Gift of Song (July 18, 2012)
Frank Ostaseski
Being A Compassionate Companion (May 1, 2011)
Rachel Naomi Remen
Stories and Poems at the End of Life (Sept 5, 2010)
Michael Lerner (special musical guests Tim Weed and Debbie Daly)
Death and Dying: Lessons from the Commonweal Cancer Help Program (Oct 3, 2010)
Susan Braun and Mike Witte, MD
Fighting Till the End? (Nob 7, 2010)
Eric Karpeles
The Last Threshold: Artists and Mortality (Dec 5, 2010)
Steve Heilig
The Modern Evolution of Death (Mar 6, 2011)
Scott Eberle, MD, Rob Feraru, and Susan Braun
The Final Crossing: Learning to Die in Order to Live (Nov 12, 2010)
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and Christina Pulchaski, MD
Time for Listening and Caring: Spirituality and the Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying (Mar 11, 2010)
Ram Dass and Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
Aging and Dying (Feb 6, 2007)
Featured Conversations
The New School at Commonweal features discussions about arts and humanities, environment and health, philanthrophy, philosophy, spirituality, and justice. For a full listing of our podcasts, visit our feed site or our iTunes site. If you subscribe, you won't miss them as they are posted.
U.S. Poet Laureate WS Merwin (video only)
Readings and Conversation with Eric Karpeles (Feb 13, 2011)
Carl Anthony
Community Gathering and Conversation (Dec 13, 2007)
Terry Tempest Williams
Finding Beauty in a Broken World (Dec 6, 2008)
Ram Dass and Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
Aging and Dying (Feb 6, 2007)
Paul Hawken
Life Lessons in Sustainability and Resilience (Sept 7, 2008)
Parker Palmer
The Politics of the Brokenhearted: On Holding the Tensions of Democracy (Jun 4, 2007)
Shodo Harada Roshi
Dharma Talk and Meditation (Sept 14, 2008)
Annie Leonard
Conversation and Film Screening: The Story of Stuff (Mar 9, 2008)
Geoff Lawton and Penny Livingston Stark
A Conversation on Permaculture
Bill Drayton
Everyone a Changemaker (Apr 25, 2008)
Mark Finser
Social Finance (Aug 22, 2008)
Nipun Mehta
The Invisible Revolution of the Inner-net (Apr 17, 2007)
Jacob Needleman
Why Can't We Be Good?: Overcoming Obstacles to Our Higher Ideals (Jun 7, 2007)
David Servan Schrieber
The Instinct to Heal: Treating Depression, Anxiety and Cancer Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy (Dec 2009)
Sandra Steingraber
Healing Inside Out: A Poet's Quest, A Mother's Journey (May 14, 2007)
Krista Tippett
Speaking of Faith (Oct 11, 2007)
Ibn 'Arabi Conversations
These four conversations focus on the writings and stories of the great Andalusian Sufi mystic Ibn 'Arabi.
Nick Yiangou: History, Readings, and the Beshara School
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man: A Jewish Perspective
Professor James Morris: Two Conversations with A Leading Ibn 'Arabi Scholar