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On Being · January 4, 2024 · 45m

Krista Tippett — Hope Portal

Krista Tippett opens 2024 with a solo reflection on hope as a practice and a portal — not optimism about the future but a discipline of engagement with the present. Drawing on 20 years of On Being conversations.

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Tippett: real hope is sober — it doesn't require optimism or positive thinking. It requires seeing the world clearly (including its darkness) and choosing engagement over despair. Hope is the opposite of denial.
Tippett: after 20 years of conversations, she sees her role as bearing witness — creating space for human voices to be heard. This is a form of moral responsibility: the responsibility to listen.
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