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Krista Tippett ‘On Being’

Alex Heuer

Krista Tippett challenges listeners each week to explore the questions at the center of human life with her program“On Being.”  While examining religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas, she talks with a wide variety of guests representing many faiths, cultures and professions.    

While Krista Tippett was in town to speak at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois, she spent an hour as Don Marsh’s guest on “St. Louis on the Air.”  Their discussion included an update on Tippett’s “Civil Conversations” project as well as a look at the use of language and the word "virtue."  In thinking about civility and the process of  communication, Tippett commented,  “A robust civil society has to be about us being able to hold very different positions, passionately and still finding a way to communicate.”

“Krista Tippett On Being” is produced by American Public Media and can be heard each Sunday morning at 10:00 on St. Louis Public Radio.

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Mary Edwards is a producer for St. Louis Public Radio's broadcast program, "St. Louis Symphony."
Alex is the executive producer of "St. Louis on the Air" at St. Louis Public Radio.
Don Marsh served as host of St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air" from 2005 to 2019, bringing discussions of significant topics to listeners' ears at noon Monday through Friday. Don has been an active journalist for 58 years in print, radio and television. He has won 12 Regional Emmy Awards for writing, reporting, and producing. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, was inducted into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame in 2013, and named “Media Person of the Year” by the St. Louis Press Club in 2015. He has published three books: his most recent, “Coming of Age, Liver Spots and All: A Humorous Look at the Wonders of Getting Old,” “Flash Frames: Journey of a Journeyman Journalist” and “How to be Rude (Politely).” He holds an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.