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Krista Tippett
Psychology & Personal Growth
Krista Tippett is an American journalist and author whose public radio work and nonfiction books explore faith, humanity, and personal growth.
Biography
Krista Tippett is an American journalist, author, and public intellectual born on November 9, 1960. She created On Being and has hosted the Peabody Award-winning program since 2003. In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded her the National Humanities Medal.
Her books include Speaking of Faith: Why Religion Matters—and How to Talk About It (2008), Einstein's God: Conversations About Science and the Human Spirit (2010), and Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living (2016), all New York Times bestsellers. Becoming Wise draws on insights from her public radio programs. Tippett was named the Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor at Stanford University in 2019 and a Chubb Fellow at Yale University in 2025.
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Books by Krista Tippett
Becoming wise
Becoming Wise distills insights from Tippett's public radio programs, Speaking of Faith and On Being, into a hopeful vision of personal growth, renewed public life, and human spiritual evolution. It connects the question of what it means to be human with how people relate to one another.