Stuart Brown, a physician and clinical researcher who founded the National Institute for Play, describes Norbert Rosing's striking images of a wild polar bear playing with sled dogs.
Stephanie Keith met a Vodou priest at a Buddhist interfaith event in New York. He invited her to photograph and experience the religious world of his Haitian culture. Ten ceremonies later, she offers her images and reflections on these late-night rituals.
Produced by Trent Gilliss + Mitch Hanley.
Photojournalist Diana Matar describes her exquisite series of images portraying a new generation of Muslim women in Cairo. These women are reclaiming and redefining the veil as a symbol of political dissent, piety, and fashion in contemporary Egypt.
Shortly before his death in 2008, the late Irish poet John O'Donohue recited his poem, meaning blessing, during an interview with Krista Tippett. We've woven his close friends' photographs of him in his Celtic landscapes with this reading.
The traveling rings on Santa Monica's Muscle Beach offer great exercise and a chance to feel like Spiderman or Tarzan. But some regulars say the rings offer a unique spiritual practice that brings together their minds and bodies.
Produced by Jessica Roberts for the News21 Initiative of the Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California
This video features images of Kenyan women striving for a more verdant future. Photos are accompanied by Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai singing a native tune in Kiswahili that's often sung while planting trees.
To listen to Krista Tippett's conversation with Wangari Maathai, visit "Planting the Future" at speakingoffaith.org/ programs/plantingthe future.
The martial arts train people to defend themselves from mortal danger. So what happens when one master opens up the imagination of other masters to live non-violently, and to address social dangers instead of purely physical ones?
Produced by Shiraz Janjua, Trent Gilliss, and Mitch Hanley
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