Joanna Macy — Hope Portal, Episode 5

On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

Jun 26, 202500:12:03Society & Culture

Our teacher and inspiration for this session is Joanna Macy . What she embodies is a wild love for the world and a fierce hope that rises irrepressible from that. And she carries and lives an important reminder to us tha...

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