In this series, join Host Serena Bian in speaking with those who bear witness to the best and worst of humanity, holding a courageous moral imagination. Working and witnessing the front lines of injustice, war, climate change, these peacebuilders, mystics, and storytellers hold space for the miraculous to emerge, refusing to be bound by a perceived reality of “what is possible.” 

Join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Nnimmo Bassey from Health of Mother Earth Foundation in Nigeria, in part 1 of our series talking with the co-creators Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards global resilience community.

Join Host Michael Lerner for a reading and conversation with poet Jane Hirshfield, a lay-ordained practitioner of Soto Zen.

Join Michael Lerner in conversation with storyteller and storycatcher Christina Baldwin, talking about Christina’s lifework and her beautiful forthcoming novel The Beekeeper’s Question, which chronicles life and the social issues stirred on the Homefront during World War II.

In this CHE Café discussion, join Host Kristin Schafer to explore the topic of toxic byproducts of the gas and oil industry with author Justin Noble, Dr. Larysa Dyrszka, and James Brugh, a tribal member of Fort Berthold in western North Dakota.

Join Host Kristin Schafer with biologist and systems thinker Dr. Elizabeth Sawin and chemicals expert and clean production advocate Beverley Thorpe as they explore opportunities to prioritize solutions that concurrently address climate change and the global crisis of chemical contamination—while also improving public health, equity, and economic vitality.