Easing Cancer Pain and Suffering
Join Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s director of Palliative Medicine Thomas Smith, MD, with Host Michael Lerner for a conversation about easing cancer pain and suffering.
Conversation at the Edge: A Spiritual Biography
Join Commonweal Cancer Help Program alumna Sue Mondello with Host Michael Lerner as they explore her hospice experience and the view from the edge of life.
Good Medicine: Music, Creativity, Culture and the Cultivation of Resilience
Join us for a conversation with CNS Host Steve Heilig and Dr. Anna O’Malley—both public health experts and music lovers—for a conversation about how creative play, including music-making and dancing, is soul medicine and builds individual and community resilience. This conversation took place live at the Commonweal Open House.
Indigenous Plant Medicine: Growing a Deeper Connection with the Natural World
Join Host Christine Luckasavitch with Māori artist, designer, activist, and researcher Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka for a conversation about storytelling, community building, working alongside our plant relatives, and Indigenous futurisms.
The Seventh Shrine: Spiritual Biography Continued
Join Host Michael Lerner for another series of spiritual biography conversations with social activist and community leader Orland Bishop. Together, they look at his life and work, working from his book, The Seventh Shrine: Meditations on the African Spiritual Journey from the Middle Passage to the Mountaintop.
Celebrating Valentine’s Day with Stories and Music
Let’s make love our way of life. Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and Karen Drucker will share songs and stories about living from the heart.
CHE Café: What’s Next in Environmental Health?
Join Host Steve Heilig for a conversation with Dr. Linda Birnbaum and Dr. Ami Zota, two innovative leaders in efforts to promote environmental health and justice in the United States.
Your Dance with Cancer: A Conversation with A Metastatic Breast Cancer Thriver
Join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with cancer coach Lindsay McDonell about her journey with cancer, her coaching work, and her work with the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, DC.
Celebrating The New Year with Music and Stories
Join Master Storyteller Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and Musician Karen Drucker as they share songs and stories about finding the courage to live our best life. Here’s to rebirth!