4 episodes
TTBOOK Presents: Hope TTBOOK
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- Religion & Spirituality
From the producers of “To The Best Of Our Knowledge” — It can feel like we’re living in a time of despair and desperation. Our political system seems broken, the gap between rich and poor is escalating, and climate change feels overwhelming.
It would be easy to give up. But what if, instead, we looked for hope?
We’re not talking about sugarcoating the situation. And hope — real hope — is not going to be simple to find. To the Best of Our Knowledge talked with leading artists, scientists, writers and thinkers to ask them where they find hope, and how we can get some, too.
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Where Does It Come From?
Is hope something we’re innately born with, or something we can choose to have? We talk with people who tell us where they think hope lives in ourselves and our communities.
Guests:
Andre Willis, Steven Pinker, Tali Sharot, Alice Walker, Chigozie Obioma, Claire Peaslee -
How Do You Make It?
We’ve all been there, that place where we feel hope slipping away. Maybe we’ve even lost hope. This hour we talk with people who’ve turned that around and made hope real, whether it’s through political activism, faith, music, or reading a life-changing novel.
Guests:
DeRay Mckesson, Lydia Hester, Serene Jones, Megan Stielstra, Common -
Are We Really Doomed?
Hope means believing there’s a future. But can hope co-exist with cataclysmic realities like climate change, or disruptive technological advances like artificial intelligence? What’s ahead for future generations?
Guests:
Roy Scranton, Anne Lamott, Amy Webb, Victor LaValle, Robert Zubrin -
Hope — A Three-Part Series from "To The Best Of Our Knowledge"
In this three-part series, the producers of "To The Best Of Our Knowledge" interrogate hope. Where does hope come from? Can we make it ourselves? And can we hang on to it, even if it feels like we're doomed?