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David Brooks & Kate Bowler: Never, Ever Enough

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler - November 30, 2021 05:01 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.3K ratings
How do we reach for wisdom instead of self-help solutions? Much to their embarrassment, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Kate Bowler often find their books in the “Self-Help section.” David sat down with Kate at the historic Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, D.C. to talk about her book...

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Hour 3 BEST OF: David Brooks is part of the "expert class"

The Todd Herman Show - December 31, 2020 14:06 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratings
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TURNOUT Bonus: David Brooks on why ‘restoring trust in each other is the elemental task'

Next Question with Katie Couric - November 02, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 4.2K ratings
It's election week! And in this special bonus issue of Turnout, Katie Couric talks with New York Times columnist David Brooks about the moment when we fell through the floor of decency and what America has lost these last four years. David also shares what's at stake on Nov. 3, why this is anoth...

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Amanpour: Chuck Schumer, David Brooks and Dr. Cara Natterson

Amanpour - May 29, 2020 13:07 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 475 ratings
The United States is shaken over the tragic death of George Floyd, the 46-year old unarmed black man from Minneapolis who died after a police officer held him down by kneeling on his neck. Christiane Amanpour is joined by U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to discuss the situation in the...

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Will Menaker on Chapo Trap House and David Brooks | Useful Idiots

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté - September 12, 2019 19:20 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.2K ratings
Will Menaker of Chapo Trap House joins Katie and Matt to discuss the Democratic presidential candidates, plus a conversation about the relationship between Op-Ed writers and their critics.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In With the Nu: SPIDERS, OCTOPUS & CROCODILE (feat. special guest Stephen David Brooks)

Flesh Noir: The Straight-to-Video Erotic Thriller - August 23, 2019 17:04 - 1 hour ★★★ - 2 ratings
All the creatures are stirring... And when it comes to beginning their millennial, direct-to-video creature feature crusade, your hosts Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain are fending off tentacles, teeth, and eight-legged terrors, offering their takes on Nu Image’s holy trinity of Spiders, Octopus, ...

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David Brooks

City Arts & Lectures - July 07, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 314 ratings
David Brooks is a columnist for the New York Times, and a regular on PBS News Hour and Meet The Press. In his new book, “The Second Mountain,” Brooks writes about his religious and spiritual journey, our country’s current political state of detachment, and how he learned to move from a...

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David Brooks on political healing

The TED Interview - May 29, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 2K ratings
NYT pundit David Brooks describes a plan to rebuild broken communities and offers actionable steps to live a more meaningful life.

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David Brooks: The Quest for a Moral Life

Oprah's Super Soul - May 20, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27.5K ratings
New York Times best-selling author, columnist and political commentator David Brooks discusses his new book, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life. David explains there are two metaphorical mountains we must climb to live a moral life. He describes the “first mountain” life, which is s...

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David Brooks | The Second Mountain

Free Library Podcast - May 17, 2019 09:43 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 106 ratings
A ''clever and insightful inspector of the American scene'' (Wall Street Journal), David Brooks has written an op-ed column for The New York Times since 2003. A former editor and columnist at The Weekly Standard, The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic Monthly, he frequent...

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David Brooks: The Quest for a Moral Life

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast - May 02, 2019 17:39 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 273 ratings
What does it take to lead a meaningful life? Brooks believes we live in a society that celebrates freedom and takes individualism to the extreme. He explains that personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute our commitments. Through his research, he identifies and explores four ...

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Q&A - April 28, 2019 04:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 245 ratings
New York Times columnist David Brooks discusses his book "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life."

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David Brooks on The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life

92NY Talks - April 18, 2019 16:05 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 211 ratings
New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks discusses his new book, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life. Join him for a crucial conversation about what’s working, what’s not, whether there’s cause for optimism, and his ideas for finding personal fulfillment in a fractured world. The ...

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Amanpour: Anshel Pfeffer, Michele Dunne, Mairead McGuinness, George Freeman and David Brooks

Amanpour - April 10, 2019 19:46 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 475 ratings
Anshel Pfeffer, journalist and author of "Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin" joins Christiane Amanpour from Jerusalem to discuss the outcome of the Israeli election. Michele Dunne, the Director of the Carnegie Endowment Middle East Program talks about what the election means for peac...

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David Brooks on Youth, Morality, and Loneliness (Live at Mason)

Conversations with Tyler - June 06, 2018 11:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
For two hours every morning, David Brooks crawls around his living room floor, organizing piles of research. Then, the piles become paragraphs, the paragraphs become columns or chapters, and the process - which he calls "writing" - is complete. After that he might go out and see some people. A...

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David Brooks: The Road to Character

Oprah's Super Soul - November 20, 2017 06:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 27.5K ratings
New York Times columnist, political pundit and bestselling author David Brooks reveals how we can discover and build a stronger, more meaningful moral character and deeper inner life. David shares his personal and well-researched path on the road to “save his own soul.” He takes listeners on a j...

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David Brooks and E.J. Dionne — Sinfulness, Hopefulness, and the Possibility of Politics

On Being with Krista Tippett - October 20, 2016 18:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
This is a strange, tumultuous political moment. With columnists David Brooks and E.J. Dionne, we step back from the immediate political gamesmanship. We take public theology as a lens on the challenge and promise we will all be living as citizens, whoever our next president might be. This publi...

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On Being with Krista Tippett - October 20, 2016 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times. His books include “The Social Animal” and “The Road to Character.” E.J. Dionne is a columnist for The Washington Post. His books include “Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith in Politics after the Religious Right” and “Why The Right Went Wrong.” This ...

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The Road to Character - David Brooks and Katie Couric

Aspen Ideas to Go - January 11, 2016 17:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 213 ratings
I wrote this book not sure I could follow the road to character, but I wanted at least to know what the road looks like and how other people have trodden it, David Brooks has said about his experience writing his latest New York Times bestseller about personal virtues and honesty in a materialis...

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David Brooks on the Road to Character

Intelligence Squared - June 04, 2015 13:02 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 690 ratings
On May 26th 2015, New York Times columnist David Brooks came to the Intelligence Squared stage to share the insights of his latest book, 'The Road to Character'. Brooks argued that today’s ‘Big Me’ culture is making us increasingly self-preoccupied: we live in a world where we’re taught to be ass...

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David Brooks on the Road to Character

Intelligence Squared - June 04, 2015 13:02 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 690 ratings
On May 26th 2015, New York Times columnist David Brooks came to the Intelligence Squared stage to share the insights of his latest book, 'The Road to Character'. Brooks argued that today’s ‘Big Me’ culture is making us increasingly self-preoccupied: we live in a world where we’re taught to be ass...

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David Brooks and E.J. Dionne — Obama's Theologian: Reinhold Niebuhr and the American Present

On Being with Krista Tippett - August 13, 2009 22:44 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
President Obama has cited Reinhold Niebuhr’s teachings as significant in shaping his ideas about politics and governance. In a public conversation, we discuss the great public theologian’s legacy and ideas — and what influence they may play in the future of American politics.

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On Being with Krista Tippett - August 13, 2009 22:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
This unedited conversation with David Brooks and E.J. Dionne comes from our produced show “David Brooks and E. J. Dionne on Obama’s Theologian: Neibuhr and the American Present.” President Obama has cited Reinhold Niebuhr’s teachings as significant in shaping his ideas about politics and govern...