[Unedited] adrienne maree brown with Krista Tippett
b'\\u201cWhat a time to be alive,\\u201d adrienne maree brown has written. \\u201cRight now we are in a fast river together \\u2014 every day there are changes that seemed unimaginable until they occurred.\\u201d adrienne maree brown and others use many words and phrases to describe what she does, and who she is: A student of complexity. A student of change and of how groups change together. A \\u201cscholar of belonging.\\u201d A \\u201cscholar of magic.\\u201d She grew up loving science fiction, and thought we\\u2019d be driving flying cars by now; and yet, has found in speculative fiction the transformative force of vision and imagination that might in fact save us. Our younger listeners have asked to hear adrienne maree brown\\u2019s voice on On Being, and here she is, as we enter our own time of evolution. This conversation shines a light on an emerging ecosystem in our world over and against the drumbeat of what is fractured and breaking: working with the complex fullness of reality, and cultivating old and new ways of seeing, to move towards a transformative wholeness of living.'