Bonus: Losing Our Religion or Finding What Matters?

<p>As more Americans move away from organized religion, the moral and emotional needs once met by faith communities remain. What can secular society borrow from spiritual traditions — ritual, meaning, belonging and moral imagination — to nourish the human spirit and strengthen our shared civic life? In this conversation, recorded live at the 2025 <a href="https://www.aspenideas.org/"><strong>Aspen Ideas Festival</strong></a>, Dave explores how sacred wisdom can still guide character, compassion, and community in a post-religious age with Krista Tippett, Father Greg Boyle, and Rabbi Shira Stutman.</p><p>Krista Tippet is the creator and host of the award winning podcast <a href="https://onbeing.org/"><strong>On Being</strong></a> and an awardee of the National Humanities medal. </p><p>Father Greg Boyle is the founder of <a href="https://homeboyindustries.org/"><strong>Homeboy Industries</strong></a>, a gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in Los Angeles and author of the New York Times bestseller, <a href="https://shophomeboy.com/products/tattoos-on-the-heart-100-100"><strong><em>Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion</em></strong></a>. </p><p>Rabbi Shira Stutman is the founder of <a href="https://www.mixedmultitudes.net/"><strong>Mixed Multitudes</strong></a>, an organization that exposes diverse groups of Jews and fellow travelers to Jewish life, tradition, and conversation, and author of the acclaimed book <a href="https://theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/winter-2025/the-jewish-way-to-a-good-life/"><strong><em>The Jewish Way to a Good Life</em></strong></a>.</p>