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Krista Tippett
Tippett in 2012
BornKrista Weedman
November 9, 1960 (1960-11-09) (age 64)
NaitionalityAmerican
Alma materBrown Varsity
Yale Varsity
ThriftJurnalist
Kent forOn Being
Awairds
Wabsteid
www.onbeing.org

Krista Tippett (née Weedman, born November 9, 1960[1][2]) is a American jurnalist, author, an entrepreneur. She creatit an hosts the public radio program an podcast On Being. In 2014, Tippett wis awairdit the National Humanities Medal bi U.S. Preses Barack Obama.[3]

Personal life

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Tippett grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma.[4] She studiet History at Brown Varsity, an spent a semester as an exchynge student at Wilhelm Pieck University in Rostock, in then-Communist East Germany.[5] She haes twa childer an is divorcit.[6]

References

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  1. Brussat, Frederic and Maryann. "Book Review". Spirituality and Practice. Retrieved 4 Februar 2015.
  2. "The Fall of the Wall, JFK's Assassination, and Two Birthdays". On Being. Archived frae the original on 5 Februar 2015. Retrieved 4 Februar 2015.
  3. White House Office of the Press Secretary (22 Julie 2014). "President Obama to Award 2013 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. Porecca, David (13 December 1985). "New York Times Stringer Reflects on Life in the East" (PDF). The Berlin Observer. Retrieved 3 Februar 2015.
  5. Tippett, Krista (2007). Speaking of Faith: Why Religion Matters--and How to Talk about It. Penguin. pp. 26–27. ISBN 0143113186.
  6. "Krista Tippett". WYSU. Archived frae the original on 7 Mairch 2021. Retrieved 3 Februar 2015.

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