Jay Allison

Based on the NPR series of the same name, This I Believe features 80 Americans—from...

A new collection of inspiring personal philosophies from another noteworthy group of peop...

Unleashing the Power of Creativity: A "This I Believe" Essay by Bill GatesBased on the NP...

Professor of Classics Victor Davis Hanson contemplates the continuity of generations in "...

Andrew Sullivan reflects on what some of America's most fundamental values mean to him in...

Musician Loudon Wainwright III explains that the joy in writing a song comes from the mys...

Public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator William F. Buckley, Jr...

Deidre Sullivan describes the lessons she learned from her father's advice to "Always Go ...

Frederic Reamer finds his belief in justice tested every time he faces criminals and vict...

John W. Fountain reflects on the importance of fathers, both biological and divine, in "T...

Animal expert Temple Grandin describes the benefits of the concrete thinking that accompa...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike comments on how writing fiction can push the wr...

Professor of psychiatry Kay Redfield Jamison describes the power of intense emotions and ...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, historian Arnold Toynbee describes how relat...

Professor and attorney Michael Mullane says that we are all protected by and accountable ...

Elizabeth Deutsch Earle reflects on her original This I Believe Essay, first aired in the...

Critic, journalist, novelist, and feminist Rebecca West describes her discovery that huma...

In her contribution to NPR's This I Believe series, novelist Isabelle Allende reflects on...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, musical librettist and producer Oscar Hammer...

Miles Goodwin describes the profound impact of a small "Connection Between Strangers" for...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, Former Supreme Court Justice William O. Doug...

Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher reflects on humanity’s interdependence...

Professor and author Azar Nafisi remembers empathy from unexpected sources in "Mysterious...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger e...

A daughter's question about their dead cat leads Jamaica Ritcher to realize her beliefs, ...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, restaurateur George Mardikian tells of his i...

Fashion designer Jane Hamill describes the endless possibilities of clothes and imaginati...

Cecile Gilmer explains how she found a loving family when her biological one failed her i...

Mary Cook explains how her recovery from grief taught her that grieving is not a battle, ...

Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson describes his mother's dedication to his lifelong dream of...

Greg Chapman describes the power of crafting his own story as a gay man from a conservati...

Harold Hongju Koh describes how the partition of Korea and his role as a human rights off...

Susan Cosio talks about finding God during "A Daily Walk Just to Listen" to Him in her co...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein exp...

Phyllis Allen reflects on tumultuous decades and the changing vocabulary of race in "Leav...

Teenager Josh Rittenberg contemplates the past his ancestors overcome and the future his ...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, baseball legend Jackie Robinson reflects on ...

Surgeon Pius Kamau describes caring for patients regardless of their racial views in "A D...

Filmmaker Errol Morris contemplates the lengths people may go to uncover--or deny--the fa...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, legendary modern dance and ballet choreograp...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams reflects that average people can unite to create a...

Poet Joy Harjo reflects on the importance of maintaining her ancestors' connection to the...

Harold Taw explains an unusual birthday tradition in "Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monke...

Colleen Shaddox explains how music unites her family even during difficult times in "Jazz...

Ted Gup reflects on the value of confusion in "In Praise of the 'Wobblies'", his contribu...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, novelist and screenwriter Niven Busch discus...

Oscar Award-winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) talks about "Disr...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, novelist and essayist Thomas Mann expresses ...

Ruth Kamps finds solace in nature and inspiration in the pine tree growing outside her ki...

Dr. Anthony Fauci reflects on the meaning of knowledge, excellence, and service in his li...