Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
Audiobook4 hours
This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
Written by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman
Narrated by Full Cast
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
About this audiobook
A new collection of inspiring personal philosophies from another noteworthy group of people
This second collection of This I Believe essays gathers seventy-five essayists—ranging from famous to previously unknown—completing the thought that begins the book's title. With contributors who run the gamut from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to ordinary folks like a diner waitress, an Iraq War veteran, a farmer, a new husband, and many others, This I Believe II, like the first New York Times bestselling collection, showcases moving and irresistible essays.
Included are Sister Helen Prejean writing about learning what she truly believes through watching her own actions, singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore writing about a hard-won wisdom based on being generous to others, and Robert Fulghum writing about dancing all the dances for as long as he can. Listeners will also find wonderful and surprising essays about forgiveness, personal integrity, and honoring life and change.
Here is a welcome, stirring, and provocative communion with the minds and hearts of a diverse, new group of people—whose beliefs and the remarkably varied ways in which they choose to express them reveal the American spirit at its best.
Author
Jay Allison
Jay Allison is one of public radio's most honored producers. He has produced hundreds of nationally broadcast documentaries and features for radio and television. His work has earned him the duPont-Columbia and five Peabody Awards, and he was the 1996 recipient of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Edward R. Murrow Award for outstanding contributions to public radio, the industry's highest honor. He was the curator and producer of This I Believe on NPR and he produces The Moth Radio Hour. Before his career in broadcasting, Jay was a theater director in Washington, D.C. He is also the founder of the public radio stations for Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and Cape Cod where he lives.
More audiobooks from Jay Allison
Lost and Found Sound Lost and Found Sound and Beyond: Stories from NPR's All Things Considered Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to This I Believe II
Titles in the series (24)
Mysterious Connections that Link Us Together: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Can Be as Communicable as Evil: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhy I Close My Restaurant: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScience Nourishes the Mind and Soul: An Essay from "This I Believe" Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Happy Talk: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Life Grows in the Soil of Time: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Free Minds and Hearts at Work: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Light of a Brighter Day: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Living Life with Grace and Elegant Treeness: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Children Are Wanted: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A New Birth of Freedom: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Artistry in Hidden Talents: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fellowship of the World: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Honest Doubter: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoodness Doesn't Just Happen: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The America I Believe In: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Father's Evening Star: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Athlete of God: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mountain Disappears: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Mother's Gift: An Inspiring Collection of This I Believe Essays Celebrating Motherhood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLeaving Identity Issues to Other Folks: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related audiobooks
This I Believe: Life Lessons Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Forgotten Art of Happiness: 2nd edition - 52 Ideas that will change your life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLonesome Lies Before Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Light of a Brighter Day: A "This I Believe" Essay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Opposite of Hate: A Field Guide to Repairing Our Humanity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Lost Me There: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn't Stop Praying (Among Other Things) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Traveling with Ghosts: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Radical Kindness: The Life-Changing Power of Giving and Receiving Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Deserve the Truth: Change the Stories that Shaped Your World and Build a World-Changing Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What On Earth Have I Done?: Stories, Observations, and Affirmations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sound of No Hands Clapping: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Show Them You're Good: A Portrait of Boys in the City of Angels the Year Before College Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOur Book of Awesome: A Celebration of the Small Joys That Bring Us Together Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Truth About Things that Suck: and How to Make Them Suck Less Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Summary of Jack Kerouac's On the Road Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Off Course Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What Is Sacred Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary, Analysis, and Review of J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Personal Growth For You
Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing The Uncommon Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 48 Laws of Power Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Man's Search For Meaning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/58 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Banish Your Inner Critic: Silence the Voice of Self-Doubt to Unleash Your Creativity and Do Your Best Work Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Paris: The Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Highly Sensitive Person Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Starts with Self-Compassion: A Practical Road Map Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Desperate Characters by Paula Fox: Author William Fiennes joins Andy and John for a … 0% found this document usefulTraveling in time with Emma Straub in her new novel 'This Time Tomorrow' 0% found this document usefulThe Sellout: A Novel 0% found this document usefulJTRB Short #20 - New York Times Top 10 Best Sellers 0% found this document usefulHow To Know a Person with David Brooks 0% found this document usefulHow To Save Your Soul In America - with R. Eric Thomas 0% found this document usefulGwyneth Paltrow x Selma Blair: Developing Self-Trust 0% found this document usefulWorkingman's Dead 50, Episode 2: High Time 0% found this document usefulSmart Brevity®: Power Up Productivity with Clearer Workplace Communications 0% found this document usefulBooknotes + : Stacy Schiff, "The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams" 0% found this document usefulOn The Knife's Edge 0% found this document usefulJennifer Finney Boylan 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Jennette McCurdy Explains Why She's Glad Her Mom Died NPRArticle
Jennette McCurdy Explains Why She's Glad Her Mom Died
Nov 8, 2022
3 min read'Honor' Is A Searing Meditation On The Meaning Of Dignity In A Dehumanizing World NPRArticle
'Honor' Is A Searing Meditation On The Meaning Of Dignity In A Dehumanizing World
Jan 26, 2022
4 min readHow to Cuss Like No One’s Listening Literary HubArticle
How to Cuss Like No One’s Listening
Apr 1, 2019
5 min read'Running While Black' Tells A New Story About Who Belongs In The Sport NPRArticle
'Running While Black' Tells A New Story About Who Belongs In The Sport
Nov 16, 2022
8 min readDeath Takes A Toll New Zealand ListenerArticle
Death Takes A Toll
May 28, 2023
2 min read21 Books to Read in Spring 2021 NewsweekArticle
21 Books to Read in Spring 2021
Feb 19, 2021
6 min readThe Daniela Diaries MaximArticle
The Daniela Diaries
Oct 20, 2020
4 min readBarack Obama Releases List Of His Favorite Books Of 2019 Los Angeles TimesArticle
Barack Obama Releases List Of His Favorite Books Of 2019
Dec 30, 2019
1 min readThe Biggest Winners: What Ivana Reveals About Trump Family Values The AtlanticArticle
The Biggest Winners: What Ivana Reveals About Trump Family Values
Oct 17, 2017
6 min readIn Haunted 'Florida,' The Storms And Panthers Are Always There. How Will You Survive? NPRArticle
In Haunted 'Florida,' The Storms And Panthers Are Always There. How Will You Survive?
Jun 6, 2018
3 min readHallie & Louie The Knot Texas Weddings MagazineArticle
Hallie & Louie
May 1, 2015
1 min readThe Best Books of 2017 TIMEArticle
The Best Books of 2017
Dec 18, 2017
5 min readIn Honor of the #BlackoutBestsellerList, 5 Audiobooks by Black Women Literary HubArticle
In Honor of the #BlackoutBestsellerList, 5 Audiobooks by Black Women
Aug 6, 2020
6 min readActor Gives Green Light To Livin’ Life To The Fullest Independent on SaturdayArticle
Actor Gives Green Light To Livin’ Life To The Fullest
Oct 31, 2020
MATTHEW McConaughey’s memoir, Greenlights, has a way of convincing you that being Matthew McConaughey is just about the easiest thing in the world. Look at his filmography, and you’ll see an actor who gutted his way to critical and commercial success
3 min read'Nearing 90,' Judith Viorst Says She's Never Been Happier NPRArticle
'Nearing 90,' Judith Viorst Says She's Never Been Happier
Apr 21, 2019
3 min readIn 'Vacationland,' John Hodgman Turns His Pen On Himself NPRArticle
In 'Vacationland,' John Hodgman Turns His Pen On Himself
Oct 24, 2017
2 min readMartin Scorsese And Leonardo DiCaprio Team With Hulu For 'Devil In The White City' Los Angeles TimesArticle
Martin Scorsese And Leonardo DiCaprio Team With Hulu For 'Devil In The White City'
Feb 11, 2019
1 min readTen Memoirs to Keep You Company in Isolation: A Reading List Literary HubArticle
Ten Memoirs to Keep You Company in Isolation: A Reading List
Apr 21, 2020
4 min readHugh Grant And Nicole Kidman: Stars Of The Perfect Whodunnit, Thanks To Its Ultimate Plot Twist | Rebecca Nicholson The GuardianArticle
Hugh Grant And Nicole Kidman: Stars Of The Perfect Whodunnit, Thanks To Its Ultimate Plot Twist | Rebecca Nicholson
Dec 5, 2020
3 min readThe Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece review – Tom Hanks’s ambitious, myth-busting novel The GuardianArticle
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece review – Tom Hanks’s ambitious, myth-busting novel
May 1, 2023
There is probably a good reason why it is hard to compile a list of decent novels about the making of films (I can think of one, Terry Southern’s Blue Movie): nothing much happens. Or as Tom Hanks observes in this ambitious addition to the genre: “ma
3 min readThe 100 Must-read Books Of 2020 TIMEArticle
The 100 Must-read Books Of 2020
Nov 20, 2020
13 min read'I Have Some Questions For You' Is A Dark, Uncomfortable Story That Feels Universal NPRArticle
'I Have Some Questions For You' Is A Dark, Uncomfortable Story That Feels Universal
Feb 27, 2023
3 min read'The Reformatory' Tells A Story Of Ghosts, Abuse, Racism — And Sibling Love NPRArticle
'The Reformatory' Tells A Story Of Ghosts, Abuse, Racism — And Sibling Love
Nov 2, 2023
Tananarive Due's haunting, unflinching novel delves deep into the realities of the Jim Crow South and the very real horrors that took place at Florida reformatory schools in the 1950s.
3 min readJake Tapper On His New Book, 'The Hellfire Club' NewsweekArticle
Jake Tapper On His New Book, 'The Hellfire Club'
May 11, 2018
4 min read'I'm Not Broken' Is About Being Broken — And Building A New Life NPRArticle
'I'm Not Broken' Is About Being Broken — And Building A New Life
Aug 31, 2022
3 min readOprah Stars in 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' NewsweekArticle
Oprah Stars in 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'
Apr 21, 2017
6 min readSarah M. Broom Poets & WritersArticle
Sarah M. Broom
Aug 14, 2019
3 min readIf A Russian Doll Looked Into A Black Mirror ... You'd Have This Novel NPRArticle
If A Russian Doll Looked Into A Black Mirror ... You'd Have This Novel
Aug 14, 2021
3 min readDoes Taking Time For Compassion Make Doctors Better At Their Jobs? NPRArticle
Does Taking Time For Compassion Make Doctors Better At Their Jobs?
Apr 26, 2019
3 min readAnimals And Origami After Dinner Conversation: PhilosophyArticle
Animals And Origami
Oct 10, 2021
I miss the sea breeze mussing my hair and the feel of cold sand worming between my toes. Even now, in autumn, the shoreline has its charms, like the squeals of the oystercatchers and the rhythmic ebb and flow of the tide. My dreams are of swimming in
11 min read
Reviews for This I Believe II
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
2 ratings0 reviews