Loving Is Why with Sam Keen

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The Beatles used to say their “most philosophical” song was the brief and simple “Love Me Do.” They weren’t joking: everybody’s looking for love, and many find it a complete mystery. Noted author and philosopher Sam Keen goes a long way toward unraveling that mystery, pointing out signposts we may have missed on the road to becoming a lover - which, he says, is “the essential human vocation.” Put on your walking shoes and come take a moonlit stroll, as we find new wrinkles in the words (again from the Beatles) “And in the end/the love you take/is equal to the love you make.” (hosted by Michael Toms) 

Bio 

Sam Keen is an American author, professor, and philosopher who is best known for his exploration of questions regarding love, life, wonder, religion, and being a male in contemporary society. He co-produced Faces of the Enemy, an award-winning PBS documentary, was the subject of a Bill Moyers television special in the early 1990s, and for 20 years served as a contributing editor at Psychology Today magazine. He is also featured in the 2003 documentary Flight from Death. 

Sam Keen is the author of many books, including: 

• In the Absence of God: Dwelling in the Presence of the Sacred (Harmony 2010)
• Sightings: Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds (Chronicle Books 2007)
• Learning to Fly: Reflections on Fear, Trust, and the Joy of Letting Go (Harmony 1999)
• To Love and Be Loved (Bantam 1997)
• Hymns to an Unknown God (Bantam 1994)
• Inward Bound: Exploring the Geography of Your Emotions (Bantam 1992)
• Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man (Bantam 1991)

To learn more about the work of Sam Keen go to www.samkeen.com.

Host: Michael Toms                        Interview Date: 8/3/1983            Program Number: 1805