Gordon Hempton is founder and vice president of The One Square Inch of Silence Foundation, based in Joyce, Washington. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Gordon Hempton — Silence and the Presence of Everything." Find more at onbeing.org.
![[Unedited] Gordon Hempton with Krista Tippett, On Being Studios](https://assets1.bmstatic.com/assets/audiobooks-covers/33/ae/LIy6aX5z-large.jpeg?image_hash=f24b6190c1c8acdc4b67b6c6462abace)