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Humankind
Sundays, 6am
Program Website: http://www.humanmedia.org/
Humankind presents riveting stories of everyday people who have
found real purpose in life. Living by their principles—compassion,
service, generosity, spirituality, equality and integrity—they make
a profound difference in the quality of life in their communities Hosted
by award-winning producer David Freudberg, Humankind
helps listeners examine some of humanity’s biggest questions and
illuminates the lives of ordinary people who, by their example, can inspire
us all.
April 27
SEGMENT 1: Harvard's Mind/Body Medical Institute has pioneered research
on the Relaxation Response, an ancient meditative technique that has helped
millions of patients learn ways of reducing the harmful effects of stress.
SEGMENT 2: A television filmmaker who travels the world in search of heroic
organizations shares audio excerpts of his journey and describes how he's
been touched by encounters with people who perform extraordinary acts
of service.
May 4
SEGMENT 1: In a struggling economy, we hear the stories of volunteers
who feel called to "answer the need" of people who are struggling,
by building a house for a low-income single mother with a disabled child,
teaching an elder to read, and serving the Salvation Army. (Pt 1)
SEGMENT 2: Jim Wallis, best-selling author and theologian; Cathe McKenna,
who has worked with street people for more then forty years; and Paul
Schervish of the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, explore the motivations
-- and challenges -- of helping those in need. (Pt 2)
May 11
SEGMENT 1: This documentary opens at Independence Hall in Philadelphia,
birthplace of the United States, where America's founders brilliantly
designed the "delicate balance" of our constitutional system
which continues to be tested today. (Pt 1)
SEGMENT 2: In a time of corporate-owned media, an historian and a long-time
White House correspondent examine how well our system of a free press
is functioning, in light of misreporting in the lead-up to the war in
Iraq. (Pt 2)
May 18
SEGMENT 1: The movement to reverse global climate change has found a fervent
constituency -- religious congregations, left and right, who see the global
warming threat as a challenge to the legacy this generation will leave
to the future.
SEGMENT 2: Neale Donald Walsch, Oregon-based author of the best-selling
series "Conversations with God," offers a refreshing prescription
for fixing our electoral system -- politicians who tell the truth and
who are willing to lose.
May 25
SEGMENT 1: Two physicians and Harvard medical professors, David Himmelstein
and Steffie Woolhandler, decry the soaring costs of health care -- and
how that hurts poor people who are uninsured as well as many in the middle
class who are under-insured. (Pt 1)
SEGMENT 2: We consider how developed nations, including Canada and countries
in Scandinavia, have implemented health care that covers all of their
citizens with impressive health outcomes at a considerably lower cost
than what America now spends. (Pt 2)
June 1
SEGMENT 1: After being jailed for twenty-six years, mostly in the notorious
Robben Island prison, Ahmed Kathrada narrates the remarkable tale of how
he was elected to South Africa's parliament and decided that forgiveness
is the route to healing.
SEGMENT 2: A social worker who is also the daughter of two holocaust survivors
was deeply transformed when she entered a series of dialgoues with the
children of Nazi-era Germans.
June 8
SEGMENT 1: A Union of Citizens (Pt 1). John Bogle, Frances Moore Lappe,
US Rep. John Lewis and others describe how our American democracy depends
on active citizen involvement so that the voice of the people will be
heard.
SEGMENT 2: A Union of Citizens (Pt 2). When ordinary citizens join together
and take a stand on issues of public importance, people who feel disenfranchised
can regain a sense that their voice counts and that Americans are bound
together by common interests and shared responsibility.
June 15
SEGMENT 1: We tour a toy store with a professor of Education at Lesley
University to examine the impact of violent imagery that young children
are repeatedly exposed to through programming, advertising and many products.
SEGMENT 2: In suburban Maryland, high school students - reflecting a spectrum
of political views - react to a course in peace studies taught by an iconoclastic
author and former columnist for the Washington Post.
June 22
SEGMENT 1: A chance encounter between a realtor and a young child needing
food money leads to a remarkable pledge by the realtor to fund college
tuition for an entire class of elementary school students in a disadvantaged
neighborhood.
SEGMENT 2: Hoping to promote literacy in a working class town near Los
Angeles, a public-spirited barber turns his shop into a community bookstore
that draws famous authors and politicians - as well as a devoted following
of young readers.
June 29
SEGMENT 1: When painful crises forced three people in different walks
of life to face their addiction to alcohol, they took tentative steps
into a journey that opened the door to higher self-esteem and a hard-won
victory of sobriety.
SEGMENT 2: Members of Alcoholics Anonymous, young and old, tell how developing
a healthy dose of humility helped them stabilize their recovery from addiction
and gave them a realistic foundation for a new life.
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