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Humankind
Tuesdays, 7pm
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.
December 6
SEGMENT 1: Although cities are often considered remote from nature, a naturalist in Oregon describes his life work to safeguard green spaces in urban areas that enhance the vitality of cities and play an important ecological role.
SEGMENT 2: A discussion of how religious congregations, with members representing diverse views, sort through the question of whether to take a stand on social issues from homelessness to warfare, with Unitarian Rev. Steve Shick.
December 13
SEGMENT 1: Author Annie Leonard, whose film ‘The Story of Stuff’ has had over 10 million hits online, discusses ways to reduce the huge environmental toll from holiday-related purchases, but still connect with loved ones.
SEGMENT 2: We consider the new science of gratitude -- what psychologists are discovering about the benefits of cultivating an attitude of thankfulness about your life. New research suggests that people who actively develop gratitude become both more content and physically healthier.
December 20
SEGMENT 1: This documentary, Barely Getting By, examines the plight of America's working poor, a population estimated at over 30 million who work hard (sometimes more than one job), but still struggle to make ends meet.
SEGMENT 2: Stories of a single mother who works two jobs but must still receive food from a pantry to feed her family, a 64-year-old security guard with no savings and other low-wage workers in an economy increasingly divided between haves and have-nots.
December 27
SEGMENT 1: A variety of nurses discuss the stresses they face in today's quick-paced medical setting and how they struggle to find the time needed to care for patients in a manner that respects the "whole person".
SEGMENT 2: Rev. Ray Hammond describes his personal journey, having been admitted to Harvard at 15, then becoming a very young physician and now working as a pastor serving troubled youths Boston's inner city.
January 3
SEGMENT 1: Making light of our stress-inducing, 24/7 society, author and humorist Loretta LaRoche brings her one-of-a-kind perspective on living an optimistic and resilient life that re-connects with what really matters.
SEGMENT 2: Renowned author Frances Moore Lappe tells of her encounters around the world with environmental activists, including the late Nobel Peace Prize-winner Wangari Maathi of Kenya.
January 10
SEGMENT 1: A health psychologist and other experts offer ways that people with cancer can defeat the tendency to magnify limited problems into scenarios that can seem catastrophic, even when the problems may actually be controllable.
SEGMENT 2: When an experienced trainer in stress management and meditation was diagnosed with cancer, she realized as never before the importance of valuing the everyday gifts we receive when staying in the moment.
January 17
SEGMENT 1: Bay Area author and psychiatrist Jean Shinoda Bolen explores the connection between a person's emotional state affects their physical health, and how "moments of truth" may be revealed when facing dire illness.
SEGMENT 2: Best-selling author Neale Donald Walsch laments that our political system is substantially broken and pleads for candidates motivated by true conviction, rather than simply winning the game.
January 24
SEGMENT 1: Rather than dwell on self-defeating pessimism, some environmental experts are focusing on powerful local initiatives as well as steps individuals can take toward a future that is both sustainable and attainable.
SEGMENT 2: A conversation with Bill Moomaw, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, and his wife Margot Moomaw, a consultant on energy use by homeowners, about the gorgeous all-solar house they built in an effort to live a climate-friendly life.
January 31
SEGMENT 1: Janet Connors tells the agonizing story of her 19-year-old son’s death in a home invasion and how the sudden tragedy shook her beliefs to the core. In the end, she rejected paralyzing depression and vengeance, a message she now gives to schoolchildren.
SEGMENT 2: The underclass of paycheck-to-paycheck workers, who can face harsh treatment on the job and barely subsist, is recounted by sociologist Barbara Ehrenreich, who took various low-paying jobs to research her best-selling book.
February 7
SEGMENT 1: The quest to build "vibrant, participatory communities" internationally, through development of editorially independent media service is discussed by Bill Siemering, a pathfinder of public radio in the United States.
SEGMENT 2: Journalist Katie Davis tells of her encounters with the kids of Washington's Adams Morgan section whom she decided to mentor after they confided their fears of drugs, gangs and weapons.
February 14
SEGMENT 1: Having lost almost everything in the Madoff scam, best-selling author John Robbins tells how in “an age of less” he had to step back, reassess what’s important and build a new, more fulfilling life.
SEGMENT 2: SEGMENT 1: A mother recently released from drug treatment, along with her young daughter, move into a shared-family-care home near San Francisco where she receives a six-month, round-the-clock course in parenting from a community mentor.
February 21
SEGMENT 1: Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Empire of Illusion", maintains that our popular culture cannot distinguish between reality and fantasy, dangerously relying on spectacle, false idols and snake oil salesmen.
SEGMENT 2: This documentary travels to one of the poorest counties in Kansas, where the compassionate staff of a medical clinic accepts low pay to subsidize fees and barters health care for non-financial payments like flowers and meals.
February 28
SEGMENT 1: An audio memoir from a prominent American physician who believes the threat of nuclear war, driven by the military-industrial complex, constitutes a psychopathology that we have never come to terms with.
SEGMENT 2: How a Harvard cardiologist and his medical counterpart in Russia won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to bring together doctors worldwide to raise awareness about the medical consequences of nuclear warfare
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