This I Believe

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  • Location: Louisville, KY

This I Believe is a national media project that invites people from all walks of life to write and speak aloud brief essays describing the core values that guide their lives. The series creates a unique space in the media today: a space for truth without accusation, patriotism without political spin, and faith beyond religious dogma.

This I Believe is independently produced by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman with John Gregory and Viki Merrick for This I Believe, Inc. and Atlantic Public Media.

Series

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18 Pieces

Archives of the original This I Believe series, hosted by Edward R. Murrow.

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201 Pieces

A national media project that invites people from all walks of life to write and speak aloud brief essays describing the core values that guide their lives.


Pieces

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Nancy Yucius' life creed has taken on special meaning now that she is battling colon cancer.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 4
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Victor Hanson believes in the natural cycles of farming and the ancestors who tended his family?s land.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
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Psychologist Debbie Hall believes being present with people is one of the greatest gifts we can share.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3
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Astrophysicist and novelist Alan Lightman believes that mysteries inspire our greatest creativity.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Nobel laureate Jody Williams believes extraordinary things can happen when ordinary people take action.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 4
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Surgeon Pius Kamau believes in caring for his patients, even when they don?t care for a black doctor.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
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Public service and private life shaped former Secretary of State Warren Christopher's belief in trust.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 3
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Listener and hospice volunteer Mary Cook believes by embracing grief, she found strength and healing.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
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A civil engineer by profession but a pianist at heart, Mel Rusnov believes in cultivating hidden talents.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 4
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Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh learned his belief in freedom from his father, an immigrant from Korea.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3