Humankind

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  • Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Each week, public radio’s award-winning HUMANKIND profiles the doers and dreamers who strive to make our planet a more humane and livable place. With host David Freudberg, produced in association with WGBH/Boston.

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Evergreen episodes from the award-winning series that presents voices of hope and humanity, by David Freudberg. Produced in association with WGBH/Boston.

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33 Pieces

Audio documentaries from Human Media and producer David Freudberg.

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Weekly, subscribable series for Humankind, written and hosted by David Freudberg and produced in association with WGBH/Boston.

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A series of four one-hour documentaries that explore the story of peacemakers in various spiritual traditions.


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SEGMENT 1: We consider the surprising power of simply abstaining from food for a limited period as a spiritual discipline. There is a mystery to th...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WLIW, Yellowstone Public Radio, Morehead State Public Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
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Segment 1: We visit a shelter at Seattle’s Mission for a rich exchange with a formerly homeless man who feels the spiritual care he received from m...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WLIW, KUOW, KKWE Niijii Radio, WUTC and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
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David Kaczynski was hailed as an American hero after notifying authorities that he'd come to suspect his estranged brother Ted as the Unabomber. In...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KERA, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Yellowstone Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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SEGMENT 1: British religious historian and best-selling author Karen Armstrong explains why she thinks the West gets it wrong about Islam, and she ...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 15
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SEGMENT 1: Bill Moomaw, a long-time lead author at the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, reviews the long history of h...

Bought by KZYX, Yellowstone Public Radio, KERA, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and KUHF


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
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(Updated to reflect current discussion of 'Medicare for all') Produced in association with WGBH/Boston. As the health care debate continues, we ta...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 22
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In a time of polarization, the simple practice of listening to another can feel like a lost art. There’s a kind of mystery in sitting calmly, patie...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
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SEGMENT 1: There’s a kind of mystery in sitting calmly, patiently, attentively and tuning into someone else’s personal story – their experience and...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLIW, KERA and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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SEGMENT 1: Intense competition for college has produced an epidemic of stressed out students, with elevated rates of cheating, abuse of "study drug...

Bought by WSKG, Morehead State Public Radio, KICI Iowa City, Yellowstone Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
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New Year's Resolutions? In this Humankind documentary, we hear from a growing movement of physicians and others who — concerned by the upsurge in o...

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WVBI-LP, KMXT, WJCT, WSKG and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31