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Weekly podcast from public radio’s award-winning program Humankind
Listen to Humankind on Public Radio, a Society & Culture podcast by David Freudberg. Stream 77 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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In this poignant profile taped prior to his death due to complications from a rare form of muscular dystrophy, child poet and peacemaker Mat...

From firefighters to police officers to the Red Cross and many others, First Responders play an essential role in protecting public safety a...

In Providence, Rhode Island, a former Israeli army sergeant, Teny Gross, has become a powerful force in combating youth gang violence, in pa...

A visit with Mothers Out Front, a fascinating group of mothers who come together (usually at house parties) to focus on the threat that clim...

We explore the mysterious ability of placebos to promote measurable physical healing, even when no medicine is present, and what this tells...

Author Cynthia Wachtell describes contrasting views of war in American literature, including the Civil War reflections of Walt Whitman and t...

In this documentary we enter a rich dialogue with Joel Bauman, a remarkably gifted physician, trained in care for the elderly. He describes...

In a country as wealthy as the United States, “working poor” should be a contradiction in terms. But tens of millions of America...

The Prisoners Literature Project, an all-volunteer service based in Berkeley, California, packages and ships books to people who are incarce...

Years into an uneven economic recovery throughout the United States, more and more Americans will be relying on the good will of their neigh...

With the tightening economy, increased middle class anxiety, home foreclosures and lengthening lines at soup kitchens throughout the United...

Physician, philosopher and best-selling author Rachel Remen describes her remarkable course, “The Healer’s Art,” taught at...

The heir to the Oscar Mayer fortune, Chuck Collins, examines income inequality, sustainable local economies and his personal journey in a pr...

Should voters be required to show ID at the polls? Some Americans believe that ensures honest elections; while others see it as an unnecessa...

In a world of too much violent conflict, this documentary asks: Can the traits of peacemaking be taught to young people in schools? Examinin...

George Mumford teaches top athletes the “superpowers” of mindfulness, concentration, insight, right effort and trust as techniqu...

The power of a patient’s self-reflection as a tool for coping with illness is explored by a nurse scientist who has studied meditation...

We consider the plight of tens of millions of Americans in families and relationships with alcoholics. How does the destabilizing influence...

Bill Siemering, NPR’s first program director and the author of its inspiring mission statement, recounts the network’s early goal of honorin...

In these special Humankind documentaries, ‘Beyond War’ takes a look back at the last time the U.S. military had major involvement in t...
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