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Sid Caesar
We visit one of television's first superstars, comedian Sid Caesar, who battled back from addiction and physical illness by learning how to appreciate and enjoy. [more]
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Simplicity
A look at the "voluntary simplicity" movement whose proponents seek to cultivate a lifestyle emphasizing frugal consumption, ecological awareness and personal growth. [more]
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Sobriety High
In this episode we visit William J Ostiguy High School. It is a learning facility designed to help kids with a history of substance abuse – who support each other in their quest to remain clean and sober. [more]
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Solutions to Bullying
Although being teased and picked on are typical challenges for kids growing up, the effects can be traumatizing when a child is relentlessly bullied. The most common targets of bullying are young people who are perceived as gay, or who are disabled or overweight. But any kid who is singled out for harassment may feel overwhelmed, sometimes resorting to self-destructive behaviour. [more]
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South Carroll High: Part 1--Voluntary service and tolerance
We visit students and educators at a Sykesville, Maryland high school with a broad commitment to non-sectarian "character education" that aims to produce morally responsible citizens. [more]
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South Carroll High: Part 2--Moms support schools teaching values
The role of public schools in teaching basic values like compassion and tolerance is considered by a colorful roundtable of mothers whose children attend the school. [more]
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Spiritual but not Religious
A conversation with Bradley University Prof. Robert Fuller who has studied a large sector of Americans who regard themselves as spiritually inclined, but who do not affiliate with organized religion. [more]
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Streetworkers
In Providence, Rhode Island, a former Israeli army sergeant, Teny Gross, has become a powerful force in combating youth gang violence, in part by recruiting ex-offenders to serve as street workers who offer intervention and advocacy for vulnerable kids. [more]
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Sufi Wisdom
We visit with a community of Americans who have embraced the peaceful path of the Sufis -- an Islamic tradition known for inspiring poetry and a gentle universal appeal. [more]
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Teaching from Within
Educators PARKER PALMER and NEL NODDINGS give a vision of "teaching from within" [more]
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Teaching Nonviolence
We travel to the Maryland high school classroom of Colman McCarthy, a former Washington Post columnist who now devotes most of his time to challenging high school students to think about alternatives to warfare. [more]
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The Diet-Climate Connection
The most climate-friendly foods are also healthy and tasty! [more]
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The Present Moment with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of the renowned Stress Reduction Clinic at the Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, discusses how the technique of "mindfulness" can be physically and mentally therapeutic. [more]
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The Science of Gratitude
New research suggests that people who actively cultivate gratitude in their lives become both more content and physically healthier, but Oakland, California writer Catherine Price wanted to find out for herself. [more]
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The Social Brain
In this program, we learn about how people develop different levels of empathy.Daniel Goleman is a former New York Times science reporter specializing in how brain function affects the way we feel and perceive life. [more]
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Thich Nhat Hanh
In this period of reflection on the fall of Saigon in 1975, Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hahn, a best-selling author and Zen master who teaches part-time in the U.S., describes lessons he learned about peacemaking from the war. [more]
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Tracy Gary
The founder of over a dozen charities, Tracy Gary (heiress to two large fortunes), describes her vision of philanthropy as an antidote for narcissism that can bring people together. [more]
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Tree-Lined Streets
Charlie Starbuck, an affable tax attorney, single-handedly has increased the “canopy” of San Francisco by planting more than 7,500 trees, as part of movement known as Friends of the Urban Forest. [more]
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Tucker Stilley
When a gifted artist and media producer near Los Angeles is stricken with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), a community of friends comes together to support him as he develops ingenius ways to continue creating his art work, even without use of his limbs. [more]
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The Unabomber's Brother
Social worker David Kaczynski tells how he reached the horrible conclusion that his older brother Ted was the Unabomber and felt obliged to notify authorities, even though it could lead to a death sentence for his brother. [more]
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Uncommon Ground: Part 1 & 2
At a time when some Democrats are looking for less divisive ways to frame the debate over abortion, this documentary features women on both sides who found "uncommon ground." [more]
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Unconditional Love
Exploring a fascinating philosophy of community and spiritual service, this documentary visits a hospice where all staff are volunteers and all patients receive care free of charge. [more]
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Unintended Consequences
We consider the plight of tens of millions of Americans in families and relationships with alcoholics. How does the destabilizing influence of active addiction affect family systems? What emotional and life challenges are faced by people raised around alcoholism? [more]
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Universal Health Care Pts 1 & 2
Many doctors and nurses feel trapped in a structure they say sometimes prevents them from providing adequate care to their patients. One couple, both researchers at Harvard Medical School and both internists practicing at Cambridge Hospital in Massachusetts, are leaders in the movement among medical professionals to reform health care in America. [more]
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Upholding Human Rights with David Scheffer
Based on a new memoir, Northwestern Univ. law professor David Scheffer recalls his years of behind-the-scenes negotiating to establish human rights tribunals, including the UN’s International Criminal Court and the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia. [more]
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"Visionaries" with Bill Mosher
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 [more]
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Waking Up In Jail
Nearly half of criminals released from prison are arrested again within three years. Through that revolving door, they return to a correctional system that is often overcrowded and ridden with violence. Robin Casarjian, a counselor working in prisons, helps to transform houses of correction into houses of healing. She encourages inmates to identify with their highest self. [more]
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War, Peace & Human Rights with Benjamin Ferencz
For sixty years, the quest to create a world where war is unnecessary has preoccupied international law advocate Benjamin Ferencz, a former war crimes prosecutor and global activist. [more]
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Waste and Want
A community service organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts rescues food that would be routinely discarded by grocers, produce companies and others and delivers it to those in need including pantries and elderly meal sites. [more]
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William Ury
The coauthor of "Getting to Yes," a classic on negotiation, maintains that conflict is inevitable -- and sometimes desirable -- but that violent confrontation can be much more easily prevented than is commonly believed. [more]
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