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Title
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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. (Series: Humankind) Hear a free excerpt
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Harlem Renaissance Geoffrey Canada designated a crime-ridden 24-block area of New York as the Harlem Children's Zone and works tirelessly to provide a healthier community for kids who are otherwise vulnerable to developmental and social ills. (Series: Humankind) Hear a free excerpt
48
Collegiate Community Service Hoping to imbue students with values that transcend traditional academic content, many colleges now offer "service learning" programs where students gain valuable real-life experience in efforts to help the community. (Series: Humankind) Hear a free excerpt
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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. (Series: Humankind) Hear a free excerpt
27
Children's Advocate Jonathan Kozol A visit with educator and National Book Award-winner Jonathan Kozol who continues his decades-long crusade on behalf of children he's met in inner city schools. (Series: Humankind) Hear a free excerpt
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Playwrights Becoming Free Chicago dramatist Meade Palidofsky uses theater as a therapeutic tool in her work with juvenile offenders who write and perform plays while incarcerated -- and in the process see their lives through a new lens. (Series: Humankind) Hear a free excerpt
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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. (Series: Humankind) Hear a free excerpt
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Aging Gracefully The human survival instinct prods us to outlast afflictions and, if circumstances permit, to reach old age. Nothing, of course, could be more quintessentially natural than aging. Physician Andrew Weil gives his views on healthy longevity in which older people come to accept the challenges and discover the rewards of aging, plus a look at Okinawa home to the highest percentage on earth of people who live to be 100. (Series: Humankind) Hear a free excerpt