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<title>Aging Gracefully</title> 
<itunes:author>David Freudberg</itunes:author> 
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<description> How does one&#039;s diet today effect potential illness in old age?  What is the secret behind Okinawan&#039;s old age?  What are the health-giving benefits of social connectedness?  What are the components of a healthy attitude for people to develop around aging? &quot;I think there are rewards that come with aging. I look to areas of our experience where we see that aging creates value and I use examples of cheese, trees and then think about what the correspondences are in human life.&quot; -Dr. Andrew Weil 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. Complete program length: 29 minutes</description> 
<itunes:summary> How does one&#039;s diet today effect potential illness in old age?  What is the secret behind Okinawan&#039;s old age?  What are the health-giving benefits of social connectedness?  What are the components of a healthy attitude for people to develop around aging? &quot;I think there are rewards that come with aging. I look to areas of our experience where we see that aging creates value and I use examples of cheese, trees and then think about what the correspondences are in human life.&quot; -Dr. Andrew Weil 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. Complete program length: 29 minutes</itunes:summary> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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<title>Tucker Stilley</title> 
<itunes:author>David Freudberg</itunes:author> 
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<description> &quot;Perhaps I&#039;m not interested in despair. I have had previous experience with despair -- it&#039;s a bore. Maybe I want a universe where I am brave. I&#039;m not facing anything that all of you won&#039;t eventually face and that everyone hasn&#039;t always faced. That might seem like cold comfort, but when I consider all those that went before, I see how I can go on, how I can do it. I&#039;ll tell you one thing, you can&#039;t fight despair -- you have to let it pass through you. Plus one of my super-powers is denial.&quot; -- Tucker Stilley, Video editor, music composer, artist, person with life-threatening diagnosis of ALS &quot;I&#039;m the kind of person who&#039;s working on a job, but thinking about where we&#039;re going to go on vacation. And this immediately put a halt to that. When you&#039;re sitting there, and a doctor tells you that your husband has three to five years to live, it&#039;s like, I realized that the only way to survive through that shock is to -- to stop, and to look around, and say, &quot;Well, we have today.&quot; And, in a strange way, after so much time together, it&#039;s really -- it&#039;s really -- you could almost say it&#039;s become more beautiful.&quot;  -- Lindsay Mofford, film editor, wife of Tucker StilleyNote from host/producer David Freudberg:This episode of Humankind presented some unusual production challenges and, ultimately, proved to be one of the most moving programs I&#039;ve ever worked on!The prime subject is Tucker Stilley, a remarkable spirit who, in his early forties, was diagnosed with ALS (known as Lou Gehrig&#039;s disease), a degenerative condition that leads to paralysis and frequently claims the patient&#039;s life. In the case of Tucker, a super-creative media producer and music composer, he can no longer walk, eat or speak. But he can send amazing emails notes, so we conducted our interview in a series of Q and As in written text, then used a narrator to bring his words to life. The mere fact that, no longer able to use his limbs, he has mastered his computer and can compose text (let alone continue to edit videos and make music!) is heroic -- and fascinating. We&#039;ve covered that in the program. And we have the voices of a large community of loved ones who&#039;ve rallied to help and support Tucker. The family members you hear include his wife, film editor Lindsay Mofford, who reached a level of emotional honesty I have rarely encountered my years of recording interviews. I&#039;ll close with the words of Tucker: &quot;It&#039;s a challenge, but you mustn&#039;t despair. I love you all -- see you next time!&quot;  Complete program length: 29 Minutes  </description> 
<itunes:summary> &quot;Perhaps I&#039;m not interested in despair. I have had previous experience with despair -- it&#039;s a bore. Maybe I want a universe where I am brave. I&#039;m not facing anything that all of you won&#039;t eventually face and that everyone hasn&#039;t always faced. That might seem like cold comfort, but when I consider all those that went before, I see how I can go on, how I can do it. I&#039;ll tell you one thing, you can&#039;t fight despair -- you have to let it pass through you. Plus one of my super-powers is denial.&quot; -- Tucker Stilley, Video editor, music composer, artist, person with life-threatening diagnosis of ALS &quot;I&#039;m the kind of person who&#039;s working on a job, but thinking about where we&#039;re going to go on vacation. And this immediately put a halt to that. When you&#039;re sitting there, and a doctor tells you that your husband has three to five years to live, it&#039;s like, I realized that the only way to survive through that shock is to -- to stop, and to look around, and say, &quot;Well, we have today.&quot; And, in a strange way, after so much time together, it&#039;s really -- it&#039;s really -- you could almost say it&#039;s become more beautiful.&quot;  -- Lindsay Mofford, film editor, wife of Tucker StilleyNote from host/producer David Freudberg:This episode of Humankind presented some unusual production challenges and, ultimately, proved to be one of the most moving programs I&#039;ve ever worked on!The prime subject is Tucker Stilley, a remarkable spirit who, in his early forties, was diagnosed with ALS (known as Lou Gehrig&#039;s disease), a degenerative condition that leads to paralysis and frequently claims the patient&#039;s life. In the case of Tucker, a super-creative media producer and music composer, he can no longer walk, eat or speak. But he can send amazing emails notes, so we conducted our interview in a series of Q and As in written text, then used a narrator to bring his words to life. The mere fact that, no longer able to use his limbs, he has mastered his computer and can compose text (let alone continue to edit videos and make music!) is heroic -- and fascinating. We&#039;ve covered that in the program. And we have the voices of a large community of loved ones who&#039;ve rallied to help and support Tucker. The family members you hear include his wife, film editor Lindsay Mofford, who reached a level of emotional honesty I have rarely encountered my years of recording interviews. I&#039;ll close with the words of Tucker: &quot;It&#039;s a challenge, but you mustn&#039;t despair. I love you all -- see you next time!&quot;  Complete program length: 29 Minutes  </itunes:summary> 
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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<title>Free Time Movement: Rabbi Waskow and Will O'Brien</title> 
<itunes:author>David Freudberg</itunes:author> 
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<description> How do overloaded schedules take a toll on our quality of life?  What price do we pay for working so hard?  How do we meet our need to pause and reflect in today&#039;s fast-forward world?  What is the link between the absence of down time and the social ills that plague our society?  How can we reprioritize our daily lives to have more free time? &quot;You get advanced economically and patted on the head culturally and psychologically if you really, really overwork.&quot; -- Rabbi Arthur Waskow, member of the Free Time/Free People Campaign Overworking has become a cultural norm in Rabbi Arthur Waskow&#039;s opinion. Waskow&#039;s coalition &quot;Free Time/Free People&quot; is spearheaded by members of various faiths,and insists that a workable culture must actually work less, and a functional population functions best when there&#039;s less to do. Today, he posits, we have become alienated from our lives because we continuously buy into the myth that success at work equals success as a person. A timely and persuasive philosophy, Waskow and his associates urge people to consider how life incorporates true meaning and whether we are doing our best to find meaning in the time we have on Earth. This program will prompt powerful questions that will lead to powerful and life-altering answers no matter what work you do.  Complete program length: 29 minutes</description> 
<itunes:summary> How do overloaded schedules take a toll on our quality of life?  What price do we pay for working so hard?  How do we meet our need to pause and reflect in today&#039;s fast-forward world?  What is the link between the absence of down time and the social ills that plague our society?  How can we reprioritize our daily lives to have more free time? &quot;You get advanced economically and patted on the head culturally and psychologically if you really, really overwork.&quot; -- Rabbi Arthur Waskow, member of the Free Time/Free People Campaign Overworking has become a cultural norm in Rabbi Arthur Waskow&#039;s opinion. Waskow&#039;s coalition &quot;Free Time/Free People&quot; is spearheaded by members of various faiths,and insists that a workable culture must actually work less, and a functional population functions best when there&#039;s less to do. Today, he posits, we have become alienated from our lives because we continuously buy into the myth that success at work equals success as a person. A timely and persuasive philosophy, Waskow and his associates urge people to consider how life incorporates true meaning and whether we are doing our best to find meaning in the time we have on Earth. This program will prompt powerful questions that will lead to powerful and life-altering answers no matter what work you do.  Complete program length: 29 minutes</itunes:summary> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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<title>Worry Solution</title> 
<itunes:author>David Freudberg</itunes:author> 
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<description>&quot;I invite people to write down all the things that they&#039;re   worried about. Get them out of their head. Just write down big things, little   things, clarify what you&#039;re worrying about. And then to sort them into basically   three columns. One is things that you might potentially be able to do something   about. [Second], things that you&#039;re powerless to do something about. And then a   middle column of things you&#039;re not quite sure. You can&#039;t tell whether you can do   something about that or not. And then there are different approaches, cognitive   approaches, guided imagery approaches for things in each of those columns. The   things that you can&#039;t do anything about, there are ways to think about letting   go of them which are effective for some people.&quot;  -- Martin Rossman Physician and author of &quot;The Worry   Solution&quot;  Although our world contains much to worry about (more and more, it can   seem), brooding and fretting are a spectacular waste of time -- and energy. This   common mental state can immerse us in a fear reaction that for some people is a   continuous downward spiral of anxiety. But there are practical ways to interrupt   this unproductive cycle. In this dialogue with David Freudberg, physician Martin   Rossman, a clinical instructor at the University of California School of   Medicine in San Francisco, explains the nature of worry, how it often derives   from subjective opinions, not objective reality; the manifold medical effects of   long-term anxiety; and simple, mental techniques, from imagery to prayer, that   can provide greater calmness, based on trust and clarity.       Complete program length: 29 Minutes  </description> 
<itunes:summary>&quot;I invite people to write down all the things that they&#039;re   worried about. Get them out of their head. Just write down big things, little   things, clarify what you&#039;re worrying about. And then to sort them into basically   three columns. One is things that you might potentially be able to do something   about. [Second], things that you&#039;re powerless to do something about. And then a   middle column of things you&#039;re not quite sure. You can&#039;t tell whether you can do   something about that or not. And then there are different approaches, cognitive   approaches, guided imagery approaches for things in each of those columns. The   things that you can&#039;t do anything about, there are ways to think about letting   go of them which are effective for some people.&quot;  -- Martin Rossman Physician and author of &quot;The Worry   Solution&quot;  Although our world contains much to worry about (more and more, it can   seem), brooding and fretting are a spectacular waste of time -- and energy. This   common mental state can immerse us in a fear reaction that for some people is a   continuous downward spiral of anxiety. But there are practical ways to interrupt   this unproductive cycle. In this dialogue with David Freudberg, physician Martin   Rossman, a clinical instructor at the University of California School of   Medicine in San Francisco, explains the nature of worry, how it often derives   from subjective opinions, not objective reality; the manifold medical effects of   long-term anxiety; and simple, mental techniques, from imagery to prayer, that   can provide greater calmness, based on trust and clarity.       Complete program length: 29 Minutes  </itunes:summary> 
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<pubDate>Sat, 5 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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<title>Answering The Need</title> 
<itunes:author>David Freudberg</itunes:author> 
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<description>&quot;I&#039;ve always felt that people volunteer, me included, primarily somewhat out of a selfish interest. Because it gives them satisfaction. It just makes you feel good.&quot;  --Craig Satterly, volunteers to build housing for low-income people  With the tightening economy, increased middle class anxiety, home foreclosures and lengthening lines at soup kitchens throughout the United States, more and more and more Americans will be relying on the good will of their neighbors. This documentary examines why people decide to offer their time and money to answer the need. When and how to help people in poverty is an ancient ethical question. But in most cases, there remains a wall between the poor and everyone else. Apart from income inequality, which has grown significantly in the last two decades, a social barrier remains. There is little direct contact between the haves and have nots.In this truly inspiring program, we hear the stories of people who give of their time and financial resources to help members of our society who are struggling -- and who often feel marginalized. Why are the givers motivated to help out? What benefits are gained by people who reach out to others in need? What kind of self-reflection is required to give wisely? Interviewees include: Kathe McKenna, founder of Haley House, soup kitchen serving thousands; Paul Schervish of the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy; Henrietta Green, a librarian who tutors adults who can&#039;t read; Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners magazine; members of Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta, Georgia which builds housing for needy families and others.   More information can be found at the site below:Find a place to volunteer Complete program length: 1 Hour</description> 
<itunes:summary>&quot;I&#039;ve always felt that people volunteer, me included, primarily somewhat out of a selfish interest. Because it gives them satisfaction. It just makes you feel good.&quot;  --Craig Satterly, volunteers to build housing for low-income people  With the tightening economy, increased middle class anxiety, home foreclosures and lengthening lines at soup kitchens throughout the United States, more and more and more Americans will be relying on the good will of their neighbors. This documentary examines why people decide to offer their time and money to answer the need. When and how to help people in poverty is an ancient ethical question. But in most cases, there remains a wall between the poor and everyone else. Apart from income inequality, which has grown significantly in the last two decades, a social barrier remains. There is little direct contact between the haves and have nots.In this truly inspiring program, we hear the stories of people who give of their time and financial resources to help members of our society who are struggling -- and who often feel marginalized. Why are the givers motivated to help out? What benefits are gained by people who reach out to others in need? What kind of self-reflection is required to give wisely? Interviewees include: Kathe McKenna, founder of Haley House, soup kitchen serving thousands; Paul Schervish of the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy; Henrietta Green, a librarian who tutors adults who can&#039;t read; Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners magazine; members of Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta, Georgia which builds housing for needy families and others.   More information can be found at the site below:Find a place to volunteer Complete program length: 1 Hour</itunes:summary> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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<title>Managing Pain</title> 
<itunes:author>David Freudberg</itunes:author> 
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<description>&quot;I don&#039;t recite in my head that I have a problem. I recite in my head what I have. I have a life. I have friends. I have the ability to do things for other people.&quot;  -- Susan Gold, Founder, Chronic Pain Support Group of Southern Maine  &quot;There are so many stress related symptoms that occur in addition to the pain that these relaxation techniques really help.&quot;  -- Margaret Caudill, MD, Pain specialist, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center  For many people, pain flares up in an excruciating, occasional episode that eventually fades away. But the millions of patients who experience chronic pain in the form of lower back pain, headaches, neck pain and other ailments may be up against a condition that mainstream medical science today can help only to manage, not cure. This segment of Humankind presents the voices of people with pain who come together in a support group, swap helpful techniques, and deliberately focus on what&#039;s positive in their lives while accepting reality. We also hear specific self-care techniques explained by an expert in treating people with pain, physician Margaret Caudill, author of &quot;Managing Pain Before It Manages You&quot;. One of her suggestions is to keep a &quot;pain diary&quot; to help you track patterns that be useful in reducing your discomfort.   Complete program length: 29 minutes  </description> 
<itunes:summary>&quot;I don&#039;t recite in my head that I have a problem. I recite in my head what I have. I have a life. I have friends. I have the ability to do things for other people.&quot;  -- Susan Gold, Founder, Chronic Pain Support Group of Southern Maine  &quot;There are so many stress related symptoms that occur in addition to the pain that these relaxation techniques really help.&quot;  -- Margaret Caudill, MD, Pain specialist, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center  For many people, pain flares up in an excruciating, occasional episode that eventually fades away. But the millions of patients who experience chronic pain in the form of lower back pain, headaches, neck pain and other ailments may be up against a condition that mainstream medical science today can help only to manage, not cure. This segment of Humankind presents the voices of people with pain who come together in a support group, swap helpful techniques, and deliberately focus on what&#039;s positive in their lives while accepting reality. We also hear specific self-care techniques explained by an expert in treating people with pain, physician Margaret Caudill, author of &quot;Managing Pain Before It Manages You&quot;. One of her suggestions is to keep a &quot;pain diary&quot; to help you track patterns that be useful in reducing your discomfort.   Complete program length: 29 minutes  </itunes:summary> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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<title>Self-Fulfilling Prophecies with David Allen</title> 
<itunes:author>David Freudberg</itunes:author> 
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<description>&quot;Often times if you keep focused on the problem itself, you keep recreating the problem. [Instead think about:] What would you like to have true in this relationship? What would you like to have true in your life? And that provides a very different kind of a focus, internally, than just, you know, analyzing a problem. You know, with a well analyzed problem, you&#039;ve still got a problem. It&#039;s just well analyzed. If you want solution, then you need to be focused on the solution. So essentially, you won&#039;t even see the solution until you see the final outcome... What are you trying to accomplish? Because that then will help you frame why it&#039;s a problem to begin with and also how to get out of it.&quot; --David Allen Program 109 Summary: Most people go through life internally reciting words and thoughts, frequently over and over. The vast majority of these thoughts are negative, accorrding to studies, and this can set us up for anxiety and an unrealistic perspective.The surprising power of visualizing affirmative outcomes in life is explored by New York Times best-selling author David Allen, who finds that when people vividly picture the solutions to problems, they can reset their nervous system and remove self-imposed blockages. This program examines how concentrating on positive outcomes can dramatically alter our landscape of possibilities.  Complete program length: 29 minutes</description> 
<itunes:summary>&quot;Often times if you keep focused on the problem itself, you keep recreating the problem. [Instead think about:] What would you like to have true in this relationship? What would you like to have true in your life? And that provides a very different kind of a focus, internally, than just, you know, analyzing a problem. You know, with a well analyzed problem, you&#039;ve still got a problem. It&#039;s just well analyzed. If you want solution, then you need to be focused on the solution. So essentially, you won&#039;t even see the solution until you see the final outcome... What are you trying to accomplish? Because that then will help you frame why it&#039;s a problem to begin with and also how to get out of it.&quot; --David Allen Program 109 Summary: Most people go through life internally reciting words and thoughts, frequently over and over. The vast majority of these thoughts are negative, accorrding to studies, and this can set us up for anxiety and an unrealistic perspective.The surprising power of visualizing affirmative outcomes in life is explored by New York Times best-selling author David Allen, who finds that when people vividly picture the solutions to problems, they can reset their nervous system and remove self-imposed blockages. This program examines how concentrating on positive outcomes can dramatically alter our landscape of possibilities.  Complete program length: 29 minutes</itunes:summary> 
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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<title>Simplicity</title> 
<itunes:author>David Freudberg</itunes:author> 
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<description> What does it actually mean to simplify your life?  What is more important to you your money or your time?  Are we too preoccupied with obtaining possessions and status?  What influence do the media have on how we spend our money and our time? &quot;We&#039;re really led away from what we&#039;re here for, which is to learn how to live sociably with others and soulfully with ourselves. And consumerism is relatively shallow and life is deep.&quot; --Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity Has life become more complicated, even less joyful for you? Has it been a while since you last sat down with someone to truly talk and listen? Do work and other obligations interfere with savoring your life&#039;s time? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this episode of Humankind will speak to you. Spend a good half-hour listening to two individuals, Cecile Andrews and Duane Elgin, behind the simplicity movement, to normal men and women pursuing a simpler life and gradually achieving it. Hear these interesting words of wisdom from all our guests on what life can be about--a less complicated existence animated by inner joy. Complete program length: 29 minutes</description> 
<itunes:summary> What does it actually mean to simplify your life?  What is more important to you your money or your time?  Are we too preoccupied with obtaining possessions and status?  What influence do the media have on how we spend our money and our time? &quot;We&#039;re really led away from what we&#039;re here for, which is to learn how to live sociably with others and soulfully with ourselves. And consumerism is relatively shallow and life is deep.&quot; --Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity Has life become more complicated, even less joyful for you? Has it been a while since you last sat down with someone to truly talk and listen? Do work and other obligations interfere with savoring your life&#039;s time? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this episode of Humankind will speak to you. Spend a good half-hour listening to two individuals, Cecile Andrews and Duane Elgin, behind the simplicity movement, to normal men and women pursuing a simpler life and gradually achieving it. Hear these interesting words of wisdom from all our guests on what life can be about--a less complicated existence animated by inner joy. Complete program length: 29 minutes</itunes:summary> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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<title>Tree-Lined Streets</title> 
<itunes:author>David Freudberg</itunes:author> 
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<description>&quot;[When people come together to plant street trees] it brings the neighborhood together. I can&#039;t tell you how many times we&#039;ve been planting trees, and people that have been living on the same block for five or ten years have not met each other, and they&#039;ll meet over planting a tree, and become good friends, as well as their children.&quot;  - Charlie Starbuck, volunter tree-planter, Friends of the Urban Forest &quot;Trees store carbon in their wood. They also create oxygen and -- and part of storing the carbon is absorbing the carbon dioxide. So a lot of people are aware that carbon dioxide contributes to global climate change, and trees will take up that carbon and store it in their wood. They also take up fine particulate matter. Which means that they can help clean the air for citizens. So in cities where asthma is more and more prevalent, trees can actually help contribute to a cleaner air for people.&quot;  - Carla Short, Urban Forester, City and County of San Francisco  Living on a tree-lined street can be pleasant, visually beautiful and a boon to property values. In addition, environmentalists point out that adding trees to a neighborhood may be our &quot;first line of defense&quot; against greenhouse gases associated with climate change. This may be especially true in urban centers where large numbers of cars emit high quantities of global warming pollution. And there are other environmental benefits: when a tree naturally provides shade, that reduces energy needed to cool down buildings, which can yield major reductions in pollution. And trees offer other benefits to human health. In this program, we visit with Charlie Starbuck, a volunteer in San Francisco who has single-handedly planted more than 7,500 street trees. We also hear from the organization he works with, Friends of the Urban Forest, as well as the city&#039;s official Urban Forester, an employee at the Department of Public Works. Complete program length: 29 Minutes </description> 
<itunes:summary>&quot;[When people come together to plant street trees] it brings the neighborhood together. I can&#039;t tell you how many times we&#039;ve been planting trees, and people that have been living on the same block for five or ten years have not met each other, and they&#039;ll meet over planting a tree, and become good friends, as well as their children.&quot;  - Charlie Starbuck, volunter tree-planter, Friends of the Urban Forest &quot;Trees store carbon in their wood. They also create oxygen and -- and part of storing the carbon is absorbing the carbon dioxide. So a lot of people are aware that carbon dioxide contributes to global climate change, and trees will take up that carbon and store it in their wood. They also take up fine particulate matter. Which means that they can help clean the air for citizens. So in cities where asthma is more and more prevalent, trees can actually help contribute to a cleaner air for people.&quot;  - Carla Short, Urban Forester, City and County of San Francisco  Living on a tree-lined street can be pleasant, visually beautiful and a boon to property values. In addition, environmentalists point out that adding trees to a neighborhood may be our &quot;first line of defense&quot; against greenhouse gases associated with climate change. This may be especially true in urban centers where large numbers of cars emit high quantities of global warming pollution. And there are other environmental benefits: when a tree naturally provides shade, that reduces energy needed to cool down buildings, which can yield major reductions in pollution. And trees offer other benefits to human health. In this program, we visit with Charlie Starbuck, a volunteer in San Francisco who has single-handedly planted more than 7,500 street trees. We also hear from the organization he works with, Friends of the Urban Forest, as well as the city&#039;s official Urban Forester, an employee at the Department of Public Works. Complete program length: 29 Minutes </itunes:summary> 
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<description> Who was Lao-Tsu and what can we learn from his philosophy? How can Lao-Tsu&#039;s Taoist teachings help us to understand the forces at work in our lives? What role do possessions play in complicating our lives? How can we find beauty and contentment everywhere? How can we let go, and accept and learn from life&#039;s difficulties? How can we get closer to our higher selves? &quot;Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is wisdom.&quot; -- From the Tao Te Ching, by Lao-Tsu Humankind ventures into the spiritual text of the Tao Te Ching, an ancient Chinese Wisdom Book that has guided philosophers, poets, and legions of ordinary people since its publication some 2500 years ago. The rich advice on leading a simpler life with greater meaning will prove to be a cool, restful drink in our frenzied and thirsting world. Stop for a minute, curl up on a chair or sofa, and meditate on this wonderfully calming and catalyzing episode of Humankind. Complete program length: 29 minutes</description> 
<itunes:summary> Who was Lao-Tsu and what can we learn from his philosophy? How can Lao-Tsu&#039;s Taoist teachings help us to understand the forces at work in our lives? What role do possessions play in complicating our lives? How can we find beauty and contentment everywhere? How can we let go, and accept and learn from life&#039;s difficulties? How can we get closer to our higher selves? &quot;Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is wisdom.&quot; -- From the Tao Te Ching, by Lao-Tsu Humankind ventures into the spiritual text of the Tao Te Ching, an ancient Chinese Wisdom Book that has guided philosophers, poets, and legions of ordinary people since its publication some 2500 years ago. The rich advice on leading a simpler life with greater meaning will prove to be a cool, restful drink in our frenzied and thirsting world. Stop for a minute, curl up on a chair or sofa, and meditate on this wonderfully calming and catalyzing episode of Humankind. Complete program length: 29 minutes</itunes:summary> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 8 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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