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In times of fast-paced change and challenge, how do we hold onto our humanity? Each week, the Humankind on Public Radio podcast presents stories of doers and dreamers who strive to make our planet a more humane and livable place. From our award-winning public radio series, the podcast features David Freudberg’s moving documentaries and dialogues. Hear new and evergreen episodes.

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Why Does God Allow Suffering?
byDavid Freudberg

Why does God allow suffering? This age-old question is considered by Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” who arrived at some soothing answers after facing his young son’s death.

Why Does God Allow Suffering?
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Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Why does God allow suffering? This age-old question is considered by Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” who arrived [...]
March 23, 2023
David Freudberg
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Libraries Reimagined, Pt 4
Libraries Reimagined, Pt 4
Here we consider the constant imperative of distinguishing fact from falsehood online. How can we tell whether information is reliable? We’ll hear from the CEO [...]
March 20, 2023
David Freudberg
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Libraries Reimagined, Pt 3
Libraries Reimagined, Pt 3
In this segment, we examine the importance of early literacy, starting with the simple act of reading aloud to a very young child. Librarians, pediatricians [...]
March 16, 2023
David Freudberg
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Libraries Reimagined, Pt 2
Libraries Reimagined, Pt 2
Sociologist Eric Klinenberg treats libraries as hallowed spaces. “We are sitting here today in an incredible public library solely because you and I have inherited [...]
March 13, 2023
David Freudberg
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A Brain Surgeon’s Journey
A Brain Surgeon’s Journey
Dr. Rees Cosgrove, a gifted brain surgeon who has performed thousands of high-stakes operations, conducts operations on a variety of patients, including children. In this [...]
March 9, 2023
David Freudberg
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The Power of Nonviolence, Pt 4
The Power of Nonviolence, Pt 4
Why do our hearts sometimes harden and impede the flow of compassion? Getting a handle on this question requires deep awareness of the underlying impulses [...]
March 2, 2023
David Freudberg
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The Medicine Garden, Pt 1
The Medicine Garden, Pt 1
Herbal remedies: Do they work? Are they safe? In The Medicine Garden, a special series drawn from our archives, you’ll take a fascinating tour of this [...]
January 2, 2023
David Freudberg
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Practicing Prevention with Ralph Snyderman
Practicing Prevention with Ralph Snyderman
In this episode, we hear from physician Ralph Snyderman, MD, a proponent of preventive medicine, who believes that our health care system should place greater [...]
December 8, 2022
David Freudberg
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Constant Emergency Pt1
Constant Emergency Pt1
Have we entered an age of unrelenting chaos? As we grope for a “new normal”, has humanity reached a kind of turning point? In this [...]
July 21, 2022
David Freudberg
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Constant Emergency, Pt2
Constant Emergency, Pt2
As we grope for a “new normal”, has humanity reached a kind of turning point? It feels that way — in the wake of the [...]
June 23, 2022
David Freudberg
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Books to Prisoners
Books to Prisoners
The Prisoners Literature Project, an all-volunteer service based in Berkeley, California, packages and ships books to people who are incarcerated, as a humanitarian gesture and [...]
June 9, 2022
David Freudberg
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Uncommon Ground, Pt1
Uncommon Ground, Pt1
In the wake of shocking violence at abortion clinics, two apparent enemies — women representing pro-choice and pro-life factions in the Boston area, where shootings [...]
May 30, 2022
David Freudberg
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After-Effects of War with Christal Presley
After-Effects of War with Christal Presley
Christal Presley, an English teacher in Virginia who experienced “secondary trauma” in response to the extreme behavior of her father, a Vietnam-era veteran with PTSD, [...]
December 16, 2021
David Freudberg
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Rubin Carter’s Hurricane, Pt 2
Rubin Carter’s Hurricane, Pt 2
Following incarceration in New Jersey for a multiple homicide he did not commit, Rubin Carter managed to emerge from prison in 1985 with an astounding [...]
December 9, 2021
David Freudberg
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Rubin Carter’s Hurricane, Pt 1
Rubin Carter’s Hurricane, Pt 1
As dramatized in a Bob Dylan song and ‘The Hurricane’ starring Denzel Washington, ex-prize fighter Rubin Carter tells how he was wrongly convicted of a [...]
December 2, 2021
David Freudberg
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Steps to Recovery, Pt 2
Steps to Recovery, Pt 2
Today over two million people partake of the storytelling, the good humor, the words of wisdom and the gallons and gallons of free coffee made [...]
November 25, 2021
David Freudberg
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Steps to Recovery, Pt 1
Steps to Recovery, Pt 1
Alcoholics Anonymous marks its beginning when one hopelessly addicted drunk realized that connecting with a fellow-sufferer would create a safe zone in which both could [...]
November 18, 2021
David Freudberg
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The Way of Tao, Pt 2
The Way of Tao, Pt 2
“At the end of the day,” says Jonathan Star about his English translation of Tao te Ching from the original Chinese, “it’s not about attaining [...]
November 11, 2021
David Freudberg
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The Way of Tao, Pt 1
The Way of Tao, Pt 1
Jonathan Star took twelve years to master the nuances of ancient Chinese in his quest to produce a remarkably lucid and evocative English translation of [...]
November 4, 2021
David Freudberg
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The Practice of Forgiveness, Pt 2
The Practice of Forgiveness, Pt 2
When we nurse grudges, the person clinging to a resentment often pays a high price in anxiety, hostility, perhaps depression. What follows from that for [...]
October 28, 2021
David Freudberg
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The Practice of Forgiveness, Pt 1
The Practice of Forgiveness, Pt 1
Author and prison therapist Robin Casarjian reframes the act of forgiveness not to condone hurtful behavior, but as a shift in perception that allows us [...]
October 21, 2021
David Freudberg
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