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Produced by DAVID FREUDBERG. Heard on NPR and PRX member stations and our podcast

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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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Steps to Recovery, Pt2
byDavid Freudberg

In the second half of our documentary on the history of Alcoholics Anonymous, we examine the AA recovery principles that have promoted sobriety for millions of recovering alcoholics and have created a template to help people worldwide who struggle with many forms of addiction.

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Steps to Recovery, Pt2
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Steps to Recovery, Pt2
Steps to Recovery, Pt2
In the second half of our documentary on the history of Alcoholics Anonymous, we examine the AA recovery principles that have promoted sobriety for millions [...]
December 7, 2023
David Freudberg
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Steps to Recovery, Pt1
Steps to Recovery, Pt1
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 30, 2023
David Freudberg
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An Attitude of Gratitude
An Attitude of Gratitude
Cultivating our capacity for gratitude is one of the core spiritual traits advocated across all the great traditions. Being grateful can restore our perspective when [...]
November 23, 2023
David Freudberg
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Helping Prisoners to Heal, Pt2
Helping Prisoners to Heal, Pt2
More than a million Americans are locked in jails and prisons. Helping them recover from earlier trauma can safeguard society. Hear the stories of ex-prisoners [...]
November 16, 2023
David Freudberg
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Helping Prisoners to Heal, Pt1
Helping Prisoners to Heal, Pt1
More than a million Americans are in jails and prisons — a human tragedy. Many committed grave offenses. Some have experienced racial disparities at the hands of [...]
November 9, 2023
David Freudberg
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JoBeth Walt
JoBeth Walt
A woman who was severely burned in an accident reveals her personal journey of healing and self-acceptance and describes what she’s learned from working with [...]
November 2, 2023
David Freudberg
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Horizons of Attention with David Allen
Horizons of Attention with David Allen
Learning how to focus on different life horizons—from daily responsibilities to broader personal goals—is covered in this enlightening dialogue about “Making It All Work,” the [...]
October 26, 2023
David Freudberg
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Helen Keller, Pt 2 The Adult Years
Helen Keller, Pt 2 The Adult Years
Stricken blind and deaf by a fever at infancy, Helen Keller once described herself as “an optimist in spite of all.” This truly inspiring biography [...]
October 19, 2023
David Freudberg
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Diet and Health, Pt 2
Diet and Health, Pt 2
We examine current federal dietary recommendations that Americans significantly increase our intake of vegetables and fruits, and – particularly for men and boys – to [...]
October 12, 2023
David Freudberg
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Diet and Health, Pt 1
Diet and Health, Pt 1
In this Humankind documentary, we hear from a growing movement of physicians and others who — concerned by the rising rates of obesity, diabetes and [...]
October 5, 2023
David Freudberg
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Dignity with Donna Hicks
Dignity with Donna Hicks
Donna Hicks, author of Dignity, recounts her experiences as an international conflict mediator that led her to an understanding of how an assault on the [...]
September 28, 2023
David Freudberg
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Maintaining Focus with Daniel Goleman
Maintaining Focus with Daniel Goleman
Former NY Times science reporter Daniel Goleman, the best-selling author of Emotional Intelligence, discusses current research on the importance and mechanics of attaining personal focus. [...]
September 21, 2023
David Freudberg
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Equal Ground
Equal Ground
The moving tale of the late Mae Bertha Carter, a sharecropper who raised thirteen children and also stood firm—against harassment—in her quest to integrate public [...]
September 18, 2023
David Freudberg
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Proverbial Wisdom
Proverbial Wisdom
Elementary school students learn about ethics, language and common sense when a folklorist leads them through a fascinating exploration of age-old wisdom sayings and their [...]
September 14, 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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