Category: Social Conscience & Civil Rights
Showing 37–67 of 67 results
-
John Lewis’ Mission
$0.00 Order Now -
Journalists of the Soul
$2.95 Order NowThis fascinating segment profiles contemporary journalists who have attempted to document the human spiritual experience
-
Judicial Independence
$0.00 Order NowHave our courts – intended by America’s founders to be an independent arbiter of justice – turned into another political battlefield? Are today’s judges mere “politicians in robes”? This public radio documentary series looks at the challenges and proposed solutions.
-
Katie Davis
$2.95 Order NowJournalist, mentor, gardener, camp counselor and community activist Katie Davis has undertaken a one-woman campaign to save kids in her inner city neighborhood of Washington, DC.
-
Kindred Spirits Volume 4: SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS
$14.95 Order NowRemarkable people from all walks of life tell how universal wisdom and personal faith help them lead positive, satisfying lives.
-
Living on the Edge
$0.00 Order NowOver a third of Americans lack sufficient savings to handle a $400 emergency. We consider the plight of tens of millions living on the edge of poverty in the United States.
-
The Lost Cause (Pts 1 & 2)
$0.00 Order NowAre we still living with the racial divide left over from the Civil War? Has it resurfaced today in the rise of white supremacism and election denialism?
-
Maestro Barenboim’s Peace Mission
$2.95 Order NowLegendary classical music conductor Daniel Barenboim, an Israeli, is profiled along with several gifted young musicians in the unique Arab-Israeli orchestra he founded along with his close Palestinian friend, the late Columbia Univ. literature professor Edward Said.
-
Marathon Justice
$2.95 Order NowWe re-tell the story of the Boston Marathon bombing and hear from Harvard Law School professor Nancy Gertner, who served seventeen years as a U.S. District Court judge.
-
Mia Farrow
$2.95 Order NowActress and activist Mia Farrow describes her tireless efforts to increase awareness about the ongoing slaughter in Darfur, her fascinating history of having adopted ten children, and her reflections on ego, learned in part through a life in the entertainment industry.
-
Moments of Truth with Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen
$2.95 Order NowBay Area author and psychiatrist Jean Shinoda Bolen explores the connection between a person’s emotional state affects their physical health, and how “moments of truth” may be revealed when facing dire illness.
-
Moral Force and International Law
$2.95 Order NowWe honor the recent passing of Fr. Robert Drinan, the law professor, priest and former Congressman. This program examines the role of moral authority as a basis for international law intended to promote a more humane world.
-
The Power of Nonviolence
$0.00 Order NowThe Power of Nonviolence seeks deep solutions to this vexing problem. We turn to wisdom teachings across our great spiritual traditions for guidance—and inspiration—on how the lasting wounds can be healed.
-
Oral Lee Brown
$2.95 Order NowWhat happened to a group of 1st graders in Oakland, CA when a local realtor said she’d pay for their college education if they graduated from high school?
-
The Philosopher of Finance with John C. Bogle
$2.95 Order NowA fascinating conversation with John Bogle, founder of Vanguard and one of the world’s most famous investors, on what it means to have “enough”, both financially and spiritually.
-
Public Options
$3.95 Order NowAs the health care debate continues, we take a provocative look at Canada’s highly popular system, which covers all citizens for a fraction of what Americans spend per person, but also has some problems which we examine. And we consider the “public option” that’s been proposed for the United States. Experts heard: Toronto physician Danielle Martin and Yale professor Jacob Hacker.
-
Bill Siemering: Radio Bridges
$2.95 Order NowWe hear excerpts of radio in some developing countries, where local broadcasting gives people a voice — and a taste of democracy — that can help to heal long-standing conflicts.
-
On Reaching Agreement
$3.95 Order NowTwo contemporary approaches to the essential human task of building unity and understanding. Harvard Law Professor Roger Fisher brilliantly outlines ways of thinking through disputes so as to find acceptable compromises
-
Reverend Ray Hammond
$2.95 Order Nowformer emergency room physician, Ray Hammond, tells why he switched professions and became a parish pastor to help heal the lives of troubled youths.
-
Room to Read
$2.95 Order NowAfter John Wood trekked through Nepal and saw under-educated children, he quit his job as a Microsoft executive and founded Room to Read, a nonprofit that has now established more than 9,000 libraries aimed at spreading literacy in developing nations worldwide.
-
The Right to Vote
$0.00 Order NowThis broadcast explores one of the most basic questions facing our democracy: who may participate?
-
Rubin Carter’s Hurricane
$3.95 Order NowAs 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 triple homicide and ultimately exonerated by a federal judge, and trained his mind in prison to transcend hatred. After a court declared his murder conviction a miscarriage of justice, Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter has been a tireless advocate for other wrongly-convicted inmates who face an uphill battle behind bars, in a nation that imprisons more people than any other.
-
Second Chances
$2.95 Order NowThis documentary explores the transition of a young mother from addiction treatment to a clean and sober life, with the help of a family mentoring program known as “shared family care.”
-
Streetworkers
$2.95 Order NowIn 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.
-
Tracy Gary
$2.95 Order NowThe 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.
-
Upholding Human Rights with David Scheffer
$2.95 Order NowBased on a new memoir, Northwestern University 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.
-
Waste and Want
$2.95 Order NowA 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.
-
Welcoming the Stranger
$0.00 Order NowSeveral chaplains reflect in-depth on the experience of connecting with people who are facing challenges related to mental health, addiction and homelessness. We hear from a social worker, Larry Clum, who explores what it means to companion homeless people without an intent to “fix” their problem.
-
Whole Teachers – Whole Students
$0.00 Order NowFaced with the deep divisions roiling America, can education that is “pro-social” provide an alternative path for healing and understanding? And can schools cultivate students’ skills for social awareness and self-reflection?
-
William Ury
$0.00 Order NowThe 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.
-
Barely Getting By: Stories of America’s Working Poor
$3.95 Order NowIn a country as wealthy as the United States, “working poor” should be a contradiction in terms. But tens of millions of Americans fall into that category, affecting a growing population of children.