Although many people crave the break from daily work they receive upon retirement, in some cases the experience of an “endless vacation” eventually causes individuals to feel purposeless.  Marc Freedman has been tracking the trend of seniors returning to the workforce to give something back to society in areas such as education, health care, and the environment. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/ Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

Although many people crave the break from daily work they receive upon retirement, in some cases the experience of an “endless vacation” eventually causes individuals to feel purposeless.  Marc Freedman has been tracking the trend of seniors returning to the workforce to give something back to society in areas such as education, health care, and the environment. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/product/encore-careers/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK</a> Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/</a> Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

Encore Careers

This program recounts how American and Soviet physicians joined together on a mission to educate their governments and their peoples about the medical effects of nuclear war beginning in the early 1960s. Calculating the medical consequences of a nuclear war eventually led to the founding of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the first global medical movement dedicated to disseminating factual information on the human costs of that nightmare scenario. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/ Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

This program recounts how American and Soviet physicians joined together on a mission to educate their governments and their peoples about the medical effects of nuclear war beginning in the early 1960s. Calculating the medical consequences of a nuclear war eventually led to the founding of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the first global medical movement dedicated to disseminating factual information on the human costs of that nightmare scenario. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/product/doctors-movement-avert-nuclear-war/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK</a> Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/</a> Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

Doctors’ Movement to Avert Nuclear War

Parenting today is performed in the face of an almost impossible arsenal of influences. Such influences can cloud, distract, and even displace the parent from his or her greatest responsibility: guidance. The Kabat-Zinns, a couple from Lexington, MA, authors, and parents, reach out to their fellow parents in this thoughtful and clarifying episode of Humankind. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/ Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

Parenting today is performed in the face of an almost impossible arsenal of influences. Such influences can cloud, distract, and even displace the parent from his or her greatest responsibility: guidance. The Kabat-Zinns, a couple from Lexington, MA, authors, and parents, reach out to their fellow parents in this thoughtful and clarifying episode of Humankind. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/product/mindful-parenting/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK</a> Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/</a> Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

Mindful Parenting

We consider the moral implications of scientific research, especially when the aim is to develop military arms. Are the scientists involved morally responsible for the use of these weapons on civilians? Author and historian Robert Neer recounts the top-secret research conducted at Harvard in the early 1940s, which yielded the weapon napalm.  We also hear from Harvard science historian Everett Mendelsohn, who signed an anti-napalm petition in 1967, and who studied and taught about the gap between weapons research and a deep awareness of how weapons development can lead to great human suffering. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/ Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

We consider the moral implications of scientific research, especially when the aim is to develop military arms. Are the scientists involved morally responsible for the use of these weapons on civilians? Author and historian Robert Neer recounts the top-secret research conducted at Harvard in the early 1940s, which yielded the weapon napalm.  We also hear from Harvard science historian Everett Mendelsohn, who signed an anti-napalm petition in 1967, and who studied and taught about the gap between weapons research and a deep awareness of how weapons development can lead to great human suffering. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/product/clash-science-ethics/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK</a> Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/</a> Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

The Clash of Science and Ethics

This is the second part of our special on the revered journalist and ‘Catholic Worker’ founder Dorothy Day. Recalling the words of her grandmother, Kate Hennessy recalls, “She always said they did not intend to start a soup line. They did not intend to open up houses of hospitality. That this just happened because of what they were writing about. People started showing up at their door saying, “We need help.” And so my grandmother was like, “Well, sit down. We have—we have more soup on the stove,” and then, you know, had to find apartments to put people up. And it just grew, and grew, and grew.” To view additional resources for this episode please visit: humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/ Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

This is the second part of our special on the revered journalist and ‘Catholic Worker’ founder Dorothy Day. Recalling the words of her grandmother, Kate Hennessy recalls, “She always said they did not intend to start a soup line. They did not intend to open up houses of hospitality. That this just happened because of what they were writing about. People started showing up at their door saying, “We need help.” And so my grandmother was like, “Well, sit down. We have—we have more soup on the stove,” and then, you know, had to find apartments to put people up. And it just grew, and grew, and grew.” To view additional resources for this episode please visit: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/product/dorothy-day/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK</a> Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/</a> Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

Dorothy Day, Pt2

When Pope Francis addressed Congress in 2015, he cited four great Americans: President Abraham Lincoln, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., theologian Thomas Merton, and Dorothy Day, the famous writer and activist. Day, who died in 1980 at age 83, was a remarkable 20th century figure: journalist and founder of the “Catholic Worker” movement, which established soup kitchens and “houses of hospitality” in the Great Depression. More than 200 Catholic worker facilities remain in operation today. In this profile, we hear excerpts of a talk by Dorothy Day, along with recollections by her youngest grandchild, Kate Hennessy, a Vermont native and author of The World will be Saved by Beauty, an intimate portrait of her grandmother. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/ Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

When Pope Francis addressed Congress in 2015, he cited four great Americans: President Abraham Lincoln, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., theologian Thomas Merton, and Dorothy Day, the famous writer and activist. Day, who died in 1980 at age 83, was a remarkable 20th century figure: journalist and founder of the “Catholic Worker” movement, which established soup kitchens and “houses of hospitality” in the Great Depression. More than 200 Catholic worker facilities remain in operation today. In this profile, we hear excerpts of a talk by Dorothy Day, along with recollections by her youngest grandchild, Kate Hennessy, a Vermont native and author of The World will be Saved by Beauty, an intimate portrait of her grandmother. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/product/dorothy-day/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK</a> Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/</a> Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

Dorothy Day, Pt1

The United States incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world. Some in this diverse population are dangerous and apparently don’t seek rehabilitation to a more productive life. For many others, though, incarceration is a forced opportunity for self-examination and positive change – a process that can be supported and stimulated by spiritual care providers. In this segment, we explore in-depth the experiences of two chaplains and two prisoners about their faith journeys while behind bars. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/ Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

The United States incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world. Some in this diverse population are dangerous and apparently don’t seek rehabilitation to a more productive life. For many others, though, incarceration is a forced opportunity for self-examination and positive change – a process that can be supported and stimulated by spiritual care providers. In this segment, we explore in-depth the experiences of two chaplains and two prisoners about their faith journeys while behind bars. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/product/spiritual-care/#tabs-6505-0-7" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK</a> Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/</a> Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

Jailhouse Chaplains

America’s founders recognized that without a king, the fledgling nation would need an informed citizenry—or their bold experiment in democracy would fail. So in early America, the government subsidized newspapers, established the postal system to facilitate information flow and drew up plans for public education. But now in the digital age, does the demise of newspapers threaten citizens’ access to quality journalistic information? Does remarkably low civic knowledge by average Americans weaken the fabric of democracy? To view additional resources for this episode please visit: humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/ Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

America’s founders recognized that without a king, the fledgling nation would need an informed citizenry—or their bold experiment in democracy would fail. So in early America, the government subsidized newspapers, established the postal system to facilitate information flow and drew up plans for public education. But now in the digital age, does the demise of newspapers threaten citizens’ access to quality journalistic information? Does remarkably low civic knowledge by average Americans weaken the fabric of democracy? To view additional resources for this episode please visit: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/product/informed-republic/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK</a> Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/</a> Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

An Informed Republic, Pt2 with Sandra Day O’Connor

The second part of our documentary on the brother of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski who reminds us that, “We’ve got to take back the ideal of justice, we’ve got to take back this principle of human dignity. We’ve got to take it back from vengeance, from hatred, we’ve got to say: look, we’re all in this together. We are human beings.” To view additional resources for this episode please visit: humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/ Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

The second part of our documentary on the brother of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski who reminds us that, “We’ve got to take back the ideal of justice, we’ve got to take back this principle of human dignity. We’ve got to take it back from vengeance, from hatred, we’ve got to say: look, we’re all in this together. We are human beings.” To view additional resources for this episode please visit: <a href="http://humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK</a> Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/</a> Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

The Unabomber’s Brother, Pt2

Actress Joanne Hamlin looks at the role of outstanding women in America’s spiritual history. Among other women of strong faith, Hamlin re-creates the life and philosophy of Christian Science founder, Mary Baker Eddy. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/ Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

Actress Joanne Hamlin looks at the role of outstanding women in America’s spiritual history. Among other women of strong faith, Hamlin re-creates the life and philosophy of Christian Science founder, Mary Baker Eddy. To view additional resources for this episode please visit: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/product/women-faith/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humanmedia.org/EPISODEPAGELINK</a> Follow “Humankind on Public Radio” at: <a href="https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanmedia.org/podcast/</a> Human Media performs public broadcasting production and distribution activities in association with WGBH/Boston, NPR and PRX. #humankindradio #humankind

Women of Faith

Weekly podcast from public radio’s award-winning program Humankind

Totally wonderful !  Great escape from the nation’s political climate. Listen and you’ll be hooked.

Human Kind

Really great show and well produced! Keep it going!

Wonderful show!

Humankind on Public Radio

A 15-minute stress reduction session to calm the body and mind.

A 15-minute stress reduction session to calm the body and mind.

Simple Relaxation Exercise

We look back on the stunning display of forgiveness and nonviolence by the grieving families and congregants of Mother Emanuel church, where a gunman murdered black worshipers. Roof was sentenced to death today by a federal jury.

We look back on the stunning display of forgiveness and nonviolence by the grieving families and congregants of Mother Emanuel church, where a gunman murdered black worshipers. Roof was sentenced to death today by a federal jury.

The Power of Nonviolence, pt. 1:  Soul Force

This look at the emergence of “integrative medicine” begins with a visit to America’s busiest trauma center, in Baltimore, where patients receive both emergency care and natural treatments to soothe the challenges of serious illness.

This look at the emergence of “integrative medicine” begins with a visit to America’s busiest trauma center, in Baltimore, where patients receive both emergency care and natural treatments to soothe the challenges of serious illness.

The Search for Well-Being, pt. 1: Treating the Whole Person

How do nurses, who are exposed to continual suffering by patients, manage to keep their hearts open and maintain compassion? Nurses describe the centrality of communication with patients and the skills of “active listening.” Nurses are regenerated by the bond of caring they build with patients in need.

How do nurses, who are exposed to continual suffering by patients, manage to keep their hearts open and maintain compassion? Nurses describe the centrality of communication with patients and the skills of “active listening.” Nurses are regenerated by the bond of caring they build with patients in need.

Resilient Nurses, pt. 3: The Art of Listening

We hear stories of peacemakers who draw from their diverse lives and religious traditions as a basis for breaking down barriers and promoting conflict resolution.

We hear stories of peacemakers who draw from their diverse lives and religious traditions as a basis for breaking down barriers and promoting conflict resolution.

The Power of Nonviolence, pt. 2: The Spirituality of Nonviolence

Which foods have the largest global warming footprint—and which are most climate-friendly?

Which foods have the largest global warming footprint—and which are most climate-friendly?

The Diet-Climate Connection, pt. 3: The Carbon Footprint of Your Dinner

This episode explores the very human level at which some nurses interact with patients at their most vulnerable moments. What spiritual questions about life and death arise in such encounters? We do nurses turn for their own support? And we look at the concept of “compassion fatigue” and ways nurses can maintain open-hearted care.

This episode explores the very human level at which some nurses interact with patients at their most vulnerable moments. What spiritual questions about life and death arise in such encounters? We do nurses turn for their own support? And we look at the concept of “compassion fatigue” and ways nurses can maintain open-hearted care.

Resilient Nurses, pt. 4: Compassion Fatigue

Hundreds of colleges are now moving toward healthier, more climate-friendly food choices on campus.

Hundreds of colleges are now moving toward healthier, more climate-friendly food choices on campus.

The Diet-Climate Connection, pt. 1: College Dining Goes Green

The new urban agriculture movement offers a way for us to re-connect our lives to nature.

The new urban agriculture movement offers a way for us to re-connect our lives to nature.

The Diet-Climate Connection, pt. 4: Growing Locally, Thinking Globally

When we’re in a disagreement, it’s sometimes hard simply to listen to the other person. But skillful listening is a core practice of conflict resolution and, potentially, a doorway to improved relations and greater self-understanding.

When we’re in a disagreement, it’s sometimes hard simply to listen to the other person. But skillful listening is a core practice of conflict resolution and, potentially, a doorway to improved relations and greater self-understanding.

The Power of Nonviolence, pt. 6: Deep Listening

The problem of rushed medical visits, now standard nationwide, can strain both doctors and patients. The story of a Calif. woman who was misdiagnosed with MS, until a different doctor had the time to listen and discovered the error.

The problem of rushed medical visits, now standard nationwide, can strain both doctors and patients. The story of a Calif. woman who was misdiagnosed with MS, until a different doctor had the time to listen and discovered the error.

The Search for Well-Being, pt. 2: When a Doctor Has Time to Listen

Gas taxes you pay at the pump go into a huge pool of federal transportation funds. How should the money be divided up? Plus high-speed rail, pro and con.

Gas taxes you pay at the pump go into a huge pool of federal transportation funds. How should the money be divided up? Plus high-speed rail, pro and con.

Passengers, pt. 4: Taxation for Transportation

This episode of ‘Humankind on Public Radio’ is part of a special series, ‘The Spiritual Care Podcast’. For more episodes exploring the role of spiritual caregivers helping those in need, look for ‘The Spiritual Care Podcast’ on your preferred podcast platform. Rev. Chris Antal, a Unitarian Universalist minister in the town of Rock Tavern, New York, was drawn to service in response to the attacks of 9/11. He entered military chaplaincy partially as a way to help soldiers who are prone to harming themselves in the wake of war. He also wanted to bring a “liberal voice into a very conservative chaplaincy,” consistent with the commitment of his tradition of acceptance for people representing different faiths and sexual orientation backgrounds. In this profile, Rev. Antal explores how he was drawn to faith-based engagement with indigenous religious leaders, where he was stationed at Kandahar Air Base.  “I was uniquely equipped to engage in interfaith dialogue” with Muslims. But what’s it like to be a spiritual presence in a war zone? What’s the duty to honor the lives of human beings who die in war, whether from your side or the “enemy”? Rev. Antal grew disenchanted with the U.S. military policy of deploying unmanned aircraft (drones), which are often associated with civilian casualties. In 2016, he resigned in protest from his commission as a chaplain in the Army Reserve and, after a Congressional inquiry, received an honorable discharge. We end this episode with an excerpt of Rev. Antal’s moving sermon about modern war.

This episode of ‘Humankind on Public Radio’ is part of a special series, ‘The Spiritual Care Podcast’. For more episodes exploring the role of spiritual caregivers helping those in need, look for ‘The Spiritual Care Podcast’ on your preferred podcast platform. Rev. Chris Antal, a Unitarian Universalist minister in the town of Rock Tavern, New York, was drawn to service in response to the attacks of 9/11. He entered military chaplaincy partially as a way to help soldiers who are prone to harming themselves in the wake of war. He also wanted to bring a “liberal voice into a very conservative chaplaincy,” consistent with the commitment of his tradition of acceptance for people representing different faiths and sexual orientation backgrounds. In this profile, Rev. Antal explores how he was drawn to faith-based engagement with indigenous religious leaders, where he was stationed at Kandahar Air Base.  “I was uniquely equipped to engage in interfaith dialogue” with Muslims. But what’s it like to be a spiritual presence in a war zone? What’s the duty to honor the lives of human beings who die in war, whether from your side or the “enemy”? Rev. Antal grew disenchanted with the U.S. military policy of deploying unmanned aircraft (drones), which are often associated with civilian casualties. In 2016, he resigned in protest from his commission as a chaplain in the Army Reserve and, after a Congressional inquiry, received an honorable discharge. We end this episode with an excerpt of Rev. Antal’s moving sermon about modern war.

Safe Place in a War Zone

The story of a Virginia man who accepted his county’s “challenge” to go car-free for a month; plus voices of motorists filling up at the pump; bus riders in a low-income neighborhood and others.

The story of a Virginia man who accepted his county’s “challenge” to go car-free for a month; plus voices of motorists filling up at the pump; bus riders in a low-income neighborhood and others.

Passengers, pt. 1: Going Car-Free

A return visit to the Seeds of Peace summer camp, when teenagers from opposing sides of conflict regions, including the Middle East, arrive for amazing encounters of dialogue and fun.

A return visit to the Seeds of Peace summer camp, when teenagers from opposing sides of conflict regions, including the Middle East, arrive for amazing encounters of dialogue and fun.

The Power of Nonviolence, pt. 5: Seeds of Peace

The best podcasts on investing. For anyone interested in the stories in the investing industry, whether it's an interview with Ray Dalio or Ed Thorp to the writer of The Big Short. This topic includes the most fascinating stories from all the best investors. Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

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The best podcast episodes about true crime. For any thrill seeking podcast listeners who just can't get enough of the captivating stories of murderers and criminals. This topic has all the best episodes from many different true crime podcasts.  Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!