Humankind on Public Radio

Humankind on Public Radio


Latest Episodes

The Lost Cause, Pt1
January 20, 2025

Are we still living with the racial divide left over from the Civil War? Has it resurfaced today in the rise of white nationalism, election denial and the surge of anti-immigrant sentiment? To see add

Bob Massie’s Survival Story
January 16, 2025

The remarkable survival story of Bob Massie, an Episcopal minister who somehow walked through one life-threatening illness after another, and whose many challenges deepened his appreciation for lifea

Karen Armstrong
January 09, 2025

British religious historian and best-selling author Karen Armstrong explains why she thinks the West gets it wrong about Islam, and she discusses the Charter of Compassion campaign that she launched w

Reversal of Fortune
January 02, 2025

Having lost almost everything in the Madoff scam, best-selling author John Robbins tells how, in an age of less, he had to step back, reassess whats important and build a new, more fulfilling life.

Julie Goschalk
December 26, 2024

How the daughter of two holocaust survivors ventured into formal dialogues with children of Nazi-era Germans and what they learned from each other in a new era. To see additional resources and our oth

Hospitality
December 19, 2024

The stress of having a seriously ill loved one being treated in a hospital in a strange city is lessened by a compassionate army of volunteers in Boston who open their homes to provide lodging and a s

Self-fulfilling Prophecies(David Allen)
December 12, 2024

The surprising power of imagining positive outcomes in life is explored by NY Times best-selling author David Allen who finds that when people vividly picture the solutions to problems, it can reset t

Protecting the Public, Pt 2
December 09, 2024

We ride along in a van of Crisis Responders, who are sometimes deployed instead of police by Seattles new CARE Dept. Also heard are the deputy police chief and the chief of the CARE Dept, a married

Protecting the Public, Pt 1
December 05, 2024

This is the intriguing story of how, in some venues, public safety is being expanded to include not just police and fire services but also social workers and other professionals. To see additional res

Oral Lee Brown
November 28, 2024

What happened to a group of 1st graders in Oakland, CA when a local realtor said shed pay for their college education if they graduated from high school? To see additional resources and our other pro