The Power of Belief, Pt2

The Power of Belief, Pt2

We travel to a Detroit program for pediatric cancer patients founded by a rabbi whose daughter died of cancer. He teaches martial arts to young patients, helping them find inner strength. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org [http://humanmedia.org/] . Humankind specials are  heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston.

The Power of Belief, Pt 1

What is the role of a patient’s attitude in facing a serious illness? Are the benefits that many people derive from faith also available to cancer patients who feel uncomfortable with religion? What are the connections between a person’s beliefs and their ability to attain physical healing? To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org [http://humanmedia.org/] . Humankind specials are  heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston.

Waste and Want

A 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. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org [http://humanmedia.org/] . Humankind specials are  heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston.

Judicial Independence, Pt2

Have 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 crucial flashpoints in recent decades. Will rulings follow the predictable blocs of liberal and conservative justices, strongly associated with the party of the president who appointed them? To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org [http://humanmedia.org/] . Humankind specials are  heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston.

Judicial Independence, Pt1

Have 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 crucial flashpoints in recent decades. Because federal judges are nominated by the president and confirmed the U.S. Senate, inevitably the process is somewhat politicized. But as hyper-partisanship has corrosively swept across American life, we’ll explore whether our judiciary has been infected. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org [http://humanmedia.org/] . Humankind specials are  heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston.