Facing the Unthinkable

The Social Brain

Daniel Goleman is a former New York Times science reporter specializing in how brain function affects the way we feel and perceive life, particularly how people develop different levels of empathy. 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.

Facing the Unthinkable

The 2023 film ‘Oppenheimer’ reminds us of our unfinished business in the nuclear age. Hear Ira Helfand, an emergency room physician, describe the main barrier to addressing this problem: our denial that nuclear arms could cause the gravest emergency of all. 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, 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.