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girijad83, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: girijad83
from India
HumanMedia.org podcast by David Freudberg is a weekly radio program featuring articles from www.humanmedia.org's audio pieces, of which one can order personal CD's. This self-development podcast features talks of the things in life that make us stressed, and explanations concerning how to relieve that stress. It features speakers like David Allen who explains the feeling of being 'overloaded', and medical professor Herbert Benson, who teaches simple relaxation techniques. The podcast focuses on the issues of 'overwhelming overwork', which leaves little time for relaxation and recreation. It tries to change this in our lives to make it more creative and happy.
The audio quality of the podcast is good and the narration is clear. This is a great podcast to de-stress yourself. Another advantage is that the podcast tends to be short and deliver precisely the things one needs to listen to in order to change his or her perceptions.
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Reversal of Fortune with John Robbins
Author: David Freudberg
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
"We have a sickness in our society. If you say that somebody is a 'success', isn't it that usually what you mean is that they've made a lot of money, or have a lot of money?...Whereas I would define a successful human being -- if you think twice about it, and question that assumption, you know, wouldn't that actually be somebody who brings out the best in other people? Someone who gives -- adds beauty to the lives of others, in some way?" -- John Robbins, author of "The New Good Life" As a bright young man, John Robbins was the heir apparent to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire. But in his early twenties, he and his wife Deo struck out on their own, turning away from the family wealth and choosing instead a subsistence lifestyle of deliberately simple living that included growing their own food. John eventually began writing books about his journey, his advocacy for the environment, and his commitment to a healthier and more sustainable food system. His books sold in the millions (including the Pulitzer Prize-nominated 'Diet for a New America'), accruing a small fortune, this one earned on his own. But in 2008, he suddenly learned that he had lost almost everything to the scam-artist Bernard Madoff. It set off an unexpected family crisis, which nearly cost the Robbins their home and the secure future they tried to build for their special-needs grandchildren. This led to a fresh appraisal - discussed in this program - of what true wealth really means, and how in hard times it is still possible to achieve "an overflowing life, a generous life, and a joyful life." Complete program length: 29 Minutes
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Barbara Ehrenreich
Author: David Freudberg
Sun, Jan 29, 2012
"I was trying my best in these jobs because the question was could I support myself doing them?" --Barbara Ehrenreich The plight of the working poor who experience harsh treatment on the job and barely subsist is recounted by sociologist Barbara Ehrenreich who took various low-paying jobs to research her best selling book.Although armed in her real life with a doctoral degree in biology as well as being an esteemed journalist, her inconspicuous approach as "everyperson" in finding and maintaining a job shed new light on the reality of rigid management heirarchy, extremely hard work, and what truly is a living wage. Complete program length: 29 minutes
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Janet Connors
Author: David Freudberg
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
"I believe there are a couple of layers to forgiveness. There's one with no strings attached. That's more about a spiritual freeing of self. One that makes sure that vengeance doesn't eat you up, or turn your heart to stone. But there's a more practical layer for me too. This is this face-to-face practical layer. This is [to offenders]: 'You're coming back out into our community. If you keep doing dirt, then you're hurting our community again. And for me you might as well kill my son all over again. So for me, that actual looking you in the eye, giving you forgiveness, not just in prayer or separate from you, has some accountability, and that I expect you to lead a good life.'" -- Janet Connors, Teaches "restorative justice" after her son was murdered "I think every time [Janet] tells her story, students immediately like perk up, they're listening. They know someone who has been killed. They know, many of them, more than one person who's been killed. And I think her pain really resonates with them. I think that they, for themselves, when they have so much anger, to see someone kind of letting that anger go and channeling it in another way is something that they're not accustomed to seeing on a regular basis. And it's really eye-opening for them that they say, oh my goodness, here's this person who has lost a son and she's not bitter, she's not angry, she's not going out and getting revenge, she's doing this other thing to find that sense of peace." -- Betsy Roter, Guidance counselor, Charlestown, Massachusetts High School Janet Connors tells the agonizing story of losing her 19-year-old son, Joel, who was murdered during a home invasion in Boston in 2001. Before the tragedy, she was a long-time community activist, who had campaigned to make sure poor people's heat would not be turned off in winter and drove families to visit an incarcerated loved one -- because prisoners who maintained family connections had less recidivism. But upon her son's sudden death, Janet's core beliefs about justice were now "shaken to their core". She decided to reject paralyzing depression and vengeance, and instead devotes her life today to teaching public school students about "restorative justice", a philosophy that encourages forgiveness when wrongdoers accept accountability. We hear from Janet, and several members of Diploma Plus, a small learning community at Charlestown High, one of several public schools where she works in Boston. She also serves as a Fellow at the Suffolk University Center for Restorative Justice. Complete program length: 29 Minutes
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Hope in Action
Author: David Freudberg
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
"I guess the key then is what enables us to see the world through new eyes, and not just react out of fear and in our old patterns. What are the patterns of thinking that keep us in despair and fear, which then block our action for a lot of people?...So part of the answer is helping people see that they do have power moment to moment to contribute to either solutions or worsening of the problem." -- Frances Moore Lappe, author of 'EcoMind' and co-Founder, Small Planet Institute "There are over 300 mayors in this country who have [committed climate change policies] -- and they're in every state, including, you know, from Maine to Florida, and Texas to Oregon. And when you think about it, cities are responsible for about 80% of [greenhouse gas] emissions. And cities control land use planning, building codes, transportation planning. They control a huge fraction of the things we have to do. So we don't have to wait for Washington to get their act together, if we can get the cities to do it." -- William Moomaw, long-time Lead Author of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, pictured with his wife Margot Moomaw, a consultant on home energy use Although the consequences of climate change may turn out to be sweeping and dire, experts say there is still time to counteract the worst effects -- provided positive steps are taken promptly. Thus pessimism in the face of daunting predictions is self-defeating, because it may sap people of the enthusiasm needed to undertake doable changes. This Humankind special cuts through misinformation and examines the consensus scientists have reached about the causes of the climate crisis and its possible ramifications. Then, a future that is both sustainable and attainable is described. And we hear the fascinating story of how one of the world's top climate scientists and his wife designed and built an elegant home that has become a national model of how to enjoy a comfortable life with minimal impact on the environment. Complete program length: 29 Minutes More information can be found at the sites below:See this interactive Extreme Weather Map, reflecting trends that are consistent with climate changeHome Energy Checklist for Action (ways to reduce your own greenhouse gas emissions) See photos and learn details of Bill and Margot Moomaw's climate-friendly home in this PDF
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Neale Donald Walsch
Author: David Freudberg
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
"They are speaking what they believe and they truly believe that the only way to succeed in politics is to be beholden to special interests. What is needed is someone in politics who doesn't believe that." -Neale Donald Walsch Neale Donald Walsch of Ashland, OR, best-selling author of "Conversations With God", travels the United States declaring that it really is possible for our political system to be honest and also says we can and must elevate our political culture, starting with principled candidates willing to lose. Complete program length: 29 minutes
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Moments of Truth with Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen
Author: David Freudberg
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
"We might have a pain in our gut, a pain in our head, a pain in our back. I mean, those are very common places in which the body says 'stress'. That we are feeling badly about some major aspect of everyday life and it hurts us, but instead of being in touch with our feelings, [we] try not to feel the conflict... Well, we don't get away with that. When we are in conflict over how we are living our lives, some part of us is going to be in pain if we don't acknowledge it ourselves, and that part is often the body and so we have these headaches, tension headaches, we have back problems, our digestion, our appetite, our sleep patterns are not very good, and they're all initially just symptoms." --Jean Shinoda Bolen, MDJungian analyst and author of "Close to the Bone: Life Threatening Illness as a Soul Journey" Best-selling author Jean Shinoda Bolen, based in San Francisco, explores the "moments of truth" patients may encounter when experiencing dire illness or other medical conditions. She explores the complex roots of sickness, from personal emotional conflicts to diet, environmental factors and genetic predisposition. And however illness arises, it presents the patient with an opportunity to step back and observe personal patterns of thinking and living, we might otherwise avoid looking at. An eye-opening and thought-provoking discussion with a leading thinker in this field. Total Time: 29 minutes
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Will to Live (CD 2)
Author: David Freudberg
Sat, Jan 7, 2012
At the Wellness Community, a free program with centers located in more than twenty U.S. cities, cancer patients find a powerful connection in supportive dialogues with other patients who "understand." Identification with others who share your experience is profoundly liberating. We hear how people face -- and counter -- the natural fears associated with a diagnosis that is potentially life-threatening. The health dangers of allowing panic to go unchecked are considered as well. Also, a physician and best-selling author counsels cancer patients about the importance of maintaining a strong will to live. With Drs. Michael States, David Spiegel, Ann Webster, Malcolm Schultz, Rachel Naomi Remen and others. (2 parts, 1 hour total) "I was very angry and very frightened. And this has acted like a volcano in my life. It's just opened up so many issues for me to explore. So I'm one of those people who talks about cancer as being a gift." -- Cancer support group member Programs in This Series: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [Overview] Free Materials: [Excerpts] [Short Subjects] [Print] Purchase Entire Series for $24.95with Bonus Relaxation Exercise CD Complete program length: ~1 hour
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Frances Moore Lappe
Author: David Freudberg
Mon, Jan 2, 2012
"I was just absolutely swept away. I thought: Oh my gosh! If people only knew that hunger is needless, hunger is human-made, that we would all do something." -- Frances Moore Lappe More than thirty years after publication of her breakthrough best-selling book "Diet for a Small Planet," Frances Moore Lappe is still committed to helping us understand hidden connections -- between the foods we choose to eat, the earth on which they're grown, and the fact that today more than eight-hundred million people go hungry in our world. In this fascinating episode of Humankind, Lappe tells of her world journey to visit with citizen activists from Brazil to France to Kenya who are implementing new ways for food to be healthy, eco-friendly and generously available. The material is drawn in part from her new book, "Hope's Edge" co-authored with her daughter Anna Lappe. Complete program length: 29 minutes
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Loretta La Roche
Author: David Freudberg
Sun, Jan 1, 2012
"Many people are prophets in their own time. They are already projecting a way to suffer next week or the week after: Well, it rained this week; God knows what's going to happen next -- we're probably going to have a blizzard or a tornado. We'll be swept away!" --Loretta La Roche People complain so much about stress that it makes Loretta LaRoche... stressed out. Enjoy a half-hour with this popular comedian and stress management teacher who helps us find ways to lighten up! Famous for her PBS specials including "The Joy of Stress" and her book "Life is Short: Wear Your Party Pants," Loretta is a delightful exponent of finding the humor in life's inevitable challenges. She says we must watch our tendency to "catastrophize" and "awfulize," especially when circumstances are not extreme. And you'll smile when she pokes fun at how easily we can make ourselves out to be martyrs. Complete program length: 29 minutes
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Reverend Ray Hammond
Author: David Freudberg
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
What motivated an emergency room physician to leave his practice to become a minister? Why do young people in the inner city feel the need to carry weapons, and what are the underlying problems that lead to violence among urban youth? How can one reach out to troubled at-risk youths in their community, and what is necessary to become a positive role model for them? What can we do to heal the divisions that often occur inside a community? "It's the rare person who heals all by themselves. It's usually a community process." --Reverend Ray Hammond On this Episode of Humankind with David Freudberg, you'll meet Reverend Ray Hammond, an emergency room physician turned minister, who now leads an urban church and speaks of the need to come together and reach out to heal inner city youth threatened by poverty and violence. Hammond, a gifted child from Philadelphia, graduated from Harvard Medical School at the age of 23. After establishing a career in medicine, he felt called to become a minister in 1992. He is Pastor at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston, where he tries to play a positive role in the lives of young people. Hammond discusses why he left medicine and how his experience of healing people opened his eyes to the underlying emotional and spiritual problems that oftentimes cause people in the community to be sick. The question for Hammond is essential: how do we heal our young people and our communities? For the answer he stresses the three R's: renewal, reconnect, and responsibility. You need to have hope and show that you care, by establishing and maintaining contact with young people, and show that you are willing to learn from them, and at the same time to do your part to support the community. A thought-provoking look at healing, community, and coming together on Humankind. Complete program length: 29 minutes
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