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Judicial Independence, Pt2
Jul 9, 2026
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Judicial Independence, Pt1
Jul 2, 2026
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Home Cooking
Jun 25, 2026
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Income Inequality
Jun 18, 2026
Unknown duration
Generous Giving
Jun 11, 2026
29m 26s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/9/26 |  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 . Humankind specials are heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston. | — | ||||||
| 7/2/26 |  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 . Humankind specials are heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston. | — | ||||||
| 6/25/26 |  Home Cooking | We explore the significant benefits of home-cooked meals, including improved family dynamics, greater likelihood of healthy ingredients, lower costs, reduced carbon footprint and taking time together to appreciate the food we receive. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org . Humankind specials are heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston. | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 |  Income Inequality | We consider the dramatic increase in income inequality—now at levels that preceded the Great Depression—and how this wealth gap relates to a host of conditions, from personal illness to incarceration. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org . Humankind specials are heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston. | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 |  Generous Giving✨ | charitable givingphilanthropy+3 | Stacy Palmer | The Chronicle of PhilanthropyNPR+2 | — | charitable givingphilanthropy+5 | — | 29m 26s | |
| 6/4/26 |  Journey of the Deaf-Blind✨ | deaf-blindnessvolunteering+3 | Mary Gillespie | Braille InstituteHumankind+3 | Los Angeles | deaf-blindMary Gillespie+4 | — | 29m 11s | |
| 5/28/26 |  Culture of Distraction✨ | popular culturereality vs fantasy+3 | Chris Hedges | NPRPRX+3 | — | Chris HedgesEmpire of Illusion+3 | — | 29m 28s | |
| 5/21/26 |  Aging in Community, Pt4✨ | agingcommunity care+3 | — | NPRPRX+1 | America | direct care workerselderly+3 | — | 25m 21s | |
| 5/18/26 |  Ahead of His Time, Charles Sumner, Pt2✨ | slaveryFugitive Slave Act+4 | — | — | U.S. Senate | Charles SumnerFugitive Slave Act+5 | — | 27m 44s | |
| 5/14/26 |  Aging in Community, Pt3✨ | eldercareself-care+3 | — | NPRPRX+1 | — | eldercarecaregivers+3 | — | 28m 51s | |
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| 5/11/26 |  Ahead of His Time: The Story of Charles Sumner, Pt1✨ | abolition of slaveryU.S. senator+3 | — | NPRPRX+1 | Mass. | Charles Sumnerabolition+5 | — | 26m 43s | |
| 5/7/26 |  Mattie Stepanek’s Heartsong✨ | childhoodpoetry+4 | Mattie Stepanek | NPRPRX+2 | — | Mattie Stepanekpoet+5 | — | 29m 03s | |
| 4/30/26 |  First Responders✨ | first respondersdisaster spiritual care+3 | — | Red CrossNPR+2 | — | first respondersfirefighters+5 | — | 35m 04s | |
| 4/23/26 |  Streetworkers✨ | youth gang violencestreet workers+4 | Teny Gross | NPRPRX+2 | Providence, Rhode Island | youth violencegang intervention+5 | — | 29m 14s | |
| 4/16/26 |  Mothers Out Front✨ | climate changeparenting+3 | — | Mothers Out FrontNPR+3 | — | climate changeMothers Out Front+3 | — | 29m 26s | |
| 4/9/26 |  The Placebo Effect✨ | placebo effecthealing+3 | — | NPRPRX+1 | — | placebohealing+5 | — | 29m 14s | |
| 4/2/26 |  Words of War and Peace✨ | warpeace+3 | Cynthia Wachtell | NPRPRX+1 | — | warpeace+5 | — | 29m 26s | |
| 3/26/26 |  Hospice Doc Joel Bauman✨ | hospice carepalliative care+4 | Joel Bauman | NPRPRX+2 | — | hospicepalliative care+5 | — | 29m 53s | |
| 3/19/26 |  Barely Getting By, Pt2✨ | working poorpoverty+3 | — | NPRPRX+1 | United States | working poorpoverty+4 | — | 29m 23s | |
| 3/12/26 |  Books to Prisoners✨ | prison reformliterature+3 | — | Prisoners Literature ProjectNPR+3 | Berkeley, California | booksprisoners+4 | — | 29m 07s | |
| 3/5/26 |  Answering the Need, Pt2✨ | economic recoverypoverty+3 | — | NPRPRX+1 | United States | povertyeconomic recovery+5 | — | — | |
| 2/26/26 |  Answering the Need, Pt1✨ | economycommunity support+3 | — | NPRPRX+1 | United States | economycommunity+4 | — | — | |
| 2/19/26 |  Medicine’s River of Meaning✨ | medicinephilosophy+3 | Rachel Remen | NPRPRX+2 | — | medicinehealing+4 | — | — | |
| 10/16/25 |  Power of Concentration with George Mumford | George Mumford teaches top athletes the “superpowers” of mindfulness, concentration, insight, right effort and trust as techniques to strengthen performance and avoid the trap of spiritual demise. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org . Humankind specials are heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston. | — | ||||||
| 9/4/25 |  Living Fully with Illness | The power of a patient’s self-reflection as a tool for coping with illness is explored by a nurse scientist who has studied meditation as a health technique, and by a cancer survivor who teaches other patients about the value of therapeutic writing in expressing their inward feelings. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org Humankind specials are heard on NPR and PRX member stations, in association with GBH Boston. | — | ||||||
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Chart history for Humankind on Public Radio
Peaked at #125 in United States, currently #125 in United States.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | — | #125 | #125 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.