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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Forgiving
Author: Jim Fleming
Narrator: Jim Fleming
Format: Original Recording
Length: 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-18-13
Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)
Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews
Publisher's Summary:
In this hour, Amanda Lindhout is a Canadian journalist who endured 460 days in captivity, after being held hostage by a gang of Somali kidnappers. In her new memoir, A House in the Sky, she writes about surviving physical and sexual violence and about her ongoing effort to forgive her kidnappers.
Next, in the Jewish sacred calendar, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year -- the Day of Atonement. Israeli-born Jewish educator Amichai Lau-Lavie reinterprets the meaning and message of the holiday, to focus less on guilt and more on self-forgiveness. He is the founder of Storahtelling and is the spiritual leader of NYC's Lab/Shul.
Then, in his new book, Evil Men, James Dawes grapples with the questions about forgiveness and war crimes. Dawes interviewed a collection of convicted war criminals from the Second Sino-Japanese War. They are old men now, waiting for death and hoping for forgiveness.
After that, Cary Sudler's family once owned a plantation and slaves in Maryland. Sudler returns to his ancestral home to apologize to the black members of his family for the injustice of slavery.
Following that, the sonic sepia of a rare 78 RPM lets us eavesdrop on Cantor Isaiah Meisels, singing prayers for the Jewish High Holy Days in 1907. Folklorist, performer and record producer Henry Sapoznik is our guide.
And finally, humans have a deep-seated, genetic instinct to forgive. Michael McCullough directs the Evolution and Human Behavior Laboratory at the University of Miami. His research explores the evolutionary advantages of forgiveness. McCullough's the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and a popular book: Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct. [Broadcast Date: September 18, 2013]
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