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For the last eight years, pop singer Annie Lennox has devoted the majority of her time to her SING campaign, raising awareness and money to combat HIV/AIDS. She shares the experiences that have inspired her, from working with Nelson Mandela to meeting a little African girl in a desperate situation.
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They’ve been called the ‘Saints of Somalia’. Doctor Hawa Abdi and her daughter Deqo Mohamed discuss their medical clinic in Somalia, where in the face of civil war and open oppression of women they have built a hospital, a school and a community of peace.
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Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. He lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen.
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Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another. By listening to the humans around them and ‘taking statistics’ on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world.
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Christopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How did running help early humans survive — and what urges from our ancient ancestors spur us on today? McDougall tells the story of the marathoner with a heart of gold, the unlikely ultra-runner, and the hidden tribe in Mexico that runs to live.
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