Judy O'Bannon's Foreign Exchange takes viewers to fascinating places around the world and introduces them to people who are finding new ways to use mind, body and spirit to help change their world for the better. Through these travels, viewers will have the opportunity to explore issues that are relevant to all of us in this newly evolving global community.
Show Descriptions: Show #1 Jamaica: Beyond the Beaches |
Show #2 India: In Search of Enlightenment |
Show #3 Serbia: Nation of New Beginnings
Jamaica: Beyond the Beaches Original Airdate: July 26, 2007
In this first episode, Jamaica Beyond the Beaches, Judy O'Bannon joins a group of travelers who venture beyond the famous seaside resorts and immerse themselves in Jamaica’s vibrant native culture. They develop long-lasting, meaningful relationships with the men, women and children to whom Jamaica is not a place to go for vacation, but is, instead, a place that is simply "home."
India: In Search of Enlightenment Original Airdate: October 25, 2007
In this second episode, Judy O'Bannon travels to the International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh, India, to explore the idea of unity and the interrelatedness of all things. Along the way she encounters the music, the color, the culture and philosophy of a people who base their entire existence on this message of one-ness and global connectivity.
And we entertain the question: Might it be possible that a growing awareness of our own connectivity, and who's sitting beside us in our global living room, could assist us in our quest to treat one another with more respect and dignity? Further illumination is provided by Judy O'Bannon's daughter, Jennifer, and by Ananth Kini, raised in India, but now residing in Central Indiana.
Serbia: Nation of New Beginnings Original Airdate: March 27, 2008
Serbia's story is one of turmoil and uncertainty that seems, at first, far removed from the lives we live here in Indiana. But as Judy O'Bannon discovered when she went to Serbia, the basic needs and desires that shape us, be we Serb or Hoosier, are universal, and we can see ourselves in their experiences. Judy led a delegation from Ambassadors for Children to Serbia, at the invitation of the Crown Prince and Princess of Yugoslavia, who have recently repatriated to their homeland. The hope of the royalty is shared by Serbians: to make a transition from their war-torn past to become a peaceful, prosperous part of mainstream Europe.
This program is made possible with the support of: Michael and Barbara Blickman, John Herbst, Cathy Fanslow, John and Jane O’Connor and Children (Sean, Craig, Rachel, Brendan, Nicholas and Nathan), Dr. George and Peggy Rapp, Dr. Lois Sabo-Skelton, Maria McClain and The Members of St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church
