Ask Joanne Sawicki, founder and chief executive of Channel Health in the U.K., about the recent surge in spiritual and wellness programming and she'll credit the new millennium: 'In these times, people are questioning everything.' John Wilson, co-chief programming exec at PBS, might be a little less positive, suggesting the demand is fueled by aging baby boomers starting 'to confront their own mortality.'

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