Happiness & Hope
Need a pick-me-up? These feel-good tales of people changing the world for the better will restore your confidence in humanity and put a spring in your step.
How to Fall (Back) in Love with Your Home
What do you love most about your home? Which colors are most abundant? Is there a theme to the art you collect? Where are your knick-knacks from? Here's what your home says about you!
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The Magic of Opera from Subway to Stage!
How in the world has opera been so popular for so long? What is it about these hours-long performances that have kept people fascinated over centuries? Take a journey with us behind the curtain of this world to discover why you, too, are a fan of the opera!
How Dogs Are Helping Us Detect Cancer!
A group of highly trained dogs is learning to smell some of the hardest to detect forms of cancer! So, what are we learning from these super-sniffers?
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How to Transform Your Weaknesses into Your Secrets to Success!
What if the secret to getting the full potential out of your life, your productivity, and your gifts started with your weaknesses? It seems like an odd place to start, but this TED talk will have you looking at your weaknesses in an entirely new light in less than 10 minutes!
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Restoring Sight to the Blind with a $3 Innovation
Thought leaders who find ingenious solutions right at the root of problems can be an inspiration to us all. Here's a doctor who is changing the lives of millions with a few fundamental shifts that drove costs of restoring someone's sight down from $250 to $3!
Why Yoga?
Does all that stretching, turning upside down, and breathing really do anything? Why do people think yoga is so great? What kind of benefits can the average, unflexible, person get from yoga? Why not ask an average, unflexible dad what he thinks after doing it for 30 days?
Creating Order Out of Chaos: Why Puzzles are Making a Comeback!
Why do people turn to jigsaw puzzles? Entertainment? Excitement? Quality time with loved ones? There's a lot to love about these scattered pictures, but when we look back at their history, and the influence they are having right now, all the pieces fall into place!
Meet the People at the Festival Hollering Out for Bigfoot!
Warm-up your bellowing lungs and get out your hiking boots, because we're going on an adventure to track down the elusive Sasquatch! With the help of a few communities dedicated to celebrating the Big Foot legend, fun and adventure are just around the corner.
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Why Some Doctors Are Using VR Instead of Anesthesia!
Could virtual reality be a form of medicine? For patients who are using VR to help manage their pain and discomfort during minor surgery, it already is! Take a look at the amazing way this technology, originally popular for gaming, is getting a new life in hospitals.
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How to Grow Your Own Bowls, Lamps, and Baskets!
Can we seriously grow everything we need in our backyard? To explore this question, on this edition of Saturday's Around the World we're traveling to an enchanting land to meet a woman who can transform plants into almost any object you desire!
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Did You Have a Good Morning? Thank a Goat!
What do goats, frothed eggs, a hipster and you have in common? Well, around the world, there's a thread that connects us all—and it all starts with one of the most widely preferred morning drinks of choice, coffee!
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What Do New Yorkers Love About Their City?
How does the way we talk about things shape the way we see them? On a hot July day, the artist Marco Santini took to the New York City subway to ask, "What do you love about New York City?" The answers will make you rethink the way language shapes our view of the world!
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