Category World

Knowledge and appreciation of what lies far beyond our doorsteps can lift us up and reveal the best in humanity. Travel the globe with us and explore the beautiful, breath-taking, and sometimes quirky ways our world can bring us together.

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The One Big Problem We Know How to Solve with Christoph Gorder of Charity: Water (Episode #82)

Water is a human need and human right to which billions (with a B) of people still lack access. This is a natural resource that the rest of us normally take for granted. But Christoph Gorder, who grew up in the Central African Republic, is working to change that and seeking every day to improve people’s lives and conditions through his organization: charity: water.

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Map Out Your Happiness Journey: Dancing Through the Americas with Aliénor Salmon (Episode #80)

If you could do anything you wanted, what would it be? When Alienor Salmon was asked this question, she realized nothing would make her happier than to leave her job at the United Nations and travel through Latin America, learning from locals the dances of every country she visited along the way. On her journey, she saw how we humans constantly prioritize things that do not make us happy. But when we use happiness as a baseline for all our decisions, we can come alive.

Healing PTSD Through Hiking: The First Black Man to Achieve the Triple Crown

After hard times, we all need to find ways to heal. For this veteran, that was hiking. And in his love for the sport, he became the first Black man to achieve the Triple Crown of Hiking, a more than 8,000 mile feat. Now, his mission has grown from healing himself to inspiring others.

Image: Jimmy Chin hanging from a rope while climbing a mountain.

What’s Next When You’ve Already Peaked: Surfing with Mountaineer Jimmy Chin

World class mountaineer Jimmy Chin’s usual comfort zone is tens of thousands of feet in the air. He’s conquered mountains, but what remains on his bucket list is to conquer the waves. Today, he’s coming down to sea level to try the big surf and revealing the absolute joy of learning something new.

This Beautiful and Iconic City is Creating More Space to Stroll In

A new initiative underway wants to make life in Barcelona even better by transforming public spaces into 20 miles of pedestrian green spaces for walking, playing, and just spending time, putting the wellbeing of people front and center.

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Extreme Poverty is at an All-Time Low and Other Remarkable Stats About Our Improving World

Rates of poverty, hunger, and sickness, and many more are all falling. Here are the uplifting facts about our world that will restore your confidence in humanity and show you that despite the rampant doom and gloom, many things ARE getting better.

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A Year of Living Kindly: Lessons Learned with Donna Cameron (Episode #61)

Donna Cameron, After many incredible years in nonprofit management, has been spending her time “pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.” She started this journey by living out one year of being intentionally kind, one day at a time.

Ziplining to Breakfast—Redefining “Home” by Living in the Treetops

Living life in the rainforest treetops, this unique community shows us how to seek and build the lives that we want—regardless of how wild our dreams may be!

Image: a mushroom foraging trip -- basket with a knife and some found mushrooms

Miss Traveling? Join This Mushroom-Hunting Adventure in Romania!

Have you been bitten by the travel bug recently? Join us on a trip to a dinner table far far away to enjoy the delicacies and adventures of a place you probably have never been to before!

What Happens When Lion Hunter Becomes Lion Protector?

Could the Kenyan warriors who once hunted lions actually be the best ambassadors to protect them? Here’s how Warrior Watch is taking skills honed over generations and using them for good to save this amazing species!

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Image: People on boats going down a canal in Giethoorn

How This Little Town Survives without Roads or Cars

What if you never had to hear the sound of cars outside of your window again? For the residents of this Netherlandish town, that's reality: most of Giethoorn isn't accessible by four wheels, but rather by canal boat! Here's a lovely look at a world without roads.

Image: Diving with a purpose divers surveying a ship wreck

Uncovering a History Lost at Sea: The Slave Wrecks Project

Can you imagine being able to discover your own history? Black divers and maritime archaeologists are diving to the depths of shipwrecks to recover stories that had been missing from our world history, until now.

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