"A Beautiful World" is a news program that focuses on inspirational stories from around the world, featuring good news about science, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by author and journalist Heather McElhatton, who listeners know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. www.abeautiful.world or Download ABW Podcast! iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-beautiful-world/id986469943?mt=2 Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.c ...
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Psychotherapist Ann Scott Dumas talks about ways to self-isolate with inspiration. Listen to more stories at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Your voice is needed to help protect roadless wilderness. Leave your public comment on the forest service website at: https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=54511More on the story at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Theodore Gray talks about his book, "Molecules, The Elements and Architecture of Everything." More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Nurse and Poet Molly Case recounts her life as a nurse. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Biologist Nick Haddad explores ways to save the rarest butterflies on earth. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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How Your Story Sets You Free. more at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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A non-profit program that helps students achieve their dreams after high school. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Food Hubs like the Good Acre provide a critical link in a sustainable farming network, by allowing small farmers to pool resources and reach multiple markets. more at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Dr. Aysha Akhtar says the health of animals directly affects our own. Her new book is called "Our symphony with Animals; on Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Space Archeologist Sarah Parcak talks about the cutting edge technology that is saving ancient sites around the globe, and how YOU can help map the entire earth in ten years! More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Sarah Parcak uses modern technology to discover ancient sites. you can help too! More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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A conversation with Dr. Isaac Bentwich about his translation of the Gita more at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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A conversation with Indre Viskontas about her book, How Music Can Make You Better. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Woman Crosses Country Looking for Acts of Kindness by Heather McElhattonDi Heather McElhatton
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by Heather McElhattonThe Maryland Food Bank is one of the biggest, and oldest, food banks in America. It distributes 48 million pounds of food every year, and deliver over a hundred thousand meals every single day. But the Maryland Food Bank believes the way to end hunger is NOT just with food.Ania Pettigrew: I love pasta. It's a big problem, (laug…
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Risking the Rapids opens with the shocking death of O’Garden’s older brother, which prompts her and other relatives to seek closure on a journey through the remotest spot in Montana. Described genially as a river “float”, a harrowing journey unfolds. This wilderness trip is contrasted with O’Garden’s account of growing up with her six siblings in a…
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In a historic enviornmental win - EU parliment bans single-use plastics. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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How to help animals and wildlife in winter. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Legacy Letters offer a way to never be forgotten. Leave your thoughts, dreams and memories for your future family to find them. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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"WITNESS: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom," art, lectures, teaching, workshops, and consulting. In the vein of Tuesdays with Morrie, A devoted protégé and friend of one of the world’s great thinkers takes us into the sacred space of the classroom. more at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Sensing a kindred spirit in the plucky young bird, Mozart bought him and took him home to be a family pet. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Mark Nepo is a poet, philosopher, teacher and cancer survivor. He lives in southwest Michigan and he's just published his twentieth book, titled: "More together Than Alone, discovering the power and spirit of community in our lives and in the world." More at www.abeautiful,worldDi Heather McElhatton
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The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological “tales” by multiple award?winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In thirty?two concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe and those who strive to uncover its mysteries. Mor…
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Haemin Sunim is one of the most influential Zen Buddhist teachers and writers in South Korea. He's started a "School for Broken Hearts" in downtown Seoul, where people dealing with depression, cancer, divorce and a wide horizon of other challenges can get free counseling, meditation and community. Read more at www.abeautiful.world…
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Natural Navigator, Tristan Gooley teaches people how to navigate through the world using only clues found in nature. For more on the story visit: https://www.abeautiful.world/stories/the-lost-art-of-reading-natures-signs/Di Heather McElhatton
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For more on the story visit: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/08/13/learning-a-life-lesson-from-arctic-For more on the Program visit: www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Mark Cook lives in the Orkney Islands, just north of Scotland. A Taxi driver by day, he's discovered the ancient art of tying knots and turns recycled garbage form the sea into beautiful museum-quality thump mats. (He finds plenty of rope to recycle while walking remote Orkney beaches with his dog.) Mark may live on an isolated island, but he's joi…
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Used by Charles Darwin to describe colors in the field, "Werners Nomenclature of Colours" is one of the first color charts ever created. It's a treasure to see the foundation on which our current chaotic color world was built. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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The best holiday you've never heard of! Galactic Tick Day happens every 1.7 years and celebrates the motion of the planets journey around the Milky Way. Not just Earth, but the solar system is ticking its way around the galaxy.Mark your calendars and hold on: The next official tick is June 26.Di Heather McElhatton
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The vast variety of creatures living underwater makes us wonder – is there really such a thing as a fish – or just thousands of animals that are excellent at swimming? Helen Scales, 41, Marine Biologist, investigates the citizens of the sea in her newest book, EYE of the SHOAL: The fishwatcher’s guide to life, the ocean and everything. More at: htt…
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Eugenia Bone became fascinated with microbes--those life forms that are too small to see without a microscope. Specifically, she wanted to understand the microbes that lived inside other organisms like plants and people. This popular science book takes the layman on a broad survey of the role of microbes in nature and illustrates their importance t…
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Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Empress of Orphaned Elephants passed away last month in Kenya. She was surrounded by friends and family, including her beloved elephants. After Daphne died, the elephants in the nursery did the did the most amazing thing. Listed to Daphne's daughter, Angela describe what happened. More on the story at www.abeautiful.world…
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Noah Strycker saw half the birds on earth in one calendar year, hear more about his epic journey and get details about his latest book "Birds of the Photo Ark" at https://www.abeautiful.world/stories/noah-the-bird-nerd/Di Heather McElhatton
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Jane Whitlock is a Death Doula, a coach for people facing end-of-life decisions. More on the story at https://www.abeautiful.world/stories/1335/Di Heather McElhatton
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Enrique Sala and his organization "Pristine Seas" create ocean sanctuaries all around the world. Dr. Enric Sala speaks about his new book, 'Pristine Seas: The Oceans Last Wild Places,' which reveals the remaining untouched corners of the ocean and what we can do to save them."A Beautiful World" is a news program produced by American Public Media th…
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Dr. Enric Sala speaks about his new book, 'Pristine Seas: The Oceans Last Wild Places,' which reveals the remaining untouched corners of the ocean and what we can do to save them."A Beautiful World" is a news program produced by American Public Media that focuses on inspirational stories from around the world, featuring good news about science, tec…
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Grandmas Funeral Didn't Go As Planned by Heather McElhattonDi Heather McElhatton
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Jane Goodall on Following Your Heart by Heather McElhattonDi Heather McElhatton
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We celebrate Women's History Month 2018 by looking at Rebels, Renegades and Wild women in History - Featuring Susan B. Anthony, Dr. Jane Goodall, Annie Griffiths, Geena Davis and Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls. More at www.abeautiful.worldDi Heather McElhatton
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Authors Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo have assembled a series of unusual fairy tales for children, featuring all true stories about amazing women around the world. Read more at: http://www.abeautiful.world/stories/goodnight-stories-for-rebel-girls/Di Heather McElhatton
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Heather McElhatton speaks with Annie Griffiths, one of the first female photographers at National Geographic and now the Executive Director of "Ripple Effect Images," a collaboration of professional photographers and filmmakers, who collaborate with aid organizations in attempt to help women in the developing world. See and read more at http://www.…
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The Nile Project was created by Mina Girgis and other musicians along the Nile River, who all come from different cultures and countries. Many of the performers cannot speak to each other because of language barriers, but they perform onstage seamlessly in order to bring awareness to the Nile River and solve trans-boundary water conflicts. More on …
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