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Trekking up Machu Pichu, exploring Easter Island, navigating through the wilds of Mexico; these were all trips once impossible for travelers who use wheelchairs. But this organization is changing all of that!

Image: Street view of the murals on Calle 16

8 minutes

[ Culture ]

The Restaurant that Brought Love to Phoenix

If you’re looking for proof that love can bring about real change, you need look no further than 16th street in Phoenix, Arizona! This is one story that will help you see the hidden potential in your own life.

Image: "Be Kind" written in chalk on a sidewalk

14 minutes

Leon Logothetis is Proving the Kindness of Strangers is Alive and Well!

By Dr. Lynda

Is it possible to travel the country only relying on the kindness of strangers? The person we’re highlighting in this piece proves it is! Take a look at the impact this has on peoples lives and how we can all tap into the kindness all around us.

Image: Nouria Newman Kayaking though a large rapid in Ladakh

16 minutes

[ Culture ]

Lessons on Being Prepared from One of the World’s Best Extreme Athletes

Starting a new job, a new chapter in life, or maybe just doing something you’ve always wanted to do? Extreme athletes may seem like unlikely sources of inspiration, but their skill at how to avoid panic can be a great example of what we can do in our own lives!

Image: A girl smelling a rose with deep satisfaction

15 minutes

[ Innovation ]

Walk Through the City You Didn’t Know You Were Smelling Everyday!

Perfume has influenced our lives for more than 4000 years! But did you know many of the perfumes we know best today have their origins in the fields and flowers of one city in France? Let’s travel to this city behind some of the most iconic smells in history to learn how perfume has shaped our cultures.

18 minutes

[ Pebbles ]

Supporting Education in the Mountains of Nepal

The vast majority of people who have summited Mount Everest have porters to thank for it—but being a porter is far from a safe profession. Yet, for many Sherpa, this is their only way to support their families. After becoming a porter at the age of 12 and summiting Everest 21 times, Apa Sherpa has created a foundation to ensure that children have another path to travel in life through their education.

28 minutes

[ Innovation ]

The Surprising Life Behind Your Chocolate

If you’ve ever eaten chocolate, then you’re definitely going to want to check this out. Most of us don’t know of the lengthy, fascinating process it goes through before it makes it to us!

Image: People standing away from us on a forest trail surrounded by the lights from fireflies.

15 minutes

[ Nature ]

Fireflies Put on Quite the Show in Mexico

On this edition of Saturday’s Around the World, we’re traveling to Mexico to experience the light show few have seen happening in their forests!

Image: A line of Moai statues on Rapa Nui also called Easter Island

20 minutes

[ Culture ]

Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Rapa Nui

Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is well known for its Moai. While many go to see these incredible stone statues that tower over the landscape, few are introduced to the rich culture they represent. This is the story of that culture and the people working to preserve it!

Image: Team of climbers in winter gear climbing a snowy mountain

15 minutes

Bringing Bangladesh to the Top of the World

By Erin Murphy

Climbing to the highest peak of every continent is no small feat. So what does it take for a person to conquer the Seven Summits? For Wasfia Nazreen, it began with a mission to put her country on the map and fight for the empowerment of women.

Image: A close-up portrait of a female orangutan (Pongo pymaeus) and her young together, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

20 minutes

Orangutan Culture Feels Very… Familiar

We share 97% of our DNA with orangutans, but what we’ve known about their cultural customs and habits have been limited… until now.

Image: Aerial view of the expansive Canyonland National Park

15 minutes

[ Culture ]

A History Carved in Canyon Walls

It’s hard to find a place in the United States that holds as much human history as Canyonlands and the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The ingenuity of the people who lived on this land centuries ago is literally carved into the stone!

17 minutes

Snowboarding’s Alternative Origin Story?

We think of the modern snowboard is a fairly recent innovation, but people in Turkey have been sliding down snow-covered hills on the petranboard for centuries!

Image:People sitting inside of cave next to colony of glow worms

11 minutes

[ Animals ]

Surprise! Those Are Worms, Not Stars

Welcome to the luminescent ceiling of New Zealand’s Waitomo Caves. It may look like the lights of another solar system, but in reality, it’s home to thousands of wriggling carnivorous glow worms.

Image: Cano Cristales -- the rainbow river

4 minutes

[ Nature ]

Don’t Miss the Rainbow River

For a short amount of time every year, the conditions in Colombia are perfect for a rainbow to bloom in the river, Caño Cristales.

Image: Giant Flowering Wisteria tree reflected in water

13 minutes

[ Art ]

Take a Little Trip to Reset Your Sense of Wonder

How can we overcome the monotony of the day to day and be reinspired by the world around us? Why not take a trip to some of the world’s most wonderful places?

Image: Silhouette of a skier on a mountain

36 minutes

Rewriting Stories on Mountainsides

We typically don’t want to go back to a place we had a terrible experience. But what if we did? Here’s the story of three U.S. Army Captains returning to Iraq for the first time since combat to experience something completely different.

15 minutes

[ Culture ]

Cheers to Years of Tradition

Let EWC help you celebrate the holiday season by spotlighting some of the oldest and quirkiest brews in the world! From enjoying beers the Pharaohs would have sipped to wine fermented at the bottom of the sea, these brewmasters are certainly proving it’s still an amazing world!

Image: Greenland mountains and misty valley

23 minutes

[ Nature ]

The Greatness of Testing Our Limits (ft. Greenland)

What can a climb into an unexplored environment teach us about ourselves? Today we sit back, relax, and watch as a team of athletes spend weeks journeying through Greenland on the hunt for a mountain captured in a blurry photo.

6 minutes

[ Animals ]

Jellyfish Lake: An Otherworldly Place

On this Saturday Around the World, we take you to one of the most incredible underwater places in the world: Jellyfish Lake! Home to millions of beautiful, virtually stingless Golden Jellyfish, this is quite the aquatic marvel.

Image: Dozens of Himalayan Honey Bees also known as Apis Dorsata; the largest honey bees in the world that produce hallucinogenic honey collected by honey hunters.

15 minutes

[ Animals ]

The Last Hallucinogenic Honey Hunters of Nepal

What could come from documenting some of the most remarkable human traditions? Today we head to breathtaking heights on the steep cliffs of Nepal and have the privilege of looking behind the scenes of what’s said to be the last traditional hallucinogenic honey harvest. You won’t want to miss this!

Image: Artist standing on their paddleboard in the forefront of their creation: a massive, stunning painting of a woman reaching out of the waters.

19 minutes

Through the Eyes of a Creative Outsider

Art has a powerful way of shifting our perceptions. Today, we get to see that creative magic unfold along the Canadian shores when visited by the artist, Hula.

Image: Camping at night under the stars, capturing the movement of light

5 minutes

[ Culture ]

The Deeper Opportunity in Travel

Could we be getting more from the excursions we take into new environments? It turns out that we can find a bit of wisdom in mear travel to the next town or halfway across the world. Here’s a completely new way of looking at travel!

14 minutes

[ Culture ]

How Can We All Find the Runner’s Fuel

What ignites someones desire to run 100 miles? Turns out they are running on a kind of fuel we all have access to and it’s a really great recipe!

13 minutes

[ Art ]

What Could the Creation of Art in Space Mean for our Future?

Did you know there’s a sculpture floating in the wild unknown outside of our planet? What could this mean for us?

22 minutes

So, What’s a Food Forest?

There’s something growing on the South Coast of New Zealand that could change our lives. Check it out!

Image: Hills and rice patties of Luzon province of the Philippines

8 minutes

[ Art ]

The Traditions of This Tribe Have Left Quite a Mark