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Surprise Me!8 minutes
[ Innovation ]
Meet the Hackers Who Are Saving Lives!
By Sam Burns
Can hackers really be saving lives?! This group of hackers is combining their unique skills to do good! They’ve developed an extraordinary partnership that is quite literally saving lives.
15 minutes
[ Culture ]
How Mullets Saved This Australian Town!
By Sam Burns
How can a hairstyle straight out of the 80s save an entire town? Well, just look at what happens when 200 people proudly sporting mullets all come together! This is how some creative thinking brought a town back from the brink.
11 minutes
[ Culture ]
This Secret Restaurant Serves Up Delights in an Unexpected Place!
How can we realistically build the lives that we want? According to this couple and their popular (but secret) restaurant, the answer is pretty simple. Here’s a roadmap to happiness that’ll have you seeing new possibilities daily!
10 minutes
[ Nature ]
Your Fuzzy Antidote to Sadness: Alpacas!
In a time when there is so much division, comfort can still be found in the world around us. We’re pulling our favorite sweater over our heads and coming out to the other side to celebrate an animal who has been gifting us relief for centuries! With an alpaca’s undeniably cute underbite and “super fiber” fleece, your hard day is about to become a little softer!
25 minutes
[ Thought Leaders ]
Building Futures One Plié at a Time
By Sam Burns
In a place where violence reigns, girls are finding refuge in a surprising way—and it’s all thanks to one amazing woman.
10 minutes
[ Animals ]
Meet the World’s Fastest Animal
By Sam Burns
Turns out, we can team up with nature’s quickest creature to increase our productivity and reduce our impact on the environment! Without further ado, let’s make the introduction.