A Beautiful World

You know a positive attitude can help your situation, but how do you get positive when you are currently ANGRY, WORRIED, UPSET or even TERRIFIED? Well THIS IS THE WAY! The Gift of Maybe by Allison Carmen can help you crowbar your way into happiness. Listen to find out what the Gift of Maybe can do for you (HINT: Possibly A LOT)

"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, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton, Visit www.abeautiful.world for more stories and audio collections.

A Beautiful World Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-beautiful-world/id986469943?mt=2

A Beautiful World Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-beautiful-world/id986469943?mt=2

Heather McElhatton talks to the authors of Ocean Worlds about their new book, which details the history of not only our ocean here on earth, but of oceans on other planets in our solar system as well.

Author Mark Williams is a Professor of Geology at the University of Leicester and has served on the council of the Palaeontographical Society in London, both as an editor and vice-president.

Co-Author Jan Zalasiewicz is a Senior Lecturer in Geology at the University of Leicester and on the Council of the Geological Society of London.

"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, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. Visit www.prettylittlemistakes.com for more stories and audio collections.

Learn more about the book:

USA: http://www.amazon.com/Ocean-Worlds-story-Earth-planets/dp/0199672881

UK: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199672882.do

Heather McElhatton talks to James Wannerton, who has a neurological condition called "Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia," which allows him to taste sound. To better explain his condition he mapped out the entire London Underground with stations and their corresponding flavors.

See enlarged map here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/10257633/What-do-London-Underground-stops-taste-like.html

"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, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. Visit www.prettylittlemistakes.com for more stories and audio collections.

A Beautiful World Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-beautiful-world/id986469943?mt=2

Ever wonder how sound and music affects your central nervous system? Turns out its similar to how it affects dogs. Heather McElhatton interviews classical pianist and "Dog Music" composer Lisa Spector and her colleague Joshua Leeds, a world-renowned expert in bio acoustics about their book and accompanying CD series "Through a Dogs Ears." More information at: http://throughadogsear.com/

"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, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. Visit www.prettylittlemistakes.com for more stories and audio collections.

A Beautiful World Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-beautiful-world/id986469943?mt=2

On this episode of A Beautiful World Heather McElhatton speaks with Dr. Delony Langer-Anderson about the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Dr. Langer-Anderson has a PhD. in analytic chemistry and works for 3M as a new product developer in the consumer health division. She's worked on iconic projects such as Scotch Blue Painters Tape and good old fashioned Duct Tape. She also studied to become an elementary school teacher before settling on a career in chemistry - so she was a natural to tap when 3M needed a mentor for the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. She says kids - particularly middle school kids are often overlooked by adults when you think about solving real-life problems...but they shouldn't be. She says kids - particularly middle school kids are often overlooked by adults when you think about solving real-life problems...but they shouldn't be. Here is ample proof that kids DO have great ideas that not only make the world better, they can make good money too. Winners of the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge take home 25K and even second-place finalists, like Brooke Martin, can go on to turn their ideas into lucrative business. For more information on the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, go to www.youngscientistchallenge.com

"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, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. Visit www.prettylittlemistakes.com for more stories and audio collections.

A Beautiful World Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-beautiful-world/id986469943?mt=2

Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about life and death in his interview with Heather McElhatton on A Beautiful World. Dr. Tyson is an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History, director of the world-famous Hayden Planetarium, a monthly columnist for Natural History, host of the award-winning TV series, "Cosmos" and an award-winning author. His newest series of books was published by W.W. Norton and is available in paperback. books.wwnorton.com/books/Neil-deGrasse-Tyson/

"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, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. Visit www.prettylittlemistakes.com for more stories and audio collections.

A Beautiful World Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-beautiful-world/id986469943?mt=2

Hear more about adventurer, explorer and millionaire Forrest Fenn, who’s eighty-three years old and has been called “a modern-day Indiana Jones,” after spending a lifetime hunting down and amassing a huge personal collection of artifacts, antiquities and treasures from all over the world. When Fenn was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he decided to leave his treasure behind, at least part of it, as well as a taste of what he’s been experiencing his whole life; Action, adventure and intrigue. Fenn says he’s filled a large golden treasure chest with a veritable king’s ransom, a pile of his favorite artifacts, including gold coins, rubies, emeralds, carved jade figures and gold nuggets “as big as chicken eggs,” valued in the millions. Fenn claims to have hidden this treasure chest somewhere in the Rocky Mountains and left nine clues to find it inside a poem published in his memoir, The Thrill of the Chase. MPR reporter Dan Olson reads Fenn’s poem titled: Where the Treasure Lies.

"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, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. Visit www.prettylittlemistakes.com for more stories and audio collections.

A Beautiful World Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-beautiful-world/id986469943?mt=2

On this edition of A Beautiful World, Heather McElhatton talks to adventurer, explorer and millionaire Forrest Fenn, who’s eighty-three years old and has been called “a modern-day Indiana Jones,” after spending a lifetime hunting down and amassing a huge personal collection of artifacts, antiquities and treasures from all over the world. When Fenn was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he decided to leave his treasure behind, at least part of it, as well as a taste of what he’s been experiencing his whole life; Action, adventure and intrigue. Fenn says he’s filled a large golden treasure chest with a veritable king’s ransom, a pile of his favorite artifacts, including gold coins, rubies, emeralds, carved jade figures and gold nuggets “as big as chicken eggs,” valued in the millions. Fenn claims to have hidden this treasure chest somewhere in the Rocky Mountains and left nine clues to find it inside a poem published in his memoir, The Thrill of the Chase. MPR reporter Dan Olson reads Fenn’s poem titled: Where the Treasure Lies.

"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, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. Visit www.prettylittlemistakes.com for more stories and audio collections.

A Beautiful World Host, Heather McElhatton talks to author Sarah Lewis about her new book "The Rise, Creativity, The Gift of Failure and the Search for Mastery."

"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 best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. Visit www.prettylittlemistakes.com for more stories, books, photos and audio collections.

"The Gift of Failure" is sometimes hard to find. Follow ABW #5 on a journey to discover the hidden gifts of failure, a theme derived from best selling author Sarah Lewis's book "The Rise: The Gift of failure and the Search for Mastery." Also stories about NASAs Mars Curiosity Program, a man who was attacked and woke up a mathematical genius, and a live performance from DESSA.

"A Beautiful World" is an international 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 best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. visit www.abeautiful.world for more stories.