A Beautiful World

Dr. Archelle Georgiou is a doctor, an educator, a consultant and the former chief medical officer of United Health Care. She's dedicated her entire career to making people healthier, and to understanding how the human body works. She wants to share the biggest discovery she's made during this mission. We... are works of art . A Beautiful World" is hosted by Heather McElhatton and produced by American Public Media, focusing on inspirational stories and good news from around the world, Every week ABW produces new and compelling stories in science, technology, ecology, art, music and education. ABW Website: www.abeautiful.world for more stories

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Dr. Archelle Georgiou is a doctor, an educator, a consultant and the former chief medical officer of United Health Care. She's dedicated her entire career to making people healthier, and to understanding how the human body works. She wants to share the biggest discovery she's made during this mission. We... are works of art. "A Beautiful World" is hosted by Heather McElhatton and produced by American Public Media, focusing on inspirational stories and good news from around the world, Every week ABW produces new and compelling stories in science, technology, ecology, art, music and education.

ABW Website: www.abeautiful.world for more stories

Podcast: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-bea…id986469943?mt=2

The Ocean Defenders Alliance works to clean oceans floor from left over debris. They save a lot of marine life in the process. Jed Kim from KPCC reports.

"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 and audio collections.

Here are the most-listened to stories on A Beautiful World in 2015. The beautiful worlds of science, conservation, education and civil service made up our top stories for 2015. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cecil the Lion, The Barber who gives free haircuts to kids, the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, an Obituary writer in Alaska, and the millionaire who's buried a treasure in the Rocky Mountains. We look forward to bringing you more good news and solutions journalism in the new year. Our program is supported by listeners like you and with generous support from the Pohlad Family Foundation. Visit www.abeautiful.world for more stories from A Beautiful World.

"A Beautiful World" is hosted by Heather McElhatton and produced by American Public Media, focusing on inspirational stories and good news from around the world, Every week ABW produces new and compelling stories in science, technology, ecology, art, music and education. Visit www.mpr.org/abeautifulworld for more stories and audio collections.

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Rabbi Harold S. Kushner wrote the bestselling memoir, "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" after his son tragically died. Thirteen books and several decades later, Kushner is eighty-years-old and has written his final book: "Nine Essential things I've Learned About Life." It's a simple set of guidelines for a complicated world, extracted from the many lessons he's learned over the course of his venerated career as a beloved Rabbi and a flawed human being. More on the story: http://www.abeautiful.world/stories/rabbi-harold-kushner/

"A Beautiful World" is hosted by Heather McElhatton and produced by American Public Media, with support from the Pohlad Family Foundation. ABW focuses on inspirational stories and good news from around the world, Every week ABW produces new and compelling stories in science, technology, ecology, art, music and education. Visit www.mpr.org/abeautifulworld for more stories and audio collections.

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Dartmouth Professor Jeff Sharlet recounts his experience with photographer Tanja Hollander during the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks.

"A Beautiful World" is hosted by Heather McElhatton and produced by American Public Media, focusing on inspirational stories and good news from around the world, Every week ABW produces new and compelling stories in science, technology, ecology, art, music and education. Visit www.mpr.org/abeautifulworld for more stories and audio collections.

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Imagine being able to record your dreams and memories or shoot your consciousness on a laser beam across space to do some remote space explorations. Dr. Michio Kaku says its all possible and possibly in the near-future. In his book THE FUTURE OF THE MIND he tackles the most fascinating and complex object in the known universe: the human brain.

"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.mpr.org/abeautifulworld for more stories and audio collections.

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The 2015 Nobel prize for physics was awarded last week for their discovery that neutrinos not only have mass, but they can also change identities on the fly. Dr. Kakalios, physics professor at the University of Minnesota and author of "The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics" explains how and why the discovery is so remarkable.

"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.mpr.org/abeautifulworld for more stories and audio collections.

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A Beautiful World Podcast:

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As a poet, philosopher, and cancer survivor, Mark Nepo has been breaking a path of spiritual inquiry for more than thirty years. In his new book, the #1 New York Times bestselling author explores how the soul works in the world.

Called “one of the finest spiritual guides of our time,” this beloved teacher explores what it means to become our truest self through the ongoing and timeless journey of awakening to the dynamic wholeness of life, which is messy and unpredictable.

Nepo navigates some of the soul’s deepest and most ancient questions, such as: What does it mean to inhabit the world? How do we stay vital and buoyant amid the storms of life? What is the secret to coming alive? Nepo affirms that not only is the soul’s journey inevitable, it is essential to our survival. The human journey is how the force of life grows us, and no matter where we go we can’t escape this foundational truth: What’s in the way is the way. As Nepo writes, “The point of experience is not to escape life but to live it.”

Featured on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday program, Nepo has inspired millions of people to redefine themselves in the face of life’s challenges. Comforting, moving, and spiritually practical, The Endless Practice is filled with universal insights about living life to the fullest.

LINKS:

More about Mark - http://marknepo.com/about_bio.php

Get the Book - http://books.simonandschuster.com/The-Endless-Practice/Mark-Nepo/9781476774664

"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.mpr.org/abeautifulworld for more stories and audio collections.

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

Once upon a time, there was a little barber shop in Downtown Dubuque, Iowa called the Spark Family Hair Salon. It’s a friendly and cozy place, even though it’s located on a not-so-great street, in an economically-challenged neighborhood, nestled right between a gun store and a pawn shop.

Inside the little salon is a barber named Courtney D. Holmes, a forty-five year old man with horn-rimmed glasses, an easy smile and wide shoulders, who gives free haircuts to underprivileged kids, in exchange for them reading out loud to him. “I’ve got two sons of my own.” he says. “I just want to help kids start reading.”

Donate to the Barber Reading Challenge:

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More on the Story:

http://www.abeautiful.world/stories/the-story-book-barber/

"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.mpr.org/abeautifulworld for more stories and audio collections.