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  • #ThursdayThoughts - No permission needed to be joyful

    You don't have to wait for someone to tell you that it's okay to be happy or joyful about any part of your life. Today's #ThursdayThoughts delve into how to own what you love and what makes you happy, even if no one else agrees or understands.

     

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  • KFC, cold states, no more library fines and an affirmation -- Thurs., Jan. 23, 2020

    Can you name the 11 ingredients in KFC's secret recipe? Can you name the second-coldest state in the US? Learn what happened in Chicago when library fines were dropped -- and stick around for your Thursday affirmation.

    KFC secret recipe

    Coldest states In the US

    Ditched library fines

     

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  • Yellow stop signs, cereal and milk, #ForBlake and an affirmation - Tues., Jan. 21, 2020

    Red hasn't always meant "stop" on the roads and cereal wasn't originally created to be eaten with milk. Learn about a family starting a kindness ripple in honor of their late son, Blake.

    Yellow stop signs

     

    Cereal and milk

     

    #ForBlake

     

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    6 min
  • #MondayMotivation - Get on track for a great week

    Set out some positive intent for your week ahead with the #MondayMotivation segment.

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  • Flight non-germs, old catchphrase, copper hospital beds and an affirmation -- Wed., Jan. 22, 2020

    You may not be as at-risk to get sick on that flight as you think -- and Thomas Jefferson once made a catchphrase so popular it wound up in early American dictionaries. Learn how copper hospital beds are improving patient care and stick around for a Wednesday affirmation.

    Flights and germs

     

    Jeffersonian catchphrase

    Copper hospital beds

     

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  • Spider rain, milkman bravery, millennial dads and a Monday affirmation -- Mon., Jan. 20, 2020

    If you are not a spider fan, today's first fact may have your skin crawling. Hear a story about a milkman's resourcefulness and bravery and learn how millennial dads are changing parenthood. Stick around for a Monday affirmation.

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    Raining spiders

    Milkman to the rescue 

    Millennial dads

     

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  • Ear facts, not Caesar, smog-fighting billboard and an affirmation -- Fri., Jan. 17, 2020

    Learn more about what your ear is - and isn't - as well as some items you may think are named for a famous emperor (that aren't). Today's feel good news item features a smog-eating billboard.

    Ear facts: https://www.portablepress.com/blog/2016/12/can-you-hear-these-ear-facts/ 

    Not Caesar named:

    https://www.portablepress.com/blog/2016/12/three-things-named-for-caesar/

    Smog-eating billboard:

    https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mexican-billboard-purifies-air-by-eating-smog/

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    6 min
  • Antiques, elevator, Feel Good Tour and an affirmation - Thurs., Jan. 16, 2020

    How much could your old stuff be worth? And what is the fastest elevator in the world? Tune in today to find the answers - and to hear about a company that gives instruments to those who need them most.

    Antique treasures: https://www.portablepress.com/blog/2016/12/antiques-roadshow-top-finds/ 

    Fastest elevator: https://www.traveltrivia.com/fastest-elevators/

    Feel Good Tour: 

    https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/The-Feel-Good-Tour-is-giving-out-free-instruments-to-local-kids-566224811.html 

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  • Pop culture beer, long names, child saves with CPR and an affirmation -- Wed., Jan. 15, 2020

    Action figures aren't the only thing pop culture can inspire and the U.S. actually has a short name (comparatively). Today's feel-good news item centers on a child who saved her own mother by doing CPR.

    Pop culture beer: https://www.portablepress.com/blog/2014/03/pop-culture-inspired-beers/

    Long names: https://www.traveltrivia.com/countries-with-longest-names/

    Child does CPR: https://www.foxnews.com/health/girl-saves-mom-cpr-youtube-videos

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About The Morning Four

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The Morning Four is a weekday podcast that lasts 5 minutes or less and contains two fun facts, one feel-good news story and ends with an affirmation. Host Katie Parsons intends to start each day on…