Arctic explorer Ann Bancroft was the first woman to reach the North Pole by dogsled. Here she recounts her momentous journey and speaks about following your dreams, shoving aside your fears and going for it. She also reads from the journal she had with her on her expedition and recounts the beauty and grandeur of sitting on top of the world, where all longitudes meet, and she felt both utterly alone and completely connected to everyone in the world. 

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Arctic Explorer Ann Bancroft

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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/

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Living, Dying and How Lucky You Are to Be Here.

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.

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Synesthesia - Tasting the London Underground

Long before birds, long before whales, insects have been thrumming, scraping, and drumming complex beats out into the world.  David Rothenberg decided to investigate the resounding beats of cicadas, crickets, katydids, leafhoppers and water bugs in his unusual third foray into music made with and out of the animal world in a new book and CD titled: BUG MUSIC. 

More on the Story: http://www.abeautiful.world/stories/bug-music-are-whales-nightengales-singing-the-same-songs/

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Bug Music: Are Whales and Nightingales singing the same songs?

 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. 

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The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics - Neutrinos have mass!

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/

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Rabbi Harold S. Kushner - Life Lessons from his Last Book

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

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Paris Attacks - Grieving Together

The Overview Effect is a cognitive shift that affects astronauts when they see the earth from space.  They no longer identify with nationality or individual identity, instead they see one planet, one people, one world.  "A Beautiful World" is hosted by Heather McElhatton and focuses on inspirational stories and good news from around the world. Visit www.abeautiful.world for more stories. 
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The Overview Effect

Over 3 million people are victims of domestic abuse in the USA and 25% of those people say the reason they stay or return to their abusers is out of fear for what will happen to their pets if they leave.  Abusers often threaten pets in order to get caregivers to stay. Only 3% of domestic Abuse Shelters currently allow animals, a number that must grow, as we seek to help victims out of abusive relationships and our concept of family expands to include four-legged children. 

Urban Resources Institute runs shelters for victims of Domestic Abuse all over New York City. They were the first shelter to allow pets into their shelters, so victims wouldn't have to leave them behind. 

These shelters are equipped to accept families of domestic violence along with their pets. Pet-Safe Shelters:  http://alliephillips.com/saf-tprogram/saf-t-shelters/

We Need Pets Allowed in Domestic Violence Shelters

Tesfa Wondemagegnehu started an international choir platform to showcase under represented choirs from around the world. Here he talks about how music gave him a second chance at life and he wants to pass it on. More at www.abeautiful.world

Choirbuzz

Kevin Kling talks about disasters, recoveries and the beauty of healing with host Heather McElhatton on A Beautiful World.  More on the story at www.abeautiful.world

Kevin Kling On The Beauty Of Healing

Authors Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo have assembled a series of unusual fairy tales for children, featuring all true stories about amazing women around the world. Read more at:  http://www.abeautiful.world/stories/goodnight-stories-for-rebel-girls/

Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls

Grandmas Funeral Didn't Go As Planned

Natural Navigator, Tristan Gooley teaches people how to navigate through the world using only clues found in nature. For more on the story visit:
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The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs

Haemin Sunim  is one of the most influential Zen Buddhist teachers and writers in South Korea.  He's started a "School for Broken Hearts" in downtown Seoul, where people dealing with depression, cancer, divorce and a wide horizon of other challenges can get free counseling, meditation and community. Read more at www.abeautiful.world

School of Broken Hearts

The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological “tales” by multiple award‑winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In thirty‑two concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe and those who strive to uncover its mysteries.  More at www.abeautiful.world

Dispatches from Planet 3

by Heather McElhatton

The Maryland Food Bank is one of the biggest, and oldest, food banks in America.  It distributes 48 million pounds of food every year, and deliver over a hundred thousand meals every single day. But the Maryland Food Bank believes the way to end hunger is NOT just with food.

Ania Pettigrew: I love pasta. It's a big problem, (laughs) but I love it. 
 
HM:  As a litle girl Ania (Ah-nee-ah) Pettigrew loved watching her great grandmother cook, She made big meals for the family and  baked for their local church.  But growing up, Ania's family also knew hard times, and what is was like to be hungry .

AP:  I've been in that situation, so I know that it's really hard. Food. No t being able to give that to yourself or to your children. It's heartbreaking. think about how much you personally waste. How much we take for granted. we see so much on a plate that gets wasted, me personally thats a big pet peeve for me when I see people scrape their plates into the trash.    

HM: Now, Ania is dedicated to making a better life for her family. She's enrolled in Food Works, a cooking program at the Maryland Food bank. They teach low-income students how to prepare food professionally and then helps them get jobs.   what makes Food Works even more compelling, is students learn to cook with 95% donated food. and Executive Director Tim regan says they get  A LOT of donated food coming through their doors. 

TR: We get 25 to 30 thousand pounds of chicken a week. From one source. 
  
HM: Normally a food bank would struggle to distribute that much raw chicken, and a lot of it would need to be thrown away, but Foodworks takes that chicken and teaches low-income students how to prepare it, cook it and get it to people who need it - taking pressure off food banks, waste management systems, and landfills.  Jamal Braxton has been in the Food Works program for over a month

JB:  I can eat breakfast all day anyday 

 and says his class is already like family. 

JB: I definitely think I've grown a little, because I've learned about helping different people in their walks of life, homeless people, elderly people, young kids. I've just grown a little. It's a great program and I think everyone can come and just get something from it because honestly it's like really life changing program.   

HM:   Graduates recieve culinary certification from the Community College of Baltimore County, and manager-level food safety certification, which allows them to start jobs at a higher wage. 
 
TR: We've got students all over the culinary industry in central Maryland. We've got them at very high end restaurants and in public schools. We really try to place our graduates based on their strength and based on their interests. we had one employer recently who wanted to hire a whole class (laughs) you know 20 people. we've been really blessed by how well we've been able to place students to date.
 
HM: rather than just providing meals, Foodworks believes by training students and getting them jobs, they're taking control of all their meals of come. case in point - After graduation, Ania Pettigrew hopes to open her soul food restaurant. 

AP: Soul food is traditionally very fattening, very high and cholesterol,  a lot of bad things for your body. So when I do what I'm going to do, I want to make sure that it's more healthy.   to be able to do that is something major and a huge blessing.  

HM: find out more about the Food Works Program at the Maryland Food Bank online at the Water Main website. I'm Heather McElhatton....MPR News 

This story was produced with help from the Water Main at MPR, helping Americans understand the value of water in our everyday lives.

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FoodWorks- Saving food and lives

Space Archeologist Sarah Parcak talks about the cutting edge technology that is saving ancient sites around the globe, and how YOU can help map the entire earth in ten years! More at www.abeautiful.world

Space Archaeology - EXTENDED INTERVIEW

Dr. Aysha Akhtar says the health of animals directly affects our own. Her new book is called "Our symphony with Animals; on Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies. More at www.abeautiful.world

Our Symphony with Animals

A non-profit program that helps students achieve their dreams after high school. More at www.abeautiful.world

Project Success

How Your Story Sets You Free. more at www.abeautiful.world

How Your Story Sets You Free

Nurse and Poet Molly Case recounts her life as a nurse. More at www.abeautiful.world

How To Treat People

Theodore Gray talks about his book, "Molecules, The Elements and Architecture of Everything." More at www.abeautiful.world

Beautiful World of Molecules

Your voice is needed to help protect roadless wilderness. Leave your public comment on the forest service website at: https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=54511

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Your voice needed to protect Roadless Wilderness

Moms Clean Air Force

Donna Freitas on her book; The Happiness Effect. Social media has become the dominant force in young people's lives, and each day seems to bring another shocking tale of private pictures getting into the wrong hands, or a lament that young people feel compelled to share their each and every thought with the entire world. Have smartphones and social media created a generation of self obsessed egomaniacs? More at www.abeautiful.world

The Beauty of Unplugging from Social Media

Fifth Sun - A New Story of the Aztecs

Calming Animals with Music

Author and artist Bridget Watson Payne tells us how time can be on our side. more at www.abeautiful.world

How Time Is On Your Side

Psychotherapist Ann Scott Dumas talks about ways to self-isolate with inspiration. Listen to more stories at www.abeautiful.world

Inspirational Self Isolation

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