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The Amazing Recovery of Victoria Arlen: After 4-Years in a Coma with Seizures 20 Hours a Day

Summary After 4-years in a coma with seizures 20 hours a day, doctors said Victoria Arlen had no chance of recovery. She had irreversible damage to her spinal cord, and her full body paralysis made it impossible to move. In this interview with Megyn Kelly, Victoria talks about how she recovered from the coma, and then after… Continue reading The Amazing Recovery of Victoria Arlen: After 4-Years in a Coma with Seizures 20 Hours a Day

Hugh Gallagher College Essay Audio

Summary In 1989, Hugh Gallagher wrote a college essay that was so outrageous and famous that it was at one time considered an urban legend. Below is a Wall Street Journal interview with Gallagher and then the reading (audio) of the essay. The full transcript of the essay can be found below. Wall Street Journal… Continue reading Hugh Gallagher College Essay Audio

EDUCATION – Ellen DeGeneres Visits With ESL Teacher Emily Francis and Chobani Founder Hamdi Ulukaya

Ellen surprised Emily Francis, who moved from Guatemala to the U.S. when she was 15 and learned English by watching Ellen. Now Emily teaches English to elementary school kids, and because of her kindness and dedication to her students, Emily and her school received a huge gift, courtesy of The Chobani Foundation.

“What are You Hungry For” With Coach Ginn

Inspiring Advertising Businesses are repurposing their advertising and marketing budgets and instead spending that money to create inspiring advertising uplifting stories that help make the world a better place. The following ad from Stouffer’s is an example. Coach Ted Ginn, football coach of Glenville High School and founder of Ginn Academy, the only all-boys high school in… Continue reading “What are You Hungry For” With Coach Ginn

Global Spirit – Love, Fear, and Beyond

This program explores the relationship between love and fear and the profound possibilities that arise when one learns to live life from a place of love rather than from fear. Program guests include guitarist and spiritual practitioner Carlos Santana, drummer-composer Cindy Blackman-Santana and authors and therapists Jerry Jampolsky and Diane Cirincione-Jampolsky (of Attitudinal Healing International). Mixing exciting concert… Continue reading Global Spirit – Love, Fear, and Beyond

ACQUITTED: Lindsay Shepherd Found Not Guilty of Being a Conservative

In November 2017 at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, Teaching Assistant Lindsay Shepherd had allowed a discussion in her classroom about gender pronouns and she showed a 3-minute public television TVOntario debate on the topic. In a meeting with three of her superiors, Shepherd was brought to tears and reprimanded for having allowed the discussion. She was… Continue reading ACQUITTED: Lindsay Shepherd Found Not Guilty of Being a Conservative

Taylor Wilson Interview on Impact Theory (5 Dec 2017)

At the age of 14, Taylor Wilson became the 32nd person in human history to achieve nuclear fusion. By the time he reached high school, he’d acquired a deep knowledge base in at least 20 fundamental fields of science and engineering. Taylor also developed a medical device that dramatically lowered the cost of cancer detection.… Continue reading Taylor Wilson Interview on Impact Theory (5 Dec 2017)

“Happiness” – A short film about the world we’ve left behind

The 2017 short film “Happiness” by Steve Cutts depicts a world that is familiar but quickly fading from memory as our new world takes shape in 2020 as we address a global viral pandemic. It’s helpful to look back on the lives we were living and realize that despite our current hardships, perhaps the way… Continue reading “Happiness” – A short film about the world we’ve left behind