Ariel Levy

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The Impossibility of Actually ‘Having It All’
To the Best of Our Knowledge. May 7, 2017
http://www.ttbook.org/book/impossibility-actually-%E2%80%98having-it-all%E2%80%99

How I’m preparing to get Alzheimer’s

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How I’m preparing to get Alzheimer’s
Alanna Shaikh
TEDGlobal, Jun 2012
https://www.ted.com/talks/alanna_shaikh_how_i_m_preparing_to_get_alzheimer_s

Jarrett Krosoczka Helps Students Draw Their Own Heroes

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‘Lunch Lady’ Author Helps Students Draw Their Own Heroes
May 23, 2013
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/23/185563964/lunch-lady-author-helps-students-draw-their-own-heroes

“When I look back at my career as an author, I don’t look at the first book that was ever published as to where my career began — I look to the first book that I ever wrote,” Krosoczka tells the students.
He wrote that book when he was in just the third grade.
“You see, an author is somebody who writes a story. It doesn’t matter if you’re a kid or if you’re a grown-up

Derek Sivers: How to start a movement

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Derek Sivers: How to start a movement
Feb 2010
http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html

With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.)

Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people.

Fugitive’s Threats Against Police Drew Enormous Response

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Fugitive’s Threats Against Police Drew Enormous Response
February 13, 2013
Los Angeles.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/us/dorner-california-remains-police-shootout.html

“Every one of us would put our body in front of our kids if we feared something would happen to them,” Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said.

To Infinity And Beyond: Would-Be Astronauts Keep Faith In Uncertain Era

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To Infinity And Beyond: Would-Be Astronauts Keep Faith In Uncertain Era
February 10, 2013
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/10/171644866/to-infinity-and-beyond-would-be-astronauts-keep-faith-in-uncertain-era

How Much Good Can You Do? There’s A Calculator For That (audio)

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How Much Good Can You Do? There’s A Calculator For That
by Mark Memmott
December 18, 2012
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/18/167554488/how-much-good-can-you-do-theres-a-calculator-for-that
Oxford University ethics professor Toby Ord talks with All Things Considered today about his “Giving What We Can” campaign, which encourages members to donate 10 percent of their incomes to charities, and the online calculators he’s come up with that aim to show how steady giving can produce some very positive results.

http://givingwhatwecan.org

One Airport’s Trash Is 2 Million Worms’ Treasure (audio)

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One Airport’s Trash Is 2 Million Worms’ Treasure
by Julie Rose
December 18, 2012
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/12/18/167529920/one-airports-trash-is-2-million-worms-treasure
Food waste is not just a problem for restaurants — airports also have to deal with piles of this kind of garbage.

For Kids, Dad’s Bionic Hand Recalls ‘Star Wars’

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StoryCorps
For Kids, Dad’s Bionic Hand Recalls ‘Star Wars’
July 09, 2010
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128389867

As Memories Slip Away, It’s Still a ‘Wonderful Life’

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StoryCorps
As Memories Slip Away, It’s Still a ‘Wonderful Life’
November 17, 2006
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6499890
Five years ago, Ken Morganstern was told he had early-stage Alzeheimer’s disease.