Happy People

Acts of kindness, community heroes, reunions, comebacks, and the everyday humans doing extraordinary things.

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Peter Santenello: The Farmer Who Drew His Future Life on Prison Walls - and Then Lived It in Humboldt County

June 21, 2026

Brett McFarland was pressing cider on his birthday at Crazy River Ranch in Humboldt County

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Master Key Society: The Richest Man in Babylon's One Rule That Changed Everything: Keep a Tenth of What You Earn

June 20, 2026

A scribe in ancient Babylon worked through a sleepless night to earn a single financial

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Island Hopper TV: Island Hopper TV Counts Down Over 30 of the Best Islands in the World

June 20, 2026

Island Hopper TV tours more than 30 of the best islands in the world, from

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Mark Rober: Mark Rober Built a Real-Life Phineas and Ferb Birthday Party for a Kid Who Spent a Year Bedridden

June 20, 2026

Mark Rober spent eight months building a jet-powered tire swing, an indoor roller coaster with

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Master Key Society: A Freight Train, a Tramp, and a Fortune: The 1937 Book That Changed How America Thinks About Success

June 18, 2026

Edwin C. Barnes rode a freight train to Thomas Edison's laboratory in East Orange, New

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June 17, 2026

Milly Alcock built a punk-rock, Gen-Z Supergirl from the inside out, using grief and generational

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Yes Theory: Yes Theory's Thomas Brag Opened Up About Losing His Mother and What Got Him Through It

June 17, 2026

For years, strangers stopped Thomas Brag on the street to tell him a parent had

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June 15, 2026

John Densmore describes the monsoon that hit four minutes into a powwow drum recording at

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June 15, 2026

Stefan lost a coin flip on a Macau sidewalk and spent 24 hours broke and

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June 12, 2026

EJ spent a year filming surprises for others - then Zach flew the whole family

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June 12, 2026

Peter McKinnon drove to Niagara Falls to watch his friend John open 26 completely filled

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June 10, 2026

Mayotte is technically France - same currency, same passport, 8,000 kilometers from Paris. A one-euro

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