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Voice of empowerment

  • All paws on deck: meet Magnus the therapy dog and team Benson who make time to bring comfort and joy

  • Mackenzie Johnson wasn't sure what life would look like after an accident left him wheel-chair bound but thanks to the Challenged Athletes Foundation his love of sports keeps him going strong. 

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    Challenge accepted: how an accident forced a young athlete to reimagine his life

    Mackenzie Johnson wasn't sure what life would look like after an accident left him wheel-chair bound but thanks to the Challenged Athletes Foundation his love of sports keeps him going strong. 

  • A chef on a mission to serve more than food.

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    Voice of empowerment: Chef Alexander Harris of Emma’s Torch teaches both cooking and compassion

    A chef on a mission to serve more than food.

Science will win

  • Veronica Kisotu in Olboma Village, Narok County, Kenya Photograph: Sala Lewis/International Trachoma Initiative

    The quest to save sight

  • Aging is a complex process that makes the human body more prone to many diseases and conditions. Get to know Pfizer’s Bill Sessa, SVP and Chief Scientific Officer, Internal Medicine Research Unit, and Jeff Settleman, SVP, Chief Scientific Officer, Oncology R&D, to learn more about the science behind aging – and how medical innovation could help improve quality of life for patients everywhere. 

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    How medical innovation could make for healthier aging

  • From new vaccine technology to lightning speed distribution tactics, Mike McDermott, Pfizer’s Chief Global Supply Officer, EVP, shares how the company is applying learnings from the Covid-19 pandemic to get critical medicines into patients’ hands. Get to know Mike and discover how his team, Pfizer Global Supply, overcomes any challenge to deliver breakthrough medicines from the whiteboard, the test tube and the clinical trial into the lives of the people who are counting on them the most.​

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    Pfizer's manufacturing revolution: how recent innovations could shape the future of public health

  • Chief medical officer Dr. Aida Habtezion wants to use her platform to reach millions of lives during this critical time. Here’s how 

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    Meet the physician-scientist leading Pfizer’s medical and safety organization

Vax facts

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    Infectious diseases and vaccines: A brief history

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    The global future of vaccines

    From adding a new vaccine to the arsenal against Covid-19 to preparing for the next pandemic, here’s what the future may hold

Business briefs

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    From tech to talent: expert advice for turning today’s business challenges into wins

The future of work: Forging an inclusive economy

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    More than 2 billion workers make up the informal economy

    The informal economy employs six out of every 10 workers in the world – and the economic recovery of these workers is a critical component of a global economic rebound from the Covid-19 crisis

Renegades

  • Renegades: Born in the USA promotional image of Springsteen and President Obama

    What does it mean to be an American? Here’s what President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen have to say

    This new podcast features the longtime friends in conversation – and it’s not to be missed

The Brave of Heart Fund

  • Honoring our lost healthcare workers: Texas Children’s Hospital’s Adrienne Alexander

  • At age 40, the frontline worker lost his life to Covid-19. Watch his story

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    Honoring our lost healthcare workers: EMT and firefighter Jeremy R. Emerich

    At age 40, the frontline worker lost his life to Covid-19. Watch his story

  • A fixture in his community, the husband and father lost his life to Covid-19. Watch his story

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    Honoring our lost healthcare workers: ambulance volunteer and community pillar Yaakov Meltzer

    A fixture in his community, the husband and father lost his life to Covid-19. Watch his story

Soil matters

  • Daniel Kelly and his son in front of Kansas farm

    How modern family farms are embracing regenerative agriculture

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    From the ground up: Regenerative agriculture revives farmland while curbing climate change

    Now is the time to save the world’s farming systems – and it all starts with the soil

Power of green

  • Orsted Biodiversity

    Renew, restore, rewild: three innovative projects boosting ocean health

  • You've probably seen "net zero" claims everywhere. But what do they mean, and what makes for a truly impactful brand climate pledge? Watch the short video for must-knows.

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    What makes a credible corporate climate pledge?

    • Taiwan’s wind power revolution: leading the way in Asia-Pacific

    • Winds of change: celebrating 30 years of offshore wind energy

    • Green energy: our best bet to curb the climate crisis

    • A leader in offshore wind, the UK offers a glimpse of a world run on green energy

    • Investors hold the purse strings to climate action

    • The roadmap to a green recovery begins with renewable energy

Climate Academy by Grounded

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    A new era of agriculture: how soil – and mushrooms – can help solve the climate crisis

  • Indigenous people protecting the world against the climate crisis

    Why protecting Indigenous communities can also help save the Earth

  • Young people protesting against the climate crisis

    How youth activism is moving the needle on climate action

  • Nature flourishing against image of forest fire at night

    This movement wants to make harming the planet an international crime

Rising voices

Sparking conversations and breaking down barriers in celebration of Black History Month

  • Turning up the volume: how musician Mykal Kilgore boldly champions black-queer identity

  • As director of poetry events for DC social justice-geared community hub Busboys and Poets, spoken word artist Pages Matam not only ignites important conversations, but helps others tell their stories

    Passing the mic: how Pages Matam spurs change through spoken word

    Spoken word artist Pages Matam not only ignites important conversations, but helps others tell their stories
  • Imani Perry examines the layered interplay between race, history, justice and culture – and her important work is driving conversations.

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    Depth, complexity and beauty: this Princeton professor urges us to reclaim black history

    Imani Perry examines the layered interplay between race, history, justice and culture – and her important work is driving conversations

Sustainable finance

  • Multi-ethnic couple taking care of kitchen herbs<br>Millennial multi-ethnic couple taking care and watering kitchen herbs at their apartment

    New and innovative tools for a more eco-friendly lifestyle

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    What to know about your checking account and the environment

    Why one bank is committing not to finance six destructive practices like Arctic drilling

Rebuilding an inclusive and sustainable future

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    When it comes to sustainable living, businesses can – and should – help empower consumers

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    Why digital equity is critical to an inclusive recovery from the pandemic

    In order to level the playing field and unlock opportunity, we need to bridge the digital divide

Amazon's The Man in the High Castle: Resistance rises

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    Emily’s List believes we can radically shift US culture by electing more women

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    MoveOn.org hasn’t lost hope for progressive politics – here’s why you shouldn’t either

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    Women still don’t have constitutional equality – here’s how one group is fighting to fix this

Amazon's The Romanoffs: What's in your blood?

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    One woman’s search for her biological family took an incredible twist

  • Are you royal?

    Are you descended from royalty? Six things to consider

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    How hundreds of strangers learned they’re family

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    When an ancestry search leads to an unexpected discovery

Personal investments

An interactive series featuring champions of change
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    This founder is creating warm coats – and big opportunities – for Detroit’s homeless

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    Meet the young leader helping rural Himalayan communities thrive

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    This engineer is 3D-printing bionic prosthetic limbs for kids in need

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    Documentarian Fabien Cousteau is pointing the way to healthier oceans

Amazon's Carnival Row

  • Forest scene with fairies, trolls, centaurs and fauns

    A brief history of the world’s most storied mythical creatures

    From gossamer-winged fairies to man-eating trolls

Netflix's Outlaw King: Rise of Robert the Bruce

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    The rise and reign of Robert the Bruce

    Hero king or traitorous usurper: Who really was Scotland’s most divisive royal?

Defining moment

  • Papua New Guinea unveiled: exclusive photos of the nation’s tribal culture

    Photographer Wylda Bayron spoke about her Papua New Guinea adventure in two Defining Moment podcasts. Here are some of the stunning photos she shot on the trip
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    A doctor gets lost in China and emerges with a new life

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    A photographer's snap decision in the face of danger

  • Man rooftop New York water towers

    Chef Justin Warner turns the tables on unemployment

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    This scientist's greatest experiment was opening a whiskey distillery

  • Swimmer Kim Chambers

    A ballerina falls – and emerges as a record-setting swimmer

Amazon's The Man in the High Castle: Double take

  • geisha pop art woman Japanese kimono

    Alternate art history: say ‘sayonara’ to big-eyed cartoons and soup can portraits

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    Alternate history video: can cultures truly merge after war?

  • vault safe papers manuscript books medal ring pocketwatch

    Hitler’s editor tells all

Amazon's The Grand Tour: Tour tracker

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    Offroading up Africa's Skeleton Coast

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    Maseratis zip through Scotland and France

    The Grand Tour, week 11: why buy a boring new car for $10,000 when you could buy a thoroughbred Italian exotic? Here are a few reasons why not
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    20,000 cars under the sea

    The Grand Tour, week 10: the trio of presenters attempts to atone for their environmental sins by helping to save the Caribbean Sea, but tear up a Barbados beach in the process