Crazy Good Turns

After receiving her own "heartbreak in a box," a Navy sailor founded an innovative service to easily send high quality care packages to deployed troops.

Sean Doherty is a leading venture philanthropist who helped create the T1D Fund, which makes equity investments in companies developing life-changing therapies to cure his son – and millions of others – of Type 1 Diabetes.

Fewer than half of states require financial literacy classes. Tyrone Ross Jr. is passionate about changing that, and expanding opportunities.

Karl Zinsmeister - a researcher, journalist, author, Domestic Policy Advisor to a president, and vice president of the Philanthropy Roundtable, shares some of the incredible history of philanthropy in America, and why our passion for generosity and freedom defines our country.

David Perell, an entrepreneur and founder of an online writing school, shares his journey from reluctant writer to influential educator. He discusses the importance of online education, particularly emphasizing persistence and community support. David explores the evolution of digital interactions, advocating for positive online environments. He also reveals insights on building an online presence and the role of informal communication in sparking creativity in a post-pandemic world, highlighting innovative tools like spatial audio.

Morgan Housel is a partner and financial writer at Collaborative Fund and a former columnist at The Wall Street Journal as well as The Motley Fool. This financial writer has unique takes on money, risk, greed, opportunity, and how decisions in the business world can be applied to so much more.

We need literature to understand life and feel our humanity. Dana Gioia, an award-winning poet, is dedicated to teaching and sharing the value of words.

Half a million people per day use his website, working toward a computer programming certification. Find out why he's offering it for free.

Recognized as a global thinker, Tyler Cowen is a brilliant economics professor who wants to learn as much as possible -- and teach it to you, too.

These seven reflections on thankfulness from former guests and listeners, and the people they've helped, will remind you of the joy thanks brings.