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S4.E1 ∙ 10-Year-Old College Kid

Tue, Sep 29, 2020

10-year-old college student Kairan Quazi has an IQ above the 99.9th percentile. The fifth-grader from the Bay Area takes psychology, statistics, and calculus, 8 years beyond his grade level. He even tutors students in calculus, trigonometry, statistics, and computer programming. But despite his gifts, you can still find him practicing all the dance moves in Fortnite and scheming ways to get out of piano lessons.

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S4.E2 ∙ The Girl Group Changing Skateboarding on Venice Beach

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

Lindsey Klucik is one of 9 co-founders of all-girl skateboarding collective, GIRLSWIRL, which started as a way to empower women in the male-dominated sport. The group began in 2018 with just a few members and now has an online following above 80K. GRLSWIRL serves as a safe space for women to skate, socialize, and learn from each other.

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S4.E3 ∙ The Horrifying Results of Furby Face Transplants

Tue, Feb 18, 2020

Devin Gardner of Burbank, California is a long Furby craftsman. He grafts the beaks and eyes from the vintage '90s toys onto soft snakelike creatures. The result of the art project carries both the "cute" aspects of the electronic toy as well as its surreal and horrifying qualities. The soulless creatures are posted to Instagram where they can be worshiped or bought by a dedicated niche audience of 53K followers.

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S4.E4 ∙ The Biohacker Implanting Microchips into Humans

Wed, Feb 26, 2020

Jowan Österlund from Helsingborg, Sweden was once a cosmetic body piercer - now he implants microchips under his client's skin. Through his company Biohax International, Österlund embeds microchips into consumers as a replacement for credit cards. "Tech will move into the body," Österlund says, and through his biochipping, consumers can take back ownership of their identity and data.

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S4.E5 ∙ The "Crazy Snail Lady" Raising 150 Pet Snails

Sun, Feb 23, 2020

Pepper Apollo resides in the United Kingdom and is a self-proclaimed crazy snail lady, caring for over 150 snails. Despite the shelled critters' lethargic and blobby appearance, Apollo advocates for her pets' emotional and existential intelligence; In her decade of caring for the slimy escargot, Apollo has met shy snails, morose snails, ambitious snails, and gregarious snails - her creatures even range 13 diverse species.

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S4.E6 ∙ Chocolatier molds, bakes, and paints realistic chocolate organs

Sun, Mar 22, 2020

Sarah Hardy has big dreams, replacing the Natural Museum Of History with chocolate. Hardy is a chocolatier whose speciality is molding, baking, and painting anatomical chocolate organs, bugs, and more. Not only does the baker sell her custom creations, but she also posts tutorials so others can try their hand at baking a realistic raw turkey cake or oozing, imitation maggot-filled cupcakes.

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S4.E7 ∙ He's a World Champion "Adaptive" Surfer

Mon, Apr 13, 2020

14-year-old Davi Teixeira is a world champion surfer from Brazil. Though born with the condition amniotic band syndrome -- which can cause missing limbs like Davi's -- the teen doesn't consider himself an adaptive surfer. "There's no difference between adaptive or normal surfers," he explains.

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S4.E8 ∙ Trick Artist's 3D Drawings Pop Off the Page

Sun, May 17, 2020

Hyperrealism trick artist Marcello Barenghi, from Italy, creates colored pencil realistic 3D drawings that appear so real as if you could lift them right off the page. Inspired by everyday objects, his 3D art makes me question my entire reality.

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S4.E9 ∙ Ambidextrous Artist Crochets Intricate Yarn Portraits

Sun, May 31, 2020

Ambidextrous crochet artist Katika discovered yarn art helped her escape a hard past. Depicting everyone from Albert Einstein to Ellen DeGeneres, Michael Jackson and the Mona Lisa, she switches off with both hands to create oddly hypnotizing crochet portraits of famous figures.

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S4.E10 ∙ Daughter With Down Syndrome Sparks Candle Company

Sun, Jun 07, 2020

Living with Down syndrome, candlemaker Emma Sykes of New Zealand has made great strides in her own independence since she began her own company with her dad -- Downlights NZ. While finding a job is difficult as it is, and can be even tougher for the differently abled, the fragranced soy candle company in "The Land Down Under" focuses on hiring young people with intellectual and learning disabilities.

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S4.E11 ∙ Debra Rapoport Turns Garbage into High-Fashion Hats

Sun, Jun 14, 2020

Debra Rapoport makes hats out of "found materials", such as egg cartons, twigs and coated telephone wire -- also known as garbage. Although most people throw out their trash without thinking about it, Debra (also known as "Debra Debris" and "Residue Rapoport") finds value in the discarded and makes art from waste. The NYC style icon is recycling, freecyling and relieving the overcrowded landfills -- one high fashion trash hat at a time.

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S4.E12 ∙ The Man Who Lives Like a Human Puppy

Sun, Jun 21, 2020

Human puppy Spot (aka Tom Peters) role-plays as a dog to escape the stresses of normal life. As a puppy, Spot sleeps in a cage and zooms about on all fours in his custom latex puppy suit and mask. Despite feeling shy and reserved as a human man, Tom's puppy side gives him the confidence he needs to live a full life.

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S4.E13 ∙ Unique Issues Basketball Camp

Thu, Jun 25, 2020

At age 16, Mike Simmel had a seizure at basketball camp and was told that because of his epilepsy, he couldn't be there. He vowed that he would help kids and young adults with perceived disabilities feel included and empowered. Now Mike runs an inclusive basketball camp, Bounce Out The Stigma Project, where children with unique issues can learn social skills, confidence, coordination, and how to work as a team.

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S4.E14 ∙ Doooo Creates Hyper-Realistic Human Objects

Sun, Jun 28, 2020

Japanese artist and DJ, doooo, designs everyday objects in the image of hyper-realistic human body parts. His silicone creations have included a fleshy phone charger, a coin purse modeled after a human mouth, an "ear" bottle opener, a "nose" shot glass, and a "skin" phone case.

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S4.E15 ∙ Meet a Professional Hula Hoop Fire Dancer

Thu, Jul 02, 2020

Grace Good plays with fire -- professionally, and well. Her fire skills led her to become a full-time fire hula hooper and master of pyrotechnic flow arts. From fire breathing to fire eating and everything else she tries, the aerialist and flow dancer proves that hula hoops on fire comprise a stunning art form.

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S4.E16 ∙ World's Most Famous Background Actor

Sun, Jul 05, 2020

Jesse Heiman, #1 extra, tells us about what it's like to be the world's most famous background actor. Though you might not know his name, he's essential to the success of any major motion picture. Being an extra isn't easy - long hours, lots of waiting around, and little credit given for being the silent hero of the entertainment industry. But hey, the peanut and bagel filled snack tables make it all worth it.

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S4.E17 ∙ Tattoo Artist Designs Dumb Tattoos

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

Janky Doodlez picked up a tattoo machine after the passing of his brother, a tattoo artist, inspired him to keep the legacy alive. Learning through trial and error, he trained himself to design, and give others, wonderfully dumb tattoos. His DIY style may be simple, but people keep coming back for more Janky Doodlez tattoos.

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S4.E18 ∙ The Art string Guy Creates Intricate String Portraits

Sun, Jul 19, 2020

Ben Koracevic, aka The String Art Guy, of Stringometry Art Studio, creates beautifully intricate and detailed art using just nails and string. He quit his day job, cashed in his life savings, and began weaving portraits of well-known figures such as John Wick, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, The Lion King, and the Joker. His process to make one piece can take up to 500 hours.

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S4.E19 ∙ Pancake Artist Dancakes

Tue, Jul 28, 2020

Pancake artist Daniel James Drake was a fry cook before he discovered his knack for an unusually difficult art form. Now, with pancake portraits as his medium, the artist and founder of Dancakes has portrayed a wide cast of pop culture favorites from Disney princesses to Shrek to Bill Hader, Joe Exotic, Pickle Rick and the Joker.

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S4.E20 ∙ Mumbai's Female Fire Brigade

Thu, Jul 30, 2020

One of India's first and few female firefighters, Tejashree Gaikwad had wanted to join the army, but her parents didn't approve. Instead, frequent emergencies across Mumbai inspired her to don the heavy protective gear, and take up the firehose to keep her community safe.

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S4.E21 ∙ 9 Year-Old BMX Prodigy

Tue, Aug 04, 2020

9-year-old BMX prodigy Connor Stitt is on his way to becoming a BMX pro. His young age and small body don't stop him from doing a multitude of impressive yet dangerous tricks on his bike, including a 360, superman, bar spin, tail whip, backflip and double backflip. Falling hurts, but landing feels ohhh sooo gooood.

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S4.E22 ∙ The Wife-Wife Professional Sheep Shearing Team

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Sheep shearers Katie McRose and her wife make a living -- $100K last year -- by professionally shearing sheep, llamas, alpacas, and more at Right Choice Shearing. When they're in need of a cool-off in the summer, ridding these animals of their hot and heavy fur helps immensely. Katie feels that her calling in life is to shear.

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S4.E23 ∙ Backwards Dude Talks Backwards

Thu, Aug 20, 2020

The 'Backwords' Dude, aka John Austin, specializes in talking, and singing, in reverse. He records phrases backwards, then plays them back to his audience in rewind. John accredits his unique skill to his Asperger's syndrome and works to encourage others on the autism spectrum to share their talents too.

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S4.E24 ∙ Meet Roberto Lugo, the Hip-Hop Potter

Thu, Aug 13, 2020

Self-described "Ghetto Potter" Roberto Lugo's ceramic works speak volumes about hip-hop, history and politics. Within his pottery work, the artist and spoken word poet contrasts and blends multicultural motifs to drive hard-hitting messages of social activism and racial justice. Despite his own childhood lack of access to art education, Lugo is now an educator himself -- paving new roads for diverse young artists of the future.

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S4.E25 ∙ When City Kids Go Outside

Tue, Aug 25, 2020

City Kids Adventures, founded by Leon McNeil, started off as an inner-city school project encouraging kids to camp outdoors. Since then the program's grown from allowing kids to experience nature locally, to traveling to places like amusement parks, riding ATVs and horses, and even traveling to Alaska and the Grand Canyon. Their mission: to give inner-city kids an opportunity to see more of the world we share.

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S4.E26 ∙ Personal Space Wearables

Tue, Sep 01, 2020

Creating a high-fashion collection during the Covid-19 pandemic was more intuitive for San Kim than it sounds. While in graduate studies at the University of Westminster, the designer created a series of real-life, personal bubbles from taped-together supermarket plastic bags, and was photographed about town wearing them on the London Underground. San Kim considers fashion a form of communication and his latest work with inflatables is a statement on the makeshift masks some people have been forced to make from plastic bags.

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S4.E27 ∙ Free Climbing Buildings w/ Urban Climber Drew Herder

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

Drew Herder of Montrose Colorado, is an urban climber. Throughout his city and others, the daredevil practices buildering -- a word that combines "bouldering" and "building" to describe the act of free climbing buildings and other structures, and generally, getting way high up in an urban setting, often with no harness.

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S4.E28 ∙ Teen Black Belt Teaches Senior Karate

Tue, Sep 08, 2020

Jeffrey Wall, 15, is a young martial artist giving back to the senior citizens in his community through karate. He started Golden Age Karate to provide nursing home residents with an innovative way to socialize -- through a karate program for the elderly. Their practice builds self-esteem, promotes empowerment and allows Wall to hone his own skills as a teen martial arts instructor.

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S4.E29 ∙ Why She's Making Gigantic Masks

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Jenny Ollikainen of Bloomington, Indiana makes "mythic" -- or sensational and overemphasized -- masks that look like gigantic heads, designed to represent today's era of exaggeration and intensity. For the last nine years she's been inventing a cohort of "living beings with names and personalities." The masks aren't just a comment on the times -- they're also a way to connect with others -- all while wearing the big-headed outfits.

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S4.E30 ∙ Unfinished Portraits of Police Brutality Victims

Tue, Sep 15, 2020

In his series 'Stolen', artist Adrian Brandon is memorializing Black people who died at the hands of police. To represent the untimely and shocking way their vibrant and meaningful lives were extinguished -- and their potential stolen -- the artist limits his time adding color to each piece to the number of minutes equal to the years each subject lived, before his or her life was snuffed abruptly out. Brandon hopes that one day, he can stop creating 'Stolen.'

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S4.E31 ∙ 5 Year-Old Math Whiz Solves Algebraic Equations

Thu, Sep 17, 2020

5-year-old Aiden is a math whiz kid. From reciting 30 digits of pi to demonstrating an impressive aptitude for algebra, his passion for math might be unparalleled. He has now been practicing mathematics for three years, Algenbra being his favorite.

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S4.E32 ∙ Giant Rats Sniff Out Tuberculosis

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

At the APOPO research center in Morogoro, Tanzania, lab technician Fidelis John trains rodents with powerful snouts to detect tuberculosis (TB) in humans. Using food, socialization and friendship, John's African Giant Pouched rats learn how to identify fatal TB mycobacterium. The samples that the rats indicate as TB-positive are then confirmed in APOPO's lab using WHO-endorsed methods. APOPO's army of giant rats with sophisticated sniffers help save human lives every day.

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S4.E33 ∙ Recycled Bread Beer

Thu, Sep 24, 2020

Bread is one of the most wasted foods, but UK-based company Toast Ale is taking the leftovers from independent bakeries and transforming it into freshly fermented bread beer. So far, they've brewed 450,000+ liters of beer and saved 1,000,000+ slices of bread.

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S4.E34 ∙ Latex Dad - Female Masking Living Dolls

Tue, Sep 29, 2020

With a skintight latex-breasted bodysuit and the aid of his daughters to help zip him up, factory worker John Phillips becomes a rubber female doll and interacts with the public. For Phillips, who has an MBA and an aerospace degree, yet has been fired from a job for his hobby, the latex lifestyle isn't his entire personality -- but for him, the freedom to become a doll is essential, and symbolizes his refusal to live in fear.

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S4.E35 ∙ 3D Hair Paintings With Extensions

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

Tyler Clark is a 3D hair artist from Chicago who uses synthetic hair extensions in paintings. With hair discrimination an ongoing struggle for the Black community, Clark hopes to capture the essence and beauty of Black women in her artwork.

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S4.E36 ∙ 15 Year-Old Parkour Prodigy

Tue, Oct 06, 2020

Elise Bickley is a 15-year-old parkour athlete from Sheffield, UK. The teen finds herself breaking stereotypes with her practice of parkour which is often considered a male-dominated sport, and hopes to pursue stunt work in the future. Wherever she goes, she is always on the look for new parkour challenges.

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S4.E37 ∙ Typewriter Drawings

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

James Cook, artist and architecture student from the UK, uses an obsolete yet iconic piece of vintage technology as his medium -- the typewriter. With 100,000 characters and 9-30 hours invested in each piece, he types his imagination into art, creating incredibly detailed typewriter drawings of famous people, iconic buildings, and pets.

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S4.E38 ∙ Extreme Ironing Around the World

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

Extreme ironer Matt Battley of New Zealand irons his clothes atop soaring mountain peaks, among other unlikely locations. From picturesque Scottish lakes to frozen caves, he's traveled with his trusty ironing board to some of the world's most incredible places.

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S4.E39 ∙ At-Home Ice Skating With Coach Michelle Hong

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

Professional figure skater and former US National Alternate Michelle Hong teaches her craft. Through the screen, she hopes to share a different kind of rink access with those who cannot afford or attend in-person ice skating classes.

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S4.E40 ∙ Hammerhead Helper Protects Endangered Sharks

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

Ilena Zanella co-founded Misión Tiburón in Costa Rica to help preserve the lives of endangered marine species. Focused on protecting the hammerhead shark, currently at risk of extinction, she hopes people can build more empathy for the often villainized creatures.

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S4.E41 ∙ The Girl Who Talks To Chickens

Tue, Oct 27, 2020

Animal therapy award winner, artist, autism activist and chicken whisperer Summer Farrelly has a unique bond with chickens. Summer's pet flock of hens, chicks and roosters have become her best friends, and now she wants to return the favor. Summer's animal-assisted learning program, Chickens to Love, connects neurodivergent people with chickens to develop the confidence, self-acceptance and resilience that the fowl have helped her find.

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S4.E42 ∙ Professional Pumpkin Carver

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

Professional pumpkin carver Deane Arnold etches bizarrely sentient expressions into the once-blank faces of Halloween pumpkins. While his strangely relatable pumpkins are not for sale, his expertise is. A former competitor on Food Network's "Halloween Wars," Arnold holds the Guinness World Record for co-creating a 2000+ lb Jack-o'-lantern.

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S4.E43 ∙ Meet Dr. Noel Arnold, Australia's Master of Mushrooms

Tue, Nov 03, 2020

Mycologist Dr Noel Arrold is a master of mushrooms in New South Wales who runs Australia's last railway tunnel mushroom farm. With over 120,000+ growing logs promoting fungiculture 50 meters below the earth's surface, Li-Sun Exotic Mushrooms's shiitake, oyster, enoki, shimeji, king brown and wood ear mushrooms are colonizing farmer's markets, restaurants and mushroom coffee brewers.

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S4.E44 ∙ Father Daughter Boxing

Thu, Nov 05, 2020

7-year old boxer from New Jersey, Ruby Tucker, lands a punch. With her father Kijuan's training in striking and footwork, she's confident that girls can be as good as boys in boxing -- maybe even better. Her favorite part about training with her dad is she gets to beat him.

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S4.E45 ∙ Meet Jaden Jefferson, Kid Reporter

Tue, Nov 10, 2020

12-year-old journalist Jaden Jefferson started reporting from city council meetings and protests when he was only 10. Early in his preteen career, Jefferson's exclusive interview with Senator Elizabeth Warren skyrocketed him to journalistic fame. Since then, the multimedia reporter and youngest member of the Society of Professional Journalists has been seen on CNN, Univision, MTV, CBS, and in The New York Times.

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S4.E46 ∙ Little Monster Fantasy World

Thu, Nov 12, 2020

Cressa Maeve Beer is an artist who brings monsters, such as Godzilla, to life in her Little Monster Fantasy World. The process of stop motion animation requires the artist to take photos of every single movement of the objects. For Cressa, working on stop motion allows her to use her imagination and connect with her inner child.

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S4.E47 ∙ Hole Punch Artist

Tue, Nov 24, 2020

Hole punch artist Jill Pam turned an office staple into an instrument of artistry, creating unbelievable masterpieces with only a hole puncher. Confetti-like dots come together in her collages to form stunning landscapes and portraits of people like late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former First Lady Michelle Obama, and musicians Prince and Lady Gaga.

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S4.E48 ∙ Book Carver

Tue, Dec 01, 2020

Alejandro Pantin is a self-taught book carver from Venezuela. He turns derelict books into intricate carvings and sculptures, recycling them in a truly novel way as he transforms individual pages into 3D carvings, thereby adding value to them.

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S4.E49 ∙ Chuck Lamb Professional Dead Body

Thu, Dec 03, 2020

Florida man Chuck Lamb, aka the "Dead Body Guy", says he has no talent. But as a professional dead body in over 2 dozen TV shows and movies, covered in the media 400+ times -- including for his role in ThanksKilling, he's living his dreams.

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S4.E50 ∙ Anthromorph Creates Faceless Masks

Tue, Dec 08, 2020

Early in life, UK-based artist Anthromorph couldn't fully express their gender identity. Today, with a following of like-minded folk on social media, Anthromorph creates faceless exoskeleton masks to transcend gender and foster self-expression.

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