Week 3, 2/27-3/5

Podcast moments to uplift your day.

Curated byAnna Oakes, Hark Editor

14 CLIPS1 HR 3 MINS

FEB 27

Taylor Swift’s Three Pens

Taylor Swift has three modes of songwriting that are all on display on ‘Midnights.’

Switched on Pop

5 MINS

FEB 28

Bus Driver's Act of Kindness

Ronald Ruiz, a bus driver in the Bronx, goes above and beyond for one of his passengers.

StoryCorps

1 MIN

FEB 28

A Song for Unconditional Love

Twenty Thousand Hertz host Dallas Taylor was having panic attacks. Until his daughter sang him a song.

Twenty Thousand Hertz

4 MINS

MAR 2

Listening to Nature in Prison

A San Quentin resident muses on the wild animals he can see and hear from prison.

Ear Hustle

3 MINS

MAR 3

How Poet Amanda Gorman Overcame Her Speech Impediment

Amanda Gorman users her own unique speech therapy - of reading and recording Harry Potter - to overcome her speech impediment.

How Poet Amanda Gorman Overcame Her Speech Impediment

The Story Collider

5 MINS

MAR 4

Adopt a Growth Mindset

By approaching challenges with adaptability and resilience, we can grow from them instead of being defeated.

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

4 MINS

MAR 5

The Wood Wide Web

Robert Krulwich and Annie McEwen investigate the coexisting interplay between mycelium and trees with forest ecologist Suzanne Simard and mycologist Roy Halling.

Radiolab Podcasts (Radiolab)

6 MINS

ALT 1

Learning Piano on a Cardboard Keyboard

How do you learn an instrument, if you don’t have access to one? Demetrius Cunningham taught himself to play piano… on a cardboard keyboard.

Written Inside

7 MINS

ALT 2

The Man Who Brought Horseback Riding to South Central LA

Ghuan Featherstone founded Urban Saddles to give kids from LA hope, fun, and respect towards others.

The Man Who Brought Horseback Riding to South Central LA

StoryCorps

3 MINS

Kindness at the Laundromat

How a simple act of goodwill on a rainy day propelled a woman out of homelessness.

Kind World

4 MINS

Everyday Awesomeness

Each day, The Starbucks® Daily brings you a new podcast moment. Today, awe expert Dacher Keltner shares how awe is good for our health. From On Being.

On Being with Krista Tippett

4 MINS

A Lifesaving Kindness

Each day, The Starbucks® Daily brings you a new podcast moment. Today, an LGBTQ bookstore manager gets a call that forever changes his life. From Kind World.

Kind World

3 MINS

The Magic of Self-Compassion

Each day, The Starbucks® Daily brings you a new podcast moment. Today, Dr. Laurie Santos says to drop the inner drill sergeant for the kind coach. From The Happiness Lab.

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

3 MINS

Soundtrack for Life

Each day, The Starbucks® Daily brings you a new podcast moment. Matt Hay was told he would lose his hearing so he began memorizing his favorite songs. From Snap Judgment.

Snap Judgment

5 MINS

Curated byAnna Oakes

14 CLIPS1 HR 3 MINS

Podcasts are filled with inspiring stories and great conversations. The Starbucks® Daily brings you brilliant podcast moments to uplift your day. Find them in the Starbucks® app.

A new way to explore with your ears

Hark editors handpick amazing podcast moments and curate them into ‘Harklists’ - podcast mixtapes that bring you serendipity, wonder and new perspectives each day.

Week 3, 2/27-3/5

Taylor Swift’s Three Pens

Switched on Pop

Bus Driver's Act of Kindness

StoryCorps

A Song for Unconditional Love

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Listening to Nature in Prison

Ear Hustle

How Poet Amanda Gorman Overcame Her Speech Impediment

The Story Collider

Adopt a Growth Mindset

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

The Wood Wide Web

Radiolab Podcasts (Radiolab)

Learning Piano on a Cardboard Keyboard

Written Inside

The Man Who Brought Horseback Riding to South Central LA

StoryCorps

Kindness at the Laundromat

Kind World

Everyday Awesomeness

On Being with Krista Tippett

A Lifesaving Kindness

Kind World

The Magic of Self-Compassion

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Soundtrack for Life

Snap Judgment

A new way to explore with your ears

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