Crazy Good Turns

EOD Warrior Foundation helps the men and women who save lives by performing the military's scariest job.

A school in the Deep South is changing hearts and developing minds with a "tough love approach" that works. Meet founder Luma Mufleh and her students.

Team Music is Love turns fans into volunteers and concerts into opportunities to make a difference. See how country singer Martina McBride takes her foundation on tour with her.

Kennedy first heard of sex trafficking when she was in middle school. "It was the worst fate I could think of." So today she's fighting back as CEO of Marinus Analytics, a tech company that's helping cops send traffickers to jail.

Ken Langone came from nothing to become a founder of The Home Depot, but never forgot his roots. He's given staggering sums, but says his money isn't truly charity. Discover a refreshing outlook that proves you don't need riches in order to give richly.

U.S. Army Captain Matt Zeller says he wouldn't be here today if it weren't for Janis Shinwari, an Afghan Translator who saved his life during an ambush. Years later, Zeller had the chance to return the favor to Janis -- and many others. But thousands more still need help.

Liz Shropshire is the daughter of a Vietnam war vet who couldn't shake the memories of her childhood. She became a music teacher, but then heard a new calling: Help refugee children. She gave up everything, brought hope to a camp halfway around the world--and then a new mission emerged.

Millions of people have seen the incredible 3D printer capable of building a 700-square foot house in 24 hours. Not as many know the equally incredible story of Brett Hagler and New Story, the people behind that machine -- and how they plan on using it to build communities worldwide.

A real estate investment takes a strange and delightful twist when Kenny Hill hears a calling: "What if, what you did for these homes, you could do for people's lives? Totally renovate."

Travis Roy was a hockey standout with a promising career ahead of him. But then everything changed in an instant. A tragic accident left the talented young hockey player paralyzed from the neck down. But Roy refused to let his story end there. In fact, his injury was just the beginning of something incredible.  

There is nothing uplifting about cancer, but there is something incredible in the way some people respond to it. In this episode, you'll meet Jeanine Patten-Coble, a 39-year-old wife and mother who goes to bed normally one night but discovers cancer when she wakes up the next morning.  Like all cancer patients, Jeanine faces a tough road ahead. But she makes an incredible discovery -- that helps h...

Not every podcast episode will make you look at the world differently. This one might. Why? Because in this show you'll learn about a concept that's changing the way people view the autism spectrum. The idea is called "neurodiversity." While neurodiversity may sound complex, the idea behind it is as simple as it is true: people are wired differently. People on the spectrum are neurodiverse, while...

Why do sports matter to children who may be fighting for their life? Because people often forget that kids battling serious disease are still kids. They have interests, dreams, and passions -- including sports. That's the  idea behind Special Spectators -- a non-profit that creates VIP, all-access gameday experiences for seriously ill children and their families. In this episode, you'll discover w...

Welcome to Season 3 of Crazy Good Turns! We're excited to have you back -- and especially pumped about this episode. Two main reasons why: We announce the winner of our $50,000 grant from Season 2. Don't worry, we won't keep you in suspense for long. In fact, click "play" and you'll hear which of last season's guests won the award right away. Right after the announcement, you'll meet a young perso...

In this show, you'll hear five stories of incredible gifts or acts of kindness.  Kindness and generosity come in many forms. This episode proves it. Tune in and you will hear about: A child who's rescued from a life-threatening ordeal through the generosity of a total stranger  A retiree who set out to volunteer a few hours at his local hospital and discovered an entirely new purpose in life -- on...

Fame. Fortune. And the adoration of millions. Those are the things Danny Wuerffel left behind when he walked away from sports and into a life of serving others. Today you'll find the former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback at Desire Street Ministries , where he's helping inner city communities across the southern U.S. break the cycle of poverty, drugs and violence In this episode, you'll...

How far would you go to help one of your coworkers? For Bernie Marcus, the co-founder and former CEO of Home Depot , the answer is: farther than most would ever imagine. In the 1980s, Marcus had a personal accountant whose 4-year-old son had autism. What started as a simple desire to help her developed into a 30-year campaign to improve the resources available to kids with autism and their familie...

Some people are strong. Some are tough. Some seem unstoppable. And then there's Travis Mills of the Travis Mills Foundation , who will redefine all of those words for you. He'll tell you that he's like anyone else. He just had a bad day at work. But Mills's job at the time was Staff Sergeant for the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division. And that bad day—April 10, 2012—took away both his arms and his...

On paper it doesn't make any sense. One out of every six people in the United States lack access to sufficient food, yet 40 percent of the food produced in this country goes to waste. These statistics may be staggering, but they aren't unique to the U.S. According to the new documentary WASTED: The Story of Food Waste , more than 1.3 billion pounds of food gets thrown away across the globe each ye...

The numbers are staggering. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma inflicted between 150 and 200 million dollars in damage to Texas and Florida alone. That's to say nothing of the human cost — thousands of lives disrupted, people displaced and homes destroyed. The situation is even worse in U.S. territories in the Caribbean. Hurricane Maria essentially destroyed all of Puerto Rico's infrastructure. Recovery f...

It's dark, late, and cold. Of course it's cold. This is Alaska and it's the middle of winter. The evening temperatures are more than 30 degrees below zero—and dropping. And the boy was going outside to sleep in a car. That scene is what broke Michelle Overstreet. Then a teacher at a high school in Wasilla, Alaska, Overstreet volunteered her time at homeless shelters to help at risk youth. The work...

What would it be like to go to work at a place where you always smile, people are genuinely glad to see you, and there always seems to be at least one coworker who reaches a new milestone every day? That's life at Bitty and Beau's , a coffee shop in Wilmington, North Carolina that is staffed by people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) like autism or Down Syndrome. With a joyful...

Your car isn't just a way to go from one place to another. It symbolizes staying on the road to success. The Lift Garage is a nonprofit aimed to move people out of poverty and homelessness by providing low-cost car repair, free pre-purchase car inspections, and honest advice that supports the community. When longtime social worker Cathy Heying saw how transportation issues caused people to lose th...

Cancer and fun aren't two words that normally go together. And for children with cancer, a diagnosis seems to rapidly speed up the aging process. One day you have no worries, and the next day you're fighting cancer. But for Camp Sunshine , one thing doesn't change: a kid is still a kid. And they should have just as must joy in their lives as any other child. The story of Camp Sunshine is one of ho...

For many women with a history of sex trafficking, prostitution or addiction, hope can be hard to find. But Thistle Farms is using love to help empower, reinvent, and employ women around the world.