1KHO 657: You Will Never Go Broke By Giving | Jimmy Darts, Undercover Kindness

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this unforgettable conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with viral kindness creator Jimmy Darts, author of Undercover Kindness to talk about the stories behind his videos and his book: the grandparents sleeping in their car who stopped to help wrap a gift, the mom who handed over a burrito from her backpack without hesitation, and the quiet power of people who give even when they don’t have much. The heart of this episode is simple and surprisingly practical. You don’t have to fix anyone. You don’t have to be heroic. You just have to notice people. Jimmy shares how generosity shaped him as a child, why five dollars matters more than we think, and how walking, slowing down, and being present opens the door to real connection. It’s a conversation about faith, parenting, and choosing an outward posture in a culture that trains us to look away. If you’ve ever wondered how to raise generous kids or how to soften your own heart again this episode will stay with you. Jimmy on Instagram: @jimmydarts Jimmy on YouTube: @JimmyDarts Undercover Kindness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.
0:02.2	My name is Ginny Erich, I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, and I have read an incredible book,
0:06.7	just a feel-good, light-hearted book called Undercover Kindness, Saying Yes to Love, No to Fear,
0:12.5	and embracing the life-changing power of ordinary generosity.
0:15.7	Jimmy Darts, who goes around and asks people for help and then changes their lives,
0:20.1	millions and millions of social
0:21.4	media followers welcome jimmy thank you so much for having me on and uh yeah it's it's crazy uh yeah
0:28.8	that that you read my book i appreciate it so much i've i've only read like two books in my life
0:33.9	so you know you don't necessarily have to be be the best reader to put a book together,
0:39.4	you know, if you can tell a great story to help people out. So hopefully that's what that book did.
0:44.6	Okay, I loved it so much. There's incredible stories in here, and I joined in on my first one.
0:49.8	This week, I joined in on the grandparents at the, you were like at a goodwill. Yes. Yes. So I contributed to that one. Let's go. So let's start with that one. So talk to people about what you do. Like that story, the grandparents in the goodwill. And she's in, not a wheelchair, but some sort of like a motorized chair. She's got her dog. And you were like,
1:12.1	hey, can you help me wrap this present? Yeah, it's pretty crazy. I was driving around all day.
1:18.1	And, yeah, I was in like Long Beach, California. And I went into this like veteran,
1:24.0	thrift store slash Goodwill place. And I saw this older couple there that were shopping
1:29.6	and they had a cute little dog with them and I was just like hey is there any way he could help me
1:33.8	wrap this present it's like probably the most frustrating question you could get asked like
1:38.3	wrapping a present you have to like lay down on the floor and you know it's just a whole thing
1:43.4	I can't I can't
1:44.4	rap anything to save my life but sure enough this sweet lady helped me out and uh in her
1:49.8	husband and that's when I just began to ask them a simple question you know I was
1:54.2	gonna really go around all day and just have people wrap the gift and ask them how
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