On his new podcast, Six Degrees with Kevin Bacon, join Kevin for inspiring conversations

with his friends and fellow celebrities who are working to make a difference in the world,

like actor Matthew McConaughey.

You know, I found myself moving upstate in the middle of this fracking fight, you know,

that I'm trying to raise kids there and, you know, my neighbors like willing to poison

my water.

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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is that dawn follows dark.

Life often cycles through ups and downs.

And when we are feeling our worst,

it is helpful to remember that the odds are good, that we will feel better at some

point in the future.

This episode is first airing around the winter solstice, which is the longest night in

the Northern Hemisphere.

My church has a longest night service, which is designed to help people who are mourning

commemorate the holidays, with the knowledge that this can be a hard and lonely time.

But there is a reason that this commemoration is on the longest night, because that is

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