Welcome to what drives you. I'm Kevin Miller. In this episode, Good News, considering if people are

actually bad and if the world is really a trash can fire or not. So what do you think? Honestly,

I mean, when it comes down to it, do you feel that most people are by far and large, truly bad

people with ill intent, the ones you're

sharing gridlock with, the ones you work with, even the ones that are in government and corporations,

is humanity just junk? Then what about the world itself? Is it just a trash can fire, like people

like to say? Is there no goodness and beauty left?

Well, you may well have heard of Upworthy.

Upworthy is a media brand that focuses on positive storytelling.

They've got millions of followers on social media and email subscribers who tune in to hear good news.

So Upworthy recently came out with a book that focuses on the

key areas of human goodness, incredible stories, stories of the best of humanity that people

share with them each and every day at a great amount. The book is called Good People,

and I was really curious as to what led the authors to sift

through the stories and land on certain categories, such as Chapter 1, which is the kindness of

strangers. And they share just how many stories that flood in about what we would generally

call random acts of kindness. Well, following is my conversation with the authors, Lucia Nell,

who is vice president of Upworthy, and Gabrielle Rilich, who is head of content and innovation.

I think you'll find a really uplifting, inspiring, and honestly equipping discussion here.

It really bolstered my faith, which bolsters everything. It's a book I found,

I want to give this to people and set it in the bathroom and give it to folks where they can

just tune in and read a story that makes them feel good. You know what I'm not having

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