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Stuff You Should Know

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4.5 • 82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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For most of history, forgiveness fell under the domain of religion. But in the 1980s science started investigating it and found that forgiving someone is really, really good for you. Learn how anybody can be the better person in this classic, and really great, episode.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.7	Hey, everybody.
0:05.7	It's me, Josh, and I thought for my picks this year, I would kick off 2026 with a very sweet,
0:12.2	moving, and also eye-opening episode on forgiveness.
0:16.3	It turns out, all of us have the capacity to forgive, but that's not always the best course
0:21.5	of action for any given circumstance.
0:24.4	This episode also has a lot of really great stories of amazing acts of forgiveness by people
0:30.2	who forgave others against all odds.
0:33.2	It's a good episode, and I hope you enjoy it, and I hope your year is going wonderfully
0:37.3	so far.
0:41.0	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:50.7	Hey and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh and there's's Chuck and Jerry's here, too, and this is stuff you should know.
0:59.9	Some philosophical waxing is going to happen in this one.
1:03.2	I think it's inevitable, Chuck.
1:06.1	That's right, and Don Henley songs.
1:08.8	Oh, yeah, that's a good one, too.
1:27.5	Hard of the matter? Mm-hmm. You like it? Sure. All right. That part was like, I'm learning to live without you now. It stirs my soul every time. Forgiveness. Yeah. You'd have to be dead inside to not be stirred by that part. I agree.
1:28.7	It's good.
1:29.9	Good song.
1:34.2	But he really kind of nails it in that because he's talking about forgiveness.
1:35.6	And the heart of the matter.
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