The Best Things That Happened to You
It's Been a Minute
NPR
4.7 • 9.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
So in the spirit of the season, we picked a few of our favorite 'Best Things' from 2020 and called up the people who sent them: a listener who found the courage to make a new friend, a son who got the chance to reunite with his mom, and a woman who decided to donate her kidney... to a complete stranger.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, Sam here. |
| 0:02.0 | So, as 2020 comes to a close, I have been thinking a lot about all the things that helped me get through this crazy year. |
| 0:10.5 | Chocolate covered almonds, shorts and pants with elastic waistbands, Netflix, countless pints of ice cream. |
| 0:19.0 | But when I really think about it, one of the things that I absolutely could not have survived 2020 without is public radio. |
| 0:26.5 | Every day this year, through the protests and the pandemic and the recession, I have listened to an NPR podcast or an NPR member station, or I have watched a tiny desk concert. |
| 0:37.5 | So, I give to multiple NPR member stations, because I want public radio to be around next year as well. |
| 0:45.5 | Listeners, I am asking you right now to give to the NPR member station of your choosing, because I bet that you relied on public radio a lot in 2020, just like me. |
| 0:57.5 | When you give to your NPR member station, that support flows through the entire public radio system to keep all of us, including this little little show on the air. |
| 1:08.5 | So, go right now to this link, donate.npr.org slash Sam, and we will get through the rest of this year and 2021 together. Thank you. |
| 1:26.5 | Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR. I'm Sam Sanders. |
| 1:30.5 | And today, for the holidays, we are bringing you some joy. |
| 1:34.5 | Pure, unadulterated, uncomplicated joy. Listeners, sharing stories of good things happening to them. |
| 1:41.5 | Hi, Sam. This is Quincy in St. Petersburg, Florida. |
| 1:44.5 | Hi, Sam. This is Barbara, Interbana, Illinois. |
| 1:47.5 | And the best part of my week? |
| 1:48.5 | The best part of my week happened. |
| 1:50.5 | The best part of my week was that... |
| 1:52.5 | The best part of my week was when I had my first hug since before March 13th. |
| 1:57.5 | That I just finished an eight mile run to celebrate passing the New Mexico Bar Exam. |
| 2:02.5 | The best part of my week was realizing after working from home for seven months that I can order pizza for lunch and no one can stop me. |
| 2:14.5 | I mean... |
| 2:15.5 | You know, most weeks on the show, we close the little audio montage of listeners sharing the best things that have happened to them all week. |
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