I'm Shankar Vedantam, the host of a podcast called My Unsung Hero.

Each week we share a short story about an act of kindness that changed someone's life.

She cared enough to say something to me, something that probably wasn't easy to say, but

it was something that changed the direction of my life.

So thank you, Holly.

My Unsung Hero.

Listen and renew your faith in humanity.

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Hey, smarty pants.

Something pretty amazing has just happened.

I just finished recording another episode of your favorite podcast.

And I closed my eyes for a second to think about lunch.

And when I opened them, I was here.

Wherever here is.

I mean, it is beautiful.

There's a blue sky.

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