Zack EzorFormer StaffRecently publishedThe Goodness Deep WithinMax Evans lived on the streets of Boston near the New England Aquarium, making his bed between two jersey barriers each night. He was known for being gruff, feisty, and...ResumeKind World04:29Apr 9, 2015In Lovers' Quarrel, A Stranger IntervenesJanne Vanessche and her boyfriend were fighting - a lovers' quarrel. The argument was over something trivial, but, to an outsider, things may have looked serious. When Janne fled to...ResumeKind World04:15Mar 12, 2015Sister Sue, The Nun At The County JailSister Sue Kintzele's phone number is written on the wall near the pay phone at the county jail. When prisoners can't make bail, they tell their family to call Sister...ResumeKind World04:16Feb 26, 2015Kind World Is Now A PodcastKind World, WBUR's series celebrating stories of kindness, is now available as a podcast on iTunes.Kind WorldFeb 5, 2015A Town Rallies For Hikers In NeedNearing the end of her months-long hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, Brittany Goodson began to panic. Days of unrelenting rain had soaked her gear, and hypothermia threatened. Brittany and...ResumeKind World05:43Jan 28, 2015AdvertisementKind World #13: 'Take Me Back To Venice'As Parkinson’s disease worsened for Bernard Michaels, his family took him on a final trip to Europe. Early in the trip, a slip in Venice, Italy landed him in the...ResumeKind World05:43Jan 14, 2015Putting On The Tiger's MaskOn Christmas Day, 2010, a Japanese orphanage received an unexpected donation: 10 leather backpacks, five red and five black. Curiously, the note that accompanied the anonymous donation was signed with...Kind WorldJan 8, 2015The Turner GirlsJen Turner had always wanted to be a mom. But when she developed macular edema, an eye disease, doctors warned her that pregnancy could result in permanent loss of sight....ResumeKind World05:44Dec 23, 2014A House, Now A HomeEverything seemed to be going wrong in Maureen Festa's life. Her marriage was ending, her mother was dying, and she faced having to leave the neighborhood she loved. She'd learned...ResumeKind World04:09Dec 10, 2014A Stranger Asks, 'Why Not Me?'Dr. Ferenc Jolesz's kidneys were failing fast. The estimated wait time for a cadaver transplant was five to 10 years. He didn't have that kind of time. But an article...ResumeKind World06:28Nov 26, 2014Next Page
The Goodness Deep WithinMax Evans lived on the streets of Boston near the New England Aquarium, making his bed between two jersey barriers each night. He was known for being gruff, feisty, and...ResumeKind World04:29Apr 9, 2015
In Lovers' Quarrel, A Stranger IntervenesJanne Vanessche and her boyfriend were fighting - a lovers' quarrel. The argument was over something trivial, but, to an outsider, things may have looked serious. When Janne fled to...ResumeKind World04:15Mar 12, 2015
Sister Sue, The Nun At The County JailSister Sue Kintzele's phone number is written on the wall near the pay phone at the county jail. When prisoners can't make bail, they tell their family to call Sister...ResumeKind World04:16Feb 26, 2015
Kind World Is Now A PodcastKind World, WBUR's series celebrating stories of kindness, is now available as a podcast on iTunes.Kind WorldFeb 5, 2015
A Town Rallies For Hikers In NeedNearing the end of her months-long hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, Brittany Goodson began to panic. Days of unrelenting rain had soaked her gear, and hypothermia threatened. Brittany and...ResumeKind World05:43Jan 28, 2015
Kind World #13: 'Take Me Back To Venice'As Parkinson’s disease worsened for Bernard Michaels, his family took him on a final trip to Europe. Early in the trip, a slip in Venice, Italy landed him in the...ResumeKind World05:43Jan 14, 2015
Putting On The Tiger's MaskOn Christmas Day, 2010, a Japanese orphanage received an unexpected donation: 10 leather backpacks, five red and five black. Curiously, the note that accompanied the anonymous donation was signed with...Kind WorldJan 8, 2015
The Turner GirlsJen Turner had always wanted to be a mom. But when she developed macular edema, an eye disease, doctors warned her that pregnancy could result in permanent loss of sight....ResumeKind World05:44Dec 23, 2014
A House, Now A HomeEverything seemed to be going wrong in Maureen Festa's life. Her marriage was ending, her mother was dying, and she faced having to leave the neighborhood she loved. She'd learned...ResumeKind World04:09Dec 10, 2014
A Stranger Asks, 'Why Not Me?'Dr. Ferenc Jolesz's kidneys were failing fast. The estimated wait time for a cadaver transplant was five to 10 years. He didn't have that kind of time. But an article...ResumeKind World06:28Nov 26, 2014