Mandy Harvey
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The inspiring true story of America's Got Talent Top Five Finalist Mandy Harvey-a young woman who became deaf at age nineteen while pursuing a degree in music-and how she overcame adversity and found the courage to live out her dreams.
When Mandy Harvey began her freshman year at Colorado State University, she could see her future coming together right before her eyes. A gifted musician with perfect pitch, she planned to get a music degree and pursue...
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Human The World Within volume 3
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Running through the middle of our bodies, the human gut processes the fuel our bodies need to keep going. It's also home to an entire ecosystem whose power we're just beginning to uncover. Through the worlds of a religious faster, an ultra-marathon runner, a young girl beating allergies, and a farmer we go deep into this world within.
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Human The World Within volume 5
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How do the five senses really work? In fact, there are many more than five, and they all work together to create our own version of reality. We dive into the stories of a pairs figure skating team, a perfumer, a cave explorer, and a musician to decipher how different ways of sensing the world all create their own vivid, and unique, picture.
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Human The World Within volume 4
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Every minute of every day, our bodies are fending off microscopic threats with extreme precision and speed. This episode looks at a nature survivalist, rancher twins, a doctor who survived Ebola, and the recipient of a cutting-edge cancer therapy to uncover the wildly advanced biology that keeps us alive against all odds.
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Human The World Within volume 6
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Every single person on this earth has at least one thing in common: they were born. This episode goes on a journey with parents who are preparing for new life to see how our bodies create and sustain new life. Through their stories we learn about what is fundamentally shared and absolutely unique about the experience of birth.
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Human The World Within volume 1
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How do you react to the world around you? Through the lens of a boxer, a first responder, a cell tower climber and a man with a bionic limb, we'll go deep into the universe of the most powerful machine on earth: the human brain and the vast nervous system it controls.
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Human The World Within volume 2
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What's behind a pulse? This episode dives into the world of an ice climber, a bus driver, a woman in labor, and a senior dance club to show how the human heart and the circulatory system power our physical and emotional lives, and create the pulsing rhythm of our world.
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