Laura Kwerel

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Laura Kwerel

This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. When Ashley Blas was 7 years old, her mother passed away. They were living in New York at the time and her mother was buried in her hometown of Chicago. In 2023, nearly 30 years later, Blas decided to fly to Chicago to visit her mother's grave for the first time since the funeral. She used a car service to drive her to the cemetery.

3 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Laura Kwerel

This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. When she was 4 years old, Terry Hill and her two young siblings were left in the car by themselves as their father ran into a donut shop. This was 1968, when leaving children unattended for a short time was common. What happened that day would become a story Hill has told and re-told her entire life.

1 month ago | tpr.org | Laura Kwerel

This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. It was New Year's Eve 2022 and for the first time in decades Eleanor Heginbotham was spending the holiday by herself. Her husband of 62 years, Erland, had died in June. "I was feeling blue," Heginbotham, 86, said. "I was trying not to feel blue, but ... I was alone."To cheer herself up, she decided to work on her holiday cards.

1 month ago | m.kuow.org | Laura Kwerel

When Richard Cotter began to show signs of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he lost job after job. Then, a small local company offered him a role that helped rebuild his sense of purpose. Paul Cotter This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. When Paul Cotter's father, Richard, was 52, he was fired from his job at a large printing company.

1 month ago | hiddenbrain.org | Laura Kwerel

One evening after class, Ellen took public transportation home. It was a quiet night, and when she got off at her stop, there weren’t many people around. Then, she heard something that alerted her to potential danger. Podcast: Subscribe to the My Unsung Hero Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links.