Izabel Goulart: Making a (Super) Difference
http://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/izabel-goulart1.mp3 There are no words to describe her beauty; one can only grasp its full extent when exposed to her pictures, but not even her...
View ArticleClaudia and Marcelo Repetto: Life Triumphs Over Tragedy
http://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/claudia-and-marcelo-life-triumphs-over-tragedy1.mp3 These pictures show a proud daddy, a happy mom, and their triplets. They, however, don’t tell...
View ArticleAbílio Diniz: A regular person like the rest of us. Or is he? In better shape...
http://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/abc3adlio-diniz.mp3 He’s definitely not your average billionaire. At 77, the father of a 7-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son sports a ripped...
View ArticleLuana Lopes Lara: Brazilian Bolshoi ballerina accepted to MIT, Stanford, Yale...
http://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/luana-lopes-lara.mp3 Whenever asked what she does, the 17-year-old doesn’t hesitate in saying, “I’m a ballerina who wants to become an engineer to...
View Article20 years after his tragic death, Ayrton Senna continues to be the most...
https://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/ayrton-senna.mp3 Ayrton Senna went far beyond being an extraordinary driver. He touched people’s hearts, placing him among those bigger-than-life...
View ArticleTHE TRAGIC DEATH OF THE MAN ON STILTS
https://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/the-man-on-stilts.mp3 Every day thousands of Brazilians make their living at traffic lights across this huge South American country. Some are...
View ArticleSENATOR ROMÁRIO: FROM THE NOTORIOUS HILLSIDE SLUMS OF RIO TO THE SUMMIT OF...
https://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/romario.mp3 He was born poor, very poor, in the squalor of Rio de Janeiro slums, where violence and drugs are the norm and proper education is...
View ArticleOnce living in a landfill, Rwandan orphan makes it to Harvard
Justus Uwayesu https://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/justus-uwayesu.mp3 Life is certainly full of incredible stories of people who, against all odds, survive the iron grip of absolute...
View ArticleAPPLE CEO TIM COOK BEATS THE RUMOR MILL TO THE PUNCH BY COMING OUT AS GAY: “I...
https://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/tim-cook-im-proud-to-be-gay.mp3 In an opinion piece published by Bloomberg Businessweek, Tim Cook, Apple CEO, confirmed he is gay, writing that...
View ArticleTerminally ill writer Clive James keeps writing books and inspiring others
https://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/clive-james.mp3 At 75, Clive James has just released a book and hopes to do so again next year, but he’s not sure. After all, leukemia may get the...
View ArticleAs Germany celebrates the 25th anniversary of the momentous fall of the...
https://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/north-south-korea-border.mp3 … and a little over two years after President Reagan’s speech at the Brandenburg Gate in 1987, the Berlin Wall was...
View ArticleWELCOME TO THE NEW ERA OF PRO SURFING: BRAZILIAN PRODIGY GABRIEL MEDINA WINS...
https://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gabriel-medina-2014-asp-world-tour-champion.mp3 Braving one of the most challenging waves on the planet, far away from home at the legendary...
View ArticleIngredients of a poignant story: unconditional love, a sprinkle of broken...
https://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/dog.mp3 Homeless man has an epileptic seizure. Passerby calls an ambulance. Patient is taken to the hospital. There’s nothing new there. As a...
View ArticleTOWARD THE SUMMIT: Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson on their way to...
https://thetalkingviolin.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/toward-the-summit.mp3 Using only your hands and feet to climb the downright scary 3,000-foot granite wall in California’s Yosemite National Park,...
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