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What can a tornado teach us about kindness? artwork
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What can a tornado teach us about kindness?

Short Wave by NPR

Jun 23, 202612:44Science & Medicine

One evening in May of 2011, tornado sirens went off in a small Missouri city called Joplin. Thousands of homes were destroyed in the tornado, about a third of the town’s 50,000 residents were displaced and around 160 peo...

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What can a tornado teach us about kindness? is an episode from Short Wave by NPR. One evening in May of 2011, tornado sirens went off in a small Missouri city called Joplin. Thousands of homes were destroyed in the tornado, about a third of...

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Published Jun 23, 2026, 12:44 long, audio available.