Emily Kwong

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Short Wave · What can a tornado teach us about kindness? · 23 Jun 2026 podcast

Shout out to them.

I know.

I feel a lot of gratitude.

I'm focusing on how love, like acts of service and kindness towards others, shows up after disasters.

Amazing.

Okay.

Let's go back to Nanda.

So she survives this tornado and has this interesting takeaway.

Right.

Yeah.

So the tornado ripped through this densely populated town in the central part of Joplin.

Thousands of homes were destroyed and about a third of the town's 50,000 residents were displaced.

But here's why we're talking about this tornado 15 years later.

So within months, this town became known not just for its tragedy, but for the kindness and cooperation that led to its speedy recovery.

So almost 100,000 volunteers from almost every state.

and Japan came to Joplin to help rebuild.

That's amazing, the amount of people that came together to help.

It's pretty awesome.

Like locals coming out of the woodwork to help, ranchers cooking steaks for volunteers, a university dean who set up cots at an emergency shelter even after losing his own home.

So if you think all of this is rare, this kindness after disaster, research shows it's not.

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