Steven Hansen7 hours ago1 minListen! Arts & Culture Radio Live and On-demandIt’s easier than ever to listen to our subscribers’ favorite arts and culture radio stations, AudioBook Radio and JasonCharles.net. Both...
Steven HansenMay 101 minThe Secret Key to NYC’s Beacon of LightWhen red, white, and blue lights were turned on atop the Empire State Building to commemorate the country’s 1976 bicentennial, they lit...
Steven HansenMar 203 minGardeners: Lettuce Be Joyful and Plant!Spring is here! It’s time to stop dreaming and start planning your garden, whether it’s a window box, a raised bed, a neighborhood garden...
HA StaffJan 283 minYummy Origin Stories: Jiffy PopWe love food! We especially love creative food treats that were invented to make us happy, if not necessarily healthy. You just know the...
Steven HansenDec 28, 20212 minEar Bliss #4Relax and take a well-deserved aural vacation listening to these four specially chosen selections that will help you escape a dreary or...
Steven HansenDec 20, 20212 minFor Your Holiday Viewing PleasureNo matter where you end up spending the holidays this year – stuck in an airport terminal, happy by yourself and off-the-clock in your...
Steven HansenNov 19, 20215 minThe Best Gift Ever!Oh, what to give them this year? It has to be something really special this time. In the past you’ve given a full menu of Edible...
Steven HansenNov 7, 20215 minFavorite Place to Read a BookOne of the simplest joys of life is curling up with a good book. To be transported – or even lost – inside a gripping mystery or horror...
Steven HansenOct 12, 20213 minNo Boarding Passes Required!A great way to whet your appetite for traveling again is to explore a few favorite destinations online but with a different perspective....
Steven HansenOct 5, 20215 minYummy Origin Stories: The CheeseburgerWe love food! We especially love creative food treats that were invented to make us happy, if not necessarily healthy. You just know the...
Steven HansenSep 3, 20211 minDid Your Dog Just Say That?A dog’s bark is represented in different ways in the English language, such as: bark-bark, woof-woof, arf-arf, ruff-ruff and bow-wow....
Steven HansenSep 1, 20212 minEnjoy These ‘Happy Place’ Contest VideosWe received a beautiful collection of entries in our first “Go to Your Happy Place” video contest. Thanks to all our followers who...
Steven HansenAug 24, 20212 minYummy Origin Stories: Baked GrapefruitWe love food! We especially love creative recipes that were invented to make us happy. This recipe wasn’t invented by Mrs. Houdini, but...
Steven HansenAug 19, 20211 minAmazing Night Skies at Your FingertipsYou keep thinking you must book a winter trip to that Norwegian island above the Arctic Circle to see the majestic displays of the aurora...
Steven HansenAug 7, 20212 minUplifting HistoryAccording to the Roman architect Vitruvius, elevators have been around since about 236 BC, when Archimedes built the first primitive...
Steven HansenJul 20, 20213 minEar Bliss #3Relax and take a well-deserved aural vacation listening to these five specially chosen selections that will help you escape a dreary or...
Steven HansenJul 16, 20211 minEnter Our 'Happy Place' Video Contest!"Go to your happy place!" When you close your eyes and imagine your happy place, what does it look like? A private tropical island? The...
Steven HansenJul 9, 20212 minYummy Origin Stories: Potato ChipsWe love food! We especially love creative food treats that were invented to make us happy, if not necessarily healthy. You just know the...
Steven HansenJul 5, 20212 minSpirits of Our Heroes Some well-oiled merrymaker once said, “You can’t buy happiness, but you can prepare a cocktail. And that’s kind of the same thing.”...
HA StaffJun 19, 20211 minOne-of-a-Kind Bookstore is RebornA Broadway institution reopens its doors at a beautiful new location.
Steven HansenJun 14, 20212 minYummy Origin Stories: Soft Serve Ice CreamSoft serve ice cream was an accidental discovery!
Steven HansenJun 11, 20213 minHappy Hideaways: Saint-Marc-sur-MerThe places that promote carefree joy – and often deliver it – fashion themselves to be beyond the reach of the humdrum world. And they...
Steven HansenMay 31, 20212 minBemelmans Bar: A Storybook ‘Nursery’ for Grown-upsLudwig Bemelmans, the author and illustrator of the popular “Madeline” books for children, was commissioned to hand-paint whimsical...
Steven HansenMay 21, 20211 minStreet Fun: "Pssst…Look in here!"Urban writer Charles Montgomery says that, “Happiness is a house with many rooms, but at its core is a hearth around which we gather with...
HA StaffApr 25, 20211 minBig Bird Chills OutA big blue version of Big Bird from Sesame Street has landed on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The...
Steven HansenApr 24, 20212 minEar Bliss #2Falling snow, a cat purring, jazz harp, New York traffic noise and a tiny love story. Listen and smile from ear to ear.
Steven HansenApr 20, 20212 minHome Is Where the Art IsIn the early spring of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to rage, widespread quarantines kept people inside their homes, and closed...
Steven HansenApr 13, 20211 min90 Seconds of Joy: Roller Coaster Open HouseTo launch their daily “House Promoter” project in style, Amsterdam’s ABN Amro Bank made sure that house viewings at one house in Ermelo...
HA StaffApr 10, 20212 minYummy Origin Stories: Frito PieWe love food! We especially love creative food treats that were invented to make us happy, if not necessarily healthy. You just know the...
Steven HansenApr 3, 20211 minChoirboy Inhales HeliumOn April 1, 2014, the legendary Choir of King’s College Cambridge found a possible solution enabling older choir boys to continue to hit...
Steven HansenApr 1, 20211 minThe Rambunctious Fun of OK Go!OK Go, the L.A. rock band, born in Chicago, is known to millions of adoring fans the world over as much for the mind-bogglingly fun music...
Steven HansenMar 24, 20211 minYummy Origin Stories: Chocolate Chip CookiesWe love food! We especially love creative food treats that were invented to make us happy, if not necessarily healthy. You just know the...
Steven HansenMar 1, 20212 minRetro-pedaling: A Look BackwardIf you’ve seen people walking backward in the park on a nice sunny morning, you probably thought they were either severely disoriented or...
HA StaffMar 1, 20215 min12 Outrageous Kid-Invented SnacksThese fun, wacky snacks invented by hungry kids and teenage dorm-dwellers make us giggle. Creativity and daring know no bounds when it...
Steven HansenFeb 28, 20211 minNicest Words You'll Ever HearYou always remember that one special message that made your day, your career, your life. Here’s our random selection of the best VMs,...
Steven HansenFeb 27, 20211 minEar Bliss Six fun and different audio clips will sooth and entertain your tired brain
Steven HansenFeb 27, 20211 minWorld's Biggest SnowpersonThe tallest snowman -- or in this case snowwoman – ever made was “Olympia” (named for Maine’s Sen. Olympia Snowe). The 122-foot tall...
Steven HansenFeb 23, 20212 minYummy Origin Stories: Stuckey's Pecan Log RollWe love food! We especially love creative food treats that were invented to make us happy, if not necessarily healthy. You just know the...
Happiness Archive EditorFeb 18, 20212 minHappy Hideaways: TenerifeThe places that promote carefree joy – and often deliver it – fashion themselves to be beyond the reach of the humdrum world. And they...