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Science & Breakthroughs

Podcast Transcript June 19th, 2026- (Guest Interview) Hope can rise: two sisters in Gaza turning rubble into building blocks | Earth Prize 2026

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Episode Description: Tala and Farah Mousa received thousands of messages after they won the Earth Prize. “You gave us hope we had completely lost,” people wrote. “You showed us we can be seen.” They were sheltering in a tent when those messages came in. This episode is about what it takes to build something: a real, physical method for turning rubble into building blocks, while living inside the rubble. Arielle speaks to the teenaged sisters from Gaza about the idea that came from a textbook the

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