The nation is in the midst of a teacher shortage, and at the end of another school year, burnout is causing many more teachers to call it quits. Micaela DeSimone is a 6th-grade English teacher in a charter school in Queens, New York. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on teacher burnout and explains how the past few years have changed her views on what was once her dream job.

Each year, 22,000 young people age out of foster care without family structures in place to support them. It's an issue Sixto Cancel is working to address. He's the founder and CEO of Think of Us, a nonprofit organization that aims to change child welfare systems across the country. He's also experienced foster care himself. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on kinship care.

Michelle Zauner is a Korean American author and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of alternative pop band Japanese Breakfast. Zauner shares her Brief But Spectacular take on making the ordinary beautiful.

Nan Goldin is a renowned photographer and activist whose work has documented LGBTQ+ subcultures, the AIDS crisis and the opioid epidemic. Recently, Goldin and her work were the subject of the documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.” She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on survival.