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This week in Uplifting News, AI may have turned against its biggest proponents, Scotland is aiming to improve workers’ lives, buried treasure found in Norway, and more good news.

Sundance Film Festival Asia came to Taipei this August. In today's episode of Uncovered, I speak to An Chu, the winner of this year's short film competition. An's winning piece, Tuo Tuo (陀陀), centers around the protagonist, Hai, who returns to help out at his family deer farm while he's on break from military service. What's An's connection with deer farming? What does An share with the protagonist? Was An seeking to criticize deer farming with his piece? All this and more from the director himself, so hit play!

A lot of good news for the environment this week and solar panels are taking over the world. Find out all about it, after the break.

India and New Zealand are in the news yet again this week. Stories of space travel, prehistoric animals and over due reunions. Hear all about it, after the break!

This week, I'm joined by my good friend Tyler Golec to discuss the OG: Starwars Episode 4: A New Hope (directed by George Lucas). We discuss the Hero's Journey story arc, how this episode exemplifies that journey, and how the high accessibility of Episode 4 may have helped to introduce others to the Sci-fi genre. Pour one out for Alderaan, and join us for this talk on the one that stated it all.

Ancient mysteries returning back to their rightful place, and lots of great news for environmental efforts around the world, but first a story on relieving financial strain for 100s of 1000s of people.

Join me and my guest Shamir Munoz as we discuss a shared blast from our pasts: The Series of Unfortunate Events, and especially the Reptile Room! (By Lemony Snicket) We discuss the frustrations of being unable to read the series in order, the joys of breaking the fourth wall, and how a series that is all about misfortune, carries a surprisingly uplifting message.