The Good News Podcast
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Ep 857Some Good News For Adnan Syed
Adnan Syed has been in jail for 23 years, but now may finally get a fair trial.
Ep 856Colorado Orange Apple, Repeat
In my neck of the woods, it's practically apple picking time so I thought this episode from the archive about a long lost and rediscovered apple would be appropriate.
Ep 855One Ring Returned After All
A lost ring makes its way back home
Ep 854Drone-trained Falcon, Repeat
From the archive, a great tale (tail?) about a falcon success story (plus a drone)
Ep 853Destress Amongst the Trees 🌳
It's official: nature is good for the noggin.
Ep 852Steam Trains 2.0 🚂
Steam trains are getting a glow up- with hydrogen!
Ep 851New Barbies
Barbie is getting more inclusive and more historical- very cool!
Ep 850The Power of Tredges
Research from the UK has identified a quick, easy, and cheap way to help keep playground air clear.
Ep 849Scotland's Period Products Provision, Repeat
As an update to this archive episode- this law has just gone into effect! Those looking to pick up free period products can use the "PickupMyPeriod" app in Scotland to find the nearest location to them. Very cool and very good news.
Ep 848Twin Couples Expecting Siblings, Repeat
From the archive, a tale of quaternary twins! As an update- seems like Jax and Jett are doing great!
Ep 847Beach Ball: Local Celebrity, Repeat
From last summer, let's all remember the delightful Wisco beach ball
Ep 8463 Bits For Hump Day 3️⃣
Three good things: hearing, voting, and canceling
Ep 845The Library Farm
The "world's first library farm" sounds incredible!
Ep 844Boka The Bodega Cat 🐱🏍
A catnapping has a good news ending
Ep 843New Quarters, Repeat
Wanted to rerun this episode because these coins are available now! The 4th and 5th coins launch soon, but the first 3 are available now- super exciting!
Ep 842Antiquities Returned
Two stories of artifacts heading back to their places of origin!
Ep 841Paint Power, Repeat
From the archive, a white paint that is super green.
Ep 840UPDATE: 101 Year Old Lobstah Fisher 🦞
A story from a year ago about an awesome Mainer gets some good news updates!
Ep 839Slow Down for Flowers 🌼
A novel way to slow folks down
Ep 838Newborn Rice Sacks, Repeat
From the archive- still a great idea for those who can't travel to meet a newborn!
Ep 837Doogie Howser (For Real)
A 13-year-old is admitted to medical school
Ep 836Auroralumina attenboroughii
A new species named after a legend
Ep 835More Accessible Astronomy
Universal images are being made more universally accessible!
Ep 834Blind Baristas ☕
A new coffee shop in China is managed by a bad-a blind barista... and his brother!
Ep 833School Schnoozers 🛌⏰
School will start later next year for teens in CA- great news!
Ep 832The Future of Barbie, Repeat
Barbie is getting greener! I've been seeing images from the upcoming Barbie movie and was reminded about the toys getting more eco-friendly!
Ep 831Pet Adventures 🐶🐱
Two short stories about pets getting out and living their dreams. (PS- I was really close on that book title 🥇)
Ep 830Local Papers, Owned Locally 📰
Good news from the world of local news
Ep 829Big Eye, Little Eye 🛰👁
Tech for space is getting a new use here on planet Earth.
Ep 828Inclusive Coldplay 🎶🎵
Concerts on the current Coldplay tour are about to get more inclusive to deaf and hard of hearing folks.
Ep 827Navajo Words on Mars, Repeat
From the archive, an interesting and good news-y story about the ways things the Perseverance rover is naming what it finds on Mars. More than year later, Perseverance has had some bumps and bruises, but is still going strong!
Ep 826Sky High Good News ☁✈☁
Two pieces of good news from 30k feet! A record-breaking flight attendant and captain who went above and beyond.
Ep 825Cow Cuddling, Repeat
From the archive, a delightful way to unwind and relax.
Ep 824Dun dun... dun dun... WasteShark 🦈
A new tool to fight water-based plastic pollution!
Ep 823Closing A Loophole
A loophole is closed in a new gun safety bill.
Ep 822A Noble Nobel Sale 🥇
A medal is sold at a record-breaking price and benefitting an excellent cause.
Ep 821Robot Companions 🤖
A new program is trying to deal with loneliness among older folks.
Ep 820UPS Goes Green (Again!) 📦🚲🔋
UPS has a neato pilot program in NYC
Ep 819💸272k💸 Grilled Cheese
A traded grilled cheese turns out to be an excellent investment.
Ep 818Tortoise Mysterious 🔮
A mystery is solved!
Ep 817Iditarod Dog Lost and Found
A dog with a job + a dog reunited with its family?! That's good news!
Ep 816Mr. Trash Wheel, Repeat
From the archive, a trash barge gets a lot of local love. Mr. Trash Wheel was just a stop in a paddling event and there is a great t-shirt to commemorate!
Ep 8154 Day For Real
Work is changing - 80% the time, 100% the pay!
Ep 814Search and Rescue Rat
A new rat, a new skill- hero rats are here to save the day!
Ep 813HUGE Plant
A new champ is crowned- go grass go!
Ep 812Recycled Vanilla, Repeat
From the archive, recycled plastic output might just be... tasty?
Ep 811Trash Talkin', Repeat
An oldy with some updates: turbine blades are getting ground up and used in cement! A recycling facility in MO has ground up almost 2000 and is on track to recycle 250 more a month! And those sunglasses sold out and funded cleaning up 500,000 football fields worth of ocean cleaning!
Ep 810Water From Thin (Dry) Air
New tech that grabs water from... all around us!
Ep 809Paper Ketchup (Catsup?) Bottles (Bottels?)
A megacorp is experimenting with new packaging for a summer staple!
Ep 808Lake Tahoe Spring Cleaning
Cleaning a lake requires special equipment... SCUBA CLEANERS!