The Good News Podcast

A repeat about a record breaking mouse and some 90s pop culture.

A repeat from August of 2019, it seems like the the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are ON. The torch is on its way, and a reminder that the medals for the 2020 (now 2021) Olympics are very cool!

Nearly half a MIIIILLLLION pieces of art are now online.

Rabbits on a small island have been doing some rough and tumble archaeological work.

Looks like Earth is in the clear for the next hundred years- from asteroids at least! (No promises about aliens.)

Have you ever wondered what cheese they eat on the ISS? Me too!

From last year, to get in the spring mood, let's remember the Easter pooch!

Three snippets of goodness!

Three short pieces of good news!

A repeat from last year, exploring Synesthesia. Synesthesia.me is still up and worth a visit!

A neat Navajo naming convention for Martian points of interest.

Vaccines delivered by... DRONES!

Another project broadening the horizons of everyone's favorite crowdsourced encyclopedia!

A fleet of plows gets named by the internet and it pretty much goes exactly as expected.

An albatross hits two major milestones.

Seville has an orange problem that might turn the city green.

A small bit of relief for those struggling to pay for broadband internet access.

For the first time, nearly a thousand young women have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.

A new meeting place for three, count 'em three faiths in one building!

A troop in New York City CRUSHED that cookie competition this year. If you'd like to place an order: https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop6000-161

The name says it all: pets going above and beyond for humans!

Viral gluer Tessica Brown has had some recent good news after making the news for one little glue goof.

Everyone can game! Even piggies!

Alex Trebek's legacy lives on with the donation of his wardrobe.

A big month for red planet exploration!

Steph Curry is a champ- both in basketball and in helping his community!

Dr. Laurie Santos' happiness class is coming to high schools around the US. If you're an adult and want to take an online version, check this out: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being

There's always dogs! (Especially when you need them most!)

In this repeat episode, Katie and Neil hit on some favorite TGNP themes: revitalized plants, old-timey-ness, the seed vault. It's got it all!

Harriet Tubman is a Treasury Department priority once again!

A new last resort option for the homeless in the German city of Ulm.

A few pieces of good news from an inauguration ceremony that a lot of US citizens were probably worried about.

A new French artificial heart will soon help people bridge the gap while they wait for a heart transplant- very cool!

Paramedic with a jetpack? Okay!

An episode highlighting three US citizens (I think) we can all be proud of.

Solar power is officially the cheapest way to generate electricity- let's celebrate a president who was way ahead of his time!

More green = more good in Paris! Can't wait to see it.

A repeat of a conversation Colleen and Neil had last year- a bit of encouragement if any listener has committed to reducing their meat intake for the new year.

Birds are great for our health and happiness- science proves it!

A Philly pizza "shop" exists just to generate charitable donations- that's good news!

Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is starting the long journey to getting back up and running.

Committed fans on TikTok have built a community sourced musical based on Disney's Ratatouille- it's one night only! Tickets are here: https://www.todaytix.com/x/nyc/shows/22803-ratatouille-the-tiktok-musical

A mayor that's tough to beat.

Katie takes a Christmas culinary journey 'round the globe!

Continuing our TGNP tradition, Katie tells me what some Christmas traditions are from around the world.

Tis that time of year again! Listening to this still makes me laugh- and coming up this week, a new entry of the tradition.

A repeat about the Voyager space probes. A timely repeat, because the voyager probes just helped to discover an entirely new time of electron burst!

Zoom school gets pranked and charities get a nice bump.

Vaccine Delivery Day!

Some stuff just can't be recycled! Or... can it?