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Ep 457Names as Colors and Colors of Names

Check your name out here: https://synesthesia.me/Send over your name in color on Twitter or Instagram @thegoodnewspod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 19, 20206 min

Ep 456Julia Child Brought To Tears

Katie and Neil chat about one of Katie's all-time favorite TV moments (hint: it's Julia Child!).

Feb 17, 20205 min

Ep 455Beer Water

Katie and Neil share good news about snacks for bacteria.

Feb 14, 20206 min

Ep 454Voyager 2 Infinity and Beyond

Katie and Neil share an update on the Voyager probes. They're all good, great even!

Feb 12, 20205 min

Ep 453Cannabis and Cannabees

Katie and Neil share good news about bees and the budding cannabis industry in North America.

Feb 10, 20205 min

Ep 452Best Date of Your Life

Katie and Neil share some good news about revived dates out of Israel. Here is a link to the trailer of the documentary Katie is talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANUPINHT5dI

Feb 7, 20205 min

Ep 451Wiki Woman: Wangari Maathai

Another installment of Wiki Woman! Check out the links below for even more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangari_Maathai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanjira_Mathai

Feb 5, 20203 min

Ep 450Missing Pooch on Vacation

Katie and Neil share good news about a dog getting reunited with it's owner.

Feb 3, 20206 min

Ep 449Snowball Vending Machine, Repeat

Colleen and Neil share a repeat from a Super Bowl of yore. This is STILL an excellent idea.

Jan 31, 20204 min

Ep 448Mushrooms and Bees, Repeat

Colleen and Neil share a story about soup for bees from a while back.

Jan 29, 20203 min

Ep 447Roller Skating Part 3

Colleen talks to her husband David and kiddo Fiona about why they love to roller skate. Fiona also gets mad and tells her mom to stop podcasting.

Jan 27, 20204 min

Ep 446VCR Connection, Repeat

Colleen and Neil share an episode fro m the archive about a kind connection made over eBay.

Jan 24, 20205 min

Ep 445Love and Fitness at the Roller Rink

The Countryman's have been married over 40 years, they met roller skating when they were 9 years old.

Jan 22, 20204 min

Ep 444Fleetwood Roller Rink

Colleen's five-year-old Fiona is really into roller skating. Colleen went along on Saturday morning and met some of the folks at Fleetwood Roller Rink.

Jan 20, 20207 min

Ep 443France single use plastic use

Big changes in France over single-use plastic.

Jan 17, 20209 min

Ep 442Going Vegan, Going Green. VERY Green.

Colleen and Neil share some nutso news about lightening our impact on the planet. Turns out going vegan is nearly synonymous with going green.

Jan 15, 20205 min

Ep 441Dog party + Neil thoughts

Neil shares the celebration of dogs connected to Diwali and his thoughts on dogs in public spaces. TLDR: Check with Neil first before bringing your dog to a public location.

Jan 13, 20207 min

Ep 440Colleen Talks about Self Compassion again

Are you so tired of Colleen going on about self-compassion, too bad.

Jan 10, 20206 min

Ep 439Hello 2020! Some wins of 2019

Neil and Colleen reflect on 2019 about some of the great things that happened.

Jan 8, 20206 min

Ep 438Golden Rice

Colleen and Neil discuss good news about a cool new rice and share some new foods they'd like to see on the market.

Jan 6, 20205 min

Ep 437Finland's Homelessness Decline

Colleen and Neil share some good news from Finland where a model for helping others is yielding benefits.

Jan 3, 20204 min

Ep 436Cold Weather Happiness, Repeat

Colleen and Neil share a repeat episode with some tips to stay happy even in the cold. Happy New Year!!!

Jan 1, 20206 min

Ep 435Phoenix Debt Forgiveness

Colleen and Neil share some good news about students who were potentially taken advantage of by the University of Phoenix.

Dec 30, 20194 min

Ep 434Good News about Parking Tickets! Can you believe it!?!

Colleen shares some great news about parking tickets as well as her own parking ticket journey.

Dec 27, 20198 min

Ep 433Katie's Christmas Movies

Neil asks his lovely wife Katie to recount some Christmas movies this year. Happy Holidays!

Dec 25, 20196 min

Ep 432Katie's Carols Megamix

Continuing a holiday tradition, these are a few of Neil's favorite carols as sung by his wife, Katie.

Dec 23, 20196 min

Ep 431Christmas! Gifts! Good News!

Neil shares three good stories about Christmas giving and Christmas miracles.

Dec 20, 20199 min

Ep 430Crack Open That Egg

A bunch of money is found in an old safe and someone does a really good thing with it.

Dec 18, 20197 min

Ep 429Help Stayin' Alive

Advice on how to make good choices and stay alive in your day to day routine. We love you.

Dec 16, 20198 min

Ep 428The Big Apple Big Bird Bill

Colleen and Neil share good news about NYC and the birds therein.

Dec 13, 20195 min

Ep 427Humpbacks Are Back

Colleen and Neil share some good news about rising humpback whale numbers in the wild.

Dec 11, 20194 min

Ep 426Eight Year Old Author

Colleen and Neil share more news about child geniuses. Smart kids are always good news.

Dec 9, 20194 min

Ep 425Bermuda Triangle, Repeat

Colleen and Neil chat about the very well designed water filtration device, the Bermuda!

Dec 6, 20193 min

Ep 424Prison Programs

We are sharing some good news about thoughtful and intresting programs in prisions.

Dec 4, 20196 min

Ep 423Friend better

Tips and action on how to help improve your connections and friendships.

Dec 2, 201911 min

Ep 422Eat Your Veggies, Repeat

Colleen and Neil share some good news about your Thanksgiving leftovers.

Nov 29, 20197 min

Ep 421USPS Letters to Santa

Colleen and Neil talk about traditions, letter writing, and the giving of gifts.

Nov 27, 20194 min

Ep 420Math Masters

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon prove that boys and girls understand and learn math equally the same.

Nov 25, 20196 min

Ep 419Harmonica Pete Brings The Heat

Colleen and Neil share audio of Harmonica Pete doing what Harmonica Pete does best.

Nov 22, 20195 min

Ep 418More Great Tiny Home News

Colleen and Neil share more great news from from the world of tiny housing.

Nov 20, 20197 min

Ep 417Queer Masquerade Ball

Chicago Parks District holding a homecoming experience for the LGBTQ Chicago youth and we think that's amazing

Nov 18, 20196 min

Ep 416Youngest Grad In The World

Colleen and Neil share the tale of the world's newly crowned youngest degree holder.

Nov 15, 20195 min

Ep 415Wiki Woman: Diane Havlir

Another episode of WikiWomen!! Diane Havlir is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the HIV/AIDS Division at the University of California, San Francisco.

Nov 13, 20193 min

Ep 414WikiWomen Lois Ellen Frank

Lois Ellen Frank is an American food historian, cookbook author, photographer, chef, culinary anthropologist, and educator. She won a 2003 James Beard Foundation Award for her cookbook Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations, the first cookbook of Native American cuisine so honored. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nov 11, 20192 min

Ep 413Hospital Magic, Repeat

Colleen and Neil replay an interview with Andrew Knox who volunteers some of his time doing maaaaaaagic.

Nov 8, 20199 min

Ep 412Everest is Taking out the Trash

Colleen and Neil share good news about a problem that has been piling up on the tallest mountain.

Nov 6, 20195 min

Ep 411Baby Smart

Guess how young kids can count? You'll have to listen to the episode to hear what researchers have found

Nov 4, 20196 min

Ep 410Lunch Room Blues

A new way to do lunch!

Nov 1, 20198 min

Ep 409Drone Search, Drone Found

Colleen and Neil share more good drone news (which is apparently something Neil does... a lot).

Oct 30, 20194 min

Ep 408Rats on the Road

Colleen and Neil share good news about some new rat skills to be on the lookout for.

Oct 28, 20194 min