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Ep 921The Early Humor Survey, Repeat

From the archive- a reminder that kids are verifiably funny and find you funny too. With two kids now, I can confirm cracking jokes with younglings is a delight! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 25, 20233 min

Ep 920Gacek: Tourist Destination

A scruffy, chubby kitty has generated a bunch of reviews from locals and tourists alike. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 23, 20233 min

Ep 919Flaco's Freedom 🦉

An owl is on the lam and seems to have been granted his freedom! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 21, 20233 min

Ep 918Booktok Rocks 📚📔📕📖📗📘📙

Social media for readers sells a ton of books and makes for a daughter of the year. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 18, 20234 min

Ep 917More Fun Plow Names ❄🌨

A few winning plow names for this year and an acceptance speech! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 14, 20233 min

Ep 916Knitting Up Loose Ends 🧶

A group of knitters are finishing projects for families around the world. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 11, 20233 min

Ep 915Three Pieces of Eye Good News

Three pieces of good news all related to the human eye- we're talking: retina, cornea, cataracts... all the hits! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 9, 20235 min

Ep 91415 Mins to Green ⌚🟢

A new environmental plan out of England has a neat commitment to the people of the nation.

Feb 7, 20233 min

Ep 913Goldfish Burnin' Rubber, Repeat

From the archive, goldfish are excellent navigators and great learners. I was reminded of this story because a fish was recently playing a video game and may or may not have committed some light credit card fraud. Keep an eye on your fish folks! https://people.com/pets/japanese-youtuber-pet-fish-commits-credit-card-fraud/

Feb 4, 20233 min

Ep 912Sewercules

Rome has a seemingly limitless amount of history under its streets!

Feb 4, 20233 min

Ep 911Coal Cost Crushed

An updated to a four-year-old GNP story. Coal is dirty and expensive... let's ditch it!

Jan 31, 20234 min

Ep 910Wiki Women: Jess Wade

A physicist, science communicator, and Wikipedian is today's Wiki Woman!

Jan 28, 20233 min

Ep 909Cake-umé! 🎂

The job market is wild right now and requires some out-of-the-box thinking!

Jan 26, 20234 min

Ep 908Algae Ideas

Algae is a problem, but smart scientists are finding ways to make good use of it!

Jan 24, 20234 min

Ep 907Sculpture Upgrade

A statue is being replaced with a big upgrade!

Jan 21, 20233 min

Ep 906Pups on Bacteria Patrol

Dogs in Italy are tracking down a nasty little bug.

Jan 21, 20233 min

Ep 905CSI: Jackpot, Repeat

From the archive, a different type of detective story with a happy ending... and kind of happy beginning to... happy all around!

Jan 17, 20233 min

Ep 904Ozone? Oh yes!

The ozone layer is healing slowly but surely.

Jan 14, 20233 min

Ep 903Scruff The Eco Dog 🐕♻

Scruff is cleaning up after the rest of us- thanks Scruff!

Jan 12, 20233 min

Ep 902Wiki Women: Margaret Knight

An American inventor changed your grocery shopping for the better- folding for the win!

Jan 10, 20234 min

Ep 9013D Printed Reefs 🐠

A company in Hong Kong is using new tech to help reefs rebuild. Very cool and very good!

Jan 7, 20233 min

Ep 900Danish Banks Unrobbed 💸

2022 was an excellent year for Danish banks!

Jan 5, 20233 min

Ep 899Bees Will Be Bees ⚽🐝

Bees just keep getting better and better!

Jan 3, 20234 min

Ep 898'22 in Review 2️⃣2️⃣➡2️⃣3️⃣

The year that was- so much good news!

Dec 31, 20224 min

Ep 897River Rebuilt 💧

A reborn river wins an award and is a win for the locals.

Dec 31, 20224 min

Ep 896Bats Back in Action 🦇

A rescue of bats suitable for a superhero!

Dec 31, 20223 min

Ep 895Carols by Katie 2, Repeat

It's that time of year once again. Merry Christmas everyone- sing yourself some good news with this archival episode!

Dec 24, 20227 min

Ep 894Carols by Katie, Repeat

It's that time of year once again. Merry Christmas everyone- sing yourself some good news with this archival episode!

Dec 24, 20225 min

Ep 893RIP P-22

A mountain lion has sadly left us, but his impact lives on.

Dec 20, 20224 min

Ep 892Unicorn License 🦄🗂

Cute kiddo and kind public servants- that's good news!

Dec 17, 20223 min

Ep 891Fusion: First Net Gains!

A huge milestone in the fusion field!

Dec 17, 20224 min

Ep 890Wonderful Wax Worms

Worm spit might be a tool in our ever-improving plastic recycling toolbox!

Dec 13, 20224 min

Ep 889Arecibo Dreamin', Repeat

It's been just about two years since the Arecibo Observatory collapsed and I thought I would replay this episode and include some updates. The location of the collapsed dish is set to become an education center that is planned to open next year! So no new observatory just yet, but science will continue at the site- that's good news!

Dec 10, 20222 min

Ep 888Name a Snowplow... NOW 🌨

A Good News Podcast favorite competition is back, and you can put in your own submission!

Dec 8, 20223 min

Ep 887Jonathan the Tortoise 🐢

A special birthday for a special chelonian!

Dec 6, 20223 min

Ep 886Toys for Tickets 🪀

A city is passing on ticket fines to kids in the community... or more like the money from the fines to kids.

Dec 3, 20222 min

Ep 885Cane Toad Carnivore 🐸

From Australia, a story of the circle of life and some smart lil' birdies.

Dec 2, 20223 min

Ep 884Parastronauts in Training 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀

A new type of spacefarer is getting ready to launch. (Note: sorry for the delay on the episodes this week!)

Nov 26, 20223 min

Ep 883River Rerunning Through It 🐟

Old dams are on the way out! (Note: sorry for the delay on the episodes this week!)

Nov 26, 20223 min

Ep 882Fast Food + Reusable Packaging 🍔♻

McDonald's in France is making some good moves for the Earth! (Note: sorry for the delay on the episodes this week!)

Nov 26, 20224 min

Ep 881The Far Side of the Moon, Repeat

In light of the recent launch of the Artemis rocket to the moon, here is this episode from the archive about the far side of the moon.

Nov 20, 20224 min

Ep 880Moon Crater Telescope, Repeat

In light of the successful launch of the Artemis rocket, here is this episode about some potential science we can do on the moon.

Nov 20, 20226 min

Ep 879Santa Dogs 🎅🐕

Dogs with jobs helping get a fire-ravaged regions back on its feet (paws?)

Nov 15, 20223 min

Ep 878Aldi, I Do 🛒

A couple gets a dream wedding at a dream location

Nov 12, 20224 min

Ep 877A Little PepToc, Repeat

From the archive- this hotline recently came up in the news again, so I called in and there are more pep talks and a new number! There is a whole extension just affirming how good the caller looks, it's great. The new number is 707-8PEPTOC (707-873-7862) Call in if you need a boost!

Nov 10, 20223 min

Ep 876Returning Rice 🌾

Rice might be making a comeback- year after year!

Nov 8, 20223 min

Ep 875Reef Relief

Rebounding reefs are good news!

Nov 5, 20223 min

Ep 874New LEGO Friends

New LEGO figurines are about to be much more representative of real people.

Nov 3, 20223 min

Ep 873Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven

The spooOOOkiest season gets a spooky poem!

Nov 1, 20228 min

Ep 872Martian Oxygen

Perseverance and Moxie are mixing it up on Mars!

Oct 29, 20223 min