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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a 76-year-old Florida woman received the license plate “SQZ A55,” initially demanded a replacement, then decided to keep it after family and friends encouraged her; a Colombian theme park set a Guinness World Record with the world's largest ceramic piggy bank, which accepts coin donations for local animal shelters and includes an interior exhibit and observation deck; 30 beluga whales from Ontario's closed Marine Land are being relocated after permits were approved, with 28 heading to U.S. aquariums and SeaWorld parks and two slated for Spain pending final permits; Maine's river herring migration topped 20 million, the highest in decades, credited to dam removals and restored spawning access; and a London Pitbull concert set a Guinness record when 22,141 fans wore bald caps to match his look. 00:11 Cheeky License Plate00:48 Worlds Biggest Piggy Bank01:35 Beluga Whales Rescue02:27 River Herring Comeback03:01 Pitbull Lookalike Record03:46 Wrap Up GoodbyeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Today, the Pentagon is pressing manufacturers to hurry up and build bombs because they're running out; Iran has decided to stop negotiating with the Trump administration entirely; a magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck Colombia killing over 100 people; Trump has nominated a loyalist to take over the Inspector General's job at Interior; Lauren Boebert's son Tyler has been arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a child; Trump signs an executive order spacing out childhood vaccinations for no scientific reason whatsoever; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Thank You, Fast Growing Trees Get 20% off your first purchase  FastGrowingTrees.com/dailybeans Thank You OneSkin Get 15% off OneSkin with the code DAILYBEANS at  https://www.oneskin.co/dailybeans #oneskinpod #ad  The Trump Epstein Memorial Bookmobile The Daily Beans is proud to partner with Miles Taylor and our friends at DEFIANCE.org For a limited time, members of the Daily Beans community can receive a FREE 3-month full membership to DEFIANCE.org and gain access to one of the fastest-growing pro-democracy movements in America. Join here: https://www.defiance.org/beans Diamond Dames - Subscribe here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdw5wpZniLeg&si=YB1KlvnjmA4CxxV3 https://diamond-dames.simplecast.com/ The Latest Breakdown→ NEW: Judge Orders Todd Blanche to Explain Epstein Redactions in Open Court StoriesPentagon presses defense firms to build weapons as Iran war depletes stocks | The Washington Post Trump Thought Opening the Strait of Hormuz Was Imminent. Iran Had Other Plans. | WSJ 7.4 magnitude quake strikes western Colombia, killing scores of people | AP News Trump nominates loyalist to office that would oversee Reflecting Pool review | The Washington Post U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's son arrested, faces charges of sexual exploitation of minor | Colorado Politics Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups' guidance | AP NewsGood Trouble Under 18? Pre-register to vote!rockthevote.org/how-to-vote/nationwide-voting-info/voter-pre-registration Check your voter registration and deadlines → Voter Registration Deadlines - Vote.org →Blue Wave California- secure.actblue.com/donate/msw-bwc →Helpline Orientation- Spanish Speakers Needed! · VoteRiders →Help save Texas from Ken Paxton! →NO HATE in WA State →Stand With Minnesota →iceout.org Good NewsLightworkersDoc.com Host a Screening | LIGHTWORKERS Documentary Ignite Peace Colorado Asylum Center , Immigrant Freedom Fund How to Fight Deployment of Flock and Other Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers in Your Community | American Civil Liberties Union @victornaturephotos | Instagramdana-goldbergs-southwest-funnyfest Oct 9 -Email Dana@DanaGoldberg.com for sponsorship informationTickets for Dana Goldberg: Outrageous - Sep 23 - Den Theater - Chicago  →Share your Good News & Good Trouble - The Daily Beans →Beans Talk audio -beans-talk.simplecast.com Subscribe to the MSW on YouTube - MSW Media - YouTube Our Donation Links The Trevor Project - trevorproject.org/beans Blue Wave California - ActBlue.com/donate/msw-bwc Donate to Public Citizen - https://citizen.org/beans/ Donate to It Gets Better / The Daily Beans Fundraiser Pathways to Citizenship - boomerang - pathways  Dana and The Daily Beans support of Human Rights Campaign ONE CAUSE HRC The Daily Beans supports It Gets BetterNational Security Counselors - Donate, WhistleblowerAid.org/beans Dr. Allison Gill - The Breakdown | Allison Gill, Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com - Bluesky, MSW & The Daily Beans Podcast @muellershewrote - Instagram, MSW Media - YouTube →Federal workers email AG - fedoath@pm.me Dana Goldberg - Dana is on Patreon! At Dana's Dugout, @dgcomedy - Bluesky, @dgcomedy - IG, Dana Goldberg - Facebook,  DanaGoldberg.com More from MSW Media - Shows, Cleanup On Aisle 45 pod, The Breakdown | Allison Gill Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That's just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/muellershewrote Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:https://apple.co/3XNx7ckWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?https://patreon.com/thedailybeanshttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/https://apple.co/3UKzKt0 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: International Skinny Dip Day, officially recognized by the American Association for Nude Recreation, has raised over $60,000 for the Fistula Foundation since 2019, funding surgery for about 96 women, with 571 participants at Blind Creek Nude Beach in Fort Pierce, Florida. In Rhode Island, Centerville Bank gave employees $100 gas gift cards, and many chose to donate them to Meals on Wheels to help cover fuel costs for its 26-car fleet. A 230-foot renewable-energy sailing yacht, Zero, launched in the Netherlands, using hydro generation, nearly 1,000 square feet of solar panels, wind power, and batteries to run up to two weeks. In Scotland, rescuers carried a sick Labrador, Tokyo, off a mountain; vets suspected cannabis edible ingestion. In British Columbia, a bear stole a golfer's clubs. 00:10 Skinny Dip Fundraiser01:04 Gas Cards Donated02:15 Renewable Yacht Launch03:02 Dog Mountain Rescue04:01 Bear Steals ClubsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

By December she was warm all the way through, and that turned out not to be a good thing. The debts got consolidated, gently, so she wouldn't have to face the collectors. The account got managed, gently, so her money would be protected from her while she was still fragile. Walt's lawyer took the custody case for free, and it started to work — every step back toward her children running straight through him. Her sister called the house once and was told, kindly, that she needed space. Then a woman about sixty stopped her cart in the grocery store and said: count everything he does for you. One day he's going to hand you the bill. She defended him. Part 2 of 4.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.comAI helps us with some of our voice acting and portrayl of characters.

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: A Myrtle Beach restaurant buyer found $12,000 in $100 bills hidden in a cabinet left by the previous owner, contacted a local TV station to help locate the owner, and returned the money. Paris is expanding an underground cooling network that pumps cool water from the Seine through about 120 kilometers of pipes to chill thousands of buildings, with plans to triple the system by 2042. In Washington, the Erickson family sold their 94-acre Vine Maple Farms property for $1.1 million to enable a wildlife bridge over Interstate 5 linking habitat between the Cascade Mountains and Olympic Peninsula. North Carolina announced four litters of endangered red wolf pups. In Texas, a home pole-dancing practice dislodged a pole, hit a fire sprinkler, and flooded two apartments. 00:10 Honesty Finds Hidden Cash01:04 Paris River Cooling Network01:52 Farm Sold for Wildlife Bridge02:51 Red Wolf Pups Born03:10 Pole Dance Sprinkler Fail Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

The thing erasing her is the only reason she can hear him. Frankie stops pretending it's atmospheric skip and goes looking for the man who built the board. Sal Ferreira is seventy-six and the last person alive who remembers the copper — and he knows the frequency by name. The linemen called it the ghost line: the old mutual-aid channel between two small stations that used to cover each other's worst nights, so neither one ever had to be alone in it. Both stations are being torn out in the same cutover. Same contractor, same week. And in the gap between one disconnection and the next, the copper is still live. He isn't a ghost. He's the last dispatcher at the twin station, sixty miles away, running out the same clock. Then she says something true, and the signal starts to eat itself. Part 2 of 4.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

 Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: vet Dr. James Greenwood says dogs can have a favorite person based on personality and energy match, with clues in body language like a full-body wag, “helicopter tail,” excited greetings, and choosing to sit close; daily walks help build the bond. In Canada, former fisherman Sean founded the Clean Harbours Initiative in 2018 after seeing seafloor debris, including ghost gear, and a major cleanup removed about 15,000 pounds of trash from Bay Roberts Harbor in Newfoundland. Mozambique reintroduced nine female white rhinos to Zinave National Park to rebuild a breeding population alongside white and black rhinos brought back since 2022, supporting grasslands and ecosystems. In Maine, Todd used his truck to block a bear chasing a moose calf, allowing reunion with its mother. Anna finishes Christmas shopping early by buying deals year-round. 00:10 Dogs Favorite Person00:34 Tail Wag Clues00:53 Greeting And Cuddles01:25 Becoming Their Favorite01:31 Cleaning Canada Harbors02:05 White Rhino Comeback03:04 Moose Calf Rescue03:47 Year Round Christmas Shopping0 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Kansas City's 120-year-old Rock Island Bridge over the Kansas River has reopened as a $20 million destination with restaurants, event space, walking paths, and panoramic views, after engineers found its steel structure largely intact. In Kent, England, two garden ornaments thought to be concrete were identified as rare 18th-century Italian marble busts from Florence (1720–1730) depicting Apollo and Diana. Paris's Musée d'Orsay opened a permanent gallery of Nazi-looted WWII artworks with unknown rightful owners, detailing provenance to aid restitution. In Minneapolis, Inkwell Booksellers hosts a vending machine dispensing $1 mystery original mini-artworks from local artists, selling nearly 3,000 with proceeds going directly to artists. Finally, Mark was reunited with a wallet lost 30 years ago during a community cleanup, containing early '90s mementos including a Leeds United 1992 membership card.00:09 Bridge Revival00:52 Garden Statues Surprise01:40 Orsay Restitution Gallery02:25 Art Vending Machine03:09 Wallet Found After Decades Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: John and Keisha renewed their vows atop a 60-foot water slide at Land of Natura Water Park while attempting Guinness records, including six slide trips in wedding attire, as part of a 30-day cross-country vow-renewal tour. Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin created a prototype jacket that pulls moisture from the air to produce about three-quarters to one and a half pints of drinkable water daily, with potential uses for outdoor and emergency gear. Scientists found two ultra-low-density “cotton candy” gas giants, TOI 791b and TOI 791c, orbiting a dwarf star 1,100 light years away in a 5:3 orbital resonance. SB Mowing's Spencer helped senior Debbie by clearing her yard, paying back rent, and facilitating donations that reached $685,000 for a trust. After a NYC taxi was destroyed during Knicks celebrations, French Montana-backed fundraising raised over $75,000 for the driver. 00:10 Vow Renewal Records01:04 Water From Air Jacket01:49 Cotton Candy Planets02:39 SB Mowing Helps Debbie03:35 Taxi Driver FundraiserBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

The year she turned forty-one, everything came apart — the marriage, the job, custody of her two kids — and by October she was sleeping in her car. Then Walt found her. Everyone in town knew Walt: the man who paid for the food bank's roof, who cosigned second chances, who crouched by her window in the cold and offered her a warm room like she'd be doing him the favor. So she followed his truck home. The house was warm. There was a fire, and a plate of food, and a quiet woman named Ellen who'd been there eleven years and had to stop and count. And every single thing Walt did was a kindness. That was the problem. Part 1 of 4. Don't decide you'd have seen it coming. You'd have stayed too.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.comAI helps us with some of our voice acting and portrayl of characters.

The script presents five upbeat news items: Spoodles, a parakeet aged 32 years and 86 days, is recognized as the world's oldest living parakeet, having been with her owner Amanda since 1997 and still saying “Pretty bird.” In Las Vegas, Domino's employee Richard from Virginia wins World's Fastest Pizza Maker by assembling three large pizzas to company standards in 31.22 seconds, earning $5,000, a trophy, and a belt. In Queensland, Australia, rescuer Stuart removes a carpet python from a bedroom and captures a giant huntsman spider with his hat, releasing both safely. In California, a camper falls into a vault toilet holding tank while reaching for dropped sunglasses and is rescued and decontaminated. In Montana, the Big Banana Car is pulled over because cargo boxes partially blocked its “SPLIT” license plate and is released without a ticket.00:00 Oldest Parakeet 00:52 Fastest Pizza Maker01:41 Snake And Spider Rescue02:24 Vault Toilet Mishap03:11 Big Banana Car Stop Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Frankie works the overnight board at North County dispatch — the last desk on the last frequency in a building the county has already decided to close. Eleven years of talking strangers through the worst minute of their lives, and never once finding out how it ended. It is the coldest winter in thirty years, and the copper is already coming out of the ground. Then, at seven minutes past three, on a channel that was cut and half dismantled three weeks ago, the dead static goes warm. A calm, competent man's voice asks her to roll someone warm out to the Hollis ridge. The vehicle is there. The driver is there. He never is. Part 1 of 4.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: In Tasmania, Neil the Seal, a five-year-old 2,200-pound southern elephant seal, returns for his annual molting visit, causing minor damage and prompting officials to urge people to keep a safe distance. In North Carolina, dozens of apples (and some oranges) drift ashore, likely from a cargo ship; volunteers collect them to protect wild horses from choking or digestive harm. In England, a National Archives volunteer finds a rare 1776 Exeter printing of the Declaration of Independence among Royal Navy papers, believed to be the only known copy outside the U.S. In Ottawa, a missing letter on French signage turns “public squares” into “pubic squares,” sparking viral attention. Finally, police rescue a missing tortoise named Tom from a highway after three weeks. 00:10 Neil the Seal Returns01:13 Apples Wash Ashore02:00 Declaration Copy Found02:58 Ottawa Sign Typo03:33 Slowest Police Chase Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: In Australia, strangers lifted a car to rescue Tyler, a motorcyclist pinned after a crash, leading to hospitalization for broken ribs and a punctured lung, and he later reunited with and thanked the rescuers on TV. A son, Shane, surprised his father Daniel with a restored white 1969 Mustang Mach 1 for Father's Day, honoring sacrifices made raising six children. Eleven-year-old Andres was named Disneyland's honorary one-billionth guest and received a ceremony, VIP tour, access to Walt Disney's apartment, and a preview of Soarin' Across America. In England, 10 runners completed a half-marathon in a 60-foot caterpillar costume in 2:08:51 and submitted to Guinness. In Connecticut, a Michelob Ultra truck overturned, scattering beer and closing Route 44 for hours; no one was injured. 00:10 Strangers Save Biker01:05 Mustang Fathers Day Surprise01:59 Disneylands Billionth Guest02:48 Caterpillar Half Marathon04:01 Beer Truck Spill Wrapup04:36 Five Stories SignoffBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a Spain and Germany study testing four Barcelona Zoo giraffes suggests they can track additions of carrots and choose the larger amount about 68% of the time, though they struggled when carrots were removed. Scientists in China developed a solar-powered desalination system using engineered nanomaterials that produced over five gallons of drinking water daily during a year-long test while also providing irrigation water for crops like corn, beans, and bok choy. Using AI on over 45,000 coral observations since 1960, researchers identified about 64,000 square miles of reefs potentially resilient to climate change through at least 2050 in places including the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, and parts of the Caribbean. Italian engineering students built a record-setting paper airplane that flew nearly 194 feet. In Thailand, officials are rounding up 100 monkeys that escaped an enclosure, with upgrades planned to prevent future breakouts. 00:10 Giraffes Do Math01:22 Solar Desalination Breakthrough01:57 AI Finds Coral Refuges02:35 Record Paper Airplane03:22 Monkey Jailbreak Chase04:11 Wrap Up and GoodbyeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

The last day of July is the hottest of all, the reservoir hits bottom, and the drowned town stands fully bare under the moon — which means Nora is out of time. The boy is warm now, perfect, finished. Paul barely answers to his name. And Grace won't wake up. To save the daughter she still has, Nora has to take the son she got back down to the black water among the headstones and do the one thing Edith never could: name it, refuse it, and mean it all the way down. This is how the summer ends — and what it costs to walk home into a world where your child is simply, permanently gone. Part 4 of a four-part story. The grief still walks down to the water. It always will. It's just not her anymore — for now.⚠️ Content warning: this story contains themes of child loss, drowning, and grief.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.comAI helps us with some of our voice acting and portrayl of characters.

A bear let itself into a hotel toom.  Space balls wash up on the beach.  A bull brings a cricket match to a halt.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

The dome finally breaks — Nora sees the rain coming three days out, and with it, the clock on the one wish she can no longer hold back. She knows that any night now she'll go under and dream Theo into staying, and wake to that washed-away smell and a man she can no longer remember falling for. She could keep him forever, made and warm and safe. Or she could do the one thing two people who live by scripts have never once done: refuse to build it, stand out in the open with no read and no exit, and find out — like everyone who has ever loved anyone — whether he stays on his own.The finale of the Wishful arc. There is no model that verifies a life. You stop trying to make them stay, stand out under a sky with no lid on it, and find out.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: French police recovered a stolen Pablo Picasso portrait worth about 12 million euros during a drug-dealer investigation near Paris; four suspects were arrested in thefts tied to a Paris storage warehouse, and the authenticated artwork will be returned to its owner. Duke University researchers restored retinal function in mice by injecting lab-grown human retinal blood vessel cells made from induced pluripotent stem cells. Gardener Graham set Guinness records with a 3 lb 13.7 oz elephant garlic bulb and the heaviest Swedish heirloom snow pea, adding to several prior records. A purple elephant seal at Ano Nuevo State Park was stained by red algae. At a California wedding, a rediscovered video of the bride at age four predicted marrying “Max,” matching the groom's name; the moment went viral on TikTok. 00:09 Stolen Picasso Found00:57 Stem Cells Restore Sight01:33 Giant Garlic Records02:09 Mystery Purple Seal02:38 Wedding Time Capsule Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a Columbia University study of 11,000 office workers finds the best way to counter sitting is a five-minute walk every hour, boosting mood, alertness, and productivity; University of South Florida researchers report toxins tied to Antarctic sea squirts show early promise against melanoma, killing cancer in mice without harming them, though producing enough compound remains a challenge; Montana volunteers called the “Montana Bar Fairies” leave $5 coffee gift cards on cars left overnight at bars to reward people for not driving drunk; Kelsey becomes the first American woman to row solo from California to Hawaii, completing the ~2,400-mile trip in 43 days on her boat The Lily and setting a new fastest time; and an airport moment where a vibrating suitcase turns out to contain an electric toothbrush.  00:52 Sea Squirts Cancer Hope01:35 Bar Fairies Rewards02:15 Solo Rowing Record02:57 Vibrating Suitcase Laugh Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

RMS Titanic Incorporated, which holds salvage rights, is seeking to auction over 100 recovered Titanic artifacts, sparking debate between funding expeditions/exhibitions and preserving the wreck as a memorial; England research from Queen Mary University of London reports young women vaccinated for HPV at 12–13 have close to zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30, with an estimated 200 lives saved since 2008 and zero deaths among ages 20–24 from 2020–2024; conservationists in Queensland spotted a northern hairy-nosed wombat joey, raising the global population from 450 to 451; Dylan, once given eight months to live with stage four kidney cancer, graduated cancer-free after chemotherapy supported by Dr. Mary; and a long-lost wallet was returned after being found and identified via a Facebook post and a Leeds United membership card. 00:10 Titanic Artifact Debate01:37 HPV Vaccine Breakthrough02:16 Rare Wombat Joey Spotted03:19 Dylan Beats Cancer04:02 Lost Wallet Returned 5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

The reservoir falls forty feet and a drowned town rises out of the mud — stone walls, a half-melted steeple, and a graveyard breaking the surface in neat pale rows. At the waterline Nora meets Edith, an old woman who has been watching for this since the water started to drop, because it happened to her once too: 1976, the summer it didn't rain, the summer her own drowned boy came home. Edith knows what's in Nora's house, what it wants, and how it feeds — on the keeping of it, hollowing out everyone real until there's no one left. And she knows the one way to send it back. The only trouble is that nobody ever can. Part 3 of a four-part story. It's Grace or the boy. She already chose — at the door, the first night.⚠️ Content warning: this story contains themes of child loss, drowning, and grief.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.comAI helps us with some of our voice acting and portrayl of characters.

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a new study suggests Earth might avoid being swallowed when the sun becomes a red giant because mass loss could weaken solar gravity and tidal effects may be weaker than once believed, potentially letting Earth drift outward (though Mercury and Venus would not). In Portland, Sunshine Division opened a free food market in Slabtown that lets families choose items like a grocery store and aims to serve up to 100,000 households, with about 80% of food donated. In Michigan, Titan Plumbing found an engagement ring in a sewer line and reunited it with Carol, lost for about 10 years, with paperwork dating to 1965; it was cleaned and revealed to be white gold. In Texas, an overturned truck released two million bees, and beekeepers helped recover and transport them to a honey farm. In Seattle's Chinatown International District, a dim sum dinner drew 900 attendees and Guinness counted 830 toward a new record, with 3,600 dumplings made by hand.00:00 Show Intro00:10 Earth Escapes Red Giant01:27 Free Choice Food Market02:07 Ring Found In Sewer03:16 Two Million Bees Rescue04:07 Dim Sum World Record04:53 Wrap Up And Sign Off5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

For four days Nora runs her own mind like a containment operation — coffee, dull data, anything to keep from dreaming Theo closer, because she's understood the rule: she can only wish in the dark, against her own better self, and every wish takes the truest part of what she wanted. Then she learns Theo is the same animal in different weather — a man who's spent ten years getting out ahead of his own life so nothing can ever land on him unrehearsed. Two people who can't bear to be surprised, who can't tell if what they feel is real or just the safest move, deciding to stop checking and stand in it anyway. And that night, going under with no coffee left to save her, Nora feels the wish take shape: let me keep him. The one she can't afford to make. Episode 3 of the ongoing Wishful arc. The only wishes that come true are the ones you'd never, in daylight, have chosen.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: the TSA reminds World Cup travelers that ranch dressing over 3.4 ounces must go in checked luggage, while Kraft offers TSA-compliant travel kits of individual ranch packets. In Ireland, a cat named Billy became a World Cup predictor by choosing between flags and correctly picking 19 non-draw match winners, though distractions like a fly disrupted one attempt. Skateboarder Chad crossed the U.S. from Venice Beach, California to Jacksonville, Florida in 39 days, averaging 72 miles daily, breaking his own record and marking 10 years of sobriety. Scientists report chewing sugary gum after nitrate-rich vegetables like spinach, kale, and beets can boost oral nitrate levels and nitric oxide production. Jonathan, a giant tortoise on Saint Helena, is confirmed as the world's oldest living land animal at 194. 00:30 TSA Ranch Warning01:28 World Cup Predictor Cat02:17 Skateboard Coast Record02:51 Gum After Salad Study03:51 Oldest Tortoise Alive04:33 Wrap Up Goodbye5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

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Harry Styles Supports UK Runner's 850-Mile Tribute, Plus Four More Good News Stories Host Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Loz ran about 850 miles across the UK in under 17 days (about 50 km daily) to honor his parents, raising a goal of £8,000 for four charities tied to cancer, heart disease, children's healthcare, and mental health; after Loz posted daily updates inviting Harry Styles to run, Styles' team invited him to a Wembley show and donated £2,000. Also in the UK, Iceland Foods created an unofficial record “Picky Bits” spread on a 65-foot table with 15,000+ items, including cocktail sausages, sausage rolls, Scotch eggs, and over 100 kg of cheese. In Spain, Bluenewables launched a floating, bifacial solar platform to be tested off Valencia. In Australia, town crier Lord Joseph set a Guinness record with a 122.4-decibel yell. In Texas, authorities seek an escaped giraffe named Gracie with a $5,000 reward.  5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: the San Diego Zoo gave rescued grizzly bear brothers Scout and Montana a snow day with industrial snowblowers, highlighting the need to secure food and trash in bear country; Scotland's Dalrymple family sold Bass Rock—home to major seabird colonies and described by David Attenborough as a top wildlife wonder—to conservationists so groups like the RSPB can better protect it; ETH Zurich researchers restored movement in mice with severed spinal cords using stem cells combined with magnet-responsive nanoparticles (“NPC bots”) guided by magnets to reconnect nerves; in Canada, Leah rescued a young crow with firefighters' help and has since received “gifts” and visits from local crows; in England, 11-year-old Charlie found a two-million-year-old extinct elephant relative's molar on a beach.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

By morning the boy is still cold — cold in the white July heat, cold to the touch at the breakfast table — and Nora makes her choice: she smiles, feeds him, and starts building the house of lies she's going to live in. Paul wants to call someone. Grace takes one look and says the thing no one else will. The dog won't come inside. And night after night the boy gets a little more solid, a little more right, learning the exact shape of the family he's wearing — while out in the valley, the reservoir keeps falling, and something dark begins to break the surface. Part 2 of a four-part story. It knew the worst thing she'd ever done. And it forgave her.⚠️ Content warning: this story contains themes of child loss, drowning, and grief.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.comAI helps us with some of our voice acting and portrayl of characters.

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Swedish researchers analyzing nearly 89,000 mammograms from over 31,000 patients found that three commercial AI mammography systems could spot subtle breast-cancer warning signs and elevated risk scores up to six years before diagnosis, while cancer-free patients generally scored low. In Germany, archaeologists uncovered an exceptionally rare Celtic princely tomb during solar project preparations, with heavy gold jewelry, weapons, amber/bronze/glass beads, and iron fittings from a ceremonial wagon, lifting a large block of earth to preserve artifacts. A psychiatric hospital near Paris reports positive results from therapy sessions with trained donkeys, expanded to other animals. A Japanese 7-Eleven owner posted viral signs inviting people to cool off or warm up without buying anything. Finally, a German man set a Guinness record with a 6-foot-6.7-inch Lego bratwurst made from 65,000 bricks.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Nora wakes to the smell of rain that isn't falling — and knows something she dreamed is already on its way. This time it's Mr. Adler, down on his kitchen floor in the heat, exactly as she saw it. Theo comes running with ice and a window unit and one quiet, devastating observation: she looked at that man like she'd done something to him. And in the long gray hours after, the thing Nora has spent weeks refusing finally comes apart — she isn't forecasting these losses. She's authoring them in her sleep, and each wish quietly takes the truest part of whatever she wished for. Which is why the dreams she's just started having about Theo terrify her most of all.Episode 2 of the ongoing Wishful arc. She spent her whole life believing she was the one being rained on. Turns out her hands were wet to the elbow the whole time.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Steve, a paralyzed miniature Australian shepherd in Denver whose wheelchair was stolen from a porch, received a donated new 2026 model from Walkin' Pets after the plea on Instagram drew over 150,000 views. In the UK, early clinical trials at University College London Hospitals found CAR-T therapy can reset the immune system and put severe lupus into remission, with patient Katie describing dramatic improvement after 30 years of disease. In California, 24-year-old Ishan set a Guinness World Record by solving two Rubik's Cubes during a single skydive, including one in 120 mph free fall, on his first day skydiving. Ohio deputies in Butler County rounded up seven wandering goats, but one mischievous goat escaped into the woods. An orange cat interrupted the Imperial Russian Ballet Company's Romeo and Juliet by strolling onstage and interacting with the dancers.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Uber's 10th Annual Lost and Found Index lists common forgotten items like phones and wallets alongside oddities such as dentures, breast milk, an ankle monitor, live fish, butterflies, a fake butt, and even two trees; New York City tops the most forgetful cities, Sundays are worst, and July 17 is the most forgetful date. In Sydney, a concertgoer named Sterling stepped in to sight-read and improvise as pianist during a La La Land score performance after the original pianist fell ill. A Norwegian underwater survey found a 72-foot shipwreck about 2,000 feet down with intact Chinese porcelain cargo, likely sunk around 1750. Scotland residents report a destructive parakeet damaging car rubber seals and wipers. In Lexington, animal control chased a loose chicken that even took a dip in a pool before ending up safe at a shelter.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: A Washington police department found a mother bird nesting with four eggs inside a training motorcycle's storage compartment at its new headquarters and chose not to disturb it; two eggs have hatched. Researchers reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology that the experimental pancreatic cancer pill D-A-R-A-X-O-N-R-A-S-I-B helped metastatic patients live a median 13.2 months versus 6.7 with chemotherapy, and studies are exploring earlier use. MIT researchers found ranking three options can reveal richer preference information than choosing between two, potentially improving AI recommendations and public services. In Louisiana, a real estate agent encountered an African eland antelope, possibly from a nearby game park. The Massachusetts Sport Authority set a Guinness record with a 47.9-foot soccer ball in East Boston.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Episode 250. Thank you for 250 nights in the dark with us!The summer he came back was the hottest anyone could remember. Fourteen months after her eight-year-old son drowned in the reservoir — fourteen months of standing at the black water every night, asking it to give him back — a grieving mother hears three low knocks at the door. And there he is on the porch: soaked, dripping, cold as a cellar in the worst heat of her life. She knows the lake doesn't give things back. She opens her arms anyway. Part 1 of a four-part story. Some doors, once you open them, don't close again.⚠️ Content warning: this story contains themes of child loss, drowning, and grief.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.comAI helps us with some of our voice acting and portrayl of characters.

Johnny Mac presents five oddball good-news stories: a famed Masterton, New Zealand fernery (dating to 1924 and housing 60+ fern varieties) is temporarily closed for deep cleaning after several incidents of people pooping there despite nearby public toilets; a New Zealand grocery store draws visitors for a rare half-red, half-yellow apple estimated to occur in fewer than one in a million fruits; Guinness regular David Rush sets a record by balancing a running electric chainsaw on his chin for 4 minutes 1.44 seconds; Alicia earns the record for the world's largest Wonder Woman memorabilia collection with 1,581 items; and a German shepherd drifting out to sea in an inflatable kayak is rescued by Captain Jimmy and crew member Aaron and reunited with its owners.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories in a July 4th message: two German shepherds, Maya and Liv, sniff out two kittens hidden by a shed, and the kittens are taken to a local caregiver and cleared healthy by a vet; in Argentina's Iberá National Park, a wild jaguar named Ombú is spotted for the first time in 70 years as conservation work grows the population from zero to 50; Colorado sophomores Erica and Dominic draft a “Skip the Stuff” sustainability bill to stop automatic inclusion of single-use items with food orders; Danville, California fourth and fifth graders campaign to raise $10 million by July 31 to protect Big Bear Valley bald eagles Jackie and Shadow's hunting area from development; and in British Columbia, volunteers help reunite crash victims with their missing Australian shepherd, Daisy, found unharmed in a pickup truck four days later.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories ahead of July 4th: YouTuber Carlos “The Malibu Artist” was shocked when a great white bit an underwater camera off Southern California, cracking its dome and producing footage from inside the shark's mouth. In Denver, the Food Matters Restaurant Challenge helps restaurants cut waste and costs, including Blue Sparrow Cafe re-steeping chai spices to save $2,500 per cafe yearly, Olivia using whole eggs, and Pit Friend Barbecue stopping cucumber coring to save $1,600 a year. Wildlife SOS reunites misplaced leopard cubs in India by using monitored “safe boxes,” reporting over 95% success over 15 years. NPR tested NIO's automated EV battery swap taking 3:08, with nearly 4,000 stations worldwide. Taipei Zoo's 11-year-old anteater Blackie escaped for a week before being safely returned.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a black bear in Red River, New Mexico was filmed calmly eating birdseed from a porch, prompting the Red River Marshal's Office to remind residents to remove wildlife attractants. In Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, police investigated a barbecue-goods “theft” and found the culprit was a red fox with stolen hot dogs. In Portugal, the charity Pangeia has developed Europe's first large-scale elephant sanctuary on a 1,000-acre former cattle ranch, welcoming Julie, Portugal's last circus elephant, and Kariba from a Belgian zoo, amid broader concerns about solitary elephants and reduced zoo lifespans. A California study across 1,700 zip codes found that every 200 additional EVs correlated with a 1.1% drop in nitrogen dioxide. In Utah, firefighters misted a broken-down trailer carrying 480 beehives to keep roughly 25 million bees cool, with no stings reported. 00:10 Bear Loves Birdseed00:53 Fox Steals Hot Dogs01:35 Europe Elephant Sanctuary02:52 EVs Cut Air Pollution03:25 Firefighters Save Bees 5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

The storm finally breaks over the dead city, and the cool air Dana prayed for becomes the thing she fears most — because it clears the room, throws the curtains wide, and brings back the light she's spent weeks keeping out. In the lamplight she can no longer keep from knowing what she's been keeping. And when the rescue crews climb the nine dark flights and call her a hero, the woman who stayed, she lets them — because the truth she's carried out of that building is one only she will ever know. The heat is always coming. The conclusion of a four-part summer nightmare.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.comAI helps us with some of our voice acting and portrayl of characters.

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories, starting with Unscrambler.com's analysis of Google searches for spelling help, led by “bougie,” followed by “favorite” and “through,” plus state-by-state examples like Florida searching “school” and Georgia “chihuahua.” He highlights The Long Table, a restaurant with one or two dishes nightly where everyone sits together and pays what they can; it served 38,305 meals last year, about half below cost and 10% free, and its founder Tom hopes others adopt the model. Next is a new Przewalski's horse foal at the Bronx Zoo and the species' recovery from extinction in the wild, including 2024 transfers from Prague Zoo to Kazakhstan. He notes a Guinness record as Holly “the Lawn Queen” mows a football-field area in 14:51, and ends with a New Jersey doorbell camera capturing two black bears, including one ringing the bell. 00:11 Most Misspelled Words01:04 State by State Spelling01:34 Pay What You Can Restaurant02:53 Bronx Zoo Wild Foal04:10 Lawn Queen Record04:46 Bear Rings Doorbell 5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: RMIT researchers in Australia are adding about 1% cigarette butt material to clay to make bricks that need less kiln energy, are lighter, and insulate better, helping address the over six trillion plastic, toxin-leaching cigarette butts discarded yearly. At Zoo Atlanta, a Georgia Tech PhD student designed an audio enrichment system for elephants—computer vision detects trunks entering a wall's holes and triggers low-frequency tones that the elephants find stimulating even without food. A 98-year-old WWII veteran became the world's oldest wing walker, standing atop a biplane for over nine minutes at 1,000+ feet after 11 months of training, fundraising for the Lenox Children's Cancer Fund. Sunil, 57, set a record with 858 paper cups from 31 countries and is pursuing wedding invitation collecting. In Florida, a backyard rhesus monkey sighting is linked to a wild population living near Silver Springs since 1938.5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Charlie the Cow, raised in a Florida 4-H program, was at risk after a weigh-in found him too skinny, but animal lover Leslie raised funds (including paying out of pocket) to buy and transport him to Bell Family Farm sanctuary in Polk City with help from donor Sarah; researchers at the Mayo Clinic developed an AI model that detects early signs of pancreatic cancer on CT scans up to three years before typical diagnosis and performed three times better than human radiologists; high school girls on a Duke of Edinburgh Award hike in Australia built an improvised stretcher and carried an injured hiker, Thomas, for hours; a family helped their son Axel set a Guinness record by sending a six-inch rainbow Slinky down 53 stairs; and a live frog found in a bag of lettuce was released into a local dam. 00:11 Saving Charlie the Cow01:33 AI Spots Pancreatic Cancer02:29 Hikers Rescue Injured Man03:48 Slinky Staircase Record04:37 Frog Found in Lettuce 5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: actor Belmont Cameli's two abdominal scars are from donating a kidney in 2018, triggering a 14-person paired exchange that gave seven patients transplants and eventually helped his childhood friend Brendan after six years waiting; 88-year-old Michigan veteran Ed Bambas, who returned to work as a grocery cashier after his wife died and his pension was cut, received over $1.9 million via a GoFundMe started by creator Samuel, and they've launched the “For Your Service” campaign to help 50 veterans in 50 states, raising over $1 million since May 1; scientists found pigeons' navigation depends on iron-rich immune cells in the liver near nerve fibers; Michigan's Airport High School held its Tractor Day tradition with about 150 seniors arriving in farm vehicles; and Stoneham, Massachusetts police sought the owner of a 7.5-foot animatronic marionette identified online as Spirit Halloween's “Bobby Strings.” 00:10 Actor from Off Campus Kidney Donation01:30 Veteran Gets Help02:39 Pigeons Magnetic Compass03:33 Tractor Day Tradition04:10 Creepy Puppet Mystery 5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

With the water gone and her own mind unraveling in the heat, Dana refuses to leave the frail neighbor she stayed behind to protect. She pours fresh water by the chair each day and finds the glass still full. She waves the flies away and blames the open window. She holds a conversation by speaking both halves, and finds it the kindest company she's ever known. But one afternoon the curtain slips, and for the length of a single breath the honest light shows Dana exactly what a stranger would see — and she makes a choice. Then, far out over the dead black city, the sky begins to flicker.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.comAI helps us with some of our voice acting and portrayl of characters.

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: the USPS is reissuing the 2018 Mister Rogers Neighborhood stamp after it won an encore contest by over 40,000 votes, returning as a Forever stamp with souvenir sheets. In San Francisco Bay, an AI detection system called Whale Spotter uses thermal cameras to spot whales day and night and alert ships to slow down, addressing a rise in gray whale deaths, many from ship strikes. A JAMA study reports tofersen (Qalsody) slowed and sometimes reversed symptoms in a specific form of ALS, with over 20% showing improved strength and function after three years, including a patient who moved from wheelchair use to a cane. In Texas, volunteers set a world record by stacking 19,019 golf balls into a pyramid without adhesives. In Wisconsin, a driver ignored road-closed barricades and drove into wet concrete, prompting a safety reminder.00:00 Five Good News Intro00:10 Mister Rogers Stamp Returns01:28 Whale Spotter Saves Whales02:32 ALS Drug Breakthrough03:56 Golf Ball Pyramid Record04:25 Driver Sinks in Concrete 5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media networkJohn also hosts Daily Comedy NewsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media!  For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

Welcome back to an uplifting episode of good news stories from around the world! Please join Samantha and Denise as they share a variety of inspiring people who decided to shine their light just a little bit brighter. It is so very hopeful to know there are always good, kind people who want to help other folks step up! If you would like to share an uplifting story of kindness for an upcoming Community Connections episode, please email: enlightenedempaths@gmail.com For more information about Samantha, her books and offerings: http://samanthafey.com To contact Denise or learn more about her services and offerings: http://thegratefulmessenger.com