Location:
United States
Description:
The Good News Podcast is your thrice weekly reminder that not all news is bad.
Language:
English
Website:
http://thegoodnewspodcast.fm/
Episodes
Rakus Rocks 🦧⚕
5/10/2024
An orangutan has been documented doing something new and neat!
Read more about Rakus here
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Duration:00:02:59
Update: Cool Pavement 🆒
5/7/2024
An update from LA about a program trying to cool down paved surfaces in the US.
Learn more about the cool pavement here
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Duration:00:06:39
Tactile Universe 🌌
5/4/2024
An educational astronomy project that helps to make astro-imagery more accessible and engaging to the visually impaired community.
Read more about the project here
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Duration:00:05:10
Parisian Picnic 🥪🍷🧀🍰
5/1/2024
Paris' most famous street is shutting down to host a gigantic picnic- maybe the biggest ever!
Read more about the picnic here
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Duration:00:03:39
Cat Returned 📦
4/30/2024
A cat takes a shipping journey!
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Duration:00:03:08
Flights and the Net ✈💻
4/26/2024
Two pieces of good news coming from the US government- flight refunds and net neutrality!
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Duration:00:04:24
Voyager 1: Back in Action! 📡🛰
4/24/2024
Voyager 1 was having a hard time getting in touch with Earth, but seems like smart folks found a fix!
Read more about the repair here
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Duration:00:04:33
Bird Dream Song 🐦💤🎶
4/19/2024
New research has been able to reproduce a song that a bird was dreaming... WHAT?!
Read more about the research here
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Duration:00:03:41
Penguin Pals 🐧
4/17/2024
Two penguins have built an inseparable relationship- is love in the air?!
Read more about the penguins here
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Duration:00:03:29
Déjà Vu Island Rescue 🌴🥥
4/15/2024
A story that seems like a movie that is similar to another story from a few years ago... that also seems like it's from a movie.
Read more about the rescues here
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Duration:00:03:21
Stumpy: Replaced and Cloned 🌸
4/14/2024
Famous trees (and one extra famous tree) are getting some help from scientists and diplomats.
Read more about the D.C. cherry trees here
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Duration:00:04:52
Mexican Palace Cats 😸
4/10/2024
A group of cats in Mexico's National Palace have received a special designation from the president.
Read more (and watch a video) about the cats here
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Duration:00:03:37
Moon Farmin', Repeat
4/6/2024
From the archive, the science of farming in moon dust! I was just reading about the next crewed mission to the moon, and it would appear that they're planning to set up a mini greenhouse on the moon to see how plants do there. Pretty neat!
You can read more about the this and the other planned experiments here
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Duration:00:03:05
Fonts for the Future 🔤
4/4/2024
A big publisher is experimenting with page-saving fonts to cut down on paper.
Read more about the fonts here
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Duration:00:03:24
Two AI Bots Getting the Job Done
4/2/2024
Two tales from the world of robotics and AI and work!
Learn more about the tulip bots here
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Duration:00:05:31
Bird Flutter Chatter 🐦💬
3/30/2024
A bird is showing a new form of communication that hasn't been seen before in our feathered friends.
Read more about the research and the birds here
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Duration:00:03:55
Graveyard Geese 💘, Repeat
3/28/2024
From the archive, another good news story from a cemetery! This time, it's geese finding love after loss.
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Duration:00:02:45
Cemetery Solar
3/25/2024
A small French town is building solar in an unexpected place.
Read more about the project here
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Duration:00:03:57
Update: An Extinct Flu
3/22/2024
A strain of the flu is missing and it might be gone forever and now our seasonal flu vaccine won't even target it.
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Duration:00:03:57
Basically Sails ⛵
3/21/2024
New tech is old school- or is old tech new again? Who knows! But an ancient technology could help reduce carbon emissions in the shipping industry.
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Duration:00:04:45