The Good News Podcast

UPS Goes Green (Again!) 📦🚲🔋 18.06.2022 3:28 ↓

UPS has a neato pilot program in NYC

💸272k💸 Grilled Cheese 15.06.2022 4:21 ↓

A traded grilled cheese turns out to be an excellent investment.

Tortoise Mysterious 🔮 14.06.2022 4:18 ↓

A mystery is solved!

Iditarod Dog Lost and Found 11.06.2022 2:28 ↓

A dog with a job + a dog reunited with its family?! That's good news!

Mr. Trash Wheel, Repeat 09.06.2022 4:38 ↓

From the archive, a trash barge gets a lot of local love. Mr. Trash Wheel was just a stop in a paddling event and there is a great t-shirt to commemorate!

4 Day For Real 07.06.2022 3:36 ↓

Work is changing - 80% the time, 100% the pay!

Search and Rescue Rat 04.06.2022 3:50 ↓

A new rat, a new skill- hero rats are here to save the day!

HUGE Plant 01.06.2022 3:00 ↓

A new champ is crowned- go grass go!

Recycled Vanilla, Repeat 31.05.2022 3:39 ↓

From the archive, recycled plastic output might just be... tasty?

Trash Talkin', Repeat 28.05.2022 5:00 ↓

An oldy with some updates: turbine blades are getting ground up and used in cement! A recycling facility in MO has ground up almost 2000 and is on track to recycle 250 more a month! And those sunglasses sold out and funded cleaning up 500,000 football fields worth of ocean cleaning!

Water From Thin (Dry) Air 26.05.2022 4:02 ↓

New tech that grabs water from... all around us!

Paper Ketchup (Catsup?) Bottles (Bottels?) 24.05.2022 2:52 ↓

A megacorp is experimenting with new packaging for a summer staple!

Lake Tahoe Spring Cleaning 20.05.2022 3:00 ↓

Cleaning a lake requires special equipment... SCUBA CLEANERS!

Prancer the Demon Doggy, Repeat 18.05.2022 2:43 ↓

A delightful tail/tale about a pup adoption- still a great Instagram presence too!

SPOILER ALERT: Eurovision 2022 Winners! 16.05.2022 2:00 ↓

We're big fans of the Eurovision song contest on TGNP and the winners this year are great news.

Moon Farmin' 13.05.2022 3:04 ↓

Experiments in moon dirt have made a major breakthrough!

Internet4More 12.05.2022 3:06 ↓

Internet access is about to become more accessible to more people in the US- that's good news!

Nationale Bijentelling, Repeat 09.05.2022 3:24 ↓

The Netherlands held their bee census just recently, and I wanted to replay this episode. Numbers are down this year, but it seems likely that it was the wind that kept bees grounded and counters inside!

Loons in Love 06.05.2022 2:31 ↓

Two loons celebrate a very special anniversary. 💖

Happy, Healthy, and Helpful 04.05.2022 3:25 ↓

Oxytocin can get pumped up by helping others and help us live longer too!

Salty Sticks 🥢 02.05.2022 2:48 ↓

Futuristic chopsticks can help us eat less salt in the future.

The Soap Saver 🧼 29.04.2022 4:08 ↓

A non-profit attempts to solve a problem that has always driven me a bit nuts.

Where Did Dexter Go? 27.04.2022 3:06 ↓

A cat takes a journey by ship and helicopter- wild stuff!

An Antarctic Wedding 25.04.2022 2:41 ↓

A first for same-sex weddings and geography! 💖❄

Awesome Acequias 22.04.2022 3:34 ↓

An old-timey technology is getting spiffed up for modern use!