The Good Daily

Today on The Good Daily, the American Exchange Project helps high-school students experience unfamiliar communities across the United States, a Nepalese school evacuates more than nine hundred students after a flood warning, a United Nations report documents restoration work across 149 countries, and China expands public access to archaeology. We also consider how attention needs a place to live.

Today on The Good Daily, autistic adults help run the guest experience at Erik’s Ranch in Montana, Manna House receives funding to continue homelessness-prevention services in England, muralists bring new color to Saint Petersburg, and a Caltech-built robot assembles part of a truss in orbit. We also consider what we can learn when we make room for someone else’s expertise.

Today on The Good Daily, Karl Bushby completes a decades-long journey from southern Chile to his mother’s home, students in New Jersey collect food for families across the state, Barbados reaches a major public-health milestone in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission, and a San Francisco library celebrates the costume work of Debra “Beaver” Bauer. We also consider when a routine has finishe...

Today on The Good Daily, an investigational wearable incubator lets parents hold their premature twins while medical support stays connected, a moviegoer raises more than $146,000 for a longtime theater usher, a student builds an emergency communication app for moments without a signal, and Pittsburgh offers eligible households a path through water debt. We also revisit how breathing can offer a g...

Today on The Good Daily, Eva Broderick performs CPR after lightning strikes her hiking partner and the couple later marries, a new simulation lets people explore the first galaxies, a childhood lemonade stand grows into a major day of giving, and Fillongley's knitters turn road-safety concerns into a roadside display. We also consider how to make time for the decision everyone keeps skipping.

Today on The Good Daily, a Texas barber helps return $128,514 found at an ATM, a wrong turn helps a family escape a burning home, a painted-on treatment slows some decay in children's baby teeth, and volunteers uncover the story of a medieval workshop on a Scottish island. We also consider how to read an old favorite as the person you are now.

Today on The Good Daily, Minneapolis auto students restore a car for a Navy veteran, Shanghai's new opera house opens public spaces beyond the auditorium, a free bike program sends beginners home with skills and equipment, and a coral experiment offers a restoration idea for further testing. We also consider how to help with a draft without taking it over.

Today on The Good Daily, a Sheffield technician recreates glass that appears green in reflected light and ruby red when lit through, a teacher's kind first-grade send-off spreads through a school, Atlantic City adds a microplastic filter, and research explores nature contact and a more trusting relationship with food. We also consider how to give a small choice time to become an experience.

Today on The Good Daily, twelve-year-old Sloan collects nearly thirty thousand diapers for Phoenix families, an adult learner returns to high school and trains for hospital work, solar panels help an Italian vineyard hold more moisture, and a couple receives a new heating system. We also consider why a familiar story still needs permission.

Today on The Good Daily, Helga Duffy takes a wing walk at ninety-nine to raise money for air ambulances, a Texas school names its next campus for a longtime custodian, researchers find a laboratory route for recycling acrylic glass, and a teenager builds an emergency-information tool. We also consider how to let one purchase be one purchase.

Today on The Good Daily, a store owner stops a school bus during a driver’s medical emergency, travel companies make more room for solo travelers, women in Colombia map the places they protect, and Indonesia signals a possible shift away from clearing forests for new rice fields. We also revisit a practical way to use the body to open a little space for positive emotion.

Today on The Good Daily, Halloween displays raise money for St. Jude, town criers gather from eight nations, Samoa’s Nu’utele Island shows early signs of recovery, and a Dutch barrier is given a moss-friendly surface. We also consider why the ordinary details of a life are worth saving.

Today on The Good Daily, Japan’s MMX mission begins its journey toward Mars’s moons, Milwaukee opens a trail designed for touch and sound, an unfinished boat draws support from strangers, and restored farmland records twenty-eight butterfly species. We also look at how to help without handing someone another job.

Today on The Good Daily, musicians record a song with vegetable instruments at Abbey Road, a football player keeps his stutter from becoming the whole story, a cocoa farmer grows new livelihoods alongside her trees, and Maryland watermen recover lost crab traps. We also consider why you can love music before you know its name.

Today on The Good Daily, Catherine Breed completes a nearly nine-hundred-mile coastal swim, a lost wedding ring brings three Italian friends back to Ireland, an Indigenous-led fund backs thirty-five organizations, and research offers a new look at connection in remote work. We also consider how to leave better instructions for the next person.

Today on The Good Daily, a thirteen-year-old scientist wins a major prize for an early ocean-acidification experiment, a cotton farmer in Togo finds ways to spray less, conservators use a full-size mural copy, and students turn lunar packaging waste into usable parts. We also look at why credit belongs in the room where the work is being discussed.

Today on The Good Daily, a homecoming king gives his crown to a classmate, nurses help win paid parental leave, Michigan tribes work to restore Arctic grayling, and Lansing explores a bubble-powered river cleanup. We also consider how to give ordinary endings the goodbye they deserve.

Today on The Good Daily, three Wisconsin skydivers redirect a planned jump to help after a nearby plane crash, people at a Washington food bank look out for one another, London’s historic Rules restaurant enters the National Trust’s care, and two sisters meet after recognizing their family connection at a softball tournament. We close with Andy Proctor, PhD’s reflection on how sleep supports atten...

Today on The Good Daily, a deaf couple meets the volunteers who helped make their home accessible, a thirteen-year-old scientist develops an algae-and-mineral ocean-acidity prototype, Tesco workers in the United Kingdom receive paid time to make safety arrangements, and Kansas City neighbors support a coffee shop after a harsh review. We also consider how people can disagree and still make a worka...

Today on The Good Daily, researchers formally describe a strikingly tall fungus from southwestern China, photographer and physician Chip Thomas receives a MacArthur fellowship, an eighteen-year-old helps an older stranger get home, and an expanded HIV-to-HIV donor list brings a kidney offer to one patient within a week. We also consider how a beautiful room can make space for real life.

Today on The Good Daily, a foster-care village in California is designed around keeping siblings together, a new London tunnel intercepts storm sewage before it reaches the Thames, a Texas ranch is secured for a future state park, and Idaho regains a route to free legal review for possible wrongful convictions. We also consider how new information can help us revise an old opinion without abandoni...

Today on The Good Daily, Aubry Alldredge earns her barre instructor certification and leads her first class, NASA shares a new morning panorama from Mars, a family receives relief from years of medical debt, and a childhood paper crane reveals a message of kindness years later. We also consider how to let someone’s good news have the whole minute before moving on to advice or logistics.

Today on The Good Daily, prosthetist and former bicycle mechanic Ben Hogan teaches local teams in Ghana how to build and repair lower-limb prostheses, two formerly incarcerated men teach a course at a Wisconsin correctional institution, Taiwan’s tea growers restore stone terraces with soil sensors, and a Buffalo hospital valet receives a Bills-game surprise. We also consider who chose our definiti...

Today on The Good Daily, a hospital in Porto welcomes a patient’s dog for a carefully assessed visit, researchers test a breathable fabric that helps strawberries thrive, Detroit teachers build autism expertise, and Frankie Hooper wins the World Conker Championships. We also consider how a clear request can give someone room to choose whether and how to help.

Today on The Good Daily, a solar ambulance brings emergency care farther into rural Kenya, people preserve rare apples as living archives, Argentina’s first solar train runs on batteries charged by the Andean sun, and the ozone layer shows what patient global action can accomplish. We also reflect on resilience as the ability to meet difficulty, recover, and continue living in line with what matte...