The Good News Podcast

Lois Ellen Frank is an American food historian, cookbook author, photographer, chef, culinary anthropologist, and educator. She won a 2003 James Beard Foundation Award for her cookbook Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations , the first cookbook of Native American cuisine so honored. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Colleen and Neil replay an interview with Andrew Knox who volunteers some of his time doing maaaaaaagic.

Colleen and Neil share good news about a problem that has been piling up on the tallest mountain.

Guess how young kids can count? You'll have to listen to the episode to hear what researchers have found

A new way to do lunch!

Colleen and Neil share more good drone news (which is apparently something Neil does... a lot).

Colleen and Neil share good news about some new rat skills to be on the lookout for.

McDonald's in Sweden are lovin' on their bees

Colleen and Neil are re-airing an interview with the founders of Trala, a Violin practice app. Since we talked to them, their app has been doing great- they have excellent reviews and the consensus is it really can help you learn to play!

Colleen and Neil share good news about trees sprouting up in LA.

Colleen and Neil share an update about a story that we've been following since the early days of The Good News Podcast.

Colleen and Neil share a very Stranger Things-esque tale about kid detectives helping to solve a mystery.

A man makes a smart investment in a Chicago area business and turns it into trees.

Colleen and Neil share good news about shark music.

Colleen and Neil share news about some returned guests in the Potomac River.

5- year old Fiona shares some goods news and it's unbelievable but super good. She also talks a lot about food.

Today's episode is a bit of sound art. Chicago great Studs Terkel interviews innovator Bucky Fuller. Listen and feel inspired.

Colleen and Neil share an archived episode about toilets and wombats. If you haven't yet, watch the new Bill Gates documentary on Netflix. It's super interesting and toilets feature prominently!

Nonprofits in Europe of helping to empower the homeless population by training them as walking tour guides.

Self-compassion Kristin Neff is a Psychologist and was the first person to measure and define the term “self-compassion.”  She says self-compassion is the kindness we show ourselves.  And this means being kind to ourselves in good times and bad time and even when we make mistakes. There are some things you can do to practice self-compassion. I actually do these things and really helps sometimes. ...

Colleen and Neil share a little tale of a captain helping a logger head.

Kimberly Bryant is an African American electrical engineer. Byant founded Black Girls Code , in 2011.  Black Girls Code is a training course that teaches basic programming concepts to black girls who are underrepresented in technology careers. Additionally, the organization offers programs in computer programming, coding, as well as website, robot, and mobile application-building.  African-America...

Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, and anti-globalization author. [2]   She’s based in Delhi,  Vandana has authored more than twenty books. [3] Her latest book published 2013 is Making Peace With The Earth   I am going to share some of Vandana’s accomplishments chronologically:  In 1978, she completed her PhD in philosophy at the University of We...

Colleen and Neil share a story about charitable innovation from England. As an update, to date, almost 35,000 people have participated and raised more than 100,000 pounds to fight homelessness. Check out taplondon.org for more info!