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Marathon Recycled Urine to Astonishing Car Recovery May 13, 2025

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First, the London Marathon's female porta-potties are used to collect urine to fertilize crops. Next, eight seals are rescued off Block Island using new surveillance cameras. In Lake Champlain, a self-sustaining population of lake trout has emerged, leading to a suspension of stocking efforts. Then, a quirky burrow race sees 70 teams competing in a six-mile course. Finally, a British man unknowingly buys back his own stolen car, revealing an impressive cloning job by the thieves.
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John also hosts Daily Comedy News
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Heartwarming Rescues, Adventurous Spirits, and Dinosaur Discoveries May 11, 2025

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Highlights include a heroic golden retriever rescuing a missing toddler, a 66-year-old grandmother embarking on an ambitious global cycling journey, and a 90-year-old Galapagos tortoise becoming a new mother. We also hear about the discovery of a new dinosaur species in Canada and a touching story of a boy's heartfelt farewell to his favorite sanitation worker.
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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 network
John also hosts Daily Comedy News
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From Racing Great-Grandpas to Rescued Chickens (The Lost Episodes) May 10, 2025

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In this episode, Johnny Mack presents five uplifting news stories. Highlights include Eric, an 85-year-old Welsh running athlete, racing his great-grandson; the development of a pesticide-neutralizing vaccine for bees; a study suggesting that light exercise reduces dementia risk; Megan's cat winning a lottery ticket; and Oklahoma Highway Patrol rescuing chickens stranded on the highway.
00:00 Introduction to The Lost Five Good News Stories
00:32 Eric's 85th Birthday Race
00:59 Vaccine Breakthrough for Bees
01:30 Exercise and Dementia Prevention
02:41 Monkey the Cat's Lottery Win
03:08 Oklahoma Highway Patrol Rescues Chickens
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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 network
John also hosts Daily Comedy News
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Humanoid Robot Runs Half Marathon (more slowly than me) May 08, 2025

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Highlights include a Loch Ness Monster hunter's potential footage of two creatures, the rediscovery of the Asian short-clawed otter after 186 years, the protection of an old-growth forest near Detroit, the historic increase in female athletes at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, and a humanoid robot completing a half marathon in Beijing. Each story brings a positive and uplifting message for viewers.
00:00 Introduction and Loch Ness Monster Update
01:34 Rediscovery of the Asian Short-Clawed Otter
02:06 Old Growth Forest Network's Newest Addition
02:50 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics Preview
03:41 Humanoid Robot Runs Half Marathon
04:24 Conclusion
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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 network
John also hosts Daily Comedy News
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Escaped Cows, Message in a Bottle, Women Scientists, Breast Cancer Pill, Alligator Wrangling May 06, 2025

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First, 25 cows parade through neighborhoods in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, after escaping from a farm during a storm, with all cows safely recaptured. Second, two brothers in The Bahamas discover a message in a bottle from 1976 written by a 14-year-old oceanography student. Third, Paris plans to add the names of women scientists to the Eiffel Tower as part of a broader equality initiative. Fourth, a new breast cancer pill developed by AstraZeneca shows promising results in clinical trials. Lastly, a Florida man known as the 'blue collar brawler' interrupts Easter dinner to wrangle an alligator, successfully containing it with a trash can.
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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 network
John also hosts Daily Comedy News
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Wild Chimps Drink, Beer Hunts, Marathon Pickleball, and New Color May 04, 2025

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Researchers from the University of Exeter recorded wild chimps sharing fermented fruit, suggesting social bonding through alcohol. In Belgium, the fifth annual beer hunt featured a prize of the winner's weight in beer. A team of pickleball enthusiasts broke the Guinness World Record by playing for 36 consecutive hours and raised $18,000 for a charity supporting organ donation. A dog named Buford helped locate a missing 2-year-old in the Arizona desert. Lastly, scientists from UC Berkeley and the University of Washington discovered a new color, Olo, a bluish-green hue with unprecedented saturation, made visible through advanced laser technology.
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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 network
John also hosts Daily Comedy News
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Giant Penguins, Origami Tests, and More (The Lost Episodes) May 03, 2025

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In this lost episode Johnny Mack shares five uplifting tales. Highlights include Pesto the oversized penguin at Sea Life Melbourne, a new origami-based test for detecting infectious diseases, a finger-counting method improving children's math skills, the approval of a nasal spray flu vaccine by the FDA, and David Rush reclaiming his chopstick-throwing world record. Despite being older stories, they bring joy and positivity.
00:00 Introduction to The Lost Five Good News Stories
00:36 Pesto the Penguin: The Viral King
02:09 Innovative Origami Paper Sensors for Disease Detection
02:38 Finger Counting Method Boosts Math Skills in Children
03:22 FDA Approves Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine
03:43 Record-Breaking Chopstick Thrower
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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 network
John also hosts Daily Comedy News
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Dachshund Parade, Bottle Kicking and the Best Pizza is in Montreal? May 01, 2025

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Johnny Mac shares five unique and positive news stories. Highlights include a Guinness World Record for the largest dachshund dog walk in Regensburg, Germany, an ancient English sport called bottle kicking, the best Neapolitan pizza winner from Montreal, collectible trading cards featuring elderly men in a Japanese community, and an extensive beach cleanup effort in New Jersey. Each story showcases community spirit and some unexpected twists, emphasizing the importance of connection and cleaning up our environment.
00:14 Largest Dachshund Parade
01:10 Traditional English Sport: Bottle Kicking
02:03 Best Naples Style Pizza in Montreal
03:07 Japanese Trading Cards Featuring Elders
04:21 New Jersey Beach Cleanup Highlights
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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 network
John also hosts Daily Comedy News
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Uber's Lost and Found - is that your chainsaw? Apr 29, 2025

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NASA launches a $3 million competition to recycle human waste in space to ensure sustainable future missions. A dog from Utah is found over a thousand miles away in Texas after going missing and is returned home thanks to community donations. Colossal Biosciences brings back the dire wolf from extinction using gene editing and ancient DNA. A chimpanzee mother at Sedgwick County Zoo bonds with her newborn after a C-section delivery. Finally, Uber's annual Lost and Found index reveals a list of unique items left behind in ride share cars, from live turtles to Viking drinking horns.
00:00 Introduction and Previous Episode Recap
00:28 NASA's $3 Million Space Poop Challenge
01:20 Lost Dog Travels 1,000 Miles
01:59 Resurrecting the Dire Wolf
03:03 Chimpanzee Mother Meets Baby
03:32 Uber's Lost and Found: The Weirdest Items
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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 network
John also hosts Daily Comedy News
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Loch Ness Monster Sighting, Donkey Escape. and a Quicksand Adventure! Apr 27, 2025

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Johnny Macc shares five good things.. These include a Loch Ness Monster sighting in Scotland, a community chain in Michigan moving a bookstore one book at a time, a new Monopoly world record set in Australia, a successful search and rescue of a donkey in the United States, and a Michigan man who escapes quicksand and ends up defining his relationship. Tune in for these heartening and entertaining stories.
00:00 Loch Ness Monster Sighting
01:58 Community Bookstore Move in Michigan
02:49 World Record Monopoly Game in Australia
03:35 Rescue of Murti the Donkey
04:07 Michigan Man's Quicksand Adventure
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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 network
John also hosts Daily Comedy News
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