Good News and Better News

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Society & Culture
**Good News and Better News**

The good news is, it’s under 22 minutes long.
The better news is, it seems even faster.
The good news is, it’s hosted by Jonathan Richard Cring.
The better news is, he’s not a stick.
The good news is, the human race is not lost.
The better news is, so life doesn’t suck.

Latest Episodes:

Vision 2020 (Is It Big or Is It Important?) May 18, 2020

Show notes

Big doings. They are exciting, but rarely important.

Cring shows us how to tell if something is important enough to spend our lives making it as big as possible.

Good news and better news: a weekly podcast where we endeavor to put the pin back in the grenade.

We just take a little time to talk some common sense, laugh a lot, and leave refreshed. After all, humanity isn't really hopeless--we just have a tendency to act helpless.

Be sure to also check out Cring's daily blog: Jonathots Daily Blog, a bit of entertaining inspiration with a humorous twist--and a different approach every day. It can be found at https://jonathots.wordpress.com/.

Then there's Jonathots, Jr.! "A Thoughtful Way to Start Your Day" in just a sentence of two.

And don't fail to check out Words from Dic(tionary)--Jonathan's mostly humorous take on the definitions of words--in the dictionary order.

We invite you to join us on this journey. We've decided to abstain the race--we just want to enjoy the human walk together.

Vision 2020 (Living in Degrees) May 11, 2020

Show notes

Temperature matters.

The heart, soul, mind and body of a person function best at a certain temperature. Cring explains how it works.

Good news and better news: a weekly podcast where we endeavor to put the pin back in the grenade.

We just take a little time to talk some common sense, laugh a lot, and leave refreshed. After all, humanity isn't really hopeless--we just have a tendency to act helpless.

Then there's Jonathots, Jr.! "A Thoughtful Way to Start Your Day" in just a sentence of two.

And don't fail to check out Words from Dic(tionary)--Jonathan's mostly humorous take on the definitions of words--in the dictionary order.

We invite you to join us on this journey. We've decided to abstain the race--we just want to enjoy the human walk together.

Vision 2020 (You Don't Have to be Good to Get Better) May 04, 2020

Show notes

We need to get better.

The Game of Life has winners and losers. Cring explains that we never win if we start out thinking we're already good.

Good news and better news: a weekly podcast where we endeavor to put the pin back in the grenade.

We just take a little time to talk some common sense, laugh a lot, and leave refreshed. After all, humanity isn't really hopeless--we just have a tendency to act helpless.

Then there's Jonathots, Jr.! "A Thoughtful Way to Start Your Day" in just a sentence of two.

And don't fail to check out Words from Dic(tionary)--Jonathan's mostly humorous take on the definitions of words--in the dictionary order.

We invite you to join us on this journey. We've decided to abstain the race--we just want to enjoy the human walk together.

Vision 2020 (The Divinity of Humility) Apr 27, 2020

Show notes

Humility. It's the missing link between man and animal.

Cring explains how humility actually grants us power--both from our fellow-men and from the Creator.

Good news and better news: a weekly podcast where we endeavor to put the pin back in the grenade.

We just take a little time to talk some common sense, laugh a lot, and leave refreshed. After all, humanity isn't really hopeless--we just have a tendency to act helpless.

Then there's Jonathots, Jr.! "A Thoughtful Way to Start Your Day" in just a sentence of two.

And don't fail to check out Words from Dic(tionary)--Jonathan's mostly humorous take on the definitions of words--in the dictionary order.

We invite you to join us on this journey. We've decided to abstain the race--we just want to enjoy the human walk together.

Vision 2020 (Finding Me in the Mo') Apr 20, 2020

Show notes

"Finding ME in the MO'."

You are a cell. I am a cell. And we are all in the same family--the human one. Cring explains how to find your "ME in the MORE."

Good news and better news: a weekly podcast where we endeavor to put the pin back in the grenade.

We just take a little time to talk some common sense, laugh a lot, and leave refreshed. After all, humanity isn't really hopeless--we just have a tendency to act helpless.

Then there's Jonathots, Jr.! "A Thoughtful Way to Start Your Day" in just a sentence of two.

And don't fail to check out Words from Dic(tionary)--Jonathan's mostly humorous take on the definitions of words--in the dictionary order.

We invite you to join us on this journey. We've decided to abstain the race--we just want to enjoy the human walk together.

Vision 2020 (3:30 PM--After School, Class Begins) Apr 13, 2020

Show notes

3:30 P. M. is the bewitching hour of soul construction.

What happens after school determines whether a young person will become reliable or reliant on others. Cring explains the process.

Good news and better news: a weekly podcast where we endeavor to put the pin back in the grenade.

We just take a little time to talk some common sense, laugh a lot, and leave refreshed. After all, humanity isn't really hopeless--we just have a tendency to act helpless.

Then there's Jonathots, Jr.! "A Thoughtful Way to Start Your Day" in just a sentence of two.

And don't fail to check out Words from Dic(tionary)--Jonathan's mostly humorous take on the definitions of words--in the dictionary order.

We invite you to join us on this journey. We've decided to abstain the race--we just want to enjoy the human walk together.

Vision 2020 (Great Expectations) Apr 06, 2020

Show notes

GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

An idea that actually leads to great disappointments.

Cring gives us three questions to help us choose happiness instead of futility.

Good news and better news: a weekly podcast where we endeavor to put the pin back in the grenade.

We just take a little time to talk some common sense, laugh a lot, and leave refreshed. After all, humanity isn't really hopeless--we just have a tendency to act helpless.

Then there's Jonathots, Jr.! "A Thoughtful Way to Start Your Day" in just a sentence of two.

And don't fail to check out Words from Dic(tionary)--Jonathan's mostly humorous take on the definitions of words--in the dictionary order.

We invite you to join us on this journey. We've decided to abstain the race--we just want to enjoy the human walk together.

Vision 2020 (Fear Itself ) Mar 30, 2020

Show notes

Fear. It's insidious because it tries to live inside us, stalling us. Cring identifies the three big fears and explains how to get free.

Good news and better news: a weekly podcast where we endeavor to put the pin back in the grenade.

We just take a little time to talk some common sense, laugh a lot, and leave refreshed. After all, humanity isn't really hopeless--we just have a tendency to act helpless.

Then there's Jonathots, Jr.! "A Thoughtful Way to Start Your Day" in just a sentence of two.

And don't fail to check out Words from Dic(tionary)--Jonathan's mostly humorous take on the definitions of words--in the dictionary order.

We invite you to join us on this journey. We've decided to abstain the race--we just want to enjoy the human walk together.

Vision 2020 (A Game of Take or Choose) Mar 23, 2020

Show notes

"Take this look, this color and this profile." The game we're taught from the day we are born. But God loves free will. Cring explains how to stop the Game of Take and instead, make our own choices.

Good news and better news: a weekly podcast where we endeavor to put the pin back in the grenade.

We just take a little time to talk some common sense, laugh a lot, and leave refreshed. After all, humanity isn't really hopeless--we just have a tendency to act helpless.

Then there's Jonathots, Jr.! "A Thoughtful Way to Start Your Day" in just a sentence of two.

And don't fail to check out Words from Dic(tionary)--Jonathan's mostly humorous take on the definitions of words--in the dictionary order.

We invite you to join us on this journey. We've decided to abstain the race--we just want to enjoy the human walk together.

Vision 2020: Wise Guys and Smartasses Mar 16, 2020

Show notes

Wise guys get rid of smartasses by demanding valid reasoning--the logical syllogism that life is based on. Cring wallks us through it.

Good news and better news: a weekly podcast where we endeavor to put the pin back in the grenade.

We just take a little time to talk some common sense, laugh a lot, and leave refreshed. After all, humanity isn't really hopeless--we just have a tendency to act helpless.

Then there's Jonathots, Jr.! "A Thoughtful Way to Start Your Day" in just a sentence of two.

And don't fail to check out Words from Dic(tionary)--Jonathan's mostly humorous take on the definitions of words--in the dictionary order.

We invite you to join us on this journey. We've decided to abstain the race--we just want to enjoy the human walk together.