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A podcast sharing silver linings during the ongoing quarantine. Good News: A Podcast is a call-in, listener centered show. To share some good news from your life or something you see, read or hear about in the news, leave a voicemail at 917-960-7635. Or send an audio recording to connorkwiecien@gmail.com with the subject line Good News. If you do share something from the news, please mention your source. You can also send good news to the show's Instagram account, @goodnews_apodcast, or to t ...
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In good news this episode, we learn that COVID-19 doesn't stop 70 years of love, reduced human activity due to the virus has helped endangered sea turtles, and much more. A special shout out again to Craig Jessup once again for being a big part of why Good News: A Podcast is back. This episode, we get to hear the good news he sent my way. COVID-19 …
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To help keep the good news coming, head to the Good News: A Podcast's Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goodnewsapodcast/good-news-a-podcast Welcome back to new episodes of Good News: A Podcast. A special thanks to Craig Jessup who sent me some listener good news last month which helped bring this show back. In good news t…
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To help keep the good news coming, head to the Good News: A Podcast's Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goodnewsapodcast/good-news-a-podcast Throughout the life of this podcast, the show has seen starts and stops as graduations, careers and life brought the creators down different paths. Regardless, this show has been list…
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In the US, it's apparent that people are finding ways to celebrate graduations despite them being cancelled due to COVID-19. And, around the world people are continuing to do random acts of kindness. It seems that almost two months into quarantine, people are still finding ways to get some good out of a bad situation. In addition to random acts of …
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Rose Cayetano messaged Good News: A Podcast on Instagram this week saying she'd like to here more good news stories about first responders, and that's what we have. Of course, that's in addition to more good news in general. Stories this week include a college tuition price drop, a comedian getting his first writing gig, a FedEx man saving a weddin…
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"I think the best silver lining I have is that this year I decided to focus on attitudes of gratitude." - Peachy Healy This week, in addition to hearing from Peachy Healy, we have two more callers who share a story about a woman getting free beer and a new album that brightened someone's week. As for the artist spotlight, it's Gus Constantellis who…
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Another essential worker: the Easter Bunny. This week, you can hear more good news about the recovering environment due to COVID-19 measures, graduation ceremonies taking place online, celebrities and athletes using their social capital to help those in need and a hospital getting some donated candy for the holidays. We all are looking for silver l…
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My favorite part of this episode is Matt Gatie's story with his grandmother sharing her silver linings. Goosebumps. In more good news from quarantined times, communities are stepping up to make sure students have resources to continue school online, companies are giving away products to those who need them most and an artist spotlight to help make …
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Alliterations aside, Good News: A Podcast is back to share some of your silver linings during uncertain and quarantined times. Globally, we are in an unprecedented position with an ongoing pandemic, but from bad situations there can still be some good happenings. That said, the show is going to be a little different. This time, Good News is going t…
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Good news this week, and it's from you. We've got smarter food labels, learning from your mistakes and a conversation with Connor's grandmother. If you have good news and want to be on the show, leave a voicemail at 971-319-5829 or send a recording to goodnews@goodnewsapodcast.com.If you enjoy Good News: A Podcast please support by contributing at …
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Fall, football and tax - all seasons certain people get way too excited about. You know who you are tax fan. Taking a feature to explain taxes is a risk. No offense single fan of tax season, but there’s no high profile, star studded, concussion causing event, or foliage, to get people going. Tax season is a yawn topic. Some people might even go as …
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Why are satirical news shows now considered journalism? That's what we're looking at this week. Spoiler alert, it has a lot to do with Jon Stewart and The Daily Show. As always, there's news to know and good news. This week's good news has a family helping out one of their own, Britain's increase in green energy, promising results from from a new M…
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Presidential campaigns. Why now? That's what I'm asking. This week's a dive into the history of why presidential campaigns have become nearly two year marathons. Not every question is answered, but more questions are raised. As always, there's good news. This week has more restaurants stepping up during the government shutdown, a breakthrough in Al…
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A new record is on the verge of being set. Unfortunately, it's the longest U.S. government shutdown. After a week of lightheartedness looking at a topic that might be taken for granted, this week's feature is an explainer on why, how and what are the impacts of the partial U.S. government shutdown. Despite the feature focusing on the government sta…
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As few as 8 percent of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions, yet up to 45 percent of Americans make them anyway. So why make New Year’s resolutions? They’re silly. But, is it not worth doing something silly? Good News: A Podcast is back with a colon, not a dash, a new logo and a new structure. With all that change, there’s still good news an…
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Hello, it’s Connor. It’s Wednesday. And, it’s good news. On Wednesdays, Good News - A Podcast puts out an episode to help counterbalance the often negative news cycle. This week in good news: Reader's Digest announced the winner of the 2018 Nicest Places in America competition. This year, Yassin's Falafel House in Knoxville, Tenn. took the title. L…
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Treat Yo Self.The news can be overwhelming and emotionally taxing. While a goal of Good News - A Podcast is to get people to engage with the news, sometimes you can get caught in the cycle and become weighed down. So, on Treat Yo Self Tuesday remember a lot of people, probably an embarrassing amount, don’t really follow the news - and they’re doing…
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"Before starting, I believe important news falls into two categories: things that’ll impact you and things you should be aware of. I don’t know what’ll impact you, but if you don’t follow the news, and you want to stay informed, this’ll get you aware of what’s going on."This week's stories in detail: Jamal Khashoggi's death, Sears filing for bankru…
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"This summer a few people sent in good news stories to share on the show ... Now, with the second season under way, I wanted to share those stories with you and say thank you to our listeners who took the time." Good news from the summer: Guy Fieri cooking for firefighters, Lebron James opens a school, and a police officer helping the homeless. If …
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Liam Neeson was recognized by a horse. It's Wednesday, and that's good news.For more good news this week: the silver lining in the IPCC's climate report, T-Swift causing a wave of voter registration, the oldest barber in the world, a New York Public Library helping young adults by offering professional clothes for check-out and cardboard.…
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"What do sports mean to you?""Let's see. So, sports... Gosh. Man. I mean, it means the whole world to me." Derek and I lived together our first year and college, and we've been talking sports ever since. Now getting his start as a sports journalist, Derek weighs in with storylines for the start of the NBA season - a season that begins tonight.…
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Welcome to the second season of Good News - A Podcast arbitrary starting today, October 15 on this (Ba Da, Ba Da Da Da Da) Monday, Monday.This week: the climate report, Hurricane Michael, Judge Kavanaugh and SCOTUS, Jamal Khashoggi's alleged murder, Americans' fake Facebook accounts and voting.
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Good News - A Podcast refocuses after a year of production."By definition, news is - newly received or noteworthy information especially about recent or important events.Yet, often - our perception of the world and the news go hand in hand. Bad news weighs on us, good news lifts us and the middle isn’t noteworthy. At Good News - A Podcast, our thes…
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Good News - We Graduated! Thank you to those who've supported us along the way and those who listen today.In our next chapter, we want to hear your good news - whether that's good news, good journalism or something that's happened in your life. This episode: reflections, cleaning up the World Cup, and a teacher's donation.…
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"Good News for woman diagnosed with breast cancer. The New York Times wrote about a new study that shows in about 70 percent of cases woman do not need chemotherapy to treat their breast cancer." Hello, Hello! You’re listening to Good News: A Podcast and it’s Wednesday! Hump day! Coming up, only the good stuff. Enjoy!This week: universal pre-k, the…
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Hello, Hello! You’re listening to Good News: A Podcast. Coming Up, a spoonful of sugar to make the news go down. We’ll help catch you up and give you an idea of what to look out for this week in the newsThis week: Natural Disasters, Supreme Court Decisions, Trade and North Korea. Stick around and learn about Ernest Hemmingway's house in Key West.…
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"Well, high five all the way across the country from Oregon to New York."Take a listen to our interview with Jeremy Greenfield a senior editor at Reader's Digest on the Nicest Places in America.
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“Mamoudou Gassama was headed down the street in Paris’s 18th District when he noticed a cacophony of car horns and screams as onlookers watched the boy dangle... Gassama raced into action and scrambled up the side of the building leaping and pulling himself over balconies. It was an incredible feat. I can barely do a pull-up. This guy went - straig…
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Hello, Hello! You’re listening to Good News: A Podcast. Coming Up, a spoonful of sugar to make the news go down. We’ll help catch you up and give you an idea of what to look out for this week in the news.This week:North Korea, Ireland, News from Mother Nature, and Will Power
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Olivia is back from New York and here to tell some good news stories with Matt and Connor. This week: donations, animals, and young adults taking the world by storm.
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Hello, Hello! You’re listening to Good News: A Podcast. Coming up, a spoonful of sugar to make the news go down. We’ll help catch you up and give you an idea of what to look out for this week in the news. This week: state elections, a volcano in Hawaii, and Brooklyn 99!
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Matt and Connor call their mommas in this feature to ask what Mother's Day means to them, what news they're following and the good news in their lives.
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An audio story to provide some perspective on the news in the middle of the week.
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You’re listening to Good News: A Podcast. Coming Up, a spoonful of sugar to make the news go down. We’ll help catch you up and give you an idea of what to look out for this week in the news. This week: The Office of the President, social media, and The Scouts BSA .
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Good News gets editorial. This week, we ask, "Does this deserve applause?" Whether you agree with us or not, we hope to help you think critically about "good" news. If you have any comments or disagree with our applause, please let us because we want to grow in our critical thinking.This week for good news we share stories of health, acts of kindne…
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The Olympics are happening, so we decided to do a feature on special counsels. Before you boo us, how much do you know about special counsels in the United States?If you know everything, we still have a week in the news including a story on George Washington's hair, and plenty of good news such as Germany saying no to killer robots, the best metros…
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Brilliant Idea - Cards for Pets.This week, in the midst of midterms, we are without Olivia :( But, we still have good news for you! This episode, we begin looking into the greeting card industry (a $7 billion dollar industry) and the positive emotional impacts greeting cards have.
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We did it! We completed our investigative report! We interviewed Neil from Cards Against Humanity's "The Good News Podcast" to get to the bottom of our spike in listens. But, we wouldn't necessarily classify what we did as investigative reporting. Thankfully, we had Tess Novotny on who's studied the subject at the University of Oregon to help expla…
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It's well known that you can be ordained online, but what do you know about it? How easy is it? And, who of the hosts is not ordained? This week in the news, we cover congressional retirements, the State of the Union, and DACA. For good news, we look towards the NFL, EPA, Costa and back on the good that happened in 2017.…
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"How are things defined?" - "With definitions of course!"But, what's journalism's definition? We wonder the same thing.In this episode - we're back. Hopefully that's good news to you. What we've brought back with us is a week in the news, an upcoming investigation and, as always, more good news.*Warning - Questionable Audio Quality for the First Si…
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We're back with breakfast! And in London! Well... one of us is.This week's episode we ask why breakfast is titled the most important meal of the day, and explain why we were away.We hope you'll forgive us.
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Last week was a political feature, this week we focus on sleep - or lack thereof. But, we're trying to get more!In good news, we share a beautiful story written by Claire Bates from the BBC about a father’s love for his daughter. And, Good News - A Podcast has expanded to different platforms. This week we take the time to explain how we've grown, b…
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Welcome back to Good News - A Podcast!In the second episode, our main good news story is about a New Yorker who redesigns her life to help children in Ghana, health care is featured without the political jargon and bias, and we have some more hard news - rocks.Please like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and send us some feedback on our websit…
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https://goodnewsapodcast.comWeek of July 17, 2017. Good News - A Pilot.The episode Matt Gatie and Connor Kwiecien try to sell you on our podcast and good news with audio that needs to be improved and a script that needs to be tightened. But, it's out. Let's see if anyone wants more good news.In the pilot, you'll hear last week's headlines, why the …
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