5 Good News Stories

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: researchers confirmed wild Spix’s macaws in Brazil for the first time in 24 years, with DNA and behavior indicating successful r

Nov 10
4 min

Woman spends her birthday in a sinkhole

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: fishermen and forest officials in West Bengal rescue a 3–4-day-old Asian elephant calf from floodwaters, reunite it with its her

Nov 8
4 min

Don't Paint The Turtles

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: two first-ever recorded olive ridley sea turtle nests were found in Seal Beach and Huntington Beach, California, with 204 eggs m

Nov 7
4 min

Fat Bear Week

John shares five good news stories: an emu named Sideneck escapes an open gate at Tuckin’ Hay Farm and is brought back after a spirited chase and negotiation while the al

Nov 5
4 min

Puppy TV

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: In Australia, prisoner Andre, 55, won a Supreme Court of Western Australia ruling that denying him Vegemite was an unjustified

Nov 3
5 min

Who ate all the beans?

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: North Canton Police and an Ohio Department of Natural Resources officer rescue a white-tailed deer tangled in a backyard hammock

Nov 1
4 min

The Dolly Parton Hair Corn Maze

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Victoria, Australia added three national parks—Mount Buungar, the Pyrenees, and Wombat-Lerddergh—protecting over 250 square mile

Oct 31
4 min

Detection Dog vs Sea Vomit

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Tanzania’s government officially designated a 14-kilometer-long, 200-meter-wide wildlife corridor in April 2025 after the South

Oct 29
5 min

The Worst Halloween Candy for your Teeth

Johnny Mac shares five Halloween-themed stories: a pediatric dentist lists eight candies worst for kids’ teeth, emphasizing that days of post-Halloween snacking are the r

Oct 28
5 min

Julia Roberts and the Sanctuary Sloth Bear

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Zoë, a KLM pilot who started flight academy at 17, unexpectedly co-piloted a flight with her father Michel, a 35-year KLM veter

Oct 27
4 min

The Two Headed Terrapin

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: wildlife workers in Massachusetts found a rare two-headed (bicephalic) baby diamondback terrapin that is being monitored at the

Oct 25
3 min

Sydney Sweeney’s Euphoria-Inspired Halloween Costume

Johnny Mac shares five Halloween-themed stories: Sydney Sweeney revives her Euphoria character Cassie Howard’s controversial look to promote a Halloween costume for her b

Oct 24
4 min

Shark in the Driveway

Tim Dillon | Five Good News Stories: Floodwater Shark, Dinosaur-Age Mammal Find, School Shooting Prevention, Rescued Deer, Nepal Tigers Surge Johnny Mac shares five good

Oct 22
4 min

But Her Finger

YouTube Video Link Johnny Mac shares five Halloween-themed good news stories: Tropical Smoothie Cafe launches its first Halloween drink, the bright orange Fanta Phantom

Oct 20
3 min

Captain America Chris Evans Helps Bonded Shelter Dogs Get Adopted

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a whale watch boat off Massachusetts spotted an 18-foot whale entangled in fishing gear and towing a buoy, prompting a response

Oct 18
4 min

The Best Halloween Candy This Year

Johnny Mac shares five Halloween-themed good news stories, starting with candy reviews: Hi-Chew Mystery Mix is praised for flavors like green apple, cotton candy, and ora

Oct 17
5 min

The Worst Halloween Candy of all time

Host Johnny Mac shares five good news stories centered on Halloween season trends. He recaps a cleveland.com look at the unloved orange-and-black “Peanut Butter Kisses,”

Oct 15
5 min

Adam Vinatieri Kicks Highest Altitude Field Goal

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories, led by Adam Vinatieri kicking a 33-yard field goal at Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps (11,317 feet) to earn the Guinness World Re

Oct 13
4 min

The Inconvenience Store

David Rush Sets New Cup-Flipping Record as Scotland Cycling Surges Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Bicycles outnumbered cars on Edinburgh’s Leith Walk during a

Oct 11
4 min

The most popular Halloween Costume the year you were born

Johnny Mac shares five Halloween-themed good news stories: Spirit Halloween’s annual costume trend report, noting fandom-driven picks like Toy Story, K-pop demon hunters,

Oct 10
6 min

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What listeners say

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I look forward to the host’s cheerful demeanor, the brief stories and, most of all, reminding us of the positive and worthy things happening in this world. It’s like a few minutes of newsy-zen every day. Thank you for a wonderful podcast ☺️

Key Lime Slushie · Feb 2024

I love this show, I love the concept...so much negativity comes at us constantly, this is a great 'thoughts and energy reset!' Yes, there are ads. That's not the fault of hosts, really...we all deserve to earn a living. Honestly, we all have 'commercial breaks' in our '9 to 5.' I don't mind them. I've considered (many times, actually!) supporting the show / network yet never have due to the invasive 'you may like *random show*' drop into my feed. No. I won't. If I wanted another show, I would find it just as I've found my other 103 subscribed pods. It's called CONSENT and I'm saying NO! STOP FORCING OTHERS AND THEIR PODCASTS INTO MY FEED!

ZenInSEVA · Apr 2025

I don’t write reviews but I must make an exception for this show. I absolutely love the good news delivered with a great energy. I highly recommend this show to everyone. Keep up the Great Work !🤗

Nikko Weo · Mar 2023

After several years listening to this podcast they recently started automatically downloading additional content that you ‘might like’. I have an automatic playlist and I most definitely do not like unwanted content getting automatically added to the list. I have unfollowed the show because of this.

seekingnews · Mar 2025

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