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The Good Daily
Welcome to The Good Daily Podcast! Think of us as a gentle pause in your day. Each morning, we’ll share a handful of reminders that goodness is still here: stories, ideas, and inspiration that feel like a deep breath. Subscribe to The Good Daily newsletter here: https://thegooddaily.kit.com/join
Episodes
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147: Her classmates lifted her up with kindness
What if confidence could be rebuilt one sticky note at a time? Today, a group of classmates turn a desk into a canvas of affirmation, while Bill Nye is honored…
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146: Sixth grader courageously saves a life
What does courage look like before most of us have even had our morning coffee? Today, a 12-year-old runs into a burning home to carry her elderly family…
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145: Snow plow driver shields dogs from blizzard
When the storm is at its fiercest, who do we choose to be? Today, a snow plow driver turns his truck into a shield to protect two dogs caught in a blizzard…
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144: A $1B investment in humanity
What becomes possible when bold ideas are fully backed? Today, a $1 billion commitment from TED’s Audacious Project is fueling solutions to some of the world’s…
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143: Abandoned airport pup finds forever home
What if the worst moment of a journey became the beginning of something better? Today, a goldendoodle left behind at an airport finds his forever home with the…
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142: A country’s shift towards safer births
What does progress look like when it arrives all at once? In Sierra Leone, a new maternal health center – and the country’s first-ever NICU – opened its doors…
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141: 6-year-old Girl Scout breaks cookie records
What can happen when joy meets determination at just six years old? Today, a Girl Scout turns a viral cookie pitch into a record-breaking season that’s lifting…
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140: Child finds kindness out hospital window
What if hope could be found just outside your window? Today, a little girl awaiting a new heart is met each afternoon by construction workers flashing lights…
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139: Teen saves child who fell through ice
What does courage look like when no one’s expecting it? Today, a 14-year-old runs toward danger to pull a child from icy water, an actor anonymously pays…
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138: Nurses plan an emergency room wedding
What happens when life rearranges your plans, but love shows up anyway? Today, a hospital room becomes a wedding venue as nurses transform an emergency into a…
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137: Athlete gets an Olympics second chance
What if your biggest detour turned out to be the road back to yourself? Today’s story follows a 37-year-old athlete who returned to the Olympic stage under a…
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136: Making Olympic history in women’s halfpipe
What does it look like to celebrate someone else’s victory as your own? Today, an Olympic podium becomes a generational moment as Chloe Kim cheers on the young…
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135: Humanity arrives for man and dog in storm
What does it look like when humanity shows up in the cold? Today, neighbors rally in freezing weather to shelter an unhoused man and his dog, a cat sanctuary…
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134: He built a cathedral of books for everyone
What does it look like to dedicate a lifetime to possibility? Today, we meet a retired factory worker who spent five decades building a two-million-book…
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133: Elderly couple fell in love at care home
What if love doesn’t follow a timeline, but simply arrives when we’re ready to receive it? Today, we celebrate an 85-year-old who proposed to her 73-year-old…
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132: Hero saves pregnant woman in sinking car
What if the person who saves your life is someone you’ve never met? Today’s edition begins with a stranger who dove into a sinking car to rescue a 34-week…
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131: Firefighter reunites puppies he saved
What happens when care doesn’t end at the rescue? Today’s edition begins with a firefighter who saved a litter of puppies from a house fire and then, months…
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130: 4-year-old runs 100 miles to fundraise for school
What’s possible when determination meets encouragement? Today’s edition begins with a four-year-old who turned his school playground into 100 miles of…
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129: 90-year-old artist painted her caregivers
What does gratitude look like when it’s given time and attention? Today’s edition opens with a 90-year-old artist who transformed her recovery into a…
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128: Friendship from the choice to do good
What does it look like when care becomes a way forward? Today’s edition begins with a man who, after experiencing homelessness, chose compassion and found…
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127: Disabled golfer scores hole-in-one
What does it mean to keep showing up to something you love, even after everything changes? Today’s edition begins with a golfer whose hole-in-one wasn’t just a…
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126: Actress quickly rescues dog and 12 puppies
What happens when someone notices a small window of time and chooses to act? Today’s stories begin with a phone call that saved a mother dog and twelve tiny…
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125: Officers delivered her baby in the backseat
What happens when a moment of urgency meets steady care? Today’s edition begins with a new life welcomed not in a hospital room, but in the backseat of a car…
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124: Young cashier paid for her groceries
What does it mean to notice and act, right when someone needs it most? Today’s stories begin with a teenage cashier whose instinct to help at checkout turned a…
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123: Teen swims 2.5 miles to save family
What does courage look like when there’s no shore in sight? Today’s edition begins with a 13-year-old who kept swimming through rough seas to save his family…
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122: He cleared snowy streets for his community
What does it look like when someone decides to take care of the place they call home? Today’s edition begins with a man who didn’t wait for help after a winter…
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121: Teen climbers rescue a stranded group
What does courage look like when it’s calm, steady, and unexpected? Today’s stories remind us that readiness and care can show up at any age, from two teenage…
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120: Her childhood pen pal delivered her kids
Have you ever discovered that life was quietly connecting the dots long before you noticed? Today’s stories trace those unseen threads, from a childhood pen…
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119: Teamwork saves woman from submerged car
What happens when people step in without hesitation? Today’s stories trace courage and care in motion, from strangers rescuing a woman from a submerged car, to…
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118: Working 92 y/o receives wave of generosity
What happens when someone truly notices? Today’s edition traces the quiet power of attention, from a 92-year-old worker seen and supported by strangers, to…
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117: Youth leaders protect girls’ education
What does it mean to protect what matters, across time, place, and generations? Today’s stories move from youth-led efforts safeguarding girls’ education, to…
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116: When service becomes a lifetime promise
What if protection didn’t end when the call was over? Today’s edition traces the moments when a deputy whose duty turned into family, to teens rebuilding cars…
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115: Three lives changed by split-second bravery
What happens when someone chooses to stop, notice, and help? Today’s edition follows a split-second act of courage on a rainy road, alongside stories of care…
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114: An officer freed her from homelessness
What happens when someone chooses to truly see another person? Today’s stories trace compassion in action: a single officer helping a woman find her way home…
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113: Firefighters tapped in for a delivery driver
What does care look like when it shows up without being asked? Today’s stories trace compassion in motion: firefighters finishing a grocery delivery, women…
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112: The man spreading kindness to commuters
What if community could begin anywhere? On a bus, in a concert hall, in the shared hope of a longer life? Today’s stories trace strangers choosing connection…
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111: He stopped his delivery route to save a life
What does it look like when someone shows up at exactly the right moment? Today’s edition opens with an everyday hero whose instinct and courage saved a life…
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110: Divers bravely freed an injured ray
What happens when care is offered without expectation? Today’s edition begins underwater, where divers chose compassion and witnessed something rare in return…
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109: He stopped traffic to save toddlers
What if the most important moments begin with simply noticing? Today’s edition opens with a man who trusted his instincts and stepped in at exactly the right…
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108: 500 strangers upgraded his beat-up truck
What happens when people decide not to scroll past, but step in? Today’s edition begins with hundreds of strangers coming together to give one man a safer road…
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107: A tribute to MLK's legacy through service
What does it really mean to honor a legacy? Today’s edition invites us beyond remembrance and into action, through hands-on service inspired by Dr. King, a…
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106: Her diagnosis inspired a hospital wedding
What if love didn’t wait for perfect timing, but met us exactly where we are? Today’s edition begins in a hospital hallway turned wedding aisle, then widens…
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105: Former inmate rewrites post-prison support
What if the place that once held people back could become the place they begin again? Today’s edition opens with one man’s decision to turn a former prison…
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104: A mother and neighbors’ bravery saved them
What carries us through the moments we never see coming? Today’s edition begins with a mother, her neighbors, and a split-second choice that saved a family…
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103: His loss became 1M moments of connection
What if healing didn’t happen alone, but hand to hand? Today’s edition begins with one man who transformed grief into a million moments of connection, then…
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102: Her preschoolers threw her a surprise bridal shower
What if joy surprised you right in the middle of an ordinary day? Today’s edition opens in a preschool classroom, where tiny hands and big hearts planned a…
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101: Veteran makes history conquering the Seven Summits
What if resilience wasn’t about returning to who you were, but becoming who you’re meant to be? Today’s edition begins with a historic climb that reimagines…
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100: The crash alert that helped her save his life
What happens when love and technology notice at the same time? Today’s edition begins with a life saved by a crash alert and a wife who followed it into the…
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99: Inclusion is brewed up at this ASL café
What if a cup of coffee could also be a bridge? Today’s edition begins in a Portland café where sign language isn’t an accommodation, it’s the heartbeat…
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98: From living in her car to running a multi-million dollar company
What if your hardest chapter wasn’t the end of the story, but the beginning? Today’s edition opens with a woman who once lived out of her car with a newborn…
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97: They’re turning their excess into affordable housing
What if the place you call home could become home for many? Today’s edition begins with one couple’s decision to give their land away to transform it into a…
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96: The successful café built on giving back
What happens when a business is built not just to succeed, but to give back? Today’s edition begins inside a small English café where good food funds dignity…
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95: He rescued mom and baby from the water
What if being a hero simply meant noticing and choosing to act? Today’s edition begins with a man who stepped in without hesitation to save a mother and her…
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94: A first: these bees now have legal rights
What if the year truly began with hope? Today’s edition finds us in Times Square, where handwritten wishes fell with the confetti, stories of nature gaining…
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93: 61 years of care makes a Guinness record
What does it look like to keep showing up year after year, generation after generation? Today’s edition begins with a teacher whose 61-year commitment shaped…
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92: A lucky mistake changed everything
What if a wrong turn, a shared ride, or a moment of sunlight held more meaning than we expected? Today’s stories move from an accidental lottery win to…
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91: Ambulance makes a pit stop for joy
Sometimes care shows up in the most unexpected ways. Today’s edition begins with a brief detour on a long medical night, then unfolds into stories about…
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90: They communicate with their own invented language
What if love didn’t just speak, but invented its own language? Today’s edition begins with two artist life-partners who built a deeply intuitive way to…
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89: Two courageous siblings save bus driver
What does courage look like when no one’s watching? Today’s edition begins on a school bus, where two kids trusted their instincts and changed the outcome for…
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88: A kind ride to work into unexpected friendship
Sometimes the smallest pauses change everything. Today’s edition begins on a Georgia roadside, where one woman’s decision to pull over turned into safety…