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.

"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.

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.

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 thesis is that bad news outweighs the good in the media. And if we’re conflating the media to be our portrait of the world, then we’re painting in blues.

I say, if we’re going to paint a grape, paint it purple. Not blue - those are blueberries.

So with Good News - A podcast, we’re going to do our best to be a balance to the news - a source to reset your perspective - because we believe knowing the news is important, but it’s not worth forgetting the bigger picture in life. "

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.

"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 decreasing rate of uninsured Americans, and altruistic ants.

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: Natural Disasters, Supreme Court Decisions, Trade and North Korea. Stick around and learn about Ernest Hemmingway's house in Key West.

"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.

“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 - straight up the side of the building. Within seconds though, Gassama had the boy safely in his arms.”

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: sleep, incredible work by young women and Spider-Man

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