The Goodside Podcast

Happy Friday from the good side — ten mornings, and today belongs to the kids. A front yard lemonade stand crosses four hundred million dollars. A fifteen year old teaches the air to talk. And a six year old rides twenty five miles for two sisters who never came home.

In this episode:
- Four hundred million lemonades: Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation crosses four hundred million dollars, from one four year old's front yard stand to more than one thousand five hundred research projects, sixty plus treatments, and survival rates up from seventy seven to eighty five percent
- The fifteen year old air detective: Bailey Quinn Frank of Fort Lauderdale wins the twenty five thousand dollar top prize at the Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge for a low cost air sampler built from a small fan and filter paper
- Daisy rode twenty five miles: six year old Daisy Webster pedals from Newport to Stafford and back beside her mum, raising one thousand eight hundred seventy pounds for the maternity bereavement team that cared for her family
- Your Friday mission: thank a kid who helps, by name, for the specific thing — with Veterans Day five days away and World Kindness Day one week away

Chapters
0:00 - Good Morning, Good Side
1:13 - Four Hundred Million Lemonades
5:45 - The Fifteen Year Old Air Detective
9:29 - A Quick Word
9:55 - Daisy Rode Twenty Five Miles
12:44 - Your Friday Mission
14:25 - Small Things, Done on Purpose

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Happy Thursday from the good side — nine mornings, a full science day. Nine children hear the world for the first time. Blind patients read again. Sixty million kilos of plastic out of the ocean. Twenty five million dollars for sick kids in one night.

In this episode:
- Nine children hear again: FDA approves Otarmeni, the first gene therapy to restore hearing, nine of twelve kids in the trial, including a three year old who smiled and pointed at the sound
- Second sights: optogenetics goes from Nobel Prize to clinic in forty eight hours, plus the PRIMA implant hands reading vision to eighty percent of macular degeneration patients
- Sixty million kilos out: The Ocean Cleanup crosses sixty million kilograms, Global Ocean Cleanup pulls thirty tons, fifty four youths clear half a ton off Lagoon Beach
- The kindness economy: Telethon Ball smashes records at twenty five million, GoFundMe's Kindness Gap report counts two point seven billion in grassroots giving, and twenty small grants land where they count
- Your Thursday mission: sixty seconds of deliberate sensing, with extra credit

Chapters
0:05 - Good Morning, Good Side
1:03 - Nine Children Hear Again
3:14 - Second Sights
5:53 - A Quick Word
6:19 - Sixty Million Kilos Out
8:15 - The Kindness Economy
12:54 - Your Thursday Mission
13:58 - Small Things, Done on Purpose

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Happy Wednesday from the good side — eight mornings, a full wildlife day. Thirty five million dollars for one hundred nine species recoveries. Tigers, turtles, tuna, and dolphins trending up. Fifty three orangutans back in the green. Five cheetah cubs on camera.

In this episode:
- Thirty five million for the wild: NFWF's first National Species Recovery Grants, 109 awards from polar bears to the one-county round leaf birch, built for downlisting and delisting
- The planet wins ticker: tigers, green sea turtles, and bluefin tuna bounce back where funded, plus river dolphins up six percent after a strong breeding season
- Fifty three redheads go home: orangutans rescued from Borneo fires rewilded to forest preserves, years of forest school landing all at once
- Tiny how-to: the five minute wild count, outside your own door

Chapters
0:05 - Good Morning, Good Side
1:09 - Thirty Five Million for the Wild
5:10 - The Planet Wins Ticker
8:06 - A Quick Word
8:50 - Fifty Three Redheads Go Home
12:56 - Your Wednesday Mission
13:47 - Small Things, Done on Purpose

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Happy Tuesday from the good side — seven mornings, one full week. Maryland doubles a veterans village with 77 new homes. October's planet wins: a flightless parrot at a 75-year high, a floating harbor wetland, 1,100 buffalo, and a whaling ban on the horizon. And a veteran who fell 200 feet gets the keys to a mortgage-free home. Plus: your Monday mission, eight days to Veterans Day.

In this episode:
- HELP Perry Point Veterans Village Phase II: $23M+, 77 solar-powered homes with supportive services on the VA campus at Perryville
- The planet wins ticker: 325 kakapo (record 90 chicks), Bristol's floating wetland, Wolakota's 1,100 buffalo, Iceland's whaling ban bill, 100+ nations on the high seas treaty
- Steve Smith's homecoming: Building Homes for Heroes and PulteGroup gift a mortgage-free accessible home in Richmond Hill, Georgia
- Tiny how-to: do one chore for a veteran you know before November 11

Chapters
0:05 - Good Morning, Good Side
1:23 - Seventy Seven Front Doors
4:24 - The Planet Wins Ticker
7:07 - A Quick Word
7:55 - Keys in His Hand
10:36 - Your Tuesday Mission
13:26 - Small Things, Done on Purpose


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Happy Monday from the good side. A literacy campaign hands a kid book number two million. A Boston subway station goes to the dogs for Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. A public works hero fishes a stuffie out of a storm drain. Plus a bonus headline about two teenage brothers, and your Monday mission with a book and ten minutes.

In this episode:
- Scripps Howard Fund's 2 millionth book: 10 years of "If You Give a Child a Book" at underserved schools, 200,000 more books funded
- Bark Street Station: MBTA and the Animal Rescue League of Boston bring shelter dogs to Park Street commuters
- The Riverside stuffie rescue: one public works employee, one storm drain cover, one very relieved kid
- Bonus: brothers Maddox and Grant pull a grandmother and two grandkids from a retention pond near Carmel, Indiana
- Tiny how-to: give a child a book this week - Little Free Library, direct gift, or ten minutes reading aloud

Chapters
0:05 - Good Morning, Good Side
1:17 - Book Number Two Million
4:36 - Bark Street Station
7:30 - A Quick Word
8:18 - The Stuffie Rescue
10:42 - Your Monday Mission
13:35 - Small Things, Done on Purpose

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Happy November from the good side. Two hundred fifty Brisbane kids deliver seven hundred fifty thank yous to local heroes in the first Kindness Treasure Hunt. Three thousand Minnesotans clock in for a statewide day of service. And South Africa chases one million good things before Christmas. Plus: your November mission, with twelve days on the clock.

In this episode:
- Brisbane's Kindness Treasure Hunt: 250 kids, 750 appreciation gifts, a 7-year-old organizer, and a giant tin-heart artwork for the Children's Hospital
- Minnesota CU Kind Day: 3,000+ volunteers, 560 hours, 3,265 neighbors reached at food shelves, parks, and youth programs
- 1 Million Good Things Before Christmas: Good Things Guy and The Helpers build toward World Kindness Day on November 13
- Tiny how-to: write a thank-you note to a local hero before November 13

Chapters
0:05 - Good Morning, Good Side
1:08 - The Kindness Treasure Hunt
3:42 - Kindness Gets a Shift Schedule
6:52 - A Quick Word
7:37 - One Million Good Things
10:40 - Your November Mission
13:27 - Small Things, Done on Purpose

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Happy Halloween from the good side. Sick kids get Halloween-themed hospital gowns that turn patients into pirates. Nursing homes open their doors to neighborhood trick-or-treaters in three states and counting. And a San Jose hospital parking lot becomes the happiest acre in town with a trunk-or-treat complete with air support. Plus: your Halloween night mission, timed to tonight.

In this episode:
- A Culver City nonprofit's Halloween gowns and activity kits for sick kids and their invisible-caregiver siblings
- Nursing home trick-or-treating in Brookings, Covington, and Phoenix — kids need candy routes, seniors need knocks on the door
- Good Samaritan Hospital's free trunk-or-treat: jumpy house, DJ, fire truck, ambulance, and a helicopter
- Tiny how-to: compliment before candy for every trick-or-treater tonight

Chapters
0:05 - Good Morning, Good Side
1:17 - Gowns That Turn Patients Into Pirates
4:34 - Knocks on the Door
7:56 - A Quick Word
8:31 - The Parking Lot That Holds Memories
11:42 - Your Halloween Night Mission
13:49 - Small Things, Done on Purpose

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Seventeen hundred people walked through Las Vegas and raised two hundred twenty thousand dollars for cancer research. A hospital in England counted thirty five thousand hours of volunteer kindness. And a Texas credit union just won a national award for being good neighbors. Plus: one tiny mission — thank one volunteer by name today.

In this episode:
- City of Hope's first Walk for Hope in Las Vegas: seventeen hundred walkers, one winding line, two hundred twenty thousand dollars for lifesaving research
- Plymouth hospitals Volunteers Week: thirty five thousand hours, twenty six thousand cups of tea, and the thirty two percenters rewriting the story on young people
- Texas Trust's Fueling Kindness campaign wins a national MAC Award: why awards for kindness cause more kindness
- Tiny how-to: the thank-you text (with their name in it) that lands like a medal ceremony

Chapters
0:05 - Good Morning, Good Side
1:07 - Walk for Hope
4:44 - Thirty Five Thousand Hours
8:05 - A Quick Word
8:38 - Kindness Wins Best in Show
10:52 - Thank One Volunteer
13:00 - Small Things, Done on Purpose

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Fifth graders in Canada spent a year building benches that say "sit with me" without a word. A woman who taught herself to walk again just earned a Guinness World Record for hosting free run clubs in seventy eight cities. And South Africa is counting to one million kindnesses before Christmas. Plus: one tiny mission — invite one person for a twenty-minute walk this week.

In this episode:
- Buddy Benches at Dave McNeilly Public School: two benches, one year of kid-powered work, a whole new language for lonely playgrounds
- Esmee Gummer's Nation's 5k: ninety nine days, five thousand kilometers, seventy eight free run clubs, one world record for showing up
- Good Things Guy's One Million Good Things Before Christmas: from one flipped nomination to a national kindness scoreboard
- Tiny how-to: the twenty-minute walk invitation (rules included, rain plan included)

Chapters
0:05 - Good Morning, Good Side
1:02 - The Benches That Speak
4:02 - A Quick Word
4:40 - Five Thousand Kilometers of Invitations
7:47 - One Million Good Things
11:23 - Your Tiny Mission
13:37 - Sit on Somebody's Bench

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A bleached coral gets its color back with a little help from a neighbor. A California gala raises a record four million dollars for families with critically ill kids. And nursing students deliver Halloween to an entire children's hospital for the eighth year running. Plus: one tiny five-minute mission you can do before lunch.

In this episode:
- The Stanford coral accident: how a tipped-over fragment led to the fastest documented recovery from bleaching ever seen
- Miracles for Kids Night of Miracles Gala: five hundred guests, one ballroom, four million dollars of breathing room
- Joyce University's Halloween drive: six hundred eighty costumes, one hundred percent of a children's hospital wishlist
- Tiny how-to: find a hospital wishlist and send one item in five minutes

Chapters
0:05 - Good Morning on the Good Side
1:12 - The Coral That Came Back
5:11 - A Quick Word
5:49 - Four Million Chairs
8:35 - Halloween at the Hospital
10:57 - Your Tiny Mission
13:25 - The Ripple Rule and Goodbye

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