Aug. 9, 2024

Crash of the Weinermobile

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5 Feel-Good News Stories: Wienermobile Crash, HIV Remission, and More

In this episode of '5 Good News Stories,' Johnny Mac reports on the safe outcome of a Wienermobile rollover crash in Chicago, highlights a man likely cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant, celebrates the reintroduction of 500 giant tortoises to the Galapagos, shares a heartwarming tale of a dog saving its owner from carbon monoxide poisoning, and announces the world's largest tequila collection recognized in New Jersey. Tune in for these uplifting stories and more.

00:00 Introduction and Wienermobile Incident
01:38 Breakthrough HIV Cure in Germany
01:57 Galapagos Tortoises Reintroduced
02:41 Heroic Dog Saves Owner from Carbon Monoxide
03:32 World's Largest Tequila Collection

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Callaroga Shark Media good news. Everybody in the Wiener Mobile

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is okay. Hi, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories.

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All right, John, why are you telling us about the

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Wiener Mobile? You know, the Wiener Mobile looks like a

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hot dog. It's part of the Oscar Meyer mobile fleet. Well,

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it was involved in a rollover crash. Oh no, on

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a Chicago highway on a Monday morning. Imagine you're on

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your way to work and you're like, ah, what is

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causing all this traffic? And you see an upside down

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a hot dog And now there's nothing funny about that.

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But I wouldn't be even cracking light jokes if everybody

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wasn't okay. In the end, it is five good news stories.

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I'm not gonna lead off the podcast with a horrible

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story about you know whatever. The worst thing could happen

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in a rollover crash, right, I'm not gonna do that.

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The truck, which is shaped like a hot dog and

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a bun, struck a Hyundai as both vehicles were heading

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north on I two ninety four. The hot Dogger, which

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is what Oscar Meyer calls the drivers the Wienermobile, lost

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control when overcorrected causing the vehicle to flip on its side.

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According to the state Police, no injuries were reported in

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the crash. The wienermobile was later pictured being towed off

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the expressway, which is probably not great for your brand.

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In a statement, Oscar Meyer said, we're grateful that everybody

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involved is safe and there were no injuries. Were offering

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ongoing support four hour hot doggers, and we appreciate the

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support we received from local authorities. Safety on the road

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is top priority for us. There are a half dozen

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official wienermobiles crossing the country. If you see one, make

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sure you leave a couple car links. I'm just saying.

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In Germany, a man has likely been cured of HIV.

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He was treated for leukemia with a stem cell transplant

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in twenty fifteen. He is now the seventh person in

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the world known to be in remission. Each time scientists

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cure a new case, they're given insights to lead them

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closer to a cure for everyone. Good job scientists. There

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good news. In the Galopokos, five hundred giant tortoises of

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five different species have been re introduced to their natural habitat.

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The Galapagos Conservancy recently published its annual report featuring standout

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figures alike the tortoise stat They also said a critically

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endangered species of albatross was identified to use giant tortoise

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feeding sites as takeoff in landing areas. The key insight

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into codependency has given the conservancy confidence they can restore

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the populations of both animals to stable, flourishing numbers. On

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the largest island of Isabella, three hundred and fifty tortoises

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were successfully reintroduced to their habitat after survey found their

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numbers were not rising substantially on their own. The Galapagos

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Conservancy has been operating since nineteen eighty five. Meanwhile, a

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woman rescued a dog from a shelter was overwhelmed to

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learn that the dog returned the favor. Okay, what happened here?

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Samantha moved into a new house. Her water heater started

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leaking and started spilling carbon monoxide. Luckily, Luna the husky

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noticed that said I had a migraine. I went in

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my room. I was resting like I normally do, and

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Luna was not gonna let me sleep. If she hadn't

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got me outside, I would have fallen asleep in here,

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like completely fall asleep and probably wouldn't have woken up.

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Luna the dog jumped on the bed and kept Samantha

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from falling asleep until she went outside, where eventually the

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COO one detector did go off. The fire department showed

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up and found very high levels of carbon monoxide in

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the house. They said the gas can sometimes evade the

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alarm depending on where in the house it's placed, adding

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it's important to have them near natural gas appliances like

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stoves and water heaters. Good job, Luna, and I've got

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another record for you. This one the world's largest tequila collection.

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This is somewhat near my house. Maybe I will go.

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Meximoto in such a New Jersey was officially recognized as

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the eatery with the world's largest tequila collection. Guinness declared

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this on National Tequila Day. That's convenient. They have over

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a thousand bottles of tequila. The owner of Maximoto says,

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this is amazing, an amazing accomplishment, and we couldn't have

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done this without the hard working team to put months

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and months of work into this. This is the biggest accomplishment.

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I've been in this industry for the last twenty five years,

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and this one really feels special. And those are five

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