Dec. 27, 2024

Elephants vs. Bees

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a couple building a $40,000 DIY tiny house with all essential amenities, a unique solution using beehive fences in Kenya to protect crops from elephants, Miners and Sons setting the world record for the deepest concert underground, a bear casually visiting a candy shop in Tennessee, and a fun ranking of the most and least sinful cities in America. Additionally, trivia such as cities with the lowest obesity and smoking rates is included. Johnny also promotes an ad-free version of the show available on Apple Podcasts.

00:11 DIY Tiny House Success Story
01:12 Elephants vs. Bees: A Unique Solution
02:06 World Record: Deepest Concert Underground
02:44 Bear Visits Candy Shop
03:15 Most and Least Sinful Cities in America

Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed! You also get 20+ other shows on the network ad-free!

5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media network

John also hosts Daily Comedy News

Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app.

Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories’ with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!

Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

WEBVTT

1
00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:10.400
Caloroka Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Chenny Mack with five

2
00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:13.359
good news stories. A couple built themselves the do it

3
00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:17.679
yourself tiny house that's for under forty thousand dollars. Brook

4
00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:21.559
and Saw built the house entirely themselves. It's just thirty

5
00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:24.120
six feet long, but they say it is everything we need.

6
00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:27.160
On TikTok, Brooks said, we're so happy with how our

7
00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:30.079
house turned out. We couldn't be happier with our little house.

8
00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:34.399
Apparently there's a spacious kitchen with plenty of storage space.

9
00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:36.759
What's that like in a living area with a breakfast

10
00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:39.960
bar style table area in sofa? Brook says, we have

11
00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:43.200
plenty of storage with shelving and cabinets. There's a walk

12
00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:46.759
in shower, a sink. Upstairs. They have a balcony style

13
00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:50.079
bedroom with a double bed. Brooks said, we designed building

14
00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.439
the house ourselves. We didn't really have an official set

15
00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:54.320
of plans or blueprints. We just drew out what we

16
00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:56.880
wanted with a pencil on a large poster board and

17
00:00:56.920 --> 00:00:59.759
that's how we referenced throughout the whole build well. Saul

18
00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:03.039
is a professional carpenter and woodworker, so he knows what

19
00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:05.680
he's doing. It wasn't easy getting this thing done. They

20
00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.280
were rejected from taking out a loan and they had

21
00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:10.400
to do extensive research to find an area where it's

22
00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:13.000
legal to just build your own house. Good news. If

23
00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:16.079
elephants have been ruining your crops, we figured out how

24
00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:19.799
to stop it. We're gonna use bees. In Kenya, people

25
00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:23.400
are using bee hive fences. Kenyan Farmer charity says the

26
00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:25.560
bee high fences came to our rescue. We used to

27
00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:28.799
hate elephants a lot. But what happened is you'd spend

28
00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:31.480
all farming season growing stuff, and then the elephants would

29
00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:33.200
show up and either trample on your stuff or eat

30
00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:37.560
your stuff. Conservation efforts have been going well. Elephant populations

31
00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:39.599
in the area have risen almost three hundred percent since

32
00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:42.599
the nineteen nineties and they are now like fifteen thousand elephants.

33
00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:45.959
That's good. The charity Save the Elephants is working with

34
00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:49.239
villagers to turn them into bee keepers. The elephants are

35
00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.280
scared away by the hum of seventy thousand bees. The

36
00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.000
hives installed by Save the Elephants are hung from greased

37
00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.840
wire to protect them from badgers. There's a lot going

38
00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.439
on here, but there's also a trip water in case

39
00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:02.840
the elephant gets curious and is like, hey, what's this.

40
00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:05.000
It'll shake the beehive and out come the bees, and

41
00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.159
then the elephant goes I'm out of here. Congratulations to

42
00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:12.240
the band Miners and Sons. They've set the world record

43
00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:16.039
for deepest concert underground. Yes, Miners and Sons played at

44
00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:19.199
eighty eighty six feet and eleven point three one inches

45
00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:23.120
below sea level Inside of Mine. Percussionist Norms said the

46
00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:25.439
minus spent sixty eight years taking rock out of the

47
00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:28.479
place and then spent one day bring it back. I

48
00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:31.479
love it, Norm, that broke the previous record. I know

49
00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:35.639
you're curious. The previous record for deepest concert underground was

50
00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.599
played by the Chaft Bottom Boys that back in twenty twenty.

51
00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:41.599
They only played sixty two hundred and thirteen feet three

52
00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:45.000
point oh five inches below ground. Step it up. In Tennessee,

53
00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.199
a bear went into a candy shop. A video posted

54
00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:51.520
to TikTok shows the bear enjoying some snacks and points

55
00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:54.360
out that the bear didn't pay for the snacks. Onlookers

56
00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:56.759
took photos. Employees try to coax it out of the shop.

57
00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:59.439
None of that work. They called the police. Now if

58
00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:01.719
You're like, what are the please gonna do? The PD

59
00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.840
said that the officers have training from the Tennessee Wildlife

60
00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:08.240
Resources Agency on how to respond to bear calls, and

61
00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:10.199
they pointed out that the bear seemed to show a

62
00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:14.240
preference for Charleston choos and Hershey's kisses. All right, this

63
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:16.800
one showed up in the inbox. It's the twenty twenty

64
00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:20.599
four most sinful cities in America. John, this is five

65
00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:23.360
good news stories. Don't worry. I have the least sinful

66
00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:25.120
cities for you. That will be the good news if

67
00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:28.840
you live there. Otherwise, maybe not so good news. The

68
00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:36.360
survey was based on seven sinful behaviors, including anger, hatred, jealousy, excesses, vices, greed, lust, vanity,

69
00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:41.039
and laziness. All right, should we do? Most sinful? We should?

70
00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:44.479
You're curious? All right? Number ten Saint Louis nine, Dallas eight,

71
00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:48.960
Miami seven, Phoenix six, Dender five, Philly four, Atlanta three,

72
00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:53.840
La two, Houston one, Las Vegas. No way, Las Vegas

73
00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:56.599
says all those things. Who knew? John gets to the

74
00:03:56.599 --> 00:04:01.439
good news. I will the least sinful city tenth least

75
00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:07.759
Fort Wayne, Indiana, nine South Burlington, Vermont eights Bridgeport, Connecticut, seven,

76
00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:12.800
West Valley City, Utah, six Cape Coral, Florida, five Madison, Wisconsin,

77
00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:17.800
four Pearl City, Hawaii. Three Port Saint Lucie, Florida, spring

78
00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:21.279
training home of the New York Mets. Two Fremont, California,

79
00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:27.079
and the least sinful city Columbia, Maryland. Congratulations. Some fun

80
00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:31.360
facts here. San Francisco has the lowest share of obese adults,

81
00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:35.399
two point five times lower than Akron. Akron, you guys

82
00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:38.720
have the highest. And Fremont, California has the lowest share

83
00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:43.279
of adult smokers, four times lower than Detroit. Detroit, you

84
00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:45.120
have the most. And those are your five good news

85
00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.120
stories for today. If you enjoy the program, tell a

86
00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:49.160
friend about it. They may like it too. If you'd

87
00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:51.920
like the program without commercial interruption, if you're on Apple Podcast,

88
00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:55.519
click that banner where it says uninterrupted listening. If you're

89
00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:57.040
not on Apple, there's a link of the show notes.

90
00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:58.839
So I'll tell you to do that short version. Five

91
00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:00.839
bucks a month. Commercials go away on this and twenty

92
00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:02.879
other shows on the network. Have a great day.