Taylor Swift gets the vote out PLUS the dog speaks Spanish

0:02 The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Good news, Jack, the ten year old, we found your lego man. Good job that you created a missing person poster for it. Jack was devastated after he lost his lego man because it represents himself and the lego man is also named Jack. Jack's mom said, he came to me very upset that he had lost the lego Man and thought it must have fallen out of his bag, and after school we retraced our steps home, but no luck. Then Jack came up with the idea of a poster. It was one of those old style lost posters. It said, has anyone seen this lego man? He is very special to me. Jack drew a drawing of the figure and pointed out the visual features light brown quiff with matching eyebrows. A quiff I have learned is a hairstyle Hawaiian shirt blue with palm trees and an orange stripe on the bottom, dark green pants. Luckily, they found Jack's lego Man in the park where he plays. A school girl found it and as a thank you, they gave her a box of chocolates. Good news if you've got a bunch of extra coffee grounds lying around. You're like, I don't know what to do with this. Well, we can make concrete stronger.

1:11 Every year, eleven million tons of spent coffee is generated, and like everything else, it creates an environmental challenge because the coffee grounds emit greenhouse gases. Uh really now. On the other hand, concrete used in construction around the world requires fifty billion tons of natural sand every year, an expert said. The ongoing extraction of natural sand around the world, typically taken from riverbeds and banks, to meet the rapidly growing demands of the construction industry, has had a big impact on the environment. Long story short. You take the stuff, you heat it in the absence of oxygen at three hundred and fifty degrees celsius. Something something science, concrete, Okay, good news. Play video games. That's what I usually do on Usually Saturday night is video game night.

1:57 A recent survey of two thousand American gamers revealed that video games are good for you. Sixty eight percent credit games for enhancing relaxation. I'll agree. Sixty seven percent say they improve problem solving skills. Okay, I guess more than six and ten believe they also sharpen critical thinking. Taylor Swift been in the news a lot lately. By the way, if you want to keep up on the latest Taylor Swift news, check out our sister podcast, Taylor Swift Today. That's called Taylor Swift Today. Wherever you get your shows. A Taylor Swift Instagram post drove record breaking web traffic to vote dot org. It helped the site register more than thirty five thousand new voters. The CEO of vote dot org said after Taylor's post the site was averaging thirteen thousand users every thirty minutes, a number the Taylor Swift would be proud of. Taylor posted on Instagram. I've been so lucky to see so many of you guys at my US shows recently. I've heard you raise your voices and I know how powerful they are. Make sure you're ready to use them in our elections this year. Hey, good news, your rescue dog isn't blowing you off.

2:59 Your rescue dog speaks Spanish. A woman told the story on Reddit and said the dog is at rescue from Houston that had been relocated from Minnesota. I figured out he only understands Spanish this morning, after I looked up how to say come here on Google Translate. He was down the hall from the living room. I said vennicky in a regular speaking voice, and boom, he was at my feet. I was elated, but now I need to learn the slang for go outside, sit, stay, and go potty. She's trying to teach the two year old dog a second language. I say the Spanish word and then the English word. I think he's still got lots of tricks up to sleeve. One user said, you'll have to sign him up for due Lingo. That's your five good news stories for today. If you enjoy the show, tell a friend about it. You can follow the show for free on Apple, podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your shows. You have a great day.