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July 1, 2025

We found your mongoose at the brewery, where else would it be?

We found your mongoose at the brewery, where else would it be?
We found your mongoose at the brewery, where else would it be?
5 Good News Stories
We found your mongoose at the brewery, where else would it be?

Highlights include a controversial art show in Germany featuring chickens in diapers, a New Zealand flag exhibit that sparked debate, a couple's epic 11-month adventure down the Pan-American Highway, a hungry wild elephant causing minor chaos in a grocery store in Thailand, and a 14-year-old boy being rewarded for his honesty after returning a lost wallet containing $300. Some stories are funny, some controversial, and all are worth listening to!

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0:03 Kalaroga Shark Media. Here there Johnny Mack with fine good news stories. Now. Back in twenty twenty three, a construction worker had been rescued from the side of a burning high rise building. Thanks to a cream operator, he was able to move it close enough to a burning building to help a worker escape the fire. Well. Now Glenn has received a series of home improvements as a gift for the heroism that day. Now, sadly, Glenn has cancer. It has spread to his spine. An organization called Bucket List Wishes got in touch with Glenn and they said they wanted to help Glen fulfill a bucket list of his own. What did he ask for? New flooring and a garden shed for a home he had recently moved into.

0:46 They also hooked him up with a fishing trip to a seaside resort. I wish you well, sir. Some giant troll heads are on a ship heading to the United States. They will join other trolls that are already part of a trail in Charlestown's Ni Integrant Park. Louise Bishop is the president of the South County Tourism Council, and Louise has been championing the creation of Rhode Island's troll trail. Recycling artist Thomas Dambo has built some trolls more than thirty five feet tall and more than twenty countries to highlight the importance of fighting for nature of the plants and the animals. Five of his trolls in Rhode Island will help tell a story and reveal clues that will assist visitors in solving a puzzle. This is totally going to work, Like I already want to go check this out.

1:30 Good news for me. I only did four stories when I was in the studio, but I have an AI Voice clone which I'm using here to add one more. A UK startup is recycling pet ashes into artificial reefs to save marine life. Resting Reef calls its alternative to traditional burial methods a new tradition around death that truly honors life. It takes the ashes of a beloved pet and combines them with crushed oyster shells and concrete, which is then molded into reef structures in which fish species can thrive. Their first project placed twenty four memorial reefs for pet owners in the United States and UK. It was a huge success. Attracting eighty four fish species and achieving fish diversity fourteen times greater than nearby degraded areas.

2:12 Congratulations to Stumpy the Lemur. Stumpy the Lemur has been officially named oldest lemur in the world each thirty nine. Stumpy's name is because of his slightly shorter tail. Stumpy was born June nineteen eighty six in England and has lived at the Five Sister Zeus since two thousand and five. One of the keepers at the zoo said Stumpy's birthday is a big event. He celebrates with his sons and enjoys a big birthday cake made from special primate pellet. Stumpy is the father of eleven lemurs and has twenty five grandchildren, six great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter. Lemurs in captivity typically lived twenty to twenty five years. Again, Stumpy is thirty nine. He does have some arthritis. He does need some extra care, such as some daily medications for said arthritis, but he's due. Okay, and good news.

3:01 We found your mongoose. Your mongoose was at the bar. The mongoose escaped by burrowing out of his enclosure at the wildlife park and was loose for several days before showing up at the Heron and Breerly Brewery, about fifteen miles from the zoo. It's pretty far Gef was only born back at September, and it's now back at the zoo. Zoo officials think Gef may have escaped to search for a mate and would not be the first creature on this earth to head to the bar and search for a mate. The Zoo's gonna hook Geff up and send Geff to another zoo where he can join a breeding program. Hope that works out for you, buddy. And those are your five good news stories for today. If you'd like the program without commercials or feed drops, go to Calier dot com slash plus link of the show notes, or if you're an Apple podcast, click the banner that says uninterrupted Listening short version five bucks a month. This show and twenty five others on the network, including Daily Comedy News, which I host seven days a week. All that goes and you just got the content. It's a great way to support the show. Otherwise, commercials are a great way to support the show. And I do appreciate you listening.

4:08 You have an awesome day.