Sept. 28, 2023

Yes we know the dog is on the roof PLUS Polar Bears raid donut van!

Yes we know the dog is on the roof PLUS Polar Bears raid donut van!

From polar bears with an insatiable sweet tooth to the inspiring story of a woman who found new life through a heart transplant, each tale promises pure joy and powerful lessons.

Learn about the hilarious escapades of two polar bears who set their...

From polar bears with an insatiable sweet tooth to the inspiring story of a woman who found new life through a heart transplant, each tale promises pure joy and powerful lessons.

Learn about the hilarious escapades of two polar bears who set their sights on a Krispy Kreme van in an Alaskan military base. Discover how their donut-filled adventure leads to a crucial message about wildlife conservation.

Witness an incredible journey of resilience and gratitude through the story of Catherine, a heart transplant recipient in Akron, Ohio.

Explore the world of Lego's innovative initiative that uses Braille bricks to make learning fun and inclusive.

Get inspired by Brian Schwartz's heartening "I Want to Mow Your Lawn" movement, and marvel at the charming Huckleberry, a golden retriever in Austin, Texas, who's become quite the local celebrity for his peculiar habit of hanging out on the roof.




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The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack
with five good news stories. Thanks to

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Richard who's a listener to the podcast
and put this one under my nose.

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Good news if you're a bear who
likes Krispy Kreme donuts. Two bears on

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an Alaska military base rated a Krispy
Kreme donut van that was stopped outside a

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convenience store. The driver usually leaves
his doors open. He oh, he

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won't be doing that anymore when he
stops at the store, but this time

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some polar bears climbed inside and they
stayed for about twenty minutes. The bears

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chumped on donut holes and other pastries, ignoring the banging on the side of

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the van that was aimed at showing
them away. I could hang out with

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these bears. Do they like iced
coffee? They sound cool, The manager

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at the store said, I was
beating on the van and the bears aren't

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moving. I could hear them breaking
over the packages and everything. They don't

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even care. Base security was called
and sounded sirens meant to scare away the

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bears. The bears didn't care.
Bear. The bears eventually came out and

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wandered in front of the store and
gas station forbid, and then headed into

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the woods where I bet they had
a great nap. Captain Lexi Smith,

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who's a spokesperson of the military base, said, we urged the public to

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use caution to ensure you're protecting our
wildlife and yourselves. Wildlife maybe our neighbor,

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but they should not be attracted to
our human food sources, which apparently

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are donuts. A twenty three year
old woman in Akron, Ohio, was

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moved to tears after meeting the family
of someone who saved her life. Katherine

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is a heart transplant recipient and said
it was just absolutely amazing and breathtaking,

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emotional, but also gratifying. Catherine
had undergone twenty surgeries and procedures on her

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heart before even reaching age twenty.
When she suffered heart failure while still in

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college, or doctors told her transplant
that was when I knew I was either

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leaving the hospital with a heart or
leaving the hospital out the back door.

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After thirty five days, she found
that a heart had become available. Catherine

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said, we knew that their family
were grieving something immense, a family that

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was losing not only maybe a child. That we came to find out but

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a loved one. They've lost them
down. While they're giving life, you're

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losing that piece of them. The
heart had belonged to a thirty nine year

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old mother of two, Desiree,
who had died suddenly of natural causes.

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Her parents said. Desiree was adamant
about being a donor. I'm a donor.

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You should be a donor, desire
a stepmother said. When she went

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to get her driver's license, I
was with her and she said, I

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want to be a donor. She
goes, I gotta be a donor.

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I want to be a donor because
if I don't do anything good on earth,

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I know I will afterwards, and
by golly, she did. Catherine

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is back at work and even ran
a five k Lega was now selling Braille

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bricks that used the bumps on their
iconic bricks to teach the Braill alphabet,

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and they're not just for blind people. Alongside the Braille bumps on each brick

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are printed the letters and numbers so
that everyone could play while learning a new

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language. That's a great idea.
The new play with Brail set makes learning

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Braill more fun and is accessible to
everyone. Martin Abel Williamson is the president

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of the World Blind Union and said
for blind and partially sighted children and adults

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for that matter, makes all the
difference if they could share their journey of

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learning Braille with the people they love
the most. It's getting a little late

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in this season, but if you
need help with your lawn. Brian Schwartz

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had an idea three years ago.
He had just been laid off from work

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and want to do something good for
others. He began mowing lawns for those

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who weren't able to people like senior
citizens, veterans, the disabled Natgeist recording

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podcast. They gotta like, put
the mic down on co outside and cut

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your own lawn, Johnny Mack.
Schwartz's I Want to Mow your Lawn effort

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became a movement. He now oversees
around five hundred volunteers in forty six states.

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Dude, you gave yourself a job. The group has spruced up two

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thousand yards nationwide. Volunteer Steve Edgeler
said they're offering gifts and money, but

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no, it's voluntary. That's why
we do it, and people can't get

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over that fact. Sometimes the effort
is now going international. People are mowing

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lawns in Canada, Australia and the
UK and okay, look, everybody,

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we know the Golden Retrievers on the
roof. We know you don't have to

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tell us. A woman has been
forced to put up a sign explaining why

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her dog is on the roof.
Huckleberry lives in Austin, Texas. He

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likes hanging out on the roof.
Neighbors were constantly knocking on the door to

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let the owner know, Hey,
huckle Berry's on your roof. But with

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every knock the owner don't have to
spend ten minutes explain no, no,

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He goes up there and he's not
in danger and he likes it. So

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she had install a sign explaining,
huckle Berry is living up to his name

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and learned how to jump on our
roof from the backyard. We never leave

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him in the backyard without someone being
at home, and he's not going to

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jump off unless you entice him with
a food or bass. Don't do that.

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dogs, sitting on roofs and Clydesdale's
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