CNN 5 Good Things Podcast
1) Meet the Olympic Athletes Already Making History
The Milan Cortina Winter Games have begun, and some athletes have already made history. We tell you how one state went from the bottom to the top for fourth grade reading and math. A project born out...Show More
2) She Was Depressed for Decades Until She Tried This
This album started as a family project and turned into a Grammy nomination. The internet rallied behind a 92-year-old woman still working to make ends meet. An FDA-cleared brain treatment is offering ...Show More
3) A Pig Organ Pioneer Found His Match
One of the only pig kidney recipients in the world just made medical history, again. Cursive is making a comeback nationwide, but these middle schoolers were ahead of the curve. A group of Buddhist mo...Show More
4) This Teen Faced the Dark Side of AI and Fought Back
What started as a random video turned into a movement for women in perimenopause and beyond. A teen is using her own traumatic experience to educate schools and her peers about the dangers of deepfake...Show More
5) How to Make Healthy Habits Stick Past January
A health and fitness expert shares how to make healthy habits stick long after January. A chef’s intuition saved a longtime customer who stopped showing up. This highway is made of recycled tires. Mee...Show More
6) Updates to Our Favorite Stories From 2025: Pt. 2
We catch up with a woman who performed a butterfly wing transplant and hear about a breakthrough tracking tool that’s giving scientists an unprecedented look at the species. Nearly a year after devast...Show More
7) Updates to Our Favorite Stories From 2025: Pt. 1
The free travel program that helps American students discover unfamiliar parts of the US is expanding in a big way. This nature reserve in Tennessee is seeing new growth, thanks to goats. CNN’s Dr. Sa...Show More
8) Making 'Kiss-tory' Under a 600lb Mistletoe
The Happiness Factory brings holiday cheer to people who need it most. An elementary school in Fort Worth, Texas couldn’t afford their annual Christmas gifts for its students, until TikTok made the ma...Show More
9) This State Made Child Care Free
New Mexico is now the first in the nation to offer a key financial lifeline for parents. In DC, a Metro bus driver made a powerful impression on a young rider. A group of nuns in Wisconsin and a Nativ...Show More
10) The TikToker Who Changed a Veteran’s Life
A prison and a ministry hosted its first-ever daddy–daughter dance. One creator’s mission to spread kindness turned into a financial lifeline for an 88-year-old working veteran. Two Brooklyn teens saw...Show More