5 Good Things: A New View of Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’

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🗓️ 28 September 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Some new research might convince you to try dabbling in arts and crafts. Scientists have learned that the swirls in Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night” painting don't appear to be random. A pet cat wandered almost 1,000 miles back home. Why conservationists brought huge elephant sculptures to New York City. Plus, school is back in session, we’re revisiting why some parents of elementary school kids in upstate New York like getting calls from the principal’s office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there's your weekly dose of feel good stories.
0:04.0	Art and science are both ways to understand the truth.
0:09.0	There's different kinds of truths, but in the end they come back to the the same source, and that's what's really extraordinary
0:14.5	about these results.
0:15.9	Here about new research that suggests one of the most recognizable paintings was more scientifically accurate than we previously thought.
0:25.0	Plus, why a herd of life-sized elephants are
0:28.0	stampeding the concrete jungle.
0:30.0	From CNN, I'm Krista Boe,
0:32.0	and this is five good things.
0:35.0	Hi, can I please speak with Perrin?
0:40.0	Hi, can I please speak with Jenny?
0:41.0	Can I please speak with Brianna or Kenneth?
0:43.9	Hi, it's Mrs. Londondick.
0:45.4	So all my parents out there,
0:46.9	imagine getting a call from the principal's office
0:49.6	and feeling excited instead of anxious.
0:52.9	Each week at Richard Mann Elementary School in Walworth, New York,
0:56.6	a handful of well-behaved in studious kids
0:59.2	get nominated by teachers, bus drivers,
1:01.8	and other staff members.
1:03.2	And they get to call home from Principal Katie Lums' Office
1:06.4	to share and celebrate their achievements and good deeds.
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