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5 Good Things: Hundreds of Spooky Displays for a Sweet Cause

CNN 5 Things

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News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

What started as ⁠a dad’s epic Halloween display⁠ turned into ⁠a nationwide movement⁠ that raised spirits – and nearly $1 million – for ⁠kids with cancer.⁠ Meet the fish with mysterious markings that have anglers and scientists hooked. This cheese expert from Philadelphia made history at the Cheese Olympics. High school students in New York City got to ⁠play chef ⁠for the country’s largest school district. Plus, Italy's oldest barista on how she's brewed up joy for generations.  Sign up for the CNN 5 Good Things newsletter here.  Host/Producer: Krista Bo Polanco  Producer: Eryn Mathewson  Showrunner: Faiz Jamil  Senior Producer: Felicia Patinkin  Editorial Support: Maya Blackstone  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there, welcome. Let's jump right into the good stuff.

0:04.1

Hearts, smiley faces, are these fish trying to tell us something with their mysterious spots?

0:10.0

Plus, Americans have really always been viewed as the underdog in the global cheese community,

0:15.4

and it was really an honor to represent and show where we are now and how far we've come on the world stage.

0:23.3

An American is won what's considered the Cheesemonger World Cup for the very first time.

0:28.3

We'll also have a story for you that'll make you go, yes, chef.

0:31.7

Then we go to Italy to meet a centenarian that's been serving for generations.

0:36.5

From CNN, I'm Christobo Polanco, and this is Five Good Things.

0:41.2

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1:21.3

Halloween is less than two weeks away and front yards across the country have come to life with spooky decorations.

1:29.3

Well, for six years now, hundreds of those creepy and silly displays have yielded a lot more than

1:34.8

just a good scare or fun-sized candy. They've been for a good cause. They're part of a grassroots

1:41.0

movement called Skeletons for St. Jude that's on a mission to raise

1:44.6

$1 million for the Children's Cancer Research Hospital. All started by one dad in Holly Springs,

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