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CNN 5 Things

5 Good Things: The Barber Who Pays Kids to Read

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

A barbershop in Pennsylvania is boosting reading levels and confidence. Millions around the world are hooked on a Dutch city’s fish doorbell livestream. The National Cherry Blossom Festival in DC kicked off with a new activity for a good cause. Researchers in the UK are using AI to understand the emotions of a farm animal better. Plus, a former race driver lost his legs, but broke a world record in a different kind of race.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey there, it's a good day to look at the bright side, isn't it? People all over the world are

0:35.5

playing ding-dong ditch for some fish.

0:38.3

Plus, that moment that, you know, felt like the end of the world

0:42.6

and the world was sort of falling down around you

0:44.5

has actually brought you to like this destination where you're doing this incredible thing.

0:49.3

This former race car driver had both of his legs amputated after a horrific crash, but his comeback story

0:56.3

is nothing short of inspiring. From CNN, I'm Christobo, and this is Five Good Things.

1:06.3

We all know how good a new haircut can feel. It's a confidence boost and a fresh start.

1:12.5

At CityCuts Barbershop in Coots Town, Pennsylvania,

1:15.3

they're taking that feeling a step further when kids show up for a fresh cut.

1:20.1

John Esquetta owns the barbershop.

1:22.3

And in 2017, he noticed that some of the kids in his community were struggling with public speaking.

1:29.0

So I figured, man, why not do something in the shop? So kind of get the public speaking and the

1:33.7

comfortableness in order. So they reach certain age and it's a little easier rather than

1:38.6

it kind of have to work backwards. He said he talked it over with his wife, and she suggested

1:42.8

having his young clients read whenever they got a trim and to offer an incentive.

1:47.8

John turned this brainstorm into a program called Books by Kids, where kids get paid $3 to read a book of their choice out loud whenever they come in for a cut.

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