5 Good Things: The Sweetest First Day: A Tulsa High School’s ‘Kiss Goodbye’ Tradition

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3.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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We start with a back-to-school tradition that might make you want to kiss your mom. Kids with chronic illnesses took charge on a special day, thanks to 16 different law enforcement agencies. This nonprofit helps thousands of injured and neglected animals find forever homes. A teen gets the quinceañera of a lifetime, with a little help from the internet. Plus, the celebrity engagement of the summer sparked some sweet inspiration. Sign up for the CNN 5 Good Things newsletter here. Host/Producer: Eryn Mathewson Producers: Ifeoma Dike and Leying Tang Showrunners: Faiz Jamil & Felicia Patinkin Special Thanks: Christie O’Reilly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's good, everyone?
0:02.0	My colleagues in my spend a week looking for stories that might make you smile.
0:06.0	Here's what we found.
0:08.0	I've loved animals since I was a child, but adopting my first dog as an adult really changed everything.
0:17.0	We tell you how a man in Washington, D.C., ended up rescuing thousands of neglected animals around the world,
0:23.4	and how 16 different law enforcement agencies in Western Washington honored kids with chronic illnesses.
0:29.8	Plus, yay Kansas City!
0:31.5	Whoa, Kansas City!
0:33.2	I mean, now we have Taylor Swift, who's going to be here forever now.
0:36.8	The owners of a bakery in Kansas City are cooking up something special for a celebrity engagement.
0:42.4	From CNN, I'm Aaron Matheson, and this is Five Good Things.
0:46.9	We'll be right back.
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