5 Good Things: The TikToker Who Changed a Veteran’s Life

CNN 5 Things

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4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

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 a broken system and built a tool thousands are using. New research suggests your teenage brain might have stuck around way past high school. Plus, these fun monthly sessions make boring tasks way more bearable. 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: Samantha Lindell, Jo Parker, Elliott Proctor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome. I'm Christabel Palanco, and this is CNN Five Good Things.
0:05.7	Meet the two teens from Brooklyn who wanted to fix a problem grown-ups haven't.
0:09.9	I realize that this issue isn't just affecting, you know, my own life, but also millions of others nationwide.
0:15.8	We were like, this has to be like a better way.
0:18.2	And what if tackling your most mind-numbing task
0:21.4	actually became something you looked forward to?
0:23.9	It's not just a productivity hack.
0:25.7	You're gonna love it.
0:26.7	Let me sell you on it.
0:28.2	Plus, scientists have identified the age
0:30.3	when your brain reaches adulthood,
0:32.1	and it's not what you think.
0:33.7	And an octogenarian veteran still working full-time
0:36.5	gets the surprise of his life from a stranger on the internet.
0:39.3	So just to see that, to see how much, I don't know, it's faith in humanity, you know, it shows people care so much about the veterans.
0:48.3	When we come back, some dads behind bars got the chance to show up for their daughters in a way they never had before.
0:55.0	300 sensors.
1:05.0	Over a million data points per second.
1:09.0	How does F1 update their fans with every stat in real time?
1:12.6	AWS is how.
1:14.6	From fastest laps to strategy calls,
1:17.6	AWS puts fans in the pit.
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