5 Good Things: Updates to Our Favorite Stories From 2025: Pt. 1

CNN 5 Things

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4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The free travel program that helps American students discover unfamiliar parts of the US is expanding in a big way. This nature reserve in Tennessee is seeing new growth, thanks to goats. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta recaps the hopeful progress made this year on the procedure that could save countless lives. This year’s CNN Hero of the Year is proving flowers can be powerful in more ways than one. This state has a drunk driving problem – this nonprofit took steps to try to change that, and other states are taking notice. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome. I hope you had a lovely holiday celebration. And as 2025 comes to a close,
0:06.1	we're taking a look back at some of our favorite stories this year and sharing some sweet updates
0:10.2	that'll make you smile. I'm Christobo Polanco, and this is CNN Five Good Things.
0:15.4	We'll check in on an island's custodians who never take a lunch break. Then CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta breaks down real
0:21.9	progress in a procedure that could one day save countless lives. It's exciting to follow this along
0:28.3	and see what may be a real new option for people in the near future. Plus, the CNN hero of the
0:35.1	year is beaming with pride about the plans that aim to make
0:37.9	inner cities bloom in all kinds of ways.
0:40.5	And from bar parking lots to the state's capital building and beyond, this story shows how
0:44.9	one family turned grief into a grassroots movement, starting with a simple gift.
0:50.3	And hopefully we can connect with people before the unthinkable happens. We got to take a quick break, but when we come back...
0:57.0	The data that came out of the summer was extraordinary.
0:59.0	Hundreds of students visited dozens of states in a program its co-founder says should be as common as the prone.
1:09.0	Who are you looking for?
1:12.6	William Shakespeare.
1:13.9	Based on the best-selling novel.
1:15.8	Tell me a story.
1:16.8	Of the untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece.
1:21.6	What story would you like?
1:23.0	Something that moves you.
1:24.4	Starring Jesse Buckley and Paul Meskell.
1:27.3	What shall I do?
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