Mon. 08/17 - Smog-Eating Murals & An Announcement

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Scientists find the Butterfly Effect does not exist in the quantum world. Dennis Quaid has adopted a cat named Dennis Quaid. The mural in Warsaw that eats smog. The curious case of beer hidden in the shelves of the Walla Walla Public Library. And a special podcast announcement. Sponsors: Beachbody on Demand, Text "GOODNEWS" to 303030 for a free trial membership Links: Scientists Have Shown There's No 'Butterfly Effect' in the Quantum World (Vice) The Time Traveler's Almanac Dennis Quaid adopts cat also named Dennis Quaid (A/V Club) The Pet Show with Dennis Quaid and Jimmy Jellinek (iHeart Radio) Beautiful Mural in Warsaw Eats Up Smog, Purifying The Air Equal to 720 Trees (Good News Network) A stash of beer and gum that dates back to the 1980s was discovered hidden behind the shelves of a Washington library (CNN) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	welcome to the good news ride home for mond, August 17th, 2020. I'm Jackson Bird. A bit of a
0:43.2	housekeeping announcement before we dive in today. Starting tomorrow, the Good News Ride Home
0:50.0	will become the Kotki Ride Home. No change to the content of the show or anything like that,
0:56.6	just a name change,
0:58.1	because we are now partnering with Kotke.org.
1:01.9	That is K-O-T-T-K-E.
1:04.9	If you're not familiar,
1:06.0	Kotke.org, run by Jason Kotke,
1:08.5	is a legend in the internet world. Pioneering concepts like the permalink and modern patronage models before Patreon and Kickstarter, and even Tumblogs before Tumblr.
1:21.8	For the past 20 years, Kotki.org has been sharing the most interesting content on the internet every day,
1:29.4	much in the same way that we do here. We cover a lot of the same topics with a similar aim,
1:34.7	so we are thrilled to be partnering with cocky.org on this show and becoming the Kotki ride home.
1:42.3	And again, because this show and cocky.org are such kindred spirits, nothing about the show
1:47.8	is changing beyond the name.
1:50.2	So tomorrow, look out for the name change, the Kotki Ride Home, and a new logo when you
1:55.6	scroll through your feed.
1:56.6	But when you listen, it will be just the same as it has been all summer.
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