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| Big Oil Loses Again, HUGE advancements in HIV treatment and Who Won Happiness?! | 01 Apr 2025 | 00:44:05 | |
In this episode Nile talks about another L for Big Oil, continued progress for Solar energy, a new breakthrough in curing substance abuse, a BUNCH of new segments and much more! References from this episode: 10 - French lawmakers eliminated discriminatory rule https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/03/french-lawmakers-end-a-discriminatory-voting-rule/ 9 - Cereals Killing it 8 - This Week in Good News Nile Doesn’t Quite Understand https://humanprogress.org/mutated-dna-restored-to-normal-in-gene-therapy-advance/ 7 - Armenia and Azerbaijan stop fighting 6 - Another L for Big Oil 5 - More solar baby https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/03/13/bloombergnef-expects-up-to-700-gw-of-new-solar-in-2025/ 4 - Deep Brain stimulation 3 - HIV TREATMENT https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/14/1113225/annual-shot-protect-against-hiv/ 2 - Video game detects Alzheimer’s https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/03/can-a-video-game-detect-alzheimers-early-scientists-think-so/ 1 - Who won Happiness? https://worldhappiness.report/ Regrets of the Dying: https://bronnieware.com/blog/regrets-of-the-dying/ Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Some Good News BANGERS! | 18 Mar 2025 | 00:38:42 | |
In this episode Nile covers the relentless expansion of renewable energy across the globe, Cambodia entering the final stages of clearing an entire nation of landmines and unexploded ordinance, Zimbabwe's big wins for child health, a big step forward in artificial hearts, some nerd in Austin possibly having solved one of the biggest possible crisis in the history of our planet on his off hours and more! Cambodia almost land-mine free Arizona defeats 15-week abortion ban Australian survives 100 days with artificial heart 2025 to be a banner year for US renewables https://e360.yale.edu/digest/u-s-solar-batteries-coal-2024 China leading the way in rewewables https://e360.yale.edu/features/china-renewable-energy Did some nerds solve water security???? Zimbabwe makes huge progress in child mortality https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/routine-immunisation-credited-drop-infant-deaths-zimbabwe The New Internet? https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-google-taara-chip-internet-by-light/ Sub-Saharan access to power on the rise Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| The Death of Comedy and a Bit of Hope | 02 Oct 2023 | 00:25:20 | |
In this episode Nile talks about the value of external deadlines, how you "can't do comedy anymore", cancellings, sweet, sweet fusion and more! Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Episode One, you guys! | 02 Oct 2023 | 00:29:44 | |
In this episode, Nile talks about microphones, the "cheap person tax", podcasting on ADD meds, why AI isn't going to kill us, a book that's an existential chaser and more! Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Episode 10: Restoring the Amazon, Quantum Computers and UNICEF drops the mic | 04 Mar 2025 | 00:27:58 | |
In this episode: the Brazilian government is collaborating with indigenous people to restore the Amazon, breakthroughs in quantum computing at Oxford, enzyme imaging at Stanford show promise for future technological and medical advancements, UNICEF reports significant improvements in child survival rates, education, and health and more! Restoring the Amazon Nerds and quantum computers https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-computing-information-teleportation/? Cleaning the arctic Nerds and enzymes Great news from UNICEF https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/10-ways-investing-childrens-well-being-changed-world The global south and renewables https://rmi.org/the-global-souths-cleantech-revolution-in-five-charts/? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-24/china-is-rewiring-the-global-south-with-clean-power?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MDU2NTQ3MywiZXhwIjoxNzQxMTcwMjczLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUzdKUzlUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyQUU2NkEzRDc2MzA0MkRBQjgwMzI1NDBBOTQ4OTAyOCJ9.OpUcaJxI3jWJye7u4b2cj-MQ8WFZ3lYw3VfoOMCUDiw&ref=fixthenews.com&leadSource=uverify wall The news about news: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/11/strain-media-overload https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Big Wins for Trans Rights, Flipping Cancer Cells and Doomsday Asteroid Solves | 18 Feb 2025 | 00:32:31 | |
In this episode Nile covers wins for trans rights from around the world, breakthroughs in cancer research, the solve for the imminent asteroid heading towards earth, new ways to find water for countries that need it and more! Gender rights triple: https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/28/thailand-health-ministry-trans-hrt/? More diseases getting sent to the Shadow Realm: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-01-2025-georgia-certified-malaria-free-by-who? Renewable energy boom in the US https://www.distilled.earth/p/clean-energys-boom-and-perilous-moment Global air pollution has peaked: https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-world-has-probably-passed-peak-air-pollution? Cancer research progress: Oil company surveys used to find water: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/big-oil-shares-failed-exploration-data-to- Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| More Sick Good News From a Sick Good (I mean I try) Man | 04 Feb 2025 | 00:30:53 | |
In this episode Nile covers disease eradication, wage inequality, more climate change good news and a solve for perfectionism. From the episode: Eradicated diseases: China reached peak oil: https://www.ft.com/content/341f0aaa-7173-454c-89fd-103287625d38 Wage inequality: Cambodia's Water Win A better worst case scenario: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/moving-away-from-high-end-emissions Not the End of the World: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/145624737-not-the-end-of-the-world Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Back Again (Once More) With Some Great News to Kick Off 2025! | 21 Jan 2025 | 00:19:50 | |
In this episode Nile talks about the crazy progress renewable energy has made, another country abolishing the death penalty, advancements in cancer research and more! My numbers were wrong, China’s actually at 50%! The energy transition report from RMI. Tuck in cause this one is worth the read! https://rmi.org/the-energy-transition-in-2025-what-to-watch-for?ref=fixthenews.com Same sex marriage in Thailand and you’re gonna have to google Lichenstein: https://apnews.com/article/thailand-lgbtq-marriage-equality-law-fbebaf38c8f9def1564fa2d61a1d7eb2 Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8gqz7n559o Oxford early detection of cancers: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-powered-machine-blood-enable-early.html Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Pitch For The New Year: People Aren't Garbage | 09 Jan 2024 | 00:23:52 | |
In this episode, a semi-stuffed up Nile talks about podcast charts in the Netherlands, Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons, holiday plans going sideways, colds that overstay their welcome, plagues, sticky YouTube videos, and how our species is, in fact, not garbage. Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Technical Difficulties Were Temporary | 26 Dec 2023 | 00:22:02 | |
In this episode Nile explains the delay between episodes, tries to give himself a nickname and gives the case for why everyone should be a militant optimist. Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| With Apologies to the Stoney Creek Optimist Club | 21 Nov 2023 | 00:26:52 | |
In this episode Nile talks about back problems, mid-life crises, physiotherapy the evils of positivity and begins converting you to Militant Optimism which is something that is going to happen so make peace with it. Feel free to rate and review! Or not. Live your truth! Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| A Possible Near Miss and How to Get Lucky | 17 Oct 2023 | 00:27:20 | |
In this episode Nile talks about how he (possibly) just narrowly avoided getting scammed, books heists and the secret to being lucky. Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Still More Renewables News, Crazy Human Capital Progress and the Passing of a LEGEND | 27 May 2025 | 00:30:04 | |
In this episode, still more great clean energy news, staggering progress in sub-Saharan Africa, the craziest Geek Squad call ever, the passing of an absolute LEGEND and more! REFERENCES FROM THIS EPISODE https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-review-2025/ https://thebetter.news/housing-first-finland-homelessness/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j71402z58o Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Solar approvals come quick, wins against Ebola, new molecular computer components and more! | 13 May 2025 | 00:38:16 | |
In this episode, Zambia energy approval, Alzheimer’s research advancements, Uganda crushes an Ebola outbreak, actual real life heroes and the first ever flashback episode! Links: https://list.solar/news/zambia-cuts-solar/ https://www.afro.who.int/countries/uganda/news/uganda-declares-end-ebola-outbreak?ref=fixthenews.com Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Drops in Poverty, New Social Protections and the First Book "Unrecommendation"! | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:41:44 | |
In this episode I talk about huge drops in poverty in India, loads of health measures and social protections for marginalized people across the world. Plus I address some viewer/listener notes and give what I’m pretty sure is the very first book unrecommendation! https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/0445391c-9b64-4e6e-ad99-617dce4f27bc https://www.energymonitor.ai/news/kenya-universal-electricity-iea/?cf-view https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-structure-that-filters-consciousness-identified/ Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Antibiotic breakthrough, Four Day Work Weeks and Laws of Stupidity | 15 Apr 2025 | 00:54:35 | |
In this episode Nile goes through a shiny new Top Ten Good News Stories, a new entry into the Nerd of the Week cannon, a funny book and his new assistant/coach/possible best friend? Links from the episode: FInland ahead of schedule on coal phase out Wind power in Uruguay https://prismbysugandha.substack.com/p/winds-of-change-in-uruguay?ref=fixthenews.com Iceland embraces 4 hour work week: Thailand bans corporal punishment of minors German Wastewater fuel https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-start-produces-climate-neutral-160826519.html Stopping domestic abuse with trip to bank https://www.hestia.org/blog/how-to-access-safe-spaces Yemeni mobile bee hives Fire resistant housing Dementia rates still dropping Antibiotics breakthrough Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Advancements in preservation, huge improvements in stroke recovery and STILL. MORE. RENEWABLE GOOD NEWS | 16 Sep 2025 | 00:38:11 | |
In this episode Nile covers great news about stroke recovery advancements, a NEW source of renewable energy that might change everything and great news for food security for millions! Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Enormous drops in poverty worldwide, fun lateral solutions and a banger out of Jamaica! | 02 Sep 2025 | 00:38:13 | |
In this episode Nile talks about the death of Alligator Alcatraz (dumb name by the way), poverty drops in multiple countries across the world, amazing innovations in Hungary, Iraq and Jamaica and how to destress! Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Coal Takes a Big Loss, Great Developmments in St. Lucia and a Weird New Trend Called Greenhushing | 19 Aug 2025 | 00:39:49 | |
In this episode Nile breaks some hot, good news stories like St. Lucia's new civil rights legislation, India's decreased coal use, fun new old swimming holes and a weird dream he had. Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| Episode 21! WHAT? | 05 Aug 2025 | 00:46:48 | |
We made it to 21, you guys! In this episode I explain why this is important, talk about great news about the fight against cancer, still more advancements in vaccinations and renewables, Ozzy Osbourne's coolest concert ever PLUS Robot Overlord Storytime! Links: https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/ozzys-last-concert-charitable-donations-raise/ https://spectrum.ieee.org/nmc-battery-aspiring-materials?ref=fixthenews.com https://www.reddit.com/r/goodnews/comments/1m55ytc/the_world_is_winning_the_war_on_cancer_the/ Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| The Green Album! The First (Ever?) Podcast Concept Episode | 22 Jul 2025 | 00:33:15 | |
In this episode The Green Album! Nile’s first concept album episode where he does a deep dive into an incredibly inspiring piece from the New Yorker about climate change. Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| A Lot of Good News for Groups of Folks Who Really Need it | 08 Jul 2025 | 00:42:48 | |
This week, the ocean gets some much needed protection, crazy innovations to help people with hearing disabilities, RFK eats it and more! https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-27-of-2025/ Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| INCREDIBLE breakthroughs in cancer research, ALS research and a BOOOOONKER story about plastics! | 24 Jun 2025 | 00:41:52 | |
In this episode Nile talks about an amazing new Leukemia treatment, another great Indian Supreme Court ruling, advancements in the protection of the ocean a new discovery that's so great it boggles the mind and more! Show links: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164381?ref=fixthenews.com https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-solar-boom-counters-power-shortages.html?ref=fixthenews.com https://archive.md/JVPF0#selection-711.0-1063.0 https://data.unicef.org/resources/child-labour-global-estimates-2024/ https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado1782 Social Change Ecosystem Map https://buildingmovement.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ecosystem-Roles-2020.pdf Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||
| CRISPR breakthroughs, Super Reactors and More! Oh my! | 10 Jun 2025 | 00:35:53 | |
Happy Pride everyone! In this episode: super reactors, more renewable wins, need to know information for people without a life plan and some sound advice! Links:
https://www.nathanielbullard.com/?ref=fixthenews.com Thanks so much for listening! I have a newsletter now where I give updates and extra good news and you should definitely sign up for it here! Here’s all of my socials and good stuff like that please give me a follow as well as a link to my other podcast Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons a silly existential chaser. Or better yet throw me some sweet sweet cash at my Buy Me a Coffee Page. | |||