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5 Good Things: How a Boat Full of Goats Saved an Island

5 Good Things: How a Boat Full of Goats Saved an Island

Update: 2025-11-08
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People step up nationwide to help feed their neighbors who rely on SNAP benefits. New research shows why you should go on walks more often. A forbidden book changed this former prisoner's life – now he's on a mission to bring libraries to prisons nationwide. Find out how goats are helping restore a Tennessee island. Plus, the 2025 Hero Dog of the Year was a stray three years ago. 


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Host/Producer: Krista Bo Polanco 


Producer: Eryn Mathewson 


Showrunner: Faiz Jamil 


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5 Good Things: How a Boat Full of Goats Saved an Island

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