La Tomatina : the festival where you throw tomatoes

From 5 Good News Stories - happiness and fun by Caloroga Shark Media / Happiness Good News Lab

September 6, 2026 · 4 min

About this episode

Johnny Mac shares five uplifting news stories including La Tomatina festival, an innovative waterless toilet, zebra shark conservation efforts, a dog's rescue, and a humorous traffic incident in LA.

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Spain’s Buñol hosted La Tomatina on August 26, with thousands throwing overripe tomatoes in an hour-long fight rooted in a 1945 food fight and popularized for some by a 2011 Bollywood film; inventor Diana created the iThrone, a waterless toilet that evaporates about 95% of the water in human waste and has been deployed in Uganda, Panama, and the U.S., earning a Global Citizen Wastelets Award and $100,000; ReShark released 82 young zebra sharks into protected Indonesian waters after estimates of only about 20 adults remained in 2019; missing dog Teddy was rescued after nearly three weeks on an English mountain and reunited with his owner; and a pickup spilled about 120 containers of Utz cheese balls on LA’s westbound 105, slowing traffic as some drivers stopped to collect them. 00:12 La Tomatina Tomato Fight 01:17 iThrone Waterless Toilet 01:57 Zebra Shark Comeback 03:01 Teddy Mountain Rescue 03:38 Cheese Balls Highway Spill Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun--5747537/support . 5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to…

People in this episode

Host: Johnny Mac

Topics covered

festivals
environment
animal conservation
pet rescue
positive news

Keywords

La Tomatina
iThrone
zebra sharks
dog rescue
Utz cheese balls

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Global Citizen, ReShark

Products: iThrone, Utz cheese balls

Places: Spain, Buñol, Uganda, Panama, U.S., Indonesian waters, LA