5 Good Things: She’s Cancer-Free After Taking This Treatment

About this episode

This episode highlights positive stories including a cancer treatment breakthrough and community initiatives following a school shooting.

A dad is teaching young boys in his community hard and soft skills for adulthood. A potentially game-changing treatment could help fight one of the deadliest cancers. The answer to the world’s plastic problem could be floating around in the ocean. Meet the woman shattering the glass ceiling in European sports. And just days after an attempted school shooting, students found a way to thank a hero at prom. Sign up for the CNN 5 Good Things newsletter here. Host/Producer: Krista Bo Polanco Producer: Eryn Mathewson Senior Producer: Felicia Patinkin Editorial Support: Sebastian Shukla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Krista Bo Polanco

Topics covered

• cancer treatment
• community skills
• plastic pollution
• women in sports
• school shooting response

Keywords

• cancer-free
• treatment
• community skills
• plastic problem
• European sports
• school shooting
• prom

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