Liverpool is Building the World’s Largest Tidal Power PlantOregon Outback Named World’s Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary – a Stargazer’s ParadiseBroadcasting Audio of Healthy Reef Sounds Can Spur Degraded Coral to New LifeUS Bookstores Coming Back as Barnes & Noble Celebrates Banner Year While Indie Shops FlourishCouple Orders a Cake Replica of Their Dog But it…

The city where ‘the future has already arrived’ – Positive News A California Superbloom Is Springing to Life and the Best is Yet to Come Mom Runs Wholesome Hair Workshops for Dads to Learn How to Style Daughters’ Hair (Watch) Images of Mars Eclipse Sparks Amusement Because it Looks Like a Googly Eye Closing song…

Wasabi Can Be Used as Ecofriendly Preservation Tool for the Ancient Knowledge Contained on Papyrus (goodnewsnetwork.org) 2,000-Year-old Scroll Burnt in Pompeii Decoded and Read for First Time by Three Genius Students (goodnewsnetwork.org) For Years Bill Walked 6 Miles to Work Until She Gave Him a Lift–And Started a Rideshare Service Just for Him (goodnewsnetwork.org) Gray…

Run by Grandmothers, a Staten Island Restaurant Highlights Home Cooking from Around the World All hands to the pumps: the colourful rise of community-owned pubs – Positive News Crew 8’s “family dog” plush is Space X’s latest zero gravity indicator.  American Marten May Be Set for Return to Pennsylvania Forests After 100 Year Absence Deep…

The four-day work week is here to stay at UK companies that tried it | CNN BusinessChina is Once Again Sending Pandas to the US—Delighting the San Diego and DC Zoos (goodnewsnetwork.org)Portland County Transcends its Rehousing Goals With 65% Drop in Homelessness (goodnewsnetwork.org)This New Mud Home Built of Hemp and Earth Demonstrates Super Energy Efficiency…

Strangers step up to finish craft projects that loved ones leave behind. Conservation Finn: The Wonder Dog that Traveled to Chile and Saved the Humboldt Penguins A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open — 446 people came in, borrowed 245 books. Every single one was returned Adrian Jackson on his career creating…

Whimsical Street Art Catches Everyone Off Guard and Delights Downtown Boston at 16 LocationsUS Coast Guard Inspectors Rescue Stowaway Dog from Shipping ContainerSocial Media Goes Crazy for Customer Who Went Above and Beyond to Mail $20 TipSea Otters Returned to a Degraded Coastline Ate Enough Crabs to Restore Balance and Cut Erosion by 90%The World’s Highest…

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cicadas-are-coming-rare-dual-emergence-could-awaken-a-trillion-bugs-of-2-species-first-time-in-221-yrs/Dozens of Strange 12-Sided Objects from Roman Times Have Been Found—No One Knows What They’re For (goodnewsnetwork.org)East Palo Alto goes from U.S. ‘murder capital’ to zero homicides – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)A Thrift Store Shopper Joked She’d Found a Famous Artist’s Work for $4 – and Actually She Really Had (goodnewsnetwork.org)Zero Jet Aircraft Crashes: 2023…

https://austin.eater.com/2024/1/24/24047080/james-beard-awards-semifinalists-2024-austin-texas-restaurants-chefs https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-new-drinking-game-is-sweeping-britain-sending-pints-to-strangers-across-the-nation/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/houston-elephants-do-yoga-7-days-a-week-to-stay-flexible-and-healthy/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cicadas-are-coming-rare-dual-emergence-could-awaken-a-trillion-bugs-of-2-species-first-time-in-221-yrs/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/nasa-turns-light-into-sound-frequency-creating-a-milky-way-symphony-listen/ Closing song by Alvvays – “Archie, Marry Me”  

We are back! Back at the Aristocrat, and now with more positive news!https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/89-year-old-had-to-speak-up-to-save-believed-extinct-indigenous-language-that-reveres-silence/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/test-that-can-spot-18-early-stage-cancer-signals-shows-84-sensitivity-in-first-human-trial/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/annual-hockey-charity-teddy-bear-toss-breaks-record/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oklahoma-13-year-old-believed-to-be-first-person-ever-to-beat-tetris/

… As Brett preps for Japan, Monica recaps Seattle, and everyone at the table has a story about Enchanted Rock, involving torrid degrees, bees, and … “Probably sex.” Keep up with your tour guides, and enjoy responsibly.

With Monica being out of town, I will be at Austin Eastciders at 6pm to enjoy a drink or two before helping out at Penfold Theater’s “Crime and Punishment” at the Ground Floor Theatre. Come by and have a couple, and we might even grab dinner if you are still around after 8!

We aren’t recording, but I thought we could branch out today. Come meet people and joke and drink and laugh! www.barettoatx.com

We are finally going to record at one of our favorite places.Join us Thursday around 6:30 for 2 Beers In at the Fang and Feather over at the Wizards Academy in Driftwood, Tx (Over by the original Salt Lick BBQ)Here’s the address. 16221 Crystal Hills Drive Austin, Texas Get Directions Call (512) 850-9622 if you…

Monica and I will be there around 6. Only one episode but come on out! The Aristocrat Lounge6507 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757

We’ll be starting around 6:30. We have some fun stories to tell, and would also love to hear from you!

Monica and I wont be at the Aristocrat this week, but we will be there a week from now, so join us! 6507 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 787576pm!

We went ahead and broke continuity to present these during the holidays! Brett and Monica are joined at The Brewtorium by Doug & Jessica. Jessica shares her dark suspicions about The Aristocrat Lounge and gives a blow by blow description of how someone at a church was mean to her. By the way, this whole…