# The Vending Machine That Sells Original Artwork

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Podcast: [5 Good News Stories - happiness and fun](https://stenobird.com/podcast/5-good-news-stories-happiness-and-fun-5926041)
Published: 2026-08-06T07:08:18+00:00
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Duration seconds: 236

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Kansas City’s 120-year-old Rock Island Bridge over the Kansas River has reopened as a $20 million destination with restaurants, event space, walking paths, and panoramic views, after engineers found its steel structure largely intact. In Kent, England, two garden ornaments thought to be concrete were identified as rare 18th-century Italian marble busts from Florence (1720–1730) depicting Apollo and Diana. Paris’s Musée d’Orsay opened a permanent gallery of Nazi-looted WWII artworks with unknown rightful owners, detailing provenance to aid restitution. In Minneapolis, Inkwell Booksellers hosts a vending machine dispensing $1 mystery original mini-artworks from local artists, selling nearly 3,000 with proceeds going directly to artists. Finally, Mark was reunited with a wallet lost 30 years ago during a community cleanup, containing early ’90s mementos including a Leeds United 1992 membership card. 00:09 Bridge Revival 00:52 Garden Statues Surprise 01:40 Orsay Restitution Gallery 02:25 Art Vending Machine 03:09 Wallet Found After Decades 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 brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media network John also hosts Daily Comedy News Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' an…

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