# A Foster Kid Came for Surgery. He Left With a Family Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-good-things-6934049/a-foster-kid-came-for-surgery-he-left-with-a-family Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-good-things-6934049/a-foster-kid-came-for-surgery-he-left-with-a-family.md Podcast: [CNN 5 Good Things](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-good-things-6934049) Published: 2026-03-07T09:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY3418845592.mp3?updated=1772844373 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY3418845592.mp3?updated=1772844373 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-5-good-things-6934049/episodes/a-foster-kid-came-for-surgery-he-left-with-a-family Duration seconds: 875 ## Resource He’s a software engineer by day – but in his free time, he cleans up trash in the San Francisco Bay area. A heartbreaking moment in a hospital room led to a ripple effect of kindness for six siblings in foster care. This app helps foster kids understand their rights. Mother-daughter divers made a surprising discovery in the Great Barrier Reef. A 77-year-old man with a motorcycle says now is the best time to chase a world record. Sign up for the CNN 5 Good Things newsletter here. Host/Producer: Krista Bo Polanco Producer: Eryn Mathewson Senior Producer: Felicia Patinkin Editorial Support: Randi Kaye, Tamara Hardingham-Gill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-5-good-things-6934049/episodes/a-foster-kid-came-for-surgery-he-left-with-a-family/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-good-things-6934049/a-foster-kid-came-for-surgery-he-left-with-a-family.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.