# 5 Good Things: The Warm Welcome Outlasting the World Cup Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/5-good-things-the-warm-welcome-outlasting-the-world-cup Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/5-good-things-the-warm-welcome-outlasting-the-world-cup.md Podcast: [CNN 5 Things](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851) Published: 2026-07-18T08:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY9288794478.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY9288794478.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-5-things-716851/episodes/5-good-things-the-warm-welcome-outlasting-the-world-cup Duration seconds: 863 ## Resource This 12-year-old bull rider from Australia is bucking expectations as she chases a world title. Rapper Pitbull and thousands of his fans came together to party and set a world record. A dinosaur fossil left in a drawer for decades turned out to be the first one discovered on this continent. New opportunities for at-risk youth are blooming after two CNN Heroes team up to do even more good. Plus, the World Cup is winding down, but the connections it sparked are outlasting the tournament.  Sign up for the CNN 5 Good Things newsletter here.  Host/Producer: Krista Bo Polanco  Producer: Eryn Mathewson   Senior Producer: Felicia Patinkin  Editorial Support: Hillary Whiteman, Samantha Lindell, Kathleen Toner  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-5-things-716851/episodes/5-good-things-the-warm-welcome-outlasting-the-world-cup/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/5-good-things-the-warm-welcome-outlasting-the-world-cup.md` — 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.