Real progress, with receipts.
Short explainers on things that are actually going right in science, health, and the environment. Every claim links to the study, dataset, or official record it came from, so you can check it yourself.
What you'll find
- One Good ThingShort videos, three a week. One verified development, shown with a chart built from the source's own data.
- The weekly roundupThe week's best stories in one place, with the context and the part that's still unsolved.
- The newsletterComing soon: the roundup in text, with every source linked.
The promise
No outrage. No villains. No hype.
Good news here always comes with context, including what's still hard. If a story can't be traced to a primary source, it doesn't run.
How it's made
One person, a microphone, and AI tools. AI helps find stories, draft scripts, and build charts. A human checks every claim against its primary source, edits every script, and records every word you hear.
When something is wrong, it gets fixed in public. Every confirmed error is listed in the corrections log.
Contact
- Viewers, sponsors, and business: hello@betterthanyouheard.com
- Report an error: corrections@betterthanyouheard.com
- Privacy questions: privacy@betterthanyouheard.com