2. SuperKind News with Roger Pilskog

Tune in to SuperKind News with Roger! He's here to share some good news with us. What are his top three kindness stories of the week and which one is his favorite? Listen to find out!

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Transcript

Roger PIlskog: [00:00:00] Welcome to super kind news with Roger join us across the globe as we, I cannot talk in that voice. 

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Katie Doughty: 

Hey super kind kids, welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host Katie Doughty and I'm so excited to introduce you to a dear friend of mine today. Roger Pilskog is here and he is going to be sharing some super kind news. Roger is nine years old, and he has discovered his kindness superpowers. And he's volunteered his time to bring us some really kind news that's going on in the world.

And this is important because sometimes we see a lot of news that might make us sad or feel bad, and it's important to look for kindness things that are going on in the world. So Roger has said, you know what? I could do that. I'm going to bring you some good news. So I'm grateful to my friend, Roger, that's going to be here [00:01:00] today.

But I wanted to talk to you a little bit about kindness and news and things you hear or things you read. Sometimes being kind means that you have the ability to think well. Grownups might call this critical thinking. It means that you can really stop and think about the information that you're reading or you're hearing and ask a lot of questions.

People who think well ask a lot of questions because they want to know where their information is coming from. Is it coming from an expert? Is it coming from somebody that is looking at both sides of a story? So when you are hearing news or you're reading information, Ask a lot of questions. Who is telling the story?

And what's their mission of telling this story? What do they want you to know? And are they telling both sides of the story? Is there another side to the story that maybe they're not telling? So thinking well is a really important part of [00:02:00] being kind. And we're going to dive more into thinking well and critical thinking on this podcast too.

I have lots for you. But for now, let's dive in to Roger's super kind news. 

Roger PIlskog: Welcome to Super Kind News with Roger, Where Every Day is a Super Good Day to Be Kind.

Katie Doughty: to Superkind News with Roger. I am sitting across from Roger Pilskog, kindness correspondent, who's here to tell us what's going on. Some super kind news. Roger, welcome! 

Hello! 

Roger PIlskog: Um, we have my three favorite news stories from recently picked out.

And I feel like you are going to enjoy them. 

Katie Doughty: Let's hear it. I hear you're starting from number three. Tell us number three in your top three. 

Roger PIlskog: My number third article is that the Denver Streets to Stop Pollution has a partnership where you can go and use [00:03:00] bikes instead of cars for transportation Now, this program pays 1 a mile up to 200 a month for transportation related trips.

And there's always the option to receive coaching about bike safety, laws, and care, as well as route finding skills. Um, they're hoping to help Denver meet its climate goals, or its climate goals. 

Katie Doughty: That's amazing. So they are offering 200 for people to stop driving to work and start biking or walking to work.

Is that what you're saying? It's the perfect way to help our Earth and get more exercise while doing it. That is a really cool thing that they're trying to do to reach their climate goals. What a great thing, something we can consider too, because maybe sometimes we might be able to walk to school, or maybe we can walk to the store or walk to our friend's house instead of hopping in the car.

What a great way to help our [00:04:00] planet. 

 All right, hit us with kind news number two. 

Roger PIlskog: El Toad Patrol, no, I'm not kidding. Volunteers who help mi migrating toads cross the road is a new partner is what the new partnership is all about. In Elsmere, which is in the UK has a large population of toads who need to cross the road after hydration to return to their breeding po ponds, roads.

They will cross , will close 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. until April 30th. 

Katie Doughty: Wait, okay, hold on. So you're saying there are so many toads trying to cross the road in the UK that they have to close these roads to keep them safe? Mm hmm. Oh my goodness, and there are volunteers? Taking this on. What are the volunteers doing?

Roger PIlskog: Well, there are two roads that the toads need to cross every [00:05:00] single night, so the people guard those roads and make sure that the toads don't get hit.

Katie Doughty: That is such a smart idea, and something I wouldn't have considered to be a problem, but these toads are going back to their breeding ponds, and so they're crossing these roads and need help to be safe. Is that what you're saying? And so people are volunteering their time overnight to help these toads.

It's kind of like a toad parade. I wonder how many toads have to cross these roads to get to the pond. That would be such a sight to see. How fascinating. Ooh, I'm not sure which one is my favorite yet, but I think the toad one might be, might be at the top of my list. But let's hear your number one. I'm curious, what's your number one super kind news?

The number one 

Roger PIlskog: story made me cry with joy after I read it.

One day, a bus driver, his [00:06:00] Farrish Jr., um, Who is a bus driver for Eagle Hard Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville, Kentucky. He was going to pick up one of the most happiest kids in the entire school. But today he wasn't that happy. He was sitting down with his coat over his head.

The bus driver asked, what's wrong? And the kid said it's pajama day and I don't have any pajamas. Well, the bus driver picked him up and dropped him off. And after his route, went out of his way to go to a store and buy two pairs of pajamas. Then he went back to the school and gave them to the boy.

Um, the boy, who is Levi, a first grader It was so happy and delighted. Um, the two later went on the news and it was the best day ever for the little boy. 

Katie Doughty: Oh [00:07:00] my gosh, you're right. This is my favorite story. Wow, so this bus driver, first of all, I think, went out of his way in the beginning to ask what was wrong.

He could have just let the boy get off the bus, go to school, still feeling sad, but he stopped. To take a moment and ask what was bothering him that day. And then, to not only drop him off at school and go out and go shopping, but to have to come back and deliver these pajamas to this sweet boy. I, oh, I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of Levi and how that must have felt for him.

How do you think that would have felt had somebody done that for you? I would have felt, like, 

Roger PIlskog: wonderful. It's like, I can't even explain it. It's like, when you wake up on your birthday and you realize it's your birthday. You're like, wow, it's your, it's my birthday. Combine that with how it feels [00:08:00] to meet with family.

That's probably how it would feel. Just so warm. 

Katie Doughty: Oh, I love your description of that. Yeah. When you wake up on your birthday and you're all happy and excited and waiting to see what's coming for your day, but then also being with your family and feeling so loved that must have felt very similar for Levi.

And then I'm curious. Have you ever felt like Levi before where maybe you didn't have what you needed or maybe you didn't quite feel like you fit in for something? How would that feel? 

Roger PIlskog: It feels strange. It doesn't feel right. But sometimes when you don't fit in, you gotta stand out. You gotta be yourself.

Katie Doughty: Oh, I like that a lot. And that would be good encouragement for kids who maybe do end up going to school without pajamas on pajama day. That it's okay to be different, right? It's okay to stand up and be who you are. And that's an okay thing too. Wow, you said that so [00:09:00] beautifully, Roger. That was, that was some beautiful reporting.

Uh huh. I am so impressed. Thank you so much, My Kindness Correspondent, for this amazing Super Kind News segment. And I can't wait to hear from you again. Will you be back? Uh huh. All right. We will tune in with Super Kind News with Roger another time. Thanks, Roger. This has

 been Super Kind News with Roger. Stay kind out there, superheroes. [00:10:00]