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Happy Hour Anytime

Nick Jakusz/95.9 The Riverwww.959theriver.com
It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast! Get the good news and inspirational stories as heard from noon to 1:00 each weekday whenever you want it!
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Episodes

011 - Good News Stories from the Week of May 22th, 2023

It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast! If you enjoy this podcast, please, like/share/review it to help spread the word! In this episode we hear all the good news stories from last week including a homeless man saved a family from a house fire, six St. Charles breweries collaborating for charity, a paraplegic veteran scales Everest, Romeoville has a new millionaire, a lost diamond ring found in a waste treatment facility, a 93-year-old visit...

May 28, 202314 min

010 - Good News Stories from the Week of May 15th, 2023

It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast! If you enjoy this podcast, please, like/share/review it to help spread the word! In this episode we hear all the good news stories from last week including a 13-year-old who used his slingshot to save his sister life, boy scouts who saved an 80-year-old after he fell 6 stories, a 72-year-old college graduate, an organization that replaces landmines with flowers and vegetable gardens, an airline CEO who...

May 22, 202316 min

009 - Good News Stories from the Week of May 8th, 2023

It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast! Check out all the good news stories from last week including a Holocaust survivor throwing out a first pitch with all her grand kids, good news for a man who saved a baby from rolling into traffic, the 50/31 fitness challenge, a deaf Ukrainian refugee hears for the first time, secrets to a long life from a 104 year old woman, dancing dads, a kids survives alone in the woods, the oldest dog EVER, gay an...

May 14, 202314 min

008 - Good News Stories From the Week of 5/1/23

It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast! Check out all the good news stories from last week including Plainfield and Joliet firefighters who demolished a local family's deck, free gym membership for teens, a 92-year-old with a *special* request for her retirement home, a haunted house paid of a school's lunch balances, a community coming together for special needs kids going to prom, a teacher who officiates the wedding of former students who...

May 05, 202313 min

007 - Good News Stories from 95.9 The River Including: 7-year old saves bus full of classmates, Plainfield FD saves ducklings in the sewer, rollercoaster treatment for kidney stones actually works, and more!

It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast! Check out all the good news stories from last week, including a 7-year old who saves bus full of classmates, the Plainfield FD saves ducklings in the sewer, a rollercoaster treatment for kidney stones actually works, a new barbie with Downs Syndrome, words from a couple celebrating their 80th anniversary, tech-loving parrots, a vet saved a dog with Narcan, Ironman athletes completes race with broken wr...

Apr 28, 202317 min

006 - Enterprising Local Kids, Nick Tries Music Therapy for His Face, Holocaust-Era Violins to Play Again, Selfless Lowes Worker, Local Band Starting New Cafe to Employ Disabled Adults, Tip For Finding Lost Kids, World Famous Art Installation Coming to Elm

Nick isn't letting a little thing like partial facial paralysis stop him from telling you about all the good news from last week! He's stories about local kids working to earn money, Nick himself trying music therapy to fix his broken face, an airplane full of supporters for a 90 year old vet, friends of the station The Empty Pockets are opening a cafe to employee adults with special needs, a world-renowned art installation is coming to Elmhurst, a funeral hearse nearly drove over a cliff but th...

Apr 23, 202316 min

Episode 005 - Dog Gets Sober, "Pay What You Can" at Aurora's Paramount Theatre, Octogenarians Visit Every Continent, Dad Loses 80 lbs To Donate Organ to Son, and MORE!

Nick isn't letting a little thing like partial facial paralysis stop him from telling you about all the good news from last week! He's stories about a couple grandmas who went to every continent in 80 days, why a guy quit his job to ride a horse from Austin to Seattle, a women who beat cancer also wins the lottery, a dog who gets sober, a women gets her stolen car back thanks to a good Samaritan, over $250k donated to gardener who had garden destroyed, see a show at Aurora's Paramount Theatre fo...

Apr 14, 202314 min

004 - Naperville Teens Build Race Truck, West Aurora JROTC Wins National Title, Couples Weds 60 Years Too Late, Autistic Teen Starts Successful Business, Ukrainian Teens Surprised With Full Ride to College, and MORE!

It was another week of incredible stories to lift your spirits! Nick tells you about the high schoolers at Naperville North who build a race truck to promote women in the automotive industry, the JROTC at West Aurora winning a national championship, an autistic teenager who started a successful pretzel business, the reaction of teenagers in Ukraine surprised with a full ride to college, brands donating shoes to a young athlete in need, and sooo much more! Make sure to catch Happy Hour live each ...

Mar 24, 202318 min

003 - 003 - Aurora girl saves mother's life, Wheaton police officer reunites little boy with autographed baseball, Ukrainian youth hockey team visits Romeoville, and more!

No week goes by without an abundance of good news to share! Last week we heard stories about a young Aurora girl saving her mother's life, a Wheaton police officer reuniting a little boy with autographed baseball, a Ukrainian youth hockey team playing in Romeoville, Canadian hockey fans helping out a US National Anthem singer, a guy who lost 400 lbs to keep promise to late mother, and SO MUCH MORE! Make sure to listen each weekday from 4:00 to 5:00 for Happy Hour live! Tell your smart speaker to...

Mar 17, 202317 min

002 - Naperville North Girls Team Builds Super Fast Truck, St. Francis HS Singers Dominate, World's Best Landlord, a 5K Every Day, Late Medal of Honor, More Long Cheerleaders, Human Ingenuity, And More!

Another week full of good news all wrapped up into a nice, neat podcast! Episode 2 of Happy Hour Anytime features local stories about a girls automotive team building what they hope will be a record-breaking race truck, the singers at St. Francis HS in Wheaton continue their vocal domination, a veteran getting his medal of honor a bit late, a woman who ran a 5K every day for the past 1,000 days, and a senior citizen who broke the world record for most pushups in one hour! Make sure to listen eac...

Mar 10, 202313 min

001 - Romeoville Restaurant Goes Above And Beyond, Local Town is One of Happiest In the Nation, Lone Cheerleaders, Gracious Farmers, Genius Barbers, Kind Athletes, and MORE!

So much good news happened last week and Nick's here to tell you about it, as heard on 95.9 The River's Happy Hour from noon to 1:00! Stories today include good news about athletes using their platform to help kids, barbers helping the handicapped, MMA fighters protecting drag queens, a Romeoville restaurant going above and beyond for a pregnant couple, a local town being named one of the happiest in the country, random dudes pulling people out of the snow, a cheerleader who competed alone, an "...

Mar 03, 202313 min

Happy Hour Anytime Podcast Preview!

Nick here! I'm excited to present to you the Happy Hour Anytime podcast! It's all the good news stories from Happy Hour, as heard from noon to 1:00 on 95.9 The River, repackaged and delivered right to your phone, so you can have Happy Hour anytime you want it! Episodes will begin flowing soon, so subscribe and stay tuned!

Feb 27, 202357 sec
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