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5 Good Things: Mahjong: It’s Not Just Your Grandma’s Game Anymore
CNN 5 Things
Sep 13, 2025

A new generation is falling in love with a centuries-old game. These women 65 and older clean local ponds by diving for trash (and have a blast doing it). She lost her dad in the Twin Towers – but the FDNY made sure he was still part of her wedding day. A doctor was told he would die, but he found a treatment for his disease everyone else had missed. Plus, the music program that teaches kids jazz and so much more. 

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Host/Producer: Krista Bo 

Producers: Eryn Mathewson and Leying Tang 

Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin 

Special Thanks: Nadia Kounang