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Ryan Reed

Ryan Reed is a contributing writer for GOOD residing in Knoxville, Tennessee who specializes in stories on music and pop culture. He has contributed to Rolling Stone, Relix, Revolver, SPIN and The New York Times.

Photo credit: Canva. Darren Baker (left, cropped) / Prot Tachapanit from Prot Tachapanit (right, cropped) / anlomaja (black box) – Millennials share their regrets to help others avoid them

Culture

Entering their 40s, Millennials share their regrets so others don’t repeat them

Ryan Reed

10/8/2025
Photo credit: Canva, Syda Productions (left, cropped) / chonesstock (top right) / Truecreatives from TrueCreatives (middle right, cropped) / san isra from Pexels (bottom right, cropped) – Millennials predicted life in 2020—and some of them were strangely spot-on.

Culture

Millennials revisit scarily accurate predictions made 13 years ago about life in 2020

Ryan Reed

10/8/2025
Photo credit: Canva, ASphotostudio (left/right, cropped) / Andy Dean Photography (middle, cropped) – These are some of the funniest and weirdest things realtors have encountered on the job.

Culture, Featured, Humor, Media

Realtors share the 5 ‘funniest,’ ‘weirdest’ things they’ve encountered while showing a house

Ryan Reed

10/7/2025
Photo credit: Lowe’s (cropped) – The "Lowe's cat" went missing after wandering onto a delivery truck. But there's a happy ending.

Animals, Editorial

Cat living at Lowe’s wanders onto out-of-state delivery truck. Volunteers come to the rescue.

Ryan Reed

10/7/2025
Photo credit: via Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube – Bruce Springsteen says he plays this song live for its message of hope.

Culture

In divisive times, Bruce Springsteen says he plays this one hopeful song ‘every night’

Ryan Reed

10/3/2025
Photo credit: Warner Records via Amazon (left, cropped) / Canva, Rusian Lytvyn from Зображення користувача Руслан Литвин (right, cropped) – An investor in the the 'Purple Rain' musical says the production helps realize a personal dream.

Culture

For investor, Prince ‘Purple Rain’ musical heading to Broadway realizes a ‘lifelong dream’

Ryan Reed

10/2/2025
Photo credit: Canva, Africa Images (left, cropped) / Syda Productions (right, cropped) – People who think they're high-class may have trouble perceiving others' emotions.

Science

Startling study: People who think they’re high-class may struggle to grasp others’ feelings

Ryan Reed

10/2/2025
Photo credit: Nikeush via Wikimedia Commons (cropped), Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 – Jane Goodall beautifully shared the "most important" lesson we should take from chimps.

Animals

Jane Goodall’s haunting answer for the ‘most important’ lesson we can learn from chimps

Ryan Reed

10/1/2025
Photo credit: Karl Withakay via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International (left, cropped) / Canva via Science Photo Library (right, cropped) – MIT research scientist Nataliya Kos'myna explains how ChatGPT impacts learning.

Science

‘Cognitive load’ crisis? Neil deGrasse Tyson exposes the damage ChatGPT has on learning

Ryan Reed

9/29/2025
Photo credit: Canva, Aflo Images from アフロ（Aflo) (left, cropped) / indahlestar29 | Indah Lestari (right, cropped) – Here are 5 thought-provoking films that explore free speech.

Culture

For absolutely no reason, here are 5 thought-provoking films about free speech

Ryan Reed

9/26/2025

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