Optimist Daily Weekly Roundup
597 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDo you like the stories from around the world that recognize and celebrate the people and events making a positive change? Tune in to The Optimist Daily Weekly Roundup, where our solutions-focused stories continue, and hear behind-the-scenes discussions from the people bringing you the news.
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Best of the Year: Policymaking
December 29, 2021 12:00 - 14 minutes - 7.85 MBIt's 'Best of 2021' time! We're sharing our favorite solutions from the year. Today's theme is policymaking, and we're talking about public banking and the end of for-profit prisons. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Best of the Year: Business
December 28, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBToday's good news: We're recapping our favorite business stories featured on The Optimist Daily in 2021. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Best of the Year: Science
December 27, 2021 12:00 - 11 minutes - 8.76 MBWe're highlighting our top stories from 2021, and today's theme is science. Today we've got stories about cooling white paint and the efficacy of Indigenous forest management. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Green Energy & Green Space
December 23, 2021 12:00 - 10 minutes - 5.79 MBToday's good news: Scotland blows up their last coal plant and a new study links urban green space to reduced loneliness. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Lost Birds & Speech Therapies
December 22, 2021 17:18 - 13 minutes - 7.3 MBToday's good news: Researchers are calling on citizen scientists to find lost bird species and we may soon have a new way to diagnose children who stutter. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Virtual Reality & New Year's Resolutions
December 21, 2021 12:00 - 13 minutes - 7.52 MBToday's good news: How virtual reality can help us better understand human emotions and five tips to set more expansive New Year's resolutions. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Animal Sentience & Dogs
December 20, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 8.79 MBIt's a dog-filled day on the Update! Today's good news is about an animal welfare law from Spain and how dogs can understand English words. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Alexa Carlin: Adaptable
December 17, 2021 11:30 - 34 minutes - 18.5 MBImagine what you could accomplish if you used every setback as a springboard for success? That's what we're talking about today with guest Alexa Carlin. Alexa joins us to talk about her new book, Adaptable, and the power of letting curiosity drive your determination. Find the book here: https://www.alexacarlin.com/book#page-section-60fad928ed9ef56b146ce007
Ghost Particles & Powerful Trees
December 16, 2021 11:00 - 21 minutes - 11.6 MBWe're welcoming a new voice to the pod this morning and talking about ghost particles and powerful trees. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Tornado Relief & Floating Robots
December 15, 2021 15:01 - 19 minutes - 10.4 MBToday's solutions: How to support tornado victims and a water bug-inspired ocean clean up robot. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
IVF Coral & Chart-Topping Bird Songs
December 14, 2021 12:00 - 14 minutes - 8.04 MBToday's good news from down under: IVF coral are thriving in the Great Barrier Reef and recorded bird songs are topping music charts in Australia. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Ryan Frederick: Right Place, Right Time
December 13, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 17.3 MBEver wonder how you can cultivate your own Blue Zone, no matter where you live in the world? That's exactly the question we explore today with guest Ryan Frederick. Ryan is the CEO of SmartLiving 360 and joins us to discuss his new book, "Right Place, Right Time," and the role of place in our health and happiness. You can find Ryan's book and resources here: https://www.smartliving360.com/
Mariella Satow: Sign Up
December 10, 2021 13:30 - 25 minutes - 13.2 MBToday we're excited to welcome guest Mariella Satow to the pod. At just 17 years old, Mariella is the creator of Sign Up, an ASL interpretation service making ASL captions available for deaf viewers who are too young to read. Mariella joins us to talk about the inspiration for her company and the Disney favorites already available through her Chrome extension. You can access a transcript and ASL interpretation of this episode here: https://www.optimistdaily.com/2021/12/the-optimist-daily-...
Social Media Safety & Welsh Tree Planting
December 09, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes - 6.59 MBToday's good news: Instagram will introduce new parental controls and time limit features in 2022 and Welsh households will each receive a free tree to plant. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Community Garden & Brain Surgery
December 08, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 8.15 MBToday's good news: A huge community garden in Rio de Janeiro feeds 800 families each day, and a non-invasive technique could revolutionize brain surgery. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Decluttered Holidays & Metal Detector Finds
December 07, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes - 6.96 MBToday's good news: An amazing find from a teen and her metal detector. Plus, how to politely ask for no gifts this year. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Fertility Benefits & Rainforest Keepers
December 06, 2021 15:13 - 15 minutes - 8.01 MBToday's good news: We're kicking off our Monday with news of an all-female team of rainforest biodiversity keepers and the rise of corporate fertility benefits. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Fungi Networks & The Cross Bronx Expressway
December 03, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 9.17 MBGood news for your Friday: A new project is mapping out the extent of carbon-sucking fungi networks, and New York City is upgrading its most polluting freeway. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Poisons Help & Learning Language
December 02, 2021 12:00 - 13 minutes - 7.08 MBToday's good news: A crowdsourced fungi hotline and how gestures help us learn languages. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
EV Charging & Bristol Electric Avenue
December 01, 2021 15:31 - 17 minutes - 9.11 MBToday's good news: The UK will mandate EV charging stations in all new homes and a pop-up shop reducing e-waste this holiday season. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Popcorn Insulation & 3D-Printed Eye
November 30, 2021 12:00 - 11 minutes - 6.39 MBToday's good news: Popcorn may be the base for the insulation material of the future, and the world's first 3D-printed eye is officially a success. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Glitter & Football
November 29, 2021 12:00 - 10 minutes - 5.97 MBToday's good news: A truly biodegradable glitter and an impressive high school football team. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 25, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.16 MBHappy Thanksgiving from The Optimist Daily team! We will be back with more episodes on Monday, November 29. Check out our Thanksgiving gratitude video here: https://www.optimistdaily.com/2021/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-the-optimist-daily/
Octopuses & Target
November 24, 2021 13:00 - 14 minutes - 7.71 MBToday's good news: Target will no longer open its doors on Thanksgiving, and the UK has designated octopuses, squid, and lobsters as sentient beings. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Social Anxiety & Rainforest Protection
November 23, 2021 12:00 - 19 minutes - 10.7 MBToday's good news: Tips and tricks for avoiding holiday anxiety and a new EU law preventing deforestation. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Gamification & Right to Repair
November 22, 2021 15:34 - 16 minutes - 8.84 MBToday's good news: A suburb in London has cracked the code on incentivizing green transportation, and Apple will allow customers to buy parts and tools to repair devices at home. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
Joan Blades & Living Room Conversations
November 19, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 19.5 MBToday we're excited to welcome guest Joan Blades to discuss how we can build more unified communities with the power of conversation. Joan is the co-founder of Living Room Conversations, a structured conversational tool which aims to help heal society by connecting people across divides through guided conversations proven to build understanding and transform communities. Check out Living Room Conversations here: www.livingroomconversations.org
November 18, 2021: Algae and Model UN
November 18, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 8.65 MBToday's podcast solutions: Kristy shares all the benefits of microalgae and Summers dives into why you should sign your teen up for Model UN. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 17, 2021
November 17, 2021 12:00 - 14 minutes - 7.76 MBStarling murmurations and the symbiotic nature of agrivoltaics today on the Update. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 16, 2021
November 16, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 9.01 MBArielle joins Summers on the pod to discuss universal basic mobility and rights for gig workers in Germany. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 15, 2021
November 15, 2021 12:00 - 13 minutes - 7.41 MBWe're talking physics today on the Update with stories about the world's deepest earthquake and how to pour tea without dripping. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 12, 2021
November 12, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 20.6 MBToday we are excited to welcome back to the pod Ken Lindner, founder of Positive Life Choice Psychology. Ken is joining us again to talk about his newest book, 'Aspire Higher,' and how we can all use strategic decision making to embrace positive emotions, develop self-esteem, and become the best version of ourselves. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 11, 2021
November 11, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 8.4 MBWe're loving the animal-themed stories on the Update today with solutions for dolphins, whales, and ants. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 10, 2021
November 10, 2021 12:00 - 17 minutes - 9.4 MBIt's all about healing on the Update today with stories about turning anxiety into something productive and a Botanical Bus bridging the health equity gap in Napa Valley. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 9, 2021
November 09, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 9.17 MBArielle is on the pod with Summers this morning to talk about the mental health benefits of cooking and a new blood test that can detect 50 types of cancer. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 8, 2021
November 08, 2021 15:25 - 18 minutes - 9.68 MBSummers and Amelia hop on the pod to talk about why alternate reward systems make women more competitive at work and a new study detailing the impressive cancer-busting efficacy of the HPV vaccine. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 5, 2021
November 05, 2021 11:00 - 14 minutes - 7.86 MBIt's a public health-themed day on the Update. We've got stories about stopping antibiotic resistance and a comprehensive US industrial pollution map. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 4, 2021
November 04, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes - 6.64 MBSummers and Kristy both share stories today about learning from the power of nature. Plus, Summers recounts a magical experience from her own backyard. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 3, 2021
November 03, 2021 14:19 - 15 minutes - 8 MBToday we're talking about a creation from two impressive Kenyan inventors and how Lego is giving kids a voice at COP26. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 2, 2021
November 02, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes - 9.28 MBWe've got a special surprise guest on the pod today to talk about pigs, pumpkins, and psychedelics. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
November 1, 2021
November 01, 2021 14:53 - 17 minutes - 9.3 MBKristy and Summers discuss a French law intended to support independent bookstores and a New Jersey partnership bringing fresh food and vertical farms to public housing communities. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
October 29, 2021
October 29, 2021 15:57 - 19 minutes - 10.3 MBKristy is breaking down some common climate jargon on the pod today, and Summers talks strategies for raising healthier kids. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
October 28, 2021
October 28, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 8.75 MBKristy and Summers talk about Austria's Klimaticket and airline accessibility today on the pod. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
October 27, 2021
October 27, 2021 11:00 - 14 minutes - 7.52 MBKristy and Amelia hop on the pod to talk about dancing lemurs and a special Irish rewinding project. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
October 26, 2021
October 26, 2021 11:00 - 13 minutes - 7.13 MBToday we've got foods for eye health that aren't carrots and a surprising superfood to add to your fall recipes. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
October 25, 2021
October 25, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 8.04 MBKristy and Summers discuss New Zealand's new mandatory climate disclosures and Colombia's anti-machismo hotline. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
October 22, 2021
October 22, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 8.72 MBToday on the pod: How to properly dispose of kitty litter and why live music is so powerful. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
October 21, 2021
October 21, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 8 MBKristy and Summers share how natural lighting makes one UK vertical farm especially sustainable, and why horror movies are good for mental health. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
October 20, 2021
October 20, 2021 15:25 - 15 minutes - 7.98 MBDid you know there is a town in Spain where residents pay fewer taxes the more they recycle? That and 10 surprising benefits of acupuncture today on the pod. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
October 19, 2021
October 19, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 10.3 MBCalifornia welcomes the state's first solar-powered composting facility and the cognitive benefits of Disney today on the pod. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!