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The Optimist Daily Weekly Roundup

With Arielle Tiangco and Karissa Garcia

Do 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.

Episodes

April 7, 2021

April 07, 2021

April 7, 2021

We're talking food solutions today with the powers of sustainable breadfruit and a partnership in California's Central Valley focused on improving water conservation. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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April 7, 2021

April 07, 2021

April 7, 2021

We're talking food solutions today with the powers of sustainable breadfruit and a partnership in California's Central Valley focused on improving water conservation. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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April 6, 2021

April 06, 2021

April 6, 2021

We've got great stories on the Update today including how coffee waste is boosting reforestation and a mediation program in Philadelphia preventing evictions. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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April 6, 2021

April 06, 2021

April 6, 2021

We've got great stories on the Update today including how coffee waste is boosting reforestation and a mediation program in Philadelphia preventing evictions. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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April 5, 2021

April 05, 2021

April 5, 2021

Today we welcome guest Jina Carvalho, public information officer for the Santa Barbara Response Network and marketing and communications director at PsychAlive.org and the Glendon Association. In the midst of a global pandemic and mental health crisis, Jina discusses psychological first aid, community-based trauma response, and an upcoming webinar series she has helped organize focused around supporting first responders. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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April 5, 2021

April 05, 2021

April 5, 2021

Today we welcome guest Jina Carvalho, public information officer for the Santa Barbara Response Network and marketing and communications director at PsychAlive.org and the Glendon Association. In the midst of a global pandemic and mental health crisis, Jina discusses psychological first aid, community-based trauma response, and an upcoming webinar series she has helped organize focused around supporting first responders. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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April 2, 2021

April 02, 2021

April 2, 2021

Happy Friday! We're covering a new archive from UC Los Angeles that promotes and protects indigenous folk medicine and how an energy project in Rwanda is stopping a lake from exploding. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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April 2, 2021

April 02, 2021

April 2, 2021

Happy Friday! We're covering a new archive from UC Los Angeles that promotes and protects indigenous folk medicine and how an energy project in Rwanda is stopping a lake from exploding. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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April 1, 2021

April 01, 2021

April 1, 2021

It's April Fools' Day, but what's not a joke are the great solutions on The Optimist Daily. We've got the Yurok Tribe reintroducing California condors in Redwood National Park and four books to kelp you kickstart a more sustainable spring. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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April 1, 2021

April 01, 2021

April 1, 2021

It's April Fools' Day, but what's not a joke are the great solutions on The Optimist Daily. We've got the Yurok Tribe reintroducing California condors in Redwood National Park and four books to kelp you kickstart a more sustainable spring. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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