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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

July 7, 2020

July 07, 2020

July 7, 2020

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Do you know what gleaning is? Find out more about that and Vermont's new composting law today on The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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July 6, 2020

July 06, 2020

July 6, 2020

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today we discuss a startup giving renters more equity, why recycled jewelry is just as fun and sparkly, and last but not least, what everyone is talking about this weekend: Hamilton. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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July 6, 2020

July 06, 2020

July 6, 2020

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today we discuss a startup giving renters more equity, why recycled jewelry is just as fun and sparkly, and last but not least, what everyone is talking about this weekend: Hamilton. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today we discuss an empowering newspaper coming out of San Quentin Prison and in a timely story before our brief hiatus from recording, how to know when it's time for a mental health break. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today we discuss an empowering newspaper coming out of San Quentin Prison and in a timely story before our brief hiatus from recording, how to know when it's time for a mental health break. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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June 29, 2020

June 29, 2020

June 29, 2020

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today's pod has avocado memes, a company creating fossil fuel free fertilizer, and the good kind of trolls. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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June 29, 2020

June 29, 2020

June 29, 2020

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today's pod has avocado memes, a company creating fossil fuel free fertilizer, and the good kind of trolls. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today's Update covers how our fight or flight instinct impacts our response to stressful situations and chickens, cute or not? Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today's Update covers how our fight or flight instinct impacts our response to stressful situations and chickens, cute or not? Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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June 25, 2020

June 25, 2020

June 25, 2020

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today's Update covers why we should all breathe through our noses more and a sneak peak of this weekend's Optimist View on social entrepreneurship. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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