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Send us Fan Mail In this episode The Green Album! Nile’s first concept album episode where he does a deep dive into an incredibly inspiring piece from the New Yorker about climate change. https://archive.md/i6lle Thanks so much for listening!  Here’s all of my socials. Give me a follow if you want to stay in the good news loop. Or better yet support me directly via my Buy Me a Coffee Page .

Send us Fan Mail This week, the ocean gets some much needed protection, crazy innovations to help people with hearing disabilities, RFK eats it and more! https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-what-is-chinas-shenzen-model-for-low-carbon-transition-in-cities/?ref=fixthenews.com https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/china-breaks-more-records-with-massive-build-up-of-wind-and-solar-power https...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile talks about an amazing new Leukemia treatment, another great Indian Supreme Court ruling, advancements in the protection of the ocean a new discovery that's so great it boggles the mind and more! Show links: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-landmark-order-supreme-court-says-digital-access-a-fundamental-right-8292719 https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Pride everyone!  In this episode: super reactors, more renewable wins, need to know information for people without a life plan and some sound advice! Links: https://www.neimagazine.com/news/china-refuels-thorium-reactor-without shutdown/ https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/we-are-unbelievably-blessed-first-ever-custom-crispr-therapy-saves-boy-worst-rare-genetic?ref=fixthe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, still more great clean energy news, staggering progress in sub-Saharan Africa, the craziest Geek Squad call ever, the passing of an absolute LEGEND and more! REFERENCES FROM THIS EPISODE  https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-review-2025/   https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/04/california-leads-the-way-as-ev-charging-ports-outnumber-gas-nozzl...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Zambia energy approval, Alzheimer’s research advancements, Uganda crushes an Ebola outbreak, actual real life heroes and the first ever flashback episode! Links: https://list.solar/news/zambia-cuts-solar/   https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/05/scientists-use-living-human-brain-tissue-to-model-alzheimers-to-accelerate-search-for-the-cure/ https://www.afro.who.int/...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk about huge drops in poverty in India, loads of health measures and social protections for marginalized people across the world. Plus I address some viewer/listener notes and give what I’m pretty sure is the very first book unrecommendation! https://www.afro.who.int/countries/chad/news/health-ministers-launch-landmark-polio-vaccination-campaign-protect-83-mil...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile goes through a shiny new Top Ten Good News Stories, a new entry into the Nerd of the Week cannon, a funny book and his new assistant/coach/possible best friend? Links from the episode: FInland ahead of schedule on coal phase out https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes    Wind po...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile talks about another L for Big Oil, continued progress for Solar energy, a new breakthrough in curing substance abuse, a BUNCH of new segments and much more! References from this episode: 10 - French lawmakers eliminated discriminatory rule https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/03/french-lawmakers-end-a-discriminatory-voting-rule/ 9 - Cereals Killing it https://ou...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile covers the relentless expansion of renewable energy across the globe, Cambodia entering the final stages of clearing an entire nation of landmines and unexploded ordinance, Zimbabwe's big wins for child health, a big step forward in artificial hearts, some nerd in Austin possibly having solved one of the biggest possible crisis in the history of our plane...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: the Brazilian government is collaborating with indigenous people to restore the Amazon, breakthroughs in quantum computing at Oxford, enzyme imaging at Stanford show promise for future technological and medical advancements, UNICEF reports significant improvements in child survival rates, education, and health and more! Restoring the Amazon https://www1.folha.uol....

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile covers wins for trans rights from around the world, breakthroughs in cancer research, the solve for the imminent asteroid heading towards earth, new ways to find water for countries that need it and more! Gender rights triple: https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/28/thailand-health-ministry-trans-hrt/?   https://theleaflet.in/judicial-accountability/sanitised-t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile covers disease eradication, wage inequality, more climate change good news and a solve for perfectionism. From the episode: Eradicated diseases: https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/12/30/g-s1-39336/disease-eliminate-blindness-leprosy-sleeping-sickness? China reached peak oil: https://www.ft.com/content/341f0aaa-7173-454c-89fd-103287625d38 Wage ine...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile talks about the crazy progress renewable energy has made, another country abolishing the death penalty, advancements in cancer research and more!  Thanks for listening!  My numbers were wrong, China’s actually at 50%! https://globalalphacapital.cclgroup.com/insight/gacm-china-leading-the-race-towards-full-ev-adoption/   The energy transition report from RMI. T...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, a semi-stuffed up Nile talks about podcast charts in the Netherlands, Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons, holiday plans going sideways, colds that overstay their welcome, plagues, sticky YouTube videos,  and how our species is, in fact, not garbage. Thanks so much for listening!  Here’s all of my socials. Give me a follow if you want to stay in the good news lo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile explains the delay between episodes, tries to give himself a nickname and gives the case for why everyone should be a militant optimist. Thanks so much for listening!  Here’s all of my socials. Give me a follow if you want to stay in the good news loop. Or better yet support me directly via my Buy Me a Coffee Page .

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile talks about back problems, mid-life crises, physiotherapy the evils of positivity and begins converting you to Militant Optimism which is something that is going to happen so make peace with it. Feel free to rate and review! Or not. Live your truth! Thanks so much for listening!  Here’s all of my socials. Give me a follow if you want to stay in the good news l...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile talks about how he (possibly) just narrowly avoided getting scammed, books heists and the secret to being lucky. Thanks so much for listening!  Here’s all of my socials. Give me a follow if you want to stay in the good news loop. Or better yet support me directly via my Buy Me a Coffee Page .

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Nile talks about microphones, the "cheap person tax", podcasting on ADD meds, why AI isn't going to kill us, a book that's an existential chaser and more! Thanks so much for listening!  Here’s all of my socials. Give me a follow if you want to stay in the good news loop. Or better yet support me directly via my Buy Me a Coffee Page .

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nile talks about the value of external deadlines,  how you "can't do comedy anymore", cancellings, sweet, sweet fusion and more! Thanks so much for listening!  Here’s all of my socials. Give me a follow if you want to stay in the good news loop. Or better yet support me directly via my Buy Me a Coffee Page .