Shane Wakenshaw
Joy on Toast
Welcome to Joy on Toast! Serving you up weekly good-news stories from around the world, in an effort to spread a little Joy-jam! If you have a good-news story that you would like to submit to be potentially featured on an episode, please reach out to joyontoast@outlook.com. Thanks, ILY!
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Shane Wakenshaw
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Latest episode
Dec 16, 2025
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Episodes
A totally PAWsome four-legged friends takeover! 16.12.2025 21:36
Send a text Hi friends! We are back! And this week on Joy on Toast, we share 3 stories centred on the most wonderful of animals - doggies! This episode, we talk pups protecting penguins, innovative prison programmes that are raising service dogs, and a teenage boy who over the last 10 years has helped 5,000 dogs find loving homes. ( my heart! It’s too much cuteness! ) If you have a good news sto...
Train Tales, Human Libraries & Mousies in Housies! 18.11.2025 25:27
Send a text Hi friends! This week on Joy on Toast, we share another 5 stories from the week that filled us with Joy! This episode, we talk 3 tales linked to train / subway stations (adoption, subway sanctuaries for stray dogs & the Royal British Legion Poppy appeal), Human Libraries and…the cutest story to date; teeny weeny housies for ittle-bittle Mousies! ( *passes out from cuteness overload...
Helping The Homeless, Messages In a Bottle & The Marathon Man! 11.11.2025 27:55
Send a text Hi friends! This week on Joy on Toast, we share 5 stories from the week that filled us with Joy! This episode, we talk various ways in which we can support the homeless (either directly or via established organisations), returning messages in bottles to their senders after decades at sea and an incredibly inspirational man who ran a marathon every day for…128 days?! ( *Audible gasp!* )...
Kind Kids, Compassionate Care-Homes & Vision Restoration! 04.11.2025 22:07
Send a text Hi friends! This week on Joy on Toast, we share 4 stories from the week that filled us with Joy! This episode, we talk children serving their community, innovative care-home social programmes, and medical breakthroughs in the world of eye-sight restoration! Link to Jack Lewis’ fundraising campaign for “Jack’s friendship bags of hope.” https://gofund.me/263fe9c7e If you have a good news...
Free Supermarkets, Unlikely Friends, New Traditions & Where’s Wally? 28.10.2025 18:45
Send a text Hi friends! This week on Joy on Toast, we share 4 stories from the week that filled us with Joy! This episode, we talk free food initiatives, unlikely friends, celebrating new traditions and Where’s Wally, Waldo (or whatever you call him!) If you have a good news story that you would like to send us to potentially be featured in an episode, please do so at: joyontoast@outlook.com until...
Good Cops, Son Saves Dad, Music Therapy & Daddy-Daughter Relationships! 21.10.2025 19:17
Send a text Hi friends! This week on Joy on Toast, we share another 4 stories from the week that filled us with Joy! This episode, we talk police officers going above and beyond, a son helps to save his father’s life, the role that music can play in the recovery of stroke survivors and…daddy-daughter relationships! If you have a good news story that you would like to send us to potentially be feat...
Elephants, Service Dogs, Family Reunions &….Santa Claus?! 14.10.2025 17:51
Send a text Hi friends! This week on Joy on Toast, we share 4 stories from the week that filled us with Joy! This episode, we talk groundbreaking initiatives for Elephant conservation in Thailand, A U.S. Air Force Veteran and his service dog, Long-lost family reunions and… Santa Claus? In Newcastle?! If you have a good news story that you would like to send us to potentially be featured in an epis...
Free School Meals, Medical Breakthroughs, Animal Welfare & Cross-Country Cake! 11.10.2025 17:11
Send a text Hi friends! In our very first episode of Joy on Toast, we share 4 stories from the week that filled us with Joy! There were so many amazing stories this week and it was challenging to choose just a few. (A welcome challenge though!) This week, we share the global spike in access to free school meals, medical breakthroughs in the treatment of Huntington’s disease, ‘Stranger Things’ sta...
Joy on Toast: An Introduction! 11.10.2025 13:37
Send a text Hi friends! This episode is an introduction to Joy on Toast, a new podcast focused on sharing the good-news happening in the world, in an effort to spread a little joy-jam! This episode explains why we wanted to make this podcast, the purpose of it and to look forward to what we hope to do in the not-too-distant future. We hope you enjoy listening, and if you want to submit any good ne...
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