The Optimist Daily's Weekly Roundup

Today 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 i...

Today'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!

Today'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!

Today'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!

Today'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!

Good 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!

Today'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!

Today'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!

Today'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!

Today'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 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/

Today'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!

Today'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!

Today'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!

Today 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 Conv...

Today'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!

Starling murmurations and the symbiotic nature of agrivoltaics today on the Update. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Arielle 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!

We'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!

Today 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...

We'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!

It'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!

Arielle 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!

Summers 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!

It'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!