The Optimist Daily's Weekly Roundup

Today we re-share our interview with guests Lise Van Susteren, MD and Stacey Colino talking about their book, Emotional Inflammation: Discover Your Triggers and Reclaim Your Equilibrium During Anxious Times. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we re-share our interview with guest Ethan Steinberg, CEO of Propagate Ventures,  talking about agroforestry, crop diversity, and why our soil should look like chocolate cake. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we are re-sharing the extended version of Kristy's interview with spirit-centered activist, organizer, and advocate Aqeela Sherrills. His career in justice advocacy has stretched from his hometown of Watts, California to New Jersey where he works creating community-oriented safety programs. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we re-share Kristy and Summers' interview with founder and COO of sustainable menstrual product startup viv for your v . Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Did you know we lose 2,000 football fields of agricultural land every hour to desertification? Today we are re-sharing our interview Ole-Kristian Sivertsen, CEO of Desert Control , talking about his mission to save our soil with liquid nanoclay. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News! Want to learn more? Check out his TedTalk!

As we close out our 2020 year, we're taking a look at a composer and scientist making music from the northern lights and promising new research into a universal flu vaccine. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're reimagining urban development with redesigned mall space and vertical farming solutions. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we welcome guest Ione Butler, founder of Uplifting Content and author of Uplifting Stories, to talk about her book and inspiring positive action. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we've got a great new company urging customers to recycle their underwear and how changing fish food could make farmed protein more sustainable and nutritious! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking about a village in India that plants 111 trees every time a girl is born and how elephant destruction is actually helping conservation in Africa. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Pitzer becomes the first college in the nation to make a bachelor's degree program available for incarcerated individuals and WayFinder is unlocking independent travel for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking empathy and therapy. Our top stories are how to teach your child to be empathetic and 3 questions to ask a prospective therapist. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're sharing tech solutions including a device that can help farmers determine crop health and an upcoming efficient EV from Toyota. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking about a night club in Switzerland turned blood bank and how the tide is finally turning on E-waste. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Real or artificial Christmas tree? Thanks to Living Tree Co., you don't have to choose. This and the benefits of living near birds today on the Update. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking about the Fauci Effect and Time's Kid of the Year! Tune in to learn how the pandemic is affecting medical school application rates and the achievements of 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

It's an environmental day on the Update as major financial institutions back away from arctic drilling and a newly created bioplastic withstands boiling temperatures. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're chatting about small ways to work exercise into your daily routine and San Francisco's proposed ban on indoor tobacco smoking. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking about an indigenous leader in Ecuador battling oil extraction and a sponge that can pull precious metals from wastewater. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we welcome social innovator, writer, and speaker Vicki Robin to discuss framing our mindset about the world and her new podcast, "What could possibly go right?" Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News! Check out "What could possibly go right?" here: https://www.postcarbon.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-series/

Today we're tackling green hydrogen power. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News! Check out Summers' interview with the Kris and Kristine show here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-66-positivity-persistence-summers-mckay-ceo/id1477741955?i=1000500706054

Today Summers and Amelia discuss wind turbine recycling and how AI is helping protect sarks and beachgoers. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today Kristy and Amelia share urban development stories about a mental health task force in Anchorage and AI technology directing tree planting in Los Angeles. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Happy Thanksgiving from The Optimist Daily Update!

Listen to learn about how algae is giving bioprinted tissue an oxygen boost and how a skin cancer vaccine is preventing melanoma from returning. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!