The Optimist Daily's Weekly Roundup

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....

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 N...

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 & Kris...

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 Updat...

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 we tackle how facing the collapse of life as we know it gives us the opportunity to create a new and better "normal" including new solar designs and innovative approaches to ec...

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. Zombie dreams, reality TV, and Netflix doing more than just offering your favorite shows are all on the agenda this Tuesday on the Update. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Su...

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. This Monday, we celebrate the start of summer by breaking down stereotypes and covering advancements in child health. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Maki...

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 we celebrate Juneteenth and learn about an unusual audience listening to live opera in Spain. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the N...

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. Listen for details on how some companies are using their power for good and how 3D printing could be the future of transplants. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kri...

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 we're talking about how K-Pop fans started a virtual racial justice movement and how you can be a psychological ally for your friends and family. Listen to The Optimist Daily U...

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 we celebrate the Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBTQ+ workers and how to keep emissions low even as we reopen the economy. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers &...

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 podcast includes how food assistance programs can improve equity with online shopping options and turning waste waster into something useful. Listen to The Optimist Daily Upd...

On this special weekend edition of The Optimist Daily Update, we share 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 & Kris...

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. If you love bears and trees, today's episode is for you! Kristy and Summers explore their passion for conservation and feature a well-loved 24-year old mama grizzly bear. Listen to T...

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. Mermaids and astronauts is our theme on the Optimist Daily Update today including stories about an astronaut exploring the deepest seas and an ocean-saving mucus membrane. Listen to...

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 we dive into the importance of vitamin D for your health, cover a cute cloth with an unusual name, and Summers shares a story of a scary allergic reaction! 

Defunding the the police as a solution for change: The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today we share a clip from Kristy's interview with Aqeela Sherrills, a community leader and peace advocate who helped broker an agreement between rival gan...

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring our top 5 positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Listen in to start your day with a positive solutions mindset and share with someone else who is committed to changing the world for good. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Krist...

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring our top 5 positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Listen in to start your day with a positive solutions mindset and share with someone else who is committed to changing the world for good. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Krist...

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring our top 5 positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Listen in to start your day with a positive solutions mindset and share with someone else who is committed to changing the world for good. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Krist...

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring our top 5 positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Listen in to start your day with a positive solutions mindset and share with someone else who is committed to changing the world for good. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Krist...

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring our top 5 positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Listen in to start your day with a positive solutions mindset and share with someone else who is committed to changing the world for good. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Krist...

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring our top 5 positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Listen in to start your day with a positive solutions mindset and share with someone else who is committed to changing the world for good. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Krist...

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring our top 5 positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Listen in to start your day with a positive solutions mindset and share with someone else who is committed to changing the world for good. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Krist...

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen - Your weekday commute update from The Optimist Daily featuring our top 5 positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Listen in to start your day with a positive solutions mindset and share with someone else who is committed to changing the world for good. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Krist...