Miscellaneous
Podcast Transcript July 26, 2024:
Episode Description This week's solution news: Is work stressing you out big time? Arielle walks us through five science-based strategies to recover from work stress. Then, Karissa shares some exciting renewable energy news: San Francisco just launched Sea Change, the world's first commercial Read More...
July 19, 2024: Election Anxiety and How To Deal With It and Building with Lunar Lego
Episode Description This week's out-of-this-world news: Election anxiety levels have skyrocketed in recent times! Karissa walks us through how to recognize election anxiety triggers so we can manage them well. Then, Arielle takes us away from the stress of this planet and onto the moon. She Read More...
July 12, 2024: Florida Carpenter Ants Impress with Surgery Skills and Zimbabwean Grandmothers for Mental Health
Episode Description This week's solution news: Arielle starts off the solutions round-up with a fascinating discovery about Florida carpenter ants: they are the first and only known case in the animal kingdom where one individual systematically amputates another's limb. Then, Karissa talks Read More...
Podcast Transcript Jun 20, 2024: Beer Spas and Yacht-Smashing Orcas
Episode Description Beer Spas and Yacht-Smashing Orcas This week's good news: Today Karissa dives into a wellness trend that's gaining popularity in the United States: Beer Spas! Then, Arielle sheds light on new research that may explain why orcas have been targeting (and sometimes even Read More...
Podcast Transcript June 14, 2024: Emergency Service Equity for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and Tackling Period Poverty in Indigenous Communities
Episode Description Emergency Service Equity for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and Tackling Period Poverty in Indigenous Communities This week's solution news: Arielle and Karissa are excited to be sharing solutions again after a three-week break. Today, they focus on health-care-facing Read More...
A brief history of Groundhog Day
In honor of Groundhog Day 2023, The Optimist Daily shares some background knowledge on this centuries-old American tradition. The first Groundhog Day Groundhog Day was commemorated for the first time on February 2, 1887, at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, thanks to a "rodent Read More...
How to help the Uvalde shooting victims and their families
Just under a week ago, yet another horrific mass shooting took place in the US. At Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire, killing at least 19 children and two adults, along with wounding many others. It may be difficult to know how to help at a time of such Read More...
Keep your white sneakers clean with these tips and tricks
No wardrobe is complete without a basic white sneaker, but keeping them clean and pristine is a bit of a challenge. Don’t give in to dirt and stains, though! These tips will help you restore old white shoes so that you don’t have to buy new ones. Make a DIY shoe cleaning solution If you’d Read More...
Coping with climate anxiety through connection
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.” — Martin Luther King Jr. Constant news updates are inescapable. Wildfires Read More...
Despite bad weather, Italian cherry claims world record
Italy’s streak of bad weather this year has been horrible for Italian cherry farmers, but much to everyone’s surprise, that hasn’t prevented Alberto and Giuseppe Rosso, cherry farmers from Pecetto Torinese, from earning themselves a Guinness World Record for growing the world’s largest Read More...