The Squirrel News Podcast
By Ed Crasnick, Jonathan Widder
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Episodes: 37
Description
A German Journalist and a Jewish Comic discuss the latest and greatest solution based news stories from around the world. A podcast about the amazing, wildly creative things people are doing to solve our biggest social problems today – from goats helping to fight wildfires to prisons without wardens and guns.
Hosts: Ed Crasnick, Jonathan Widder
Tags: solutions, society, sustainability, social innovation, solutions journalism, constructive journalism.
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#37: Meet a Jew
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May 14, 2024 |
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#36: Rediscovering the past to shape the future – with special guest Jim Klein
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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#35: Personal notes on current events and the past
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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#34: MDMA and social change
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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#33: Why toilets are a key to progress
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May 25, 2023 |
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#32: The benefits of the four-day work week
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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#31: The 'Solar Punks': Bringing power to the people
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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#30: Zero-interest loans for Black homebuyers
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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#29: 'You can't be what you can't see': How to connect low-income kids with nature
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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#28: How to tackle food poverty with the tools of a modern start-up
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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#27: Walking clubs for better mental health
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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#26: Humor for Humanity
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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#25: India's open prisons
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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#24: Free pianos for disadvantaged kids
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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#23: Standup comedy for men at risk of suicide
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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#22: The Good Newspaper
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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#21: Rehearsal for Life
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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#20: People Walking
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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#19: The unknown advantages of playfulness
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May 12, 2022 |
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#18: The Confess Project – A Mental Health Barbershop Movement
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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#17: Cities owned by locals – or how to become a landlord with little money
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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#16: Empowerment Avenue – bringing solutions journalism into prisons
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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#15: Adversity to University: degrees for homeless people
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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#14: New Zealand's plan to end smoking, top chefs offer vegan menus, roundabouts saving lives
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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#13: The NGO that introduced a $70,000 minimum wage
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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#12: Changing lives by phone, exchange programme across states, US Navy ship named after Harvey Milk
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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#11: Special: Solutions for children
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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#10: Owls replacing pesticides, dogs saving koalas, airport pig patrol, sheep on seaweed diet
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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#9: Female judges in Egypt, death metal eco-baron, rehabilitation through dogs
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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#8: Basic income for Irish artists, paying addicts to stop using, Taekwondo for grandmothers
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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#7: Special – Social prescribing
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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#6: Human library, paid parental leave for fathers, influencers fighting conflicts
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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#5: Eco-city Medellin, news literacy in Illinois high schools, mooncakes destigmatizing mental health issues
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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#4: 10 billion trees in Pakistan, Congo's children Bearbeitenswap mining for education, free pianos for St. Louis children
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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#3: Special – Prison reform and the Compassion Prison Project
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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#2: Four-day working week, state-financed imam training in Germany, mental health barbershop project
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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#1: Global minimum tax rate, pig whisperer, lying flat in China
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Jun 18, 2021 |